Botkin Sisters: We Were Wrong to Promote Submission658 - Botkin Sisters: We Were Wrong to Promote Submission (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #658)

— They told Christian girls to submit. Now the Botkin Sisters say they were wrong. (0:17)

— Kenyan starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted in deaths of 191 people. (23:57)

— Americans are deeply divided over empathy. White evangelicals oppose it. (34:30)

— Colorado parolees can now choose secular addiction recovery programs. (40:19)

— Salem Witch Museum to give Batavia High students free tickets after pastor’s objection. (48:52)

— Florida’s new science standards downplay evolution and climate change. (56:49)
Interview: 

• Audio only podcast, with Jessica: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/10/21/botkin-sisters-we-were-wrong-to-promote-submission/

• YouTube video, with Jessica:  https://youtu.be/0DsgdWAoML0?si=W3M4CFBP861Q60mp

• YouTube video, without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/j8IrM5E_1t0?si=1270ToSLSZTgCXmf