{"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":"640 - Warren Throckmorton, The Christian Past That Wasn't","slug":"640-warren-throckmorton-the-christian-past-that-wasn-t","published_at":"2026-06-18T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/640-warren-throckmorton-the-christian-past-that-wasn-t","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/94a70d45-15f5-42ff-9f16-a2bf297807ed.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/94a70d45-15f5-42ff-9f16-a2bf297807ed.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 ! Warren Throckmorton is an author and speaker specializing in psychology and history. Now retired, he worked as a psychology professor at a Christian college and produced, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast series Telling Jefferson Lies. Throckmorton is the coauthor with Michael Coulter of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson. His latest book is called \"The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History.\" In it, he investigates a series of Christian Nationalist myths and why they're wrong. I spoke with Throckmorton about his new book ad Christian Nationalism in general. 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":2890,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/episodes/640-warren-throckmorton-the-christian-past-that-wasn-t/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-391490/640-warren-throckmorton-the-christian-past-that-wasn-t.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}