The Non-prophets

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.27 airing Sunday, July 3rd 2022 featuring Richard Gilliver, Zachary Shedd, Josh Entner and GenevieveWhat a wild ride, and just think this is only the beginning! Can we all get off this roller coaster?Yes, The Non-Prophets are talking about the worst Supreme Court decision next to all the next decisions they are likely going to make in the next few months. This time we decided to attack it a little differently. So come Sunday at 3:00 PM Central, sit back, relax, and we will all get through this together.For this episode we have a brand new conductor. Sorry Richard Gilliver, wish it was under better circumstances. He is joined by a newcomer, though you might remember him from Truth Wanted Live from UTSA’s Secular Student Alliance, Zachary Shedd! Again sorry the timing sucks! Rounding out the rest of the stellar panel we have Genevieve from That GD Show, and Josh Entner from Bloody Good Film Podcast.First up we discuss what it was like for women before the Roe Vs. Wade decisio

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.26 airing Sunday, June 26, 2022 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Kenneth Leonard, Teo el Ateo and Malty!This week we have a power house panel. Leading off we have Cynthia McDonald. That means a Step in the Right Direction cannot be far behind! She is joined by friend and the Talkiest of Heathens Kenneth Leonard. Everyone’s favorite cartoon Teo el Ateo, and the facts man himself, Malty! Let’s get into the show.First up, or is it fists up![insert ASCII fist here] *it looked better on facebook...We talk about Juneteenth. What it is, why it is important, and how it started. Would you believe there is a Texas connection to our latest federal day off? Makes it sad that due to bad policy decisions 15 states are not able to even teach about it!Up next, what happens if you get a Catholic school that wants to put up a BLM or Pride flag? Well you get the Catholic Church saying you cannot be a Catholic school anymore. The Bishop says seem me after class and then gave a Massachusetts school deten

The Non-Prophets 21.25 for June 19th 2022 with Teo El Ateo, Scott Dickie, Richard Gilliver and Kelley Laughlin.On this weeks Non-Prophets the panel talks about the connection or lack there of between ACB and the founder of the People of Praise, a secretive charismatic Christian group. They agree that skeptic hats should be worn when evidence is lacking.A bible is your friend in prison because it won't be taken away from you. We talk about how bibles are commonly used to keep important information with you when being re-assigned to another facility.Teo tears into Megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García, for his abrupt guilty plea to three felonies on the eve of a long-awaited trial. Garcia will spend 16 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act upon a child who was 15. In exchange, prosecutors dropped 16 counts that included allegations of raping children and women, as well as human trafficking to produce child pornograph

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.24 airing Sunday, June 5th 2022 featuring Cynthia, Genevieve, Cindy Plaza and Teo el Ateo.Another heavy episode dealing with massive tragedy, religious abuses, and taxes. Even thinking about taxes makes me want to shudder!First up, Cardinal Glick would be proud of what a Catholic Diocese of Erie is trying to do. Get them while they are young! New programs push confirmation earlier and they are ramping up the indoctrination making sure to fill them pews!Then… oh yes we are talking about gun violence. There has been far too much. While we are not suggesting solutions, it would help to discover when and where all the many shootings have happened this year. Maybe someday we can do something about the United States' fatal love affair with deadly weapons.Next we take a look at the Southern Baptist Convention as I am sure they are looking to move in the right direction after all their scandals over the past couple years. Nope? Even more sex abuse, cover ups, and databases? Well,

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.23 airing Sunday, 06-05-2022 featuring Secular Rarity, Scott Dickie , Richard Gilliver and Cynthia McDonald.This week’s episode covers…Another deep dive episode where we cover two major topics. Abortion going illegal throughout the land, and a devastating shooting in Buffalo. Let’s get into it.First up we look at how Oklahoma is making it illegal to be a woman with their latest abortion bans. While it is the most restrictive in the US we discuss what is and is not allowed. It might not be as bad as first reported, but restless assured, it is still horrible. While on the topic of abortion we look at the Turn Away study. Showing the effects on being allowed abortions, or what happens when women are denied them. You might be surprised by the numbers, if you lived under a rock that is.Lastly, Did the Buffalo shooter get radicalized by Tucker Carlson? Is Fox News responsible for the content they put out, or are they just there to poison peoples minds? I’m just asking questions

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.23 airing Sunday, May 29, 2022, featuring Cynthia McDonald, Kelley Laughlin, Jason Sherwood and Secular Rarity.This week’s episode covered a West Virginia student walk out over a (mandatory?) Christian revival at a public high school. Is VR the next big place to attend church? A major report from the FFRF and the Baptist Joint Council on Christian Nationalism and the Jan, 6 2021 Insurrection. Ending with anti-vaccine ‘Expert’ Sharri Tenpenny’s latest claim that COVID-19 Vaccines Will Turn People Into ‘Transhumanist Cyborgs’!Articles DiscussedSegment 1West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high schoolAssociated Press, 9 Feb 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... Oops, I got some Jesus on my homework!WSAZ-TV reports: Mandatory attendance at religious assembly called 'mistake'.WSAZ News By Marlee Pinchok, Feb. 3, 2022 https://www.wsaz.com/2022/02/04/manda... Segment 2Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship Associated Press, 31 J

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.21 airing Sunday, May 18th 2022 featuring Malty, Pseudonymousaurus Rex, Kelley Laughlin and Josh Entner This week’s episode covers…Welcome to another episode and a special welcome to a brand new show host in Pseduonymousaurus Rex! Man that is a finger full to type! He is joined by Kelly Laughlin and Josh Entner while Malty keeps this crazy train on the rails where it belongs!First up, Talking all about Texas HB 20 which is to keep media platforms from editing or removing posts based on the posters view point. It’s one of those freedom bills that seems like a good idea until you realize they just want to turn Twitter into Parler. I’m sure that isn’t a dated reference.Up next, we head to the land of potatoes where the LT Governor says that “God calls us to pick up the sword and fight - Christ will reign in the state of Idaho”. We have some questions about this. Sadly this type of language might be gaining traction as we are attempted to be dragged into a theocracy.A disclaimer

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.20 airing Sunday, May 11th 2022 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Dr. Abby Hafer, MD Aware and Student Doctor Ben. This week’s episode covers…Well it is finally here. The Roe versus Wade deep dive we never wanted to do. Yet we do have one of the best panels for this discussion. Our conductor this week Cynthia McDonald is a social worker deep in the trenches of Chicago. Student Doctor Ben is an aspiring and talented MD. MD Awere a fully practicing MD from up north. Then you have Dr. Abby Hafer a PhD teaching prospective doctors all about anatomy and physiology! We couldn’t get a better panel if we tried!Since this is a deep dive into nasty waters we only have three segments for you. First we look into History’s Pivot to attack Roe v Wade. From the big hair of the 80s to today we look into how attitudes changed, but the attack kept getting worse.Then we talk about the effects of what will happen when Roe v Wade is rolled back. Does the US turn into a conservative utopia, or are

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.19 airing Sunday, May 8, 2022 @3:00pm CT featuring Jason Sherwood, Teo el Ateo and Laura Magee.This week’s episode covers:Welcome back to another episode of The Non-Prophets! This week Jason Sherwood is back in the driver’s seat joined by our veterans Laura Magee and our favorite Cartoon (2 weeks in a row) Teo El Ateo!Segment 1 - Teachers“Grooming”Kids? Beware of God’s Sword!For the first segment we talking about a hate preacher who is calling for the beheading of teachers he things are "grooming" children away from his idea of a god. Wow that's a bit extremist!http://tiny.cc/hatepreacherviolenceSegment 2 - SCOTUS Tackles Football Praying CoachThen we head to the seat of US government for a look at a supreme court case... no not Roe v. Wade. That is going to be a whole other deep dive next week. Nope, this is a high school coach who was fired for praying with his players after games at the 50 yard line. Now, I'm no sports ball fan, but that seems a bit public.http://tiny.cc/thelon

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.17 airing Sunday, May 1, 2022 @3:00pm CT featuring Cynthia McDonald, Teo El Ateo, Richard Gilliver and Jessica Bluemke.Welcome back to another episode of The Non-Prophets. This week we have a returning special guest for you. Jessica Bluemke joins the veteran crew of Cynthia McDonald, and our friends from across various ponds and land masses, Richard Gilliver and everyone's favorite toon Tel El Ateo!Segment 1: Satanists will sue PA school district for rejecting After School Satan Club http://tiny.cc/np_satanistssueSegment 2: This Alabama librarian wanted to adopt a child. Her lack of religion became a barrier. http://tiny.cc/np_atheistadoption/ Segment 3: WTF Florida??? Florida bans 54 of its school math textbooks for 'trying to indoctrinate students': Half of the prohibited titles feature Critical Race Theoryhttp://tiny.cc/wtffloridabookshttp://tiny.cc/np_wtffloridacrtSegment 4: SITRD; Atheists, spurred by growing ranks, gather for first time since start of pandemichttp://tiny.

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.17 airing Sunday, April 24, 2022 @3:00pm CT featuring Malty, Emma Thorne, Teo el Ateo and Cynthia McDonaldWelcome back to another episode of The Non-Prophets. This week we have a new special guest for you. We have new to The Non-Prophets (though not to the ACA) Emma Thorne! Malty takes us into another packed episode with the voice, Cynthia McDonald, and everyone favorite toon Tel El Ateo!This week’s episode covers the Catholic Diocese wanting to be a “friend of the court” in an Idaho abortion bill lawsuit. Planned Parenthood claimed the bill unconstitutional.The Pastor of First United Methodist wants his parishioners to “give up whiteness” for lent. We have a cautionary tale from The Gospel Coalition about the evils of Multi Level Marketing and some good news, MLMs are shrinking. Ending with some good old Chritain Nationalist bullpucky from Ali Alexander on Alex Jones’s InfoWars. May it rest in peace…piecesSegment 1 - Catholic Dioceses, Idaho “Friend of the Court”?Catholic ch

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.16 airing Sunday, April 17 2022 featuring Secular Rarity, Kelley and Mateo AteoHappy zombie Jesus Day! The showers have fallen and spring has sprung. That means that your faithless Non-Prophets are stomping through the puddles of yellow journalism to bring you the hardest hitting news story… Hmmm should have phrased that better.This week it is all about Operation Blitz. What it is, some examples, and how it is going to affect the lives of not just the faithless, but of all peoples. Including the ones it is trying to “help”. With our new segment The Blitz Report we hope to bring you more of these pushes to put religion into government. We also look into a step in the right direction where an Alabama school district has ended school mandated prayer before each game. Or was it? Yes, but maybe no! This is likely going to be a dirty fight to go on for ages!See you next time![03:34] Segment 1 - The Jesus Movement https://www.schwartzreport.net/2022/0...[26:17] Segment 2 - BLI

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.15 airing Sunday, April 10 2022 Featuring Jason Sherwood, Josh Entner, and Richard Gilliver.Jason Sherwood is back in the conductor’s chair! Everyone on the count of 1…2…3…scream for him in the comment section! He is joined by our favorite religion expert Richard Gilliver and film expert and self proclaimed cheese head Josh Enter . Our first segment falls back for the religious Jewish community that opposes the Sunshine Protection Act. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the original cosponsor of the legislation is quoted by The Guardian as saying: “No more switching clocks, more daylight hours to spend outside after school and after work, and more smiles—that is what we get with permanent daylight saving time..” Should religion have a say if this bill passes?Up next is Pope Watch, the pope is begging for forgiveness for Indigenous for Canada school abuses . Another apology tour for the Pope? Is this a regular thing we should expect or should one demand more accountability? WHA

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.14 airing Sunday, April 3rd 2022 featuring Secular Rarity, Genevieve, Kelley Laughlin, and Mateo el AteoWhat is this? Another first time conductor for The Non-Prophets? Secular Rarity’s check has cleared and so we gave him a new seat on the show. Everyone give him a round of applause in the comments section! He is joined by Genvieve who works closely with friend of the show Dave Warnock. There is also a return of Kelley Laughlin who is starting to be a mainstay of The Non-Prophets. Rounding out the panel is Teo el Ateo who we can ALWAYS count on to fill in.Our first segment goes for the GOOOAAAAAALLLL of Evangelicals in Football in Brazil. For the few points in the world that might be confused, that is Soccer. Sports rituals can be an individual thing, but what happens when an institution is taken over by a god. Should religion be infused in football, or is football a religion?Up next we follow a Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was imprisoned for 10 years due to ‘insulting

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.13 airing Sunday, March 27th featuring Cynthia McDonald, Helen Greene and Teo el Ateo.Let’s start off by welcoming our newest guest host Helen Green!This week’s episode compares the humanitarian efforts by The Satanic Temple and former State representative Matt Shea when helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland. How Hillsdale College is trying to turn teaching into a weapon. We ask why Democrats still fear being seen as nonreligious. Ending with a $100M Christian ad campaign, because Jesus gets you! Segment 1:Aid for Ukrainian Refugees; Shea VS Greeves -Teo el AteoThe price of war: Ukrainian refugees get aid from The Satanic TempleOnlySky Media, by Jack Matirko | March 18 2022 http://tiny.cc/ukrainrefugeevssheaFormer WA Rep. Matt Shea, accused of domestic terrorism, working to secure adoptions for Ukrainian children in PolandThe Seattle Times, By David Gutman | March 16, 2022 http://tiny.cc/mattsheydt(Background on Matt Shea) MeetMattShea.com https://www.meetmattshea.com/ Segment 2:

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.12 airing Sunday, March 20 2022 featuring Jason Sherwood, Scott Dickie, and August.Let’s start off by welcoming Jason Sherwood to the coveted position as conductor for this week’s episode! From Video Engineer to leading the pack. Those powerful wolf eyes behind him see him through it all!We also welcome back August for their third appearance and Scott Dickie for his second. So while the adults are away the newbies will play! Scott Dickie leads us off with a look at how Russia’s President Vladimir Putin projects power through faith and purpose built cathedralThen we have August dive into the hidden minority and how it is even tougher when you have other minority or even certain political tags attached to you!Continuing this power discussion trend we go into why it might be a good idea to support your LGBT+ child as we lament about a tragic story that never got to be told.Finally, I jump in… er Jason jumps in (good save) to talk about Sister Sharon Eubanks of The Church of LDS t

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.11 airing Sunday, March 13 2022 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Kelley Laughlin, Teo El Ateo and Richard Gilliver.This week’s episode covers how the FFRF keeps reminding school board members that prayer has no place at their meetings. Pat Roberson wants the world to end, again. This time with Russian dressing. Pastor Greg Locke says he’s being threatened with death, hexes and sex toys! Oh no, glitter bombs!And lastly in Los Angeles ‘Atheist Street Pirates’ remove illegal religious (and secular) signs from public streets in their ongoing religious rubbish removal program. Helping to keep their streets clean and secular.We also take some time out to read a little viewer mail!Why is there a husky in the thumbnail? Well simple! Jason asked for it!Segment 1: Let’s all take a moment of silenceIndiana school board ends prayer after FFRF intervenes Freedom From Religion foundation, March 3, 2022http://tiny.cc/ffrfindianasbprayer Additional Resources: When Students Walk Out in Protest, He

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.10 airing Sunday, March 6th 2022 featuring Nate Smith, Phoebe Rose, Student Doctor Ben and Jason Sherwood!This week’s episode covers Texas Gov, and A.G. anti-trans agenda, how the Florida’s House of representatives wants to ban discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Ending with queer Black trailblazers who made history!Segment Titles and Articles Discussed: Segment 1: Abbott and Paxton’s Anti-Trans AgendaOpinion No. KP-0401 Re: Whether certain medical procedures performed on children constitute child abuseKen Paxton, February 18, 2022 http://tiny.cc/paxtonchildabuseNo, young children cannot take hormones or change their sex Politifact.com http://tiny.cc/nochildhormonesSegment 2: Don’t Say Gay? Well, don’t say “re-election”HB 1557 - Parental Rights in Educationhttp://tiny.cc/hb1557The Hill, By Brooke Migdon, Feb. 24, 2022http://tiny.cc/brookemigdonFlorida Is Protecting Parental Rightshttp://tiny.cc/floridaparentrightsSegment 3: Black Gay Trailblazer16 que

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.09 airing Sunday, 2022-02-27 featuring Cynthia, Phil Ferguson, and Malty.EVERYBODY FALL IN!!Welcome to the Non-Prophets basic training! We are going to turn you from raw recruits to lean mean skeptic thinking news and daily topic absorbing machine!First lesson! Paraphrasing the fifth general order; you must obey all orders of the commanding officer. Unless you feel it somehow violates your religion. An Airforce officer fight against taking the Covid vaccine. Drop and give me 20 ma’am!Next, TEN HUT! POPE WATCH! Pope Francis condemns the assisted suicide while the Italian government mulls it’s efficacy. Many years in the making and following a man who was trapped in his body after a horrible accident. Can the Pope allow that punishment to end or is it eternal punishment for wanting a release?Then we double time it for a brisk 60 year march for new black history. Friend of the show Mandisa Thomas shows that a minority in a minority is able to raise their voices shouting out

The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.08 airing Sunday, February 20th 2022 featuring Laura Magee, Richard Gilliver, ExXian Erin and Arden Heart. Summary: In the secular/humanist news reporting system you have a dedicated team of tireless hosts who will report the news and give their opinions.These are their stories.[BOOM BOOM] First up on the docket, a pastor cooking it up without their pants. Is it just an innocent klutzy moment, or was he trying to get another type of religious experience. OH MY! Well the defence is going to have their work cut out for them. Next like a page out of some of our darkest history we see a book burning by none other Pastor Greg Locke. He takes out what followers think are satanic works like Harry Potter. One might argue it was a better love story than Twilight, but investigations got distracted. A man who doesn’t follow positive Atheism tosses a Bible deep into that Pyre. Carthitic? Maybe. Could handled better? Well, let’s find out. Then OK lawmakers follow suite with TX la