Chariots of Iron

Larry Anderson, star of the 40 minute Scientology film Orientation, joins Joe and Eli for a rousing conversation about the auditing, e-meters, Battlefield Earth, Cult of Xenu and the money they owe him for services not rendered. But, before the interview, Lamar, Eli and Joe discuss current events; namely, they dish on Glenn Beck, the Tea Party morons and wingnut climate change deniers. After that they read listener mail and reexamine the words “retard” and “retarded” when used to describe creationists, faith healers, new-age hippies and the angry white men of neoconservative punditry.

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Brian Dalton, writer, directer, producer and star of the hit webshow Mr. Deity joins us for a fantastic conversation that spans everything from Battered Species Syndrome to cosmic cheesecake and everything in between (whatever that might be.) We talk a lot about the Mr. Deity show and its cast, some other projects they have done as well as a book that Brian is currently working on that is focused on the Mr. Deity universe.

We all had a great time talking with Mr. Dalton. If you haven’t already, go check out Mr. Deity and all of Brian and Co.’s other projects over at mrdeity.com!

In the news: fail-safe fabricated to protect religion’s right to be douchey, brain damage makes you religious and Iraqi government pulls 50% of its head out of its ass.

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Lamar has assembled a toolkit for objectively analyzing the tenability of prophecy. When confronted with a situation in which a prophecy is being used as evidence promoting the validity of a given religion, these guidelines will help you cut through the woo and examine it under the light of reason.

Basically, you’ll be able to run it through the ringer and squeeze out all the BS.

Lamar and Eli go over each step so that Joe can understand it. In a totally unrelated statement: the show did run a little long.

In the news this week: litigating the fate of your child’s eternal soul, biology teachers gone crazy, right idea–wrong reason and OVER 9000 (organic compounds found in space rock)!!!!

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