319 - Chaos and Hope
American Freethought Podcast
English - January 10, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 47.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality atheist religion and atheism church freethought skeptic skepticism state Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Rioters overrun the US Capitol for four hours, disrupting the formal tally of electoral votes by a joint session of Congress. Trump and his surrogates (and a long line of conservative leaders) bear direct responsibility for inciting this violence and feeding dangerous misinformation to their followers.
Plus:
Democrats will control both Congress and the White House for the first time in years. What should they do with that power?
A Pew Research study shows that the new Congress is far more religious (and far more Christian) than the US population at large.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) causes a minor controversy with his multicultural, multi-gendered invocation.
Congress has a female chaplain for the first time in history.
I decline to interview a flat-earther.
Theme music courtesy of Body Found.
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