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Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It's skeptical, it's political and there is no welcome mat.
Atheist and Skeptical News hosts Cognitive Dissonance, a comedy show with 943 episodes published.
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Kash Patel
former Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense, Deputy Assistant to President Trump, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council · Team USA
1 appearance on this show
Aaron Rabinowitz
discussed in 'Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse' · Creator Accountability Network
1 appearance on this show
Dick Cheney
1 appearance on this show
Ghislaine Maxwell
1 appearance on this show
Michael Marshall
LGPS
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Jarry
science educator · McGill University’s Office for Science and Society
1 appearance on this show
Kirk Cameron
author, actor, star of "Growing Pains" and "Fireproof"
1 appearance on this show
Kenneth Copeland
Word of Faith preacher · Kenneth Copeland Ministries
1 appearance on this show
Seth Andrews
1 appearance on this show
JD Vance
Vice-President of the United States
2 appearances on this show
George Santos
Managing Director & Head of Marketing · 180 Engineering
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Anthony Fauci
former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
1 appearance on this show
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