Blasphemy In The Bluegrass

On this week’s episode of Blasphemy in the Bluegrass, we talk about the Show of Shows celebrated in Louisville last February. The FFRF National Convention is very close. We rant about  Christian missionaries playing nurses and doctors. And we will put karma to the test in Bunk in the Trunk! Thanks to all the donors for our fundraiser, who helped us reach our goal.  We appreciate Ketsa, SuRRism, LexinMusic, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, and MusicLfiles, for this episode’s music tracks. Show notes: https://inytimes.pressreader.com/article/281767043859697 https://ffrf.org/news https://www.hbo.com/savior-complex https://slate.com/culture/2023/09/savior-complex-hbo-documentary-renee-bach-no-white-saviors.html The White Savior Complex Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular Thanks for your support.  

On this week’s episode, we give the date for everyone to bring their families and join us at Huber’s Orchard and Winery! We also present an original book club with an interesting way to analyze novels. FFRF explains how another Senator’s religiosity is causing havoc within the US government. We discuss some details on the Delphi’s murders. Finally, Bunk in the Trunk is back this week… this time, with a live experiment! The following link is for our fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4ee863ef  Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, LexinMusic, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, and MusicLfiles, for this episode’s music tracks. Show notes: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/27/1195954927/this-jane-eyre-enthusiast-invites-you-to-treat-your-favorite-books-as-sacred-tex https://ffrf.org/news https://abcnews.go.com/US/delphi-murders-unsealed-documents-reveal-questions-remain/story?id=94210091 https://revealnews.org/article/an-ancient-nordic-religion-is-inspiring-white-supremacist-jihad/?fbclid=IwAR2ChKIiH0UroL9ruiUnU77apIuKBzZNdbhrRv5UPGxTaRLIM

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  This week, James Logsdon joins the Atheist World to talk about the infamous Kim Davis and FFRF warns about PragerU. Also, Regina is back. Don’t miss her rant with Monica about the scary Project 2025, and Sam and Beneil return with a new edition of Bunk in the Trunk! The following link is for our fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4ee863ef  If we surpass our goal, we will do an awesome BIB t-shirt lottery among the donors.  Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Mapamusic, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, geoffharvey, and LexinMusic for this episode’s music tracks. Show notes: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199477637/kim-davis-same-sex-marriage-license-ordered-to-pay-damages https://ffrf.org/news https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/project-2025-heritage-foundation-christian-nationalism-rcna103510 https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/14/the-gop-has-a-master-plan-to-criminalize-being-trans/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/1618503758656466   Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.faceboo

This week, Filthy Monkey Brains will announce the date for the KFC. Ed reveals the games played by coach Joe Kennedy. Monica rants about the similarities between conspiracies and religion. In our last section, we bring another super debate: Sam introduces Angela’s, Katie’s, Monica’s and Beneil’s Not-so-pious Christian funeral stories. The following link is for our fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4ee863ef Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, LexinMusic and Nesrality (version of Chopin’s funeral march Opus 35) for this episode’s music tracks. Show notes: https://ffrf.org/news https://www.bbc.com The saga of 'Pizzagate' Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular Thanks for your support.  

This week, Blasphemy in the Bluegrass covers a story about a beach being ‘kidnapped’ by Christians. Ed shares a piece about how FFRF managed to cancel a trip to the Ark Encounter.  Monica’s rant is about the horrible consequences arising from the lack of oversight by religious schools. We wrap up by welcoming Nurse Katie to talk about the right to choose to die with dignity. Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, and lesfm for this episode’s music tracks. Link for our fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4ee863ef   Show notes: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-christian-group-is-blocking-access https://ffrf.org/news https://www.insideedition.com/record-100-million-settlement-reached-in-lawsuits-alleging-torture-rape-starvation-at-christian?fbclid=IwAR2R2qTDS6klSSffAYyXFRjZaMeKXZ8jPPr8rFbeweOb2K1spFlwSHfpaXs https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/agape-christian-reform-school-sexual-assault-lawsuit-1234663711/?fbclid=IwAR0A57-ew0zu2LL6xrn_JWC-wpSzHM78TYjlQ8e4n1AlDm-Y3Lx-J1B6CMg https://

In this week’s episode of Blasphemy in the Bluegrass we talk about our presence at the State Fair, Ed advises members of FFRF to book for the 2023 National Convention ASAP, Regina and Monica rant about the indicted ex-president’s unwavering evangelical support, and Sam and Beneil continue their fun talk on misinformation about Evolution.  Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, and Diamond_Tunes for this week’s music tracks.   Show notes: https://ffrf.org/news https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/ Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular Thanks for your support.  

This week’s episode informs about a promising study about fellow primates’ language, Ed’s news update includes how FFRF criticizes a circuit court’s ruling in favor of severe abortion medication restrictions, and Sam and Beneil will discuss the misinformation spread about Evolution.    Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, and Diamond_Tunes for this episode’s music tracks.   Show notes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03350-8 https://ffrf.org/news https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/11/lawsuit-catholic-couple-says-they-were-barred-from-fostering-children-lgbtq-beliefs/?fbclid=IwAR2Ppag4yegUHuX1KOFjqIhoPJOKYXTDlGvriQk7ux1jRHqxr9NIZwBlEIY https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-catholic-agency-same-sex-foster-care-004b978239e41675524859ae79a5333b?fbclid=IwAR3C1gQ9UeBu2QgQZfAnBIYCdO6AcMyiGyCMe_1ism-IiCElQGekBIyI5bI    

This week we find out that Jesus is not so popular among some Christians, we get the FFRF news update -don’t miss out on the surreal piece of news about Southwest-, we rant about the latest on the fight to reverse Roe v Wade, and Beneil interviews Brandon Campbell about his deconversion story.    Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, JuliusH and Coma-Media for this episode’s music tracks. Show notes: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak https://ffrf.org/news https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1191679261/ohio-election-results-issue1-abortion-state-constitution-amendment-ballot-voters Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular  

This week we remind everyone that we will be at the KY State Fair, we get the FFRF news update, including the new animated video FFRF released, we rant about the former President’s latest indictment, and Beneil, Monica, Sam and Angela will talk about Not So Moral… Bible Verses.    Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, moodmode, AlexGrohl, JuliusH and Coma-Media for this episode’s music tracks. Interesting links: https://ffrf.org/news https://ffrf.org/legal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOFA31t39mw  Heaven: Rupert Brooke (FFRF)   Trump's Latest Indictment https://www.scribd.com/document/662462402/Trump-Indictment# Giuliani's Court Filing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.84.2.pdf Last about MAGA supporters:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFU5aq1NxMc&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4omduR-2dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMcgFW4x1tc&t=121s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE8epXt914w Other: https://rarebible.wordpress.com/ https:

On Today’s episode, we discuss the recent victory of Americans United in Missouri; the FFRF update puts an emphasis on the toll religion is taking on women this week; Regina and Monica rant about the outrage over the movie ‘Barbie’, and Sam and Beneil, with a guest, bring us a new entertaining episode of ‘Bunk in the Trunk’.  Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, lemonmusicstudio and geoffharvey for this episode's music tracks.  Here are the links we provide for more information about the episode: https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/mo-court-allows-abortion-rights-lawsuit-brought-by-au-allies-to-proceed/ https://ffrf.org/news   Other useful links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular  

This week, we talk about American Atheists´ victory against the WV Prison Program targeting an incarcerated Atheist. The FFRF news update includes the latest Gallup Poll about believing in a god, the devil, angels, heaven, and hell. Monica and Regina will talk about a very confused young Christian lady who went viral, and Sam and Beneil will introduce their new segment “Bunk in the Trunk”.    Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, moodmode, AlexGrohl, and geoffharvey for this week’s music tracks.  Hemant Mehta’s article: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/judge-wv-prison-officials-cant-force For more FFRF news: https://ffrf.org/news Other useful links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular https://www.facebook.com/communityofreasonohky  

This week we talk about the picnic, we get the FFRF news update, including the letter Target received from some state attorneys general about its pride collection, we rant about Greg Locke’s last circus, and Sam, Monica and Beneil have an entertaining conversation about faith and doubt, and more.    Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, moodmode, AlexGrohl, SergeQuadrado and The_Mountain for the music tracks.   For more FFRF news: https://ffrf.org/news   Here are the links that Monica and Regina provide for more information about their rant:   Pastor Greg Locke repents, and scrubs thousands of videos from Facebook to 'minimize collateral damage’. https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-greg-locke-repents-scrubs-videos-from-facebook.html?fbclid=IwAR0p7wZ7TI-7dnQjz7S8YErsXOi9mEJmQ6WWn8A8Zacg4KEqtd-CLYxPuVE Far Right Pastor MELTS DOWN in unhinged tirade against Democrats - Meidas Touch/The Tony Michaels Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1YrH8snao91MviOvXzYh__-8vQVJ4xA1JvmV7kI1Fz9JuODUkisCz

This week: we give a final reminder about the picnic for non-believers on July 16th, we talk about Uri Geller, we discuss motives behind recent LGBTQA+ rights attacks, and we cover a petition from American Atheists’ to protect the free speech rights of non-believers. The FFRF update includes the impeached ex-President’s remarks about atheists. After a rant about a pastor's curious position on marital sex without consent, you can listen to a special conversation among four of our Filthy Monkey Brains. Don’t miss their humorous discussion on a cringeworthy Supreme Court decision about religious exemptions at work, the implications of the Defense Bill Amendment, and a misguided request about CRT. Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, Lexin_Music, Tommy Mutiu, and lemonmusicstudio for the music tracks.  Here are the links we provide for more information about the episode: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/why-is-the-new-york-times-glorifying https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-ge

This week we talk about a company that hired a fake priest for its employees; we get the FFRF news update, including some of the latest Supreme Court’s rulings; we rant about atheist deathbed conversions; and Beneil, in an intimate conversation, will explain how his process of deconversion was.  Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, moodmode, AlexGrohl, and Lesfm for the music tracks.  Here is the link that Monica and Regina provide for more information about their rant: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.medlin.12/posts/pfbid02jXUDqSXq66GPBNk4jCZBKh5szgMxnTojXrUTomcqDffeFCmS9gywqcTJCsmLrTntl Other useful links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular https://www.facebook.com/communityofreasonohky  

A quick summary of the 10th episode of Filthy Monkey Brains that will be published on July 3rd. 

This week we talk about secular humanism, we get the FFRF news update, we rant about pastors inciting violence, and we have fun examining some of the craziest sects. Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, lemonmusicstudio and SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras for the music tracks.  Here are the links that Monica and Regina provide for more information about their rant: https://www.newsweek.com/video-pastor-saying-parents-trans-children-should-shot-goes-viral-1801663 https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-pastor-suggests-christians-should-suicide-bombers-1807061 Other useful links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/kysecular https://www.facebook.com/communityofreasonohky      

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In this week’s episode, Filthy Monkey Brains will discuss Juneteenth, Spiritual Warfare and Philosophical Naturalism. Be sure to listen to it! Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, AudioCoffee, and Lesfm for the audio tracks.