{"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":"639 - Pete Hegseth Destroys Military Religion List","slug":"639-pete-hegseth-destroys-military-religion-list","published_at":"2026-06-10T21:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/639-pete-hegseth-destroys-military-religion-list","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ac2e53bb-26b5-4fae-a37e-1fe92a0dbf8f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ac2e53bb-26b5-4fae-a37e-1fe92a0dbf8f.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. — Hemant will be speaking in Atlanta this weekend at the Revival of Reason conference sponsored by Black Nonbelievers. Come if you’re able! — Pete Hegseth shrinks military's recognized religions list , erasing atheists and Humanists. (0:50) — Under guise of fighting anti-Catholic bias, Kash Patel fires FBI analysts who kept us safe. (31:11) — Christian employee sues L.A. County over a Pride flag outside the office. (55:52) — Connecticut GOP candidate's anti-gay extremism sparks party meltdown. (1:10:04) 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":5471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/episodes/639-pete-hegseth-destroys-military-religion-list/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-391490/639-pete-hegseth-destroys-military-religion-list.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}