Puzzle In A Thunderstorm Podcasts

On this week's episode: The Supreme Court doesn’t understand what a plague has to do with health or safety ... If you're an anti-vaxer, urine for a treat ... And Tom and Cecil will be here to make the improvising around the news stuff look easy. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Tom and Ce…

On this week’s episode: The CDC says Noah can kiss you square on the lips ... God plans to make hospitals obsolete by faith healing and lowering deductibles ... And Donald James Parker finally gets an origin story. --- To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our siste…

This week, Michael Marshall joins us for an atheist review of Grace of God, the story of a thirty grand being stolen from a church, and the congregation's desperate attempt not to figure out who did it. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Check …

Hope your BAWKled in cause this one is gonna FLY your brain...bird puns Our Two dollar plus patrons are already listening to all three of our "Dungeon Master's Corner" AMAs and our first minigame "The Worst and The Dimmest" while our $5 patrons now have access to our "episode chonks" which combine each ark into its own supersode perfect for binging…

In this week’s episode, Wiccans will teach us to keep our hexes firmly secured in a gun safe, Aaron Rodgers challenges me to single combat in the old ways, and Anna will be here to spoil you people rotten. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.…

This week, the guys team up for an atheist review of Vindication, episode 2. In this Pureflix original drama, Detective Travis spends most of his time barking up the wrong tree and then solves the case with the same kind of blind happenstance we associate with Inspector Gadget. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus …

On this week's episode: Donald trump makes Candace Owens look stupid ... We get the best Jordanian fist fight since Creed ... And we learn that Skynet is playing the long game with mostly low-level pranks. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebo…

In this week’s episode, Baby Baphoment boosts some blood pressure, if you've ever said LET'S GO BRANDON unironically you can go let's yourself, and Anna will be here to play 2021 off. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Cr…

This week, we get a bit of bonus "tacular" with an atheist review of A Karate Christmas Miracle, the story of ... actually, I have no idea. We spend an hour and forty-five minutes trying to sort that out in the review and never quite get there. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on P…

In this week’s episode, our podcast gets a billionaire sugar daddy for Christmas, a 3rd grade teacher considers doing "Wintertime For Hitler" unironically at the holiday concert, and Tom and Cecil will be here to shit in a few stockings. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our…

This week, the guys team up for an atheist review of An American Carol, the story of the least talented third of Abrams, Zucker, and Zucker winning a shower argument with his liberal niece. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Check out our other…

On this week's episode: Noah gives up a cool space story to talk about idiots irradiating themselves ... Eli gives up important political stories to talk about syrup ... And we celebrate the end of the year with a very special pocalypse-tacular. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraf…

In this week’s episode, Fox news finds a flash of persecution on their Christmas tree, the Christian Right is so inept they can't even hate Dr. Oz correctly, and Andrew Torrez will be here to talk about the terrifying religious people in robes that aren’t clergy. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/…

This week, Dan and Jordan from the Knowledge Fight podcast join us for another foray into the animated insanity of the Happy Science Cult. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Check out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citat…

In this week’s episode, Joel Osteen cashes out, the Fox News Christmas tree in NYC burst into flames and spontaneous commentary, and Tom and Cecil will bring too much vulgarity to fit in a mere 60 minute episode. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https…

This week, the guys team up for a review of Demolition Man, a movie that doesn't really hit the "god" or "awful" part of our title. Because apparently this is what Heath and Eli really wanted for Christmas. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Ch…

On this week's episode: The Supreme Court has a reply for the voters who sent a message in 2016 ... We’ll get far enough into the Greek alphabet to find Decepticons ... And we learn how a sentient swarm of tiny frogs could affect your holiday travel plans. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from…

Hey hey! I know its a short one this month but that's because next month is so hickin' hackin jam packed with adventure we couldn't wait to get this out to ya so we can dive into the fun Music by Anna Bosnick who wrote the music Anna bosnick wrote the music. Hey did you know anna wrote the music? She did. Anna Bosnick. Copyright puzzle in a thunder…

In this week’s episode, Heath brings not one but two demon-sperm related stories, Eli gets out of this episode with a fake doctor's note like he's skipping gym class, and Tom and Cecil will be here to see if this episode can’t earn two explicit tags. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAthei…

This week it's a Hanukah-tacular (and our third sports movie in a row) with special guest Rachel Wax. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Check out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus. Our theme …

For this final episode of the Futility Closet podcast we have eight new lateral thinking puzzles — play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions. Intro: Sears used to sell houses by mail. Many of Lewis Carroll's characters were suggested by fireplace tiles in his Oxford study. The sources for this wee…

In this week’s episode, there are worst times to be an atheist but not by much, Heath will declare the best Thanksgiving food by fiat, and we’ll watch a cartoon about people dying en masse of starvation. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.am…

This week, Michael Marshall joins us for an atheist review of The Favorite, the story of a guy writing a script immediately after getting a traumatic brain injury and nobody having the heart to tell him to maybe give it two months and try again. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on …

On this week's episode: Murder continues to be legal in Wisconsin ... We’ll all overlook what a low bar “build back better” sets ... And the Republican Party gets triggered by muppets. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOn…

One of the most remarkable pilots of World War II never fired a shot or dropped a bomb. With his pioneering aerial reconnaissance, Sidney Cotton made a vital contribution to Allied planning. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe his daring adventures in the war's early months. We'll also revisit our very first story a…

In this week’s episode, Jerry Falwell Jr sues Liberty University for not stopping him from fucking himself, we do NOT have a story about HUMAN ejaculate...but we do have a story in that general field, and on an only somewhat related note, Tom and Cecil from Cognitive Dissonance will be here. --- Learn more about Vulgarity for Charity here: https://…

This week, Cara Santa Maria joins the guys for an atheist review of Hoovey, the story of careless parents endangering their child for no discernable reason, and then selling that negligence as a feel good story. --- Learn all about Vulgarity for Charity here: https://scathingatheist.com/ If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly …

In 1891, a mysterious figure appeared on the streets of London, dispensing pills to poor young women who then died in agony. Suspicion came to center on a Scottish-Canadian doctor with a dark past in North America. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the career of the Lambeth Poisoner, whose victims remain uncounted…

In this week’s episode, Joe Biden makes America slightly less great again for bigots, we learn from a religious essay contest that Webster's dictionary defines the afterlife as something proven with prose, and Don Ford will be here to give the Bible the funny voices it so richly deserves. --- Vulgarity for Charity Learn how you can participate in V…

This week, Anna joins us for an atheist review of Newsboys: Under the Bigtop, the story of a bunch of Christian music artists trying to guess what an acid trip is like. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful Check out our other shows, The Scathing …

On this week's episode: Congress agrees to build a bridge as long as no Critical Race Theory drive across it ... Thanks to quarantine protocols, Aaron Rogers finally gets to be the smartest man in the room ... And Republican spies accidentally audition for a tragic farce by the Coen brothers. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.pat…

You read this right. You've got almost 2 hours of episode this month. Is it because Critical Roll is back and I'm jealous? Maybe. Either way lucky you Our Two dollar plus patrons are already listening to all three of our "Dungeon Master's Corner" AMAs and our first minigame "The Worst and The Dimmest" while our $5 patrons now have access to our "ep…

In this week’s episode, you’ll get the chance to vent your Election Day rage while doing some good, the Supreme Court lets Maine prevent mass death… but on a provisional basis, and we get audio proof that the people at Liberty University don’t think. --- Vulgarity for Charity If you want to participate in this year’s Vulgarity for Charity, here’s a…