Friendly Atheist News Roundup 10/29/2026; GOP Candidate Wants to Hide Her Sermons (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #659)

— Atheist wins “religious exemption” to get out of using AI at work. (0:39)

— The sermons Republican Katy Cornell doesn’t want voters to hear. (7:57)

— Conservative Christian blogger Samuel Sey will be deported by ICE. (27:55)

— Catholic Church upholds excommunication of deacon whose son was abused by a priest. (38:22)

— Elizabeth Struhs died after her Christian parents withheld insulin. Could she have been saved? (54:06)

— A sociologist’s lazy defense of Christian Nationalism misses the real threat. (1:02:55)
Interview: 

• Audio only podcast, with Jessica: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/10/28/gop-candidate-wants-to-hide-her-sermons/

            

• YouTube video, with Jessica:  https://youtu.be/9XpUhTD3TOI?si=YFuKiG3OCjbIG_6c

            

• YouTube video, no Jessica:  https://www.youtube.com/live/GAvxzv0MS6c?si=y1ct5oIFC9P8O4sF.