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This week, in what might be the funniest episode yet, Molly and Emese are joined by co-stars Amy Schumer and Brianne Howey. They get candid about motherhood, career evolution, and their new film, Kinda Pregnant —which unexpectedly led to Amy’s latest health discovery. Amy opens up about how public criticism led her to uncover her Cushing syndrome diagnosis, what it’s like to navigate comedy and Hollywood as a mom, and the importance of sharing birth stories without shame. Brianne shares how becoming a mother has shifted her perspective on work, how Ginny & Georgia ’s Georgia Miller compares to real-life parenting, and the power of female friendships in the industry. We also go behind the scenes of their new Netflix film, Kinda Pregnant —how Molly first got the script, why Amy and Brianne were drawn to the project, and what it means for women today. Plus, they reflect on their early career struggles, the moment they knew they “made it,” and how motherhood has reshaped their ambitions. From career highs to personal challenges, this episode is raw, funny, and packed with insights. Mentioned in the Episode: Kinda Pregnant Ginny & Georgia Meerkat 30 Rock Last Comic Standing Charlie Sheen Roast Inside Amy Schumer Amy Schumer on the Howard Stern Show Trainwreck Life & Beth Expecting Amy 45RPM Clothing Brand A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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In Catholic Watch…. They should have named the hurricane about to hit the shores of Virginia ‘Francis’ in honor of the Catholic Church’s destructive power. How long has the predatory priest problem gone on, and only now Francis is convening a meeting of bishops to discuss what to do moving forward? But he continually shows […]

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The 'Canceling' Episode - Thoughts on the George Floyd incident and the consequences 2:00:00

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The death of George Floyd was tragic and horrific and the outpouring of outrage justified. So where was this anger when Tony Timpa died in exactly the same way? Why is Black Lives Matter silent over the death of retired police captain David Dorn at the hands of looters and so many others? What kind of sick and depraved individual takes video of Dorn's death and uploads it to Facebook Live instead of rendering aid? Some people may not like what I have to say, but it has to be said. We need real conversations, and BLM is not at all interested. I'm angry too. But I have some pointed questions for those who buy the narrative BLM is selling.…

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Assisted dying news, BC court sides with father and orders children be vaccinated over mother's objections, and MORE! 1:18:48

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I was loath to edit this one. The audio on my side took a lot of work to correct because of some glitch in the audio chain, but I think it came out well in the end. The volume was all over the place and I had to take the time to go through it and alter the volume envelope. Better late than never! For Feb 6, 2020... Assisted dying news - Justice Minister David Lametti to table new legislation expanding access to medical assistance in dying; Catholic authority predictably plays the fear card; a British Columbia hospice refuses to comply with MAID poloicy; BC court sides with father and orders children to be vaccinated over mother's objections.…

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Jeff Goldblum questions whether Islam is LGBTQ friendly, philosopher doesn't understand the "slippery slope" fallacy, and MORE! 1:38:37

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Webpages talked about in this episode: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-vaccine_uk_5ea067f2c5b6b2e5b83ba372?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNhLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABeF8UsCHHLZucmhXmIR9BWbiP66vWWRUNNhpHZLshfgquUlOuycSrltEnyeCg8iCndQvkbwI90KKY-I5RIWHHFmJ0PZ2z3Tc7YcrZZCgK0nbSfOn_8Z-zghH87bW6CMRlPtNxm1f-hB7wtUqRDmhVIiUf_9UeDACIg_FBCB9Xyu https://globalnews.ca/news/6873046/jeff-goldblum-islam-comments-rupauls-drag-race/ https://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/10083/about-slippery-slopes-a-philosopher-critiques-a-sociologist/…

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Free speech on Canadian campuses, MAID legislation and religious interference 1:39:37

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Links: Terry Gilliam in memoriam: https://tinyurl.com/tese8sl Student group wins free speech court battle: https://tinyurl.com/uo4meyf https://tinyurl.com/t4v9bce Alberta government and campus free speech: https://tinyurl.com/rt7jum8 MAID story links: https://tinyurl.com/y5r53ysw https://tinyurl.com/r8naery https://tinyurl.com/wlp5wtu https://tinyurl.com/ue45rge Hospice refuses to offer MAID: https://tinyurl.com/rcp8v34 Catholic Watch... More Catholic opposition to MAID: https://tinyurl.com/qlee5ak https://tinyurl.com/wt2zl26 https://tinyurl.com/rvzonul Quack Tracts... Anti-vaxx story links: https://tinyurl.com/yx22d8d7 https://tinyurl.com/shyw22s…

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Infestation of woke culture in entertainment 2:25:10

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It's been a while, but we're back! The topic du jour has been welling up inside me for some time and I need to get this rant out. We'll have a look at how our entertainment has been hijacked by those who want to use it as a propaganda tool for their political agendas, starting patient zero (Ghostbusters 2016) and ending with some truly spectacular failures. And of course men are to blame for poor box office showings. Seriously. They actually say this. And movies like Joker and Ford v Ferrari can't be allowed to do well at the box office or at major film award events. We will finish the discussion with one of the most godawrful shows - nay! THE worst thing on any medium. In other news, in a BC court a judge has sided with a father who wished his children to be vaccinated over the mother's objections. An anti-choice student group at the University of Alberta claiming its free speech was suppressed by being forced to pay an exorbitant amount for security at an event has won in court. The federal government is in the process of fixing the mess Jody Wilson-Raybould left MAID legislation in and wants your input.…

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More on Jessica Yaniv, KSA allows women to travel unchaperoned, Democratic Socialists, and MORE! 3:10:23

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For episode 264, Sunday, August 11, 2019... The Regressive Left Files... The Democratic Socialists of America had their national convention and showed why they aren't fit to run a lemonade stand, let alone a nation state... http://tiny.cc/i200az Serial HRC complainant Jessica Yaniv is in hot water following a YouTube debate with Blair White (also trans)... http://tiny.cc/m400az http://tiny.cc/2400az http://tiny.cc/a500az Vancouver Pride bars the Public Library for merely being the venue for speaker Meghan Murphy, who the Coalition Against Trans Antagonism alleges promotes "hateful views". http://tiny.cc/l800az We discuss an Aero piece by Melissa Chen titled "Why postcolonial theory is not helping Hong Kong". http://tiny.cc/6b10az Quack Tracts... The retrial of David and Collet Stephan continues, but the bickering over whether the the testimony of medical examiner Bamidele Adegabo should be admitted into evidence as expert testimony (seriously?) in voir dire sessions means we have nothing to report. Things may get spicy when a former medical examiner testifies that she disagrees with Dr. Adegabo on his conclusions. Sorry, Justice Clarkson... No vacation for you! http://tiny.cc/0d10az http://tiny.cc/uk10az Eye on Islam.... The Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now allows women to travel without requiring the permission of their male guardian. Imams are in an uproar over this loss of patriarchal control. http://tiny.cc/0p10az Lincolnshire school girls are being asked to wear a hijab for a day because that will show them the hijab means - how did Ilhan Omar put it? - "power, liberation, beauty, and resistance". Yeesh. http://tiny.cc/hq10az Religion Watch... Vancouver doctor Ellen Wiebe has been cleared of wrongdoing after she disobeyed the edict of an Orthodox Jewish care facility that no assisted death take place on the premises. The question is, will care givers who force their own religious nonsense on those they purport to care for? http://tiny.cc/8u10az Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Bishop James Chechio says medical assistance in dying is an utter failure of the government to protect the vulnerable. And if there's one thing the Catholic Church knows, it's how to fail to protect the vulnerable! http://tiny.cc/0410az Two Red Deer candidates for Maxime Bernier's NeoCon spin off People's Party of Canada propose a wedge bill which would prohibit abortions past 24 weeks, and treat violators as criminals with up to five years imprisonment. El Salvador, here we come! http://tiny.cc/h910az We discuss a Global News piece on how a proposed ban on conversion 'therapy' is mobilizing the Canadian religious right. http://tiny.cc/3a20az…

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ScarJo roasted for comments, Misandry chair design wins award, Slate on trigger warnings, and MORE! 2:41:41

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For episode 263, Sunday, July 21, 2019... This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, yet not only are we NOT back on the moon, conspiracy theories claiming the moon landings were faked still abound... http://tiny.cc/iga19y http://tiny.cc/0ga19y The Regressive Left Files... Scarlett Johansson is roasted for daring to say she can play any character she wants http://tiny.cc/f12z9y BC trans woman claims salon violated her human rights for refusing to Brazilian her male genitalia http://tiny.cc/kha19y Slate publishes article violating social justice dogma, says 'trigger warnings' are bad http://tiny.cc/v12z9y Feminist design student creates a chair of misandry to stop the non-problem of 'manspreading' http://tiny.cc/f12z9y Eye on Islam... Saudi mother loses custody of daughter when a photo of her in a bikini is presented to a judge, crickets from feminists http://tiny.cc/n02z9y Mike Pence calls for the release of Saudi atheist blogger Raif Badawi http://tiny.cc/3z2z9y Catholic Watch... Well, he actually did it! Colombian bishop uses holy water to ‘drive out the devil’. Not from a helicopter, but from a fire truck http://tiny.cc/zy2z9y Northern Ireland bishops cry foul as Parliament passes a bill legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage. Yay Parliament! http://tiny.cc/5x2z9y American Theocracy Today... Remember that Texas town which wanted to become a 'sanctuary for the unborn'? They played a game of chicken with the ACLU and blinked http://tiny.cc/7y2z9y…

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Antifa shot dead in WA; Stephans' Retrial Saga Cont'd; Nicki Manaj aborts KSA appearance; and MORE! 1:55:26

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For episode 262, Monday, July 15, 2019... The Regressive Left Files... Well, it happened. Just like I predicted. An armed Antifa terrorist was shot dead as he tried to firebomb the ICE detention facility in Tacoma, WA. The same one that Ted Wheeler would not allow police to respond to a 9-11 call from. This is on YOU, Wheeler.... http://tiny.cc/z8lp9y An interesting Twitter thread illustrative of the Regressive Left.... http://tiny.cc/p6cp9y Rapper withdraws from Detroit music fistival over racist ticket pricing.... http://tiny.cc/aedp9y Nicki Manaj won't appear at a music festival in the Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.... http://tiny.cc/3cdp9y Author on a Scientific American blog claims fat is not the problem - "fat phjobia" is... http://tiny.cc/acdp9y Eye on Islam... Muslim leaders in Britain complain about "Islamophobic" signs at London's Pride event... http://tiny.cc/bulp9y An Australian teen rescued from arranged marriage in Lebanon because her family decided she wasn't "pure" after she was raped... http://tiny.cc/jadp9y American Theocracy Today... In India, a student dies after being stung by a scorpion because the school principal summoned an exorcist instead of a physician... http://tiny.cc/xcdp9y FLDS Bountiful elder James Oler is to be sentenced for removing a child from Canada in order to facilitate sexual offences... http://tiny.cc/m9cp9y The anti-choice propaganda film "Unplanned" opens in 24 theaters across the country... http://tiny.cc/sddp9y Stephans' Retrial Saga... Evidence is mounting that the trial judge is losing his patience with David Staphan... http://tiny.cc/rbdp9y http://tiny.cc/uadp9y http://tiny.cc/38cp9y http://tiny.cc/67cp9y…

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Antifa violence, Bishop plans to use 'holy water' to cull crime, Stephan retrial update, and MORE! 1:38:11

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For episode 261, Sunday, July 7, 2019... The Regressive Left Files.... Antifa assaults journalist Andy Ngo in Portland... http://tiny.cc/rvdd9y http://tiny.cc/b0dd9y http://tiny.cc/a1dd9y http://tiny.cc/91dd9y http://tiny.cc/02dd9y http://tiny.cc/j3dd9y To dismantle 'fat phobia' the whole of Western civilization must be dismantled! Wouldn't it be easier to just lose some weight? http://tiny.cc/l4dd9y Catholic Watch... Bishop in Columbia plans to spray city with holy water to combat his city's high murder rate. http://tiny.cc/04dd9y Cleric in Muenster, Germany calls for parishioners to forgive pedophile priests. Many congregants respond by walking out. http://tiny.cc/39dd9y Quack Tracts... An update on the re-trial of David and Collett Stephan http://tiny.cc/vded9y http://tiny.cc/ieed9y Woman in St. Louis arrested for hiding her daughter's diabetes and allows her to die horribly http://tiny.cc/efed9y American Theocracy Today New study shows what we atheists already know, that we treat the religious better than they treat us... http://tiny.cc/7hed9y https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...…

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Judge rejects Stephans' motion to dismiss, Shatner calls out SJWs, and MORE! 1:58:14

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For episode 260, Sunday, June 23, 2019... The Regressive Left Files.... Why women's national soccer teams think they should get the same pay as the men's (and why theyt don't) http://tiny.cc/erip8y More on the Oberlin College civil suit https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... Coleman Hughes speaks out against slavery reparations in the US Congress, gets called racial slurs http://tiny.cc/btip8y http://tiny.cc/puip8y William Shatner owns podcaster who whished he was dead instead of Leonard Nimoy http://tiny.cc/2vip8y 20,000 Christians embarrass themselves by signing a letter calling for the removal of Netflix's "Good Omens". Only one problem.... http://tiny.cc/o0ip8y http://tiny.cc/49ip8y UK advertising is banned from using gender stereotypes http://tiny.cc/dcjp8y Quebec's Bill 21 passes and minorities fear workplace surveillance http://tiny.cc/8yip8y Medical Assistance in Dying... In New Zealand, 1,000 doctors sign a letter in opposition. We look at why https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar... In Oz, Victorian Health Minister says offering the option of a dignified death is itself a comfort, while Catholic authority continues to impede progress in its opposition to MAID http://tiny.cc/r5ip8y http://tiny.cc/f7ip8y Catholic Watch... Archbishop orders a Jesuit preparatory school to fire teacher in a same-sex marriage. School says "NO!" http://tiny.cc/p8ip8y Quack Watch... Judge in Stephans' retrial approves testamony to become part of the court record following voir dire. A (bizarrte) petition to dismiss the charges was denied http://tiny.cc/ifjp8y http://tiny.cc/6ejp8y Eye on Islam... In Pakistan, the rape and murder of a 10-year old girl resulted in protests and suspension of the chief of police following accusations that police refused to investigate the crime. http://tiny.cc/9ijp8y http://tiny.cc/hjjp8y…

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Stephans trial notes, Pell's appeal, Dodgeball is oppression, Homophobic bishop tweet, and MORE! 1:57:32

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For episode 259, Sunday, June 9, 2019... Catholic Watch... We take a look at the grounds for appeal Cardinal Pell's lawyers believe will reverse their client's guilty verdict. It is debatable if the court will find the com-Pell-ing. http://tiny.cc/vyoy7y http://tiny.cc/kcpy7y Bishops in California bravely state the "seal of confession" is more important than reporting child molestation that a recent law would require them to do. Hope you like "orange", clergy! http://tiny.cc/o3oy7y A Rhode Island bishop orders Catholics to not support the LGBT community during "Pride month". Accusations of homophobia ensue... http://tiny.cc/a7oy7y Illinois bishop refuses the "sacrament of communion" to the state's Catholic legislators because they enshrined access to abortion services into law. http://tiny.cc/h9oy7y The Regressive Left Files... According to "researchers" and the University of British Columbia, the sport of dodgeball is now to be considered a tool of oppression. And these so-called progressives wonder why we laugh at them. http://tiny.cc/6koy7y A piece in Vice claims that "conservatives" like Lindsay Shepherd are unable to name a single example of hate speech laws being used to silence speakers inappropriately. Guess they hadn't heard about R. v. Keegstra... http://tiny.cc/kvoy7y In American Theocracy Today.... Colorado ignores Alberta's lead in not banning gay conversion therapy. Good! http://tiny.cc/jmoy7y Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer tests the waters to see if religion in politics has become acceptable to voters, proclaiming "I believe we are all children of God and there is equal and infinite value in all of us." So... We as nonbelievers don't? http://tiny.cc/clqy7y Quack Tracts.... Jennifer and Jeromie Clark were sentenced this past week after being found guilty for failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of the their infant son in 2013. http://tiny.cc/jlpy7y Infamous purveyor of woo David Stephan, himself currently being tried for a second time in the death of his young son Ezekiel back in 2012, called the Clark's sentencing "appalling". http://tiny.cc/enpy7y We take a look at the testimony in the first week of David Stephan's trial, which has been scheduled to run over the next several weeks. http://tiny.cc/vopy7y http://tiny.cc/5npy7y…

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Ark suffers flood damage, Meryl Streep flirts with the mob, Stephans' denied stay, and MORE! 2:04:06

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For episode 258, Monday, June 2, 2019... The new government of Alberta has canceled the process which would have banned so-called "gay conversion therapy". A pro-"forced birth" group in Lethbridge is taking the city to court over its refusal to place their ads on buses. Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" is suing its insurers for $1M after it refused to cover costs due to rain damage to the access road. The irony is not lost on anyone. A UK nurse 'sacked' by the NHS for repeatedly proselytizing to patients loses her court appeal. The Regressive Left Files... Actress Meryl Streep courts the ire of the outrage brigade saying that the term "toxic masculinity"…

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US Abortion Laws, Harvard Dean Let Go, Pastor Kills 27 in Africa, Ramadan Etiquette, and MORE! 2:50:28

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For episode 257, Monday, May 20, 2019... Quack Tracts.... Germany may adopt fining parents who refuse to vaccinate their children http://tiny.cc/t4sw6y Kentucky teen anti-vaxxer contracts gets poetic justice when he contracts chicken pox http://tiny.cc/75sw6y Ontario court rules doctors can't impeded access to medical assistance in dying services by refusing to make referrals http://tiny.cc/36sw6y South African preacher Ruffus Phala urges congregants to embibe 'jik' - essentially bleach - to wash away their sins. The result? 27 dead, 18 in critical condition. But at least their souls are whiter than white! http://tiny.cc/bytw6y But this wasn't his first rodeo... He's previously tried Dettol and antifreeze on congregants (http://tiny.cc/h1tw6y) before switching to jik (https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news...), killing 6 in 2018. There has to be a word for a serial killing preacher. The Regressive Left Files... Excellent article in The Atlantic pleading for university administrations to stop students running the show https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... Harvard's first black law school dean will not be replaced because administration bowed to pressure for removal after he was part of Harvey Weinstein's defence team http://tiny.cc/qctw6y http://tiny.cc/8etw6y http://tiny.cc/3ftw6y LA Times writer Carla Hall wonders if the royal parents of Archie (Archibald?) will raise him to be black http://tiny.cc/sgtw6y American Theocracy Today... We look at recent anti-choice bills passed in Alabama and Missouri, as well as states about to embark on drafting similar statutes http://tiny.cc/3htw6y http://tiny.cc/9ktw6y http://tiny.cc/9ltw6y http://tiny.cc/1mtw6y Eye on Islam... Still whinging and whining in Burmingham, Muslims show their displeasure at public schools teaching that being gay is okay. But they're not homophobic. No siree! http://tiny.cc/zntw6y A Philadelphia city commission said Monday it’s investigating an event last month at which Muslim children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings. http://tiny.cc/kptw6y A Seattle school district faces a lawsuit filed by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund for urging teachers to offer children an Arabic greeting for Ramadan. http://tiny.cc/zqtw6y Writing for CNN online, Saeed Ahmed instructs us on how to act around those observing Ramada. http://tiny.cc/outw6y Ex-Muslim Yasmine Mohammed writes an opinion piece an the why we should not be celebrating the burkini. Will feminists listen? http://tiny.cc/4vtw6y Austria plans to ban the wearing of hijabs by primary school children http://tiny.cc/q6tw6y Catholic Watch.... Pope makes reporting of abuse mandatory. Why do we have a problem with this? The answer won't surprise you in the least... http://tiny.cc/78tw6y In their yearly publicity stunt, over 100 students from Catholic school were bused to the Alberta capitol Edmonton for an anti-choice rally. How much of our tax dollars went to this, we wonder? http://tiny.cc/2cuw6y…

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For episode 256, Sunday, May 5, 2019... Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright joins us to talk about evo, the new science denialism from the left, trans women in sport and sex differences in behavior. Colin is an Eberly Fellow at the Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University.

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Attacks in Sri Lanka, Cockroach visits Winnipeg, more Brunei stoning penalty stuff, and MORE! 2:02:55

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For Episode 255, April 28, 2019: Eye on Islam... Of course we'll talk about the Islamist attacks in Sri Lanka. Linda "Cockroach" Sarsour was invited to speak in Winnipeg, but the city's mayor Brian Bowman is demanding she be disinvited. The Sadistic Sultan of Brunei defends signing the death penalty by stoning for homosexuality and adultery into law against its European critics, writing that there is a high bar for finding someone guilty. Cuz yeah. That's what the problem is, not that these are considered crimes in the first place. Writing in the Guardian, Owen Jones makes a plea to the Muslim community to band together to fight the far right which threatens The Regressive Left Files... What's this? An American college where students engage in discourse with someone they disagree with? How dare they! After Middlebury College cancelled an event mere hours before Charles Murray was scheduled to speak, one class quietly decided to invite him and engage his ideas. Wow. What a concept! At Sartoga Springs High School parents were up in arms about an assignment wherein students calculated their privilege, as if a single number could sum up anyone's life experiences. Victimhood culture poisons everything, just like religion. Catholic Watch... Easter has come and gone for another year. Pope denounces the "glitter of wealth" in front of giant gold-guilded candle inside of opulent St. Peter's Basilica, designed to project the Church's power and wealth, not to mention the favor of God. No one has ever accused the Vatican of a good sense of self awareness. Meanwhile, non-Roman Catholic catholic churches are on the rise in the US. I wonder why? New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law allowing medical assistance in dying in that state. This despite his Catholic beliefs and the protestations of bishops. Yes, Virginia, it is possible to act in the best interests of all despite one's personal beliefs. A Philadelphia court ruled against the archdiocese who took the city to court over its refusal to renew a contract to place children in foster care. Why? The Catholic Social Services refused even in principle placing foster children with same-sex couples. One question - why the hell is Catholic Social Services a thing? Quack Tracts... The current measles crisis is the worst outbreak in 25 years. Thanks, Obama!…

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Atheists are the REAL X-Men, Pope fights abuse in spiritual combat, "Woke" nonsense, Brunei legislat 2:45:22

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Episode 254, for April 7, 2019.... A paper published Evolutionary Psychological Science claims atheists are really X-Men! (X-Men? Not very woke, is it?) The Regressive Left Files... Speaking of "woke"... New York Times op piece "I broke up with her because she's white" - how being woke is a barrier to interracial relationships. We comment on the Jussie Smollett debacle... Quebec government tables a bill banning public employees from wearing religious symbols. At least this time they moved the crucifix from the Quebec National Assembly... A quickly-retitled Forbes piece originally called "What if 'toxic masculinity' is the reason for climate change". Quack Tracts... Journalist Heather Yourex-West (Global News) takes a look a the pockets of regions of low vaccination rates. Meanwhile... The British Columbia government has been funding an anti-vaccination group called Health Action Network Society for over a decade to the tune of nearly half a million dollars. New York county has taken the unusual step of banning minors from public places to stem the tide of a recent measles outbreak. Catholic Watch... Pope Frances claims the fight against the pedophilia rampant amongst clerics involves 'spiritual combat'. Eye on Islam... The Barbaric Sultanate of Brunei has made homosexuality and adultery punishable by stoning. We comment on an NBC News report on atheists in Iraq and the oppression they face. Ahmed Bhamji, chairman of the Mt Roskill Masjid E Umar mosque in Aukland, claims the Christchurch shooting was a Zionist plot. Masih Alinejad publicly calls out so-called feminists who wear hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women. We look at this in light of a recent tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar. We also look at several assistance in dying stories, from Spain to Toronto.…

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New Zealand hate crime and reaciton, Proactive vaccination strategies, More Catholic scandal 1:50:02

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The elephant in the room... We look at the horrific hate crime in New Zealand. This was a heinous act. But the reaction of the regressive left won't leave it alone, and we look at some of the reactions indicative of what Gad Saad has called "collective munchausen syndrome". Catholic Watch The state of West Virginia is suing a diocese, charging they knowingly employed pedophile priests. Alain de la Morandais demonstrates his pedophilic propensities and child molestation apologetics on a French television program. Pope Francis says corruption is a devastating cancer harming society. He should know, as head of the world's largest organization of corruption. A poll taken in the US suggests more than an third of Catholics are questioning their membership. What the hell does the Church have to do before they finally leave? Quack Tracts... The Calgary Health Region has set up a "vaccine hesitancy clinic" whose goal is to convince parents on the fence to get their children vaccinated. In the face of a recent measles warning, at least one clinic in Calgary has asked that parents not bring their unvaccinated children. A father of three young boys with a rare genetic disorder which compromises their immune systems makes an appeal to Albertans to vaccinate. Meanwhile, physicians are urging Health Canada to take action against the sale of homeopathic vaccine "alternatives". Eye on Islam... A human rights lawyer in Iran has been sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes. Nasrin Sotoudeh is well known for defending women who dared to show their hair in public. Her crime? "Gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security" and "insulting the Supreme Leader".…

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Cardinal Pell in prison, Homeopathy 'aid' group defunded, NZ blasphemy law repealed, and more! 1:14:07

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For March 10, 2019.... Catholic Watch.... Cardinal Pell makes prison his new home after he was found guilty on all 5 charges laid against him in the sexual abuse of two choir boys 22 years ago. Not to be outdone, the archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was found guilty for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse. Police in Costa Rica raid the offices of the Archdiocese of San José and the Costa Rican bishops' conference as part of their investigation of two predatory priests. But Pope Francis remains undaunted and steadfast, finding that silver lining, saying that the revelations of sexual abuse is purifying the Church! Meanwhile, in Argentina with Catholic tendrils infiltrating its laws forces an 11-year old girl to carry to term a pregnancy resulting from rape. Quack Tract Quebec-based homeopathy 'aid' organization Terre Sans Frontières has been receiving moneys from Global Affairs Canada to push their Chagas' placebo treatment on Hondurans. After this was exposed by CBC journalist Vik Adhopia, doctors questioned this policy and successfully lobbied to end funding. The Alberta Party has announced mandatory vaccinations as part of their policy platform for the upcoming election. The Regressive Left Files New Zealand is the latest to repeal blasphemy laws. White oppressor and physician Deborah Cohan prostrates herself at the altar of social justice in a self-flagellating piece of garbage in - of all places! - the NEJM.…

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SIS fighters pine for home, nun abuse, Clarks sentencing, and more! 2:59:44

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For episode 251.... Quack Tract A "Down Under" chiropractor is fined $30k for claims he made of his profession curing cancer. Not enough, I say, but still good news. What about up here in the Great White North? Hundreds protest in Washington for the "right" to not vaccinate their children. Organizers of an upcoming "natural health" (as if there's an "unnatural health"...) conference on Toronto have canceled the appearance of prominent anti-vaxxer Del Bigtree. Sentencing hearings have concluded for Jennifer and Jeromie Clark, found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of their 14-month old son John. During the trial, jurors were shown online searches for natural remedies for gangrene, which included cabbage leaves and cayenne. Jesus H. Christ on a Popsicle stick... Eye on Islam Canadians fighting for ISIS in Syria want to come home. One says that it's okay because he hasn't broken any laws here. Wrong, buddy. To paraphrase Batman, we won't kill you. But we don't have to save you, either. Apple and Google offer an app which here in the West would be deemed creepy-stalky by normal people. What does it do? It tracks the movements of women. I wonder what Gillette would say? Catholic Watch Nun abuse - the latest scandal to come out of Catholicism - is coming to the fore. Miscellaneous This is an election year in Alberta. Anti-choice groups have been busy pushing their candidates in the Ultra-conservative Party. Despite assurances from UCP leader Jason Kenney that he will not open the abortion "debate", we should not be sanguine about this.…

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Asia Bibi headed to Canada; Vatican official resigns over sex abuse allegations; and more! 1:33:34

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For February 3, 2019.... Eye on Islam... Asia Bibi, recently acquitted on charges of that fictitious crime blasphemy, is likely headed to Canada. Let's see... Canada's middle finger extended to the Barbaric State of Saudi Arabia - check. Canada's middle finger extended to Pakistan - check. Who's next? February 1st is World Hijab Day. Screw that. When these women take off their hijabs in support of their sisters in the Middle East or in families living in the western world whose values are stuck in the 7th century, I might have some modicum of respect. But I will never - NEVER! - allow the normalization of an instrument of misogyny, religion be damned! A petition to Nike to recall their Air Max shoes has been started at Change.org. The reason? The logo on the sole when viewed upside down looks like the word "Allah". I"m not kidding. Nike has a recent history of moralizing, unless it hurts their bottom line. And of course, CAIR is involved. The Regressive Left Files Counter Terrorism Policing UK wants citizens to call police if you see anyone at a hardware store buying knives or hammers while sinister music is playing. The Twitterverse responds negatively. Who would have seen that coming? The two Laurier "professors" at the center of the Lindsay Shepherd scandal, Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott, are suing Shepherd over their unsolicited slanderous comments comparing Jordan Peterson to Hitler. Seriously. They're blaming her for Peterson's lawsuit for the comments they made of their own volition because it was her act of recording the inquisition they formed that drew Peterson's attention to them. Catholic Watch The Vatican official handling cases of sexual abuse has resigned after allegations leveled against him surface for - wait for it! - sexual abuse. And finally a good news story in Catholic Watch. Governor Andrew Cuomo, himself a practicing Catholic, signed into law a pro-choice bill, causing bishops in Tennessee and Texas (who couldn't have voted for him anyway) to call for his excommunication. Cuomo dared to suggest that his religious views are separate from is gubernatorial duties. What a concept! American Theocracy Today... White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claims God wanted Donald Trump to become president. Does this mean that God fixed the election? Why have elections if God always gets the candidate it wants?…

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Stephans lose legal fee battle; Your Ward News convicted of hate speech; Was rapey priest shuffled around Alberta? 1:38:17

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For January 27, 2018.... Christmas came late for me (or really, really early), as we learn that Justin Trudeau has unexpectedly replaced Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould with David Lametti. Quack Tracks A judge has ruled that the Stephans will not have their legal fees paid for by the Province of Alberta. The Regressive Left Files Comedian Zach Poitras has been denied a spot to perform at the Université du Québec à Montréal. The reason? He's white and has dreadlocks. The event, the Snowflake Comedy Club, could not have been named more appropriately. Catholic Watch A representative of Alberta's Catholic school system says “The courts have told us that we have to be Catholic or there’s no reason for us to exist.” Guess what? There's no reason for you to exist. A Catholic priest in Calgary's NE quadrant, Malcolm Joe D’Souza, has been charged with sexual assault. I'd chalk this up to a one-off, but over a 26-year span he had been moved between a number of parishes in southern Alberta. Sound familiar? And, yes. This was on Bishop Fred Henry's watch. Embattled ex-Cardinal Wuerl claims lapses in memory over having heard about sexual abuse allegations against Theodore McCarrick. Someone should give Wuerl a Rolodex to keep them all straight. Miscellaneous... The two men behind the free Toronto "newspaper" Your Ward News which, among other things, wants rape decriminalized and claims a bloodthirsty Jewish conspiracy is afoot, will appeal their hate speech conviction. Totally forgetting Jesus was himself a Jew, one of the defendants said, "We have Jesus on our side." Ironeeeeee!…

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Rahaf Al-Qunun arrives in Canada; Women in KSA notified of divorce by text message; German cardinal blames homosexuality for sex abuse scandal, and more! 1:40:14

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On our plate for this episode…. Eye on Islam While on vacation with her family in Kuwait, 18-year old Rahaf al-Qunun escaped in a bid to seek asylum in Australia. Detained by Thai authorities at the request of the Barbaric State, social media put pressure on Thai immigration officials to rescind their original decision to repatriate her into the clutches of her patriarchal family. Now she’s on her way to Canada, and that makes me very proud of this great nation. In an era where social media is all too often used to punish those who do not meet ideological purity tests, this is a win. Pressure from the Council on American-Islamic Relations has forced Amazon to remove certain products including door and bath mats they deemed offensive as they were imprinted with Islamic calligraphy, references to the Prophet Muhammad and Quranic scripture. I’d be more conciliatory to this had CAIR kept its big mouth shut and not said some very disturbing things. Married women in the Barbaric State of KSA rejoice! You can get the news that your husband has divorced you via a text message. How progressive! (I’m not making this up.) Catholic Watch The anti-Christ has been revealed! The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to his arrival. Too late! Google is already here. Here we go again…. German cardinal Walter Brandmüller makes the claim that homosexuality is to blame for the Catholic Church’s predatory priest scandals. We unpack what he has to say in terms of not only his premises, but to their logical conclusions, ones he won’t like at all. The Regressive Left Files More fallout from the “Sokal Squared” debacle. Portland State University doubles down and brings up charges of ethical misconduct because…. Wait for it! Peter Boghossian did not seek prior institutional approval for the use of human subjects in the “grievance studies” hoax. I kid you not. Heavyweights such as Robert Sopalsky and Steven Pinker get behind Peter in support.…

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Nuns rock Vegas with stolen cash; Blasphemy law gone; Alberta Health Minister feels heat over Covenant Health 1:22:19

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In this episode: The big new is that Canada no longer has a blasphemy law on its books. Bill C-51 passed in the Senate 49-17, with 26 abstentions, and has received Royal Assent. Catholic Watch Local priest and vicar of Catholic education Jerome Lavigne claims the rainbow flag flown at city hall earlier this year is the work of none other than Satan. We learn, despite the gag order on the trial, that Cardinal Pell has been convicted on charges of sexual abuse of minors and plans to appeal the verdict. At the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse in Britain, Cardinal Vincent Nichols professes shock that a vicar ordered a predatory priest be warned of an impending arrest to flee justice. Is he serious? Two nuns working at a California school embezzled half a million dollars and go on a Las Vegas gambling spree. One can just picture them stuffing g-strings at Chippendales. Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman is feeling the heat of public outcry over Covenant Health’s de facto veto over patients’ right to access medically-assisted dying services and is now reconsidering the exemption given to Covenant Health. Keep up the pressure, folks!…

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David Stephan wants court costs covered; Rania Youssef 'incites debauchery' in Cairo 1:38:05

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In Quack Track… David Stephan wants the province of Alberta to dish out $4M for his pending re-trial on charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life for his young son Ezekiel. In Eye on Islam… Actress Rania Youssef has been accused of ‘inciting debauchery’ for her dress at the Cairo Film Festival, the […]…

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Guest Brian Dalton 2:05:02

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Brian Dalton, known in our circles as “Mr. Deity”, joins us for an interview, and has graciously agreed to help us out with a few stories that have crossed our radar. In American Theocracy Today… Aspiring missionary John Chau picks the wrong place to evangelize. But don’t worry, his evangelical group has forgiven the tribe […]…

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Potpourri with Kevin Sawatzky 2:22:31

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In ‘Catholic Watch’… Britain’s Supreme Court rules that refusing to put LGBT-supportive messages on cakes is not discriminatory. Ireland votes on repealing its blasphemy law this past Friday. We’ll tell you the results. Doreen Nowicki, an elderly woman with ALS and a patient under the care of Catholic-run Covenant Health, was forced to be moved […]…

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Episode 199 – Potpourri 1:12:21

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In the 199th episode Feisty Twyla, Incorrigible Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson bring you another potpourri of religious absurdity and even some science. First, researchers at the University of British Columbia put another nail in the coffin of liberation therapy for MS; Singaporean Amos Yee is granted asylum in the […]…

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Episode 198 – Guest Lawrence Krauss 35:21

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In this episode Christine and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson are joined by superstar cosmologist Lawrence Krauss. Lawrence is director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University in Phoenix. He’s also involved with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock, recently set back to 2 and a half minutes to […]…

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Episode 197 – Potpourri episode 1:39:35

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Welcome to episode 197 of The Legion of Reason Diversion for March 12, 2017! Co-host Christine and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, are joined by guest co-host Paul Ens. In this thrilling installment topics range a wide gamut, including the following: A Montreal osteopathic school faces charges of practicing medicine without a […]…

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Episode 196 – Guest Stephen Law 1:06:01

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Stephen Law is a professor of philosophy at Heythrop College across The Pond at the University of London, and is the author of a number of books such as “Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole” and “The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History’s Greatest Thinkers”. He joins […]…

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Episode 195 – Potpourri 1:11:26

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Tonight’s mashup of stories includes events surrounding Motion 103 put forward by a Liberal MP in the House of Commons; the chair of the Edmonton public school board’s idea of cost-saving measures is to offer Catholic faith programming; A website promoting a Muslim conference in Melbourne, Australia does the magic trick of making women speakers […]…

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Episode 193 – Bad Science Watch with guest Michael Kruse 1:09:45

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Michael Kruse joins the Legion of Reason this week. Michael is executive director of Bad Science Watch. The mission of Bad Science Watch is to “provide analysis of dubious scientific claims to Canadians, our government, and the media, promote objective critical thinking, and advocate for the enforcement and strengthening of consumer protection regulation.” They’ve been […]…

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Episode 192 Part 2 – Guest Melissa Chen 1:18:03

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Melissa Chen will be on to talk about Amos Yee’s asylum request in the US from Singapore. Singapore has some of the most restrictive laws against offensive speech. We’ll also be talking about the regressive nature of social justice and of course events surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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Episode 157 – A Few Reasons for NOT Catholicism 1:19:15

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Join Da Prez Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, as we have another potpourri episode. We discuss the recent tiff between the NECSS and Richard Dawkins, his unfortunate stroke and the subsequent kiss-and-make-up; Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill meet in Cuba to disrespect quite a few groups with their concord (why […]…

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Episode 156 – Bangladeshi Blogger Raihan Abir 59:08

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Raihan Abir is a Bangaldeshi academic and biomedical engineer and for the last five years Abir has been working in the Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology at Dhaka University. He is a recipient of a International Science Program Fellowship from Uppsala University Sweden and is a science writer, human rights activist, freelance journalist and […]…

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Episode 155 – American Atheist’s David Silverman and Imagine No Religion’s Bill Ligertwood 1:06:05

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We have two interviews for you this episode, the first with American Atheist‘s David Silverman (who joins us to talk about his new book Fighting God) and Bill Ligertwood joins us again to talk about this year’s Imagine No Religion conference this May 20-22 in Vancouver, BC.

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Episode 154 – Livin’ On A Prayer – Dusti Hennenfent and Luke Fevin 1:20:02

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Join us as Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twyla, Nate Phelps (who doesn’t yet have a moniker) and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson as we delve into a subject which surprises many to learn is unfortunately much too common in Alberta and Saskatchewan: prayer in public schools. We have two guests with us […]…

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Episode 153, Part 2 – Kudatah! 1:09:10

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In this, the second part of the 153rd installment of this humble periodical Feisty Twyla, Da Prez Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson take you on a sonic voyage. Our first stop is the land of assisted dying, where the Supreme Court of Canada has shown its diminishing patience over the […]…

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Episode 153, Part 1 – He’s BAAAAAAAaaaaaaaack! 58:44

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In this, the 153rd instalment of this humble periodical Feisty Twyla, Da Prez Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson take you on a sonic voyage. Our first stop is the land of assisted dying, where the Supreme Court of Canada has shown its diminishing patience over the Government of Canada’s lack […]…

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Episode 152 – Cristin Padgett, A Non-believer Dares to Run for Public Office 1:33:08

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We have a special guest with us today who is doing something that I want to see more of in the future south of the 49th parallel, and that is running for office without hiding her nonbelief. Cristin Padgett is running in District 33 for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.

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Episode 151 – Tell the Priest I Ordered “Well-done”, Not “Rare” 1:09:34

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In this installment, Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy, explore the most recent gun violence on Colorado and California; a recent study suggesting there is little to choose between Deepak Chopra tweets and random word generators (which we put to the test); Christmas gift ideas for that atheist/secularist/skeptic […]…

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Episode 150 – Nous sommes Paris 1:15:18

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In this installment, Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twyla and yours truly the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson discuss the tragedy in Paris, the objections to taking in Syrian refugees fleeing Daesh, Saudi Arabia going number one with a bullet (or, rather, the sword) as they try to set a record for number of public executions, […]…

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Episode 149 – The Naturopathic Diaries, with Britt Marie Hermes 1:04:05

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Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twyla and yours truly the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson welcome special guest Britt Marie Hermes to our humble podcast. Britt received a degree in naturopathic medicine at Bastyr University and practiced as a licensed naturopath for three years in the US until a number of realizations caused her to leave the […]…

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Episode 148 – The Reason Behind Randy’s Happy Dance 1:26:26

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In this installment, Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twylla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson discuss the hope brought about by the recent federal election here in the Great White North; our kudos go out to an Edmonton atheist group for trying to get attendees of a psychic performance to see the light; […]…

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Episode 147 – Just Imagine If He WAS Ready… 1:18:28

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In this instalment, Da Prez Kris, Feisty Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson talk about our collective relief at the removal of Stephen Harper and what the incoming Liberal government might mean for science in Canada. We attended Alberta’s first secular meeting, the None of the Above conference in Red Deer, […]…

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Episode 146 – Buh-bye, King Harper! 1:17:50

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Tonight, Da Prez Kris, The Ever-Feisty Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson talk about a Calgary preacher trying to cash in on the recent success of the Toronto Blue Jays by comparing life to baseball in his sermons; parents in Busby Alberta vote overwhelmingly to keep saying the Lord’s Prayer in […]…

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Episode 145 – A Potpourri Episode 58:23

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In this episode, Da Prez Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, discuss a variety of pressing issues: Warwick University student union cancels a talk by invited speaker Maryam Namazie, citing butt-hurtedness. We propose a Golden Hemorrhoid Cushion Award be given in response. Bishop Fred “You-know-what” Henry writes on physician-assisted suicide and, […]…

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Episode 144 – Chris and Jonn’s Excellent Interviews 1:09:02

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Welcome to the Legion of Reason, podcasting a critical eye on a sometimes less than critical world! In this, the 144th installment of our humble audio periodical, we bring you two interviews. In the first, Da Prez Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, talk to screenwriter and author Chris Matheson about […]…

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Episode 143 – All We Skeptics Need is Love 1:22:33

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Here is the 143rd episode presented by the Legion of Reason, podcasting a critical eye on a sometimes less-than-critical world! In this installment, we discuss an interview with University of Calgary professor Patrick Finn who tells us in his new book called Critical Condition that critical thinking needs more love. We rip him a new […]…

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Episode 142 – Harperman! 1:14:31

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