647: Circumcise Matters Edition

In this week’s episode, Ryan Walters finds the Lemon test a bit too sweet, a priest teaches the story of Abraham and Isaac from the perspective of Bigfoot, and Don Ford will get tricked by a box with “Don Ford Feed” written on it again.
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Headlines:
Ryan Walters enlists Prager U to help weed out “woke” teachers: fox23.com/news/osde-partners-with-prageru-for-…
Pope certifies his first miracle, calls Buzz Aldrin, accepts "DA POPE" t-shirt: apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-leo-moonwalk-s…
boston.com/news/local-news/2025/07/20/pope-leo…
Hundreds of NASA employees sign letter of formal dissent against anti-science Trump policies:
nytimes.com/2025/07/21/science/nasa-formal-dis…
Judge blocks WA requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession: washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/18/judge-b…
Anti-woke Texan who fled LGBTQ 'indoctrination' sent to Russia's front line: rawstory.com/lgbtq-2673371339/#
Baylor rejects $650,000 LGBTQ+ research grant because bigotry: friendlyatheist.com/p/baylor-university-reject…
‘Yeti blood oath’ divides Denver seminary: pillarcatholic.com/p/yeti-blood-oath-divides-d…
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This Week in Misogyny:
Pregnant TN woman denied care for being unmarried: tennessean.com/story/news/health/2025/07/23/te…
IN Lt. Gov supports rape exceptions to abortion laws, but has conditions: peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/micah-beckwith-su…
Chinese officials warn female comedians not to joke about men: (Thanks Nick) theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/chinese-offi…