The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.04 airing Sunday, January 23rd 2022 featuring Laura Magee, Richard Gilliver and August.

Ships log: Rear Admiral Johnny P. Angel reporting.

Ahoy! This week aboard the Flagship of the Atheist Experience Network, Laura Magee, Richard Gilliver and August head for international waters. Of course, they begin at the official NP winter quarters, a small, but comfortable villa, up the Tiber from the Tyrrhenian Sea, not far from Ostia Antica, seaport of ancient Rome, itself.
The skuttlebutt is that il Papa is singing some pro-LGBTQ shanties. A closer listen is warranted. They find that his tone is somehow off…hmmm.

Having weighed anchor, these modern day Argonauts sail for what seems a lifetime, only to find themselves traversing the Sulu Sea (yes, the SULU Sea). Upon making landfall at Bataan Port, our intrepid crew surveys the Philippines’ new ban on child marriage. About time they cheer!

But what is this, they each descry through their looking glass? The expected: religious-types making a typical stink. Noted in the ship’s log. Time to make waves…a fair wind blows them southwest along the coast to Borneo, west to Singapore, past the tip of India, through the Suez Canal, beyond the Straights of Gibraltar, hugging Portugal, Espana, and Frahhhnce, across the channel, skirting the eastern coast of England, and FINALLY laying anchor at the Port of Tilbury, in Essex, UK.

Here, Captain Laura and the Bridge Crew stride the gangplank and inspect lowly Piltdown Man and his cobbled-together head. They’ve collected their shillings and shamble (their legs are not used to such stability) to the nearest pub, where over whatever drinks they elect, they confabulate a spell on the topic of that singular cohort: Gen Z: and how they do, and do not get together. We hope you enjoy the journey as much as we did.

Segment Titles and Articles Discussed:

Segment 1: Pope Watch

Pope Francis Removes Vatican Official Behind Document Barring Blessings for LGBTQ Couples

Newsweek, By Heather Bair Jan 10, 2022
http://tiny.cc/popewatchgrsmcool

Segment 2: Step in the Right Direction - Philippines bans child marriage

http://tiny.cc/sitrdpibankidwed

Segment 3: Looking Back - January 20: “Piltdown Man” Hoax Exposed
by Ronald Bruce Meyer, January 20, 2011

Links to Main Articles: http://tiny.cc/lbpiltdownmanfake

Additional reading:
http://tiny.cc/piltdownmanxplaind

Segment 4: Gen Zs Aren’t “Committed to Being Committed”

BBC.com By Jessica Klein Jan 7, 2022

Links to Main Articles:
http://tiny.cc/genzkeepsitinpants

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