{"podcast":{"title":"Friendly Atheist Podcast","slug":"friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","podcast_index_feed_id":391490,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/friendly-atheist-podcast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/friendly-atheist-podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/6f/bc/38/93/6fbc3893-5ebb-4777-8d79-627ea511313e/b2eef90138a15298387c852d42adad7644e0908393b244e68888f3675a36f126429c803d214c7425d9e3dd1ccc4777acbd4028bbf851d9f934a131a1002b3552.jpeg","author":"Friendly Atheist Podcast","episode_count":671,"summary":"Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:19:44.619638+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490"},"episode":{"title":"637 - This Religion Wants to Destroy Your Pets","slug":"637-this-religion-wants-to-destroy-your-pets","published_at":"2026-05-27T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/637-this-religion-wants-to-destroy-your-pets","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ed9b297-2171-4c1c-85db-9c4d79e870b3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ed9b297-2171-4c1c-85db-9c4d79e870b3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — James Talarico will face Ken Paxton this November in a battle for the Senate. Who will white evangelicals choose? (0:20)  — A secretive Christian sect is pressuring members to purge their pets . (2:25) — Dozens of Oklahoma Republicans fought a bill banning child marriage. (17:25) — The evangelical Christian hit “Testify to Love” just got a powerful pro-LGBTQ reboot . (35:45) — Ché Ahn says drug users must choose between Christian rehab or Bible lessons in prison. (45:27) — Rockwall County courthouse in Texas unveils illegal Ten Commandments monument . (50:07) — The rising cost of reaching secular voters is good for democracy . (57:50) This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at  creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and …","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/episodes/637-this-religion-wants-to-destroy-your-pets/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/637-this-religion-wants-to-destroy-your-pets.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}