498: Happily Esther After Edition

In this week’s episode, a Christian charity tries a surprise mass-shooting larp, the religious right gets dumber on purpose again, and Don and Anna will be here to make the bible less boring. --- 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-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Hear more from Anna here: https://www.annabosnick.com/ --- Headlines: Catholic charity holds insane shooter drill, traumatizes staff: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/catholic-charities-staff-traumatized-after-realistic-active-shooter-drill/ Christian school forfeits football game against team with two girls on roster https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/christian-school-forfeits-football-game-against-team-with-two-girls-on-roster/ NC’s homophobic Lt Governor calls on an end to teaching history and science in schools altogether: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson-kids-shouldnt-learn-science-or-history-in-school/ Texas church apologizes after staging illegal, Jesus-infused ‘Hamilton’ https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/texas-church-apologizes-after-staging-illegal-jesus-infused-hamilton/ Satanic Temple Lawsuit reveals unconstitutional payment system in Boston: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/satanic-temple-lawsuit-reveals-pay-to-pray-invocation-practice-in-boston/ Florida teens successfully ousted two anti-LGBTQ “lunatics” from a local school board https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/florida-teens-successfully-ousted-two-anti-lgbtq-lunatics-local-school-board/