Puzzle In A Thunderstorm Podcasts

In this week’s episode, the government gets a hold of Joel Osteen’s pp, the planets conspire to interrupt Facebook and no other major platforms, and Anna Bosnick will be here to spear an earworm on a hook. --- 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 gang returns for an atheist review of God's Not Dead: We the People, the story of David AR White running out of things to even be imaginarily persecuted by. --- 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 Scathi…

On this week's episode: A very different Amazon stops selling through Facebook ... Trump will work really hard not to use “I did too get illegal emoluments” in his defense ... And the US Army gets attacked by a ninja. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https:…

In 1904, adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard awoke from a dream with the conviction that his daughter's dog was dying. He dismissed the impression as a nightmare, but the events that followed seemed to give it a grim significance. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Haggard's strange experience, which briefly made h…

Our heros make their way through dangerous traps and bloodthirsty enemies...also Dave is still a Falcon 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 o…

In this week’s episode, we paint the walls with a month's worth of stored up antitheism, Christianity gets persecuted by seahorses, and Don Ford will be here because, dammit, you missed him, too. --- 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…

This week, Marsh joins us for an atheist review of Sons of Thunder, Episode 4, in which Heath will be triggered for about an hour and forty-five minutes by Pureflix's bafflingly misguided effort to bring Poker to the screen. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patre…

In 1945, a U.S. Army transport plane crashed in New Guinea, leaving three survivors marooned in the island's mountainous interior. Injured, starving, and exhausted, the group seemed beyond the hope of rescue. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the plight of the stranded survivors and the remarkable plan to save the…

In this week’s episode, we’ll finish off the headlines from the past, you’ll miss the headlines from the present, and we’ll look forward to the headlines from the future. --- 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-Crisis-Religion…

This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us to end Mormon Movie Month not with a bang, but with a whimper. --- 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. Check out mo…

In this week’s episode, our headlines will be closer to the present, but they still won’t be the present, Lucinda will continue to pop in when you least expect it, and Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta will be here to learn that the word “new” isn’t legally protected, apparently. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www…

This week, Eli and Noah join forces for an atheist review of The Other Side of Heaven 2: The Fire of Faith, the follow up to the story of child neglect on the part of the church. This sequel takes our hero back to Tonga where he can recall all the ways he was criminally endangered during his mission and expose his young children to those very same …

In this week’s episode, the past and the present will smash together like some kind of temporal orgy, we’ll bring up stuff in the headlines that you almost forgot you were pissed about, and Lucinda’s quest for a pet dinosaur will come up wanting yet again. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/Scathin…

This week, Dan and Doug of the How to Heretic podcast join us for an atheist review of The Fighting Preacher, the story of a ... fighting preacher. They really kind of spoil it in the title, honestly. --- 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 ou…

In 1917, a New Jersey company began hiring young women to paint luminous marks on the faces of watches and clocks. As time went on, they began to exhibit alarming symptoms, and a struggle ensued to establish the cause. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Radium Girls, a landmark case in labor safety. We…

In this week’s episode, the headlines will make you wonder if you’re listening to the archives, the news out of Texas will make you wonder whether you’re listening to old timey radio, and Christian children’s entertainment will give us something that’s salty and hard to swallow. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://…

This week, Shannon Grover and Bryce Blankenagel join us for an atheist review of The Work and the Glory, the story of some people getting conned by Joseph Smith so good that people making a movie about it 200 years later still don't realize it was a con. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check u…

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is remembered for its destructive intensity and terrible death toll. But the scale of the disaster can mask some remarkable personal stories. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the experiences of some of the survivors, which ranged from the horrific to the surreal. We'll also co…

The Guard at the Gate has a bone to pick with our adventurers this month...did I use that pun already? I feel like I used it already... 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" w…

In this week’s episode, BYU gets mad about having to share a letter with LGBTQ, Walker Texas Ranger gets a WEIRD new job, and Liberty U cancels classes without a decrease in the total amount of learning. --- 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 Elizabeth's Gift, the heartwarming story about a mom with a dead kid, a kid with a dead mom, and the arms deal that brings them together. --- 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…

On this week's episode, Kanye West cries for help at 40 bucks a ticket, OnlyFans will relent and leave Heath’s back up career safe for now, and we’ll take a vacation so soak us in while you can. --- 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/…

The modern strawberry has a surprisingly dramatic story, involving a French spy in Chile, a perilous ocean voyage, and the unlikely meeting of two botanical expatriates. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the improbable origin of one of the world's most popular fruits. We'll also discuss the answers to some of our …

In this week’s episode, people will die of COVID unnecessarily because of religion, Heath takes the week off to turn 40, and we’ll actually finish this time. --- 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-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pande…

This week, guest masochist Jessica Bluemke Greiff of the Friendly Atheist podcast joins us for an atheist review of A Teenage Conflict, where we explore the dark and dangerous world of children learning facts and the terrifying world it might lead to.--- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us ou…

In 1864, two ships' crews were cast away at the same time on the same remote island in the Southern Ocean. But the two groups would undergo strikingly different experiences. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Auckland Islands castaways and reflect on its implications for the wider world. We'll also con…

In this week’s episode, Islam finds a worse use for an 8 year old than its prophet did, we learn AGAIN that it's NOT like the Holocaust...whatever you're about to say...no it's not…, and Tom and Cecil from Cognitive Dissonance will be here to make the paying customers cry. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.pa…

This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us for an atheist review of Only God Can, the story of several actors reading from a script in front of a camera. Sorry, this one doesn't have enough plot to fill out a whole summary. --- If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/…

On this week's episode: Madison Cawthorne puts his foot in his mouth because what else is he gonna do with them ... Dumb people will switch to something easier to pronounce than hydroxychloroquine ... And Mike Lindell has a symposium about proof that is quadruple absolute. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat …

In 1959, Marine pilot William Rankin parachuted from a malfunctioning jet into a violent thunderstorm. The ordeal that followed is almost unique in human experience. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Rankin's harrowing adventure, which has been called "the most prolonged and fantastic parachute descent in history.…

In this week’s episode, Christians continue their war against free not dying juice, Jesus comes back to buy a motorcycle and then leaves again, and Don Ford will be here to ramp up the sexual tension once again. --- 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, Moishe joins us to discuss a show about boring people not quite having an affair. --- 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 music is …

Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions. Intro: Lili McGrath's 1915 "floor polisher" is a pair of slippers connected by a cord. Eighteenth-century English landowners commissioned custom ruins. The sources for this week's puzzles are below. In some cas…

Our heroes are just DYING to find out what happens next on their adventures. Lets hope you are too! 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 s…