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* IWarnedYou: Eli said he would lick Ray Comfort at Reason Rally, and he did.


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* NoodleIncident: There is allegedly a white board of things they (mostly Eli) can't do, and the reasons behind them of often this.
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** Eli is actually well-known to be a fierce social justice advocate, and has been known to debate frequently with critics of social justice movements.
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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons]], Heath Enwright, and eventually Eli Bosnick who joined full-time. This page also includes info on the spinoff shows the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a podcast where they review Christian Movies.

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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[{{PunnyName}} [[PunnyName Noah Lugeons]], Heath Enwright, and eventually Eli Bosnick who joined full-time. This page also includes info on the spinoff shows the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a podcast where they review Christian Movies.



** There will then be a member of the atheist/secular community to quote [[{{Futurama}} Dr. Farnsworth's]] "we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." or some variation.

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** There will then be a member of the atheist/secular community to quote [[{{Futurama}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Dr. Farnsworth's]] "we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." or some variation.

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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement. As they finished it, it was eventually replaced by the Quran, and then the Book of Mormon.

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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, entirety (later moving onto the Quran and the Book of Mormon), and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement. As they finished it, it was eventually replaced by the Quran, and then the Book of Mormon.
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The team recently announced yet another spinoff show called Citation Needed, where they team up with the Cognitive Dissonance Podcast. According to them, they will go through Wikipedia pages from a skeptical angle, making fun of the content, and pretend to be experts based on their new knowledge.

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The team recently announced started yet another spinoff show called Citation Needed, where they team up with the Cognitive Dissonance Podcast. According to them, On this show they will go through Wikipedia pages from and discuss a skeptical angle, specific subject, making fun of the content, and pretend to be experts based on their new knowledge.
knowledge (because this is the internet and that's how it works now).



** When Michael Jordan was mentioned on the show, Eli knew him as "the guy from [[{{SpaceJam}} Space Jam]].



** Since hiring lawyer and fellow podcaster Andrew Torrez from the legal podcast Opening Arguments, Andrew has had to step in a few times to clarify that a few of the worst pedophilia, rape, and murder based jokes are indeed jokes so the crew won't be held liable. The show has somehow gotten more and more obscene over time somehow, likely because now that their lawyer can advise them '''exactly''' where the line is regarding what can and cannot be legally stated on a podcast.



** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being a pedophile and Heath being a white supremacist.

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** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being a pedophile an old man who really likes water beds and Heath being a white supremacist.supremacist who loves cooking ramen.
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* PeripheryDemographic: It turns out that some GAM fans are Christians themselves who just really hate the terrible religious movies their loved ones forced them to watch growing up.

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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement.

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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement.
movement. As they finished it, it was eventually replaced by the Quran, and then the Book of Mormon.


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* EvilStoleMyFaith: Apparently every single atheist has a mom who died from cancer, if the movies reviewed on God Awful Movies are to be believed.


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* GretzkyHasTheBall: Any time Eli is asked anything about sports, to the point of thinking someone named Kyle Gretzky was in a movie they were going to review. He may be ObfuscatingStupidity in regards to professional wrestling, however. Also pointed out in movies they are reviewing, which typically depict sports incorrectly even when the movie features athletes famous for playing that sport.


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** "Do not take [subject] advice from a podcast."
* PeripheryDemographic: It turns out that some GAM fans are Christians themselves who just really hate the terrible religious movies their loved ones forced them to watch growing up.


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** "[Person] looks like they opened the Ark of the Covenant just a little bit."
** Eli doesn't know the names of any athletes. When asked to name some, he will inevitably refer to to the made-up "TreShawn Jenkins."

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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[PunnyName NoahLugeons]], Heath Enwright, and eventually Eli Bosnick who joined full-time. This page also includes info on the spinoff shows the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a podcast where they review Christian Movies.

The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement

God Awful Movies (also called the GAM cast) starts with introducing the hosts (then guests if there are any), some banter about the movie, a nomination of the best at being the worst at and then a faux commercial break (usually parodying the movie that's about to be reviewed) before breaking down the movie.

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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[PunnyName NoahLugeons]], [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons]], Heath Enwright, and eventually Eli Bosnick who joined full-time. This page also includes info on the spinoff shows the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a podcast where they review Christian Movies.

The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement

movement.

The Skepticrat largely follows the same format of going through news stories, but covers things that don't really belong in the context of anti-religious ranting. These are usually political stories from the perspective of the "far center", where all issues are examined in a skeptical but similarly irreverent and obscene manner.

God Awful Movies (also started out as a regular segment where the crew would review bad religious cinema once a month, which became one of their most popular segments. When Eli lost his job, the crew set up a Patreon account to see if people would be interested in turning that into its own show, hoping that maybe they could earn a few hundred dollars in a few months so Eli could make his living that way. As it turns out, there was interest, as the account got its goal within 48 hours.

The team recently announced yet another spinoff show
called the GAM cast) starts Citation Needed, where they team up with introducing the hosts (then guests if there are any), some banter about the movie, Cognitive Dissonance Podcast. According to them, they will go through Wikipedia pages from a nomination skeptical angle, making fun of the best at being the worst at content, and then a faux commercial break (usually parodying the movie that's about pretend to be reviewed) before breaking down the movie.
experts based on their new knowledge.


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* ReplacedTheThemeTune: Played with in one episode where Noah invites The Cognitive Dissonance Podcast on with Heath and they all get in a fight over Fantasy Football. Noah kicks Heath off and brings Tom on as a cohost to host "The Cognitive Atheist" using the Cognitive Dissonance theme song.
**When Noah started the podcast, he didn't expect it to become as popular as it eventually did, and made his own theme and interstitial music. 200 episodes and four years later with a much bigger following, the theme tune seemed a bit amateur-ish, even though the tunes were inseparable. The gang had hired a sound engineer by that point, who eventually completely remade all the themes in a far shinier, more professional arrangement, using most of the same melodies.

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* Defictionalization: One of the recurring gags, Christian Movie Bingo (See Drinking Game below), has actually been turned into a physical game for Patrons and convention appearances. The boards even have randomized squares.



** At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of games. This started with "Jumanji!", usually, and then moved on to "Boggle!" or "Scrabble!"

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** At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of games. This started with "Jumanji!", usually, and then moved on to "Boggle!" or "Scrabble!""Scrabble!". Since Eli has joined the show he has been editing the show notes at the last second to try and screw Heath up.
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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in it's entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement

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The Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in it's its entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement
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* DeepSouth: The show started in New York City, but spent a large amount of its time in Valdosta Georgia. It has since relocated to "Secret lair, Pennsylvania" to Noah's relief.

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* DeepSouth: The show started in New York City, but spent a large amount of its time in Valdosta Georgia. It has since relocated to "Secret lair, Pennsylvania" to Noah's relief. Regardless of where they are from, their stories are inevitably the result of religious harm, so the heavily Christian South is naturally a large target for the show.
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* DeepSouth: Although originally from New York City, the show is currently based in Southern Georgia.

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* DeepSouth: Although originally from The show started in New York City, the show is currently based but spent a large amount of its time in Southern Georgia.Valdosta Georgia. It has since relocated to "Secret lair, Pennsylvania" to Noah's relief.
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* DudeNotFunny: Some of their roasts have been... controversial to say the least. They want to emphasize that there are no lines drawn at roasts, and their roasts are for '''charity'''.


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* IllKillYou: Eli repeatedly threatens to kill an author of a nonsensical Christian pamphlet.


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**All three hosts have a talent for roast humor, which naturally leads to a no holds barred [[{{CrossesTheLineTwice}} Crosses the Line Twice]] insult assault on '''anyone'''. They have decided to use their powers for good and held two events called "Vulgarity for Charity", where donors are encouraged to contribute to charity, and the cast will insult anyone at the donor's request. The first was for the aforementioned Secular Student Alliance fundraiser. The second one was where they brought on the Cognitive Dissonance podcast to insult people. They ended up raising $25,000 for Modest Needs.


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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: One of the running gags in GAMcast episode 58 was that the Christiano Brothers, creators of [[{{TimeChanger}} Time Changer]], raped a girl in the late 1800s. Their lawyer makes several disclaimers throughout the episode insisting it's a joke and for humor, and that the show is '''definitely not making that allegation'''.

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The Podcasts starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in it's entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement

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The Podcasts Scathing Atheist starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in it's entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement
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God Awful Movies (also called the GAM cast) starts with introducing the hosts (then guests if there are any), some banter about the movie, a nomination of the best at being the worst at and then a faux commercial break (usually parodying the movie that's about to be reviewed) before breaking down the movie.



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* DistractedByTheShiny: On GAMcast, a lot of Christian films for some reason bring up good questions or points against Christianity, and then move on from the question without addressing the point. Eli calls this out by shouting "Jingly keys!"

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* DistractedByTheShiny: On GAMcast, GAM cast, a lot of Christian films for some reason bring up good questions or points against Christianity, and then move on from the question without addressing the point. Eli calls this out by shouting "Jingly keys!"keys!"
* DrinkingGame: Sorta. The GAM cast instead has "Christian Movie Bingo", related to repeated tropes in the movies that are reviewed.



* RunningGag: GodAwfulMovies features several, including Eli Bosnick's "Crazy Billionaire Money", which he talks about how he would reshoot movies to change exactly one scene, and "____: The Eli Bosnick Story" where he takes spoken lines out of context to describe his own life.

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* RunningGag: GodAwfulMovies God Awful Movies features several, including Eli Bosnick's "Crazy Billionaire Money", which he talks about how he would reshoot movies to change exactly one scene, and "____: The Eli Bosnick Story" where he takes spoken lines out of context to describe his own life.life. See also DistractedByTheShiny above.



* Spinoff: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show

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* Spinoff: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the showshow.
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** "If you're not picturing [Insert obscene or absurd pornographic situation], then you're not the listeners we know and love!"
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** The signoff for God Awful Movies are variations on a man from Brooklyn telling you to [[RefugeInVulgarity go fuck yourself]].

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** The signoff for God Awful Movies are started off with variations on a man from Brooklyn telling you to [[RefugeInVulgarity go fuck yourself]].yourself]], but then Eli gave an outro as a spoof of [[{{Film/TheBreakfastClub}} The Breakfast Club]]. Now the cast gives epilogues after ad-libbing "Don't You (Forget about Me)" by [[{{Music/SimpleMinds}} Simple Minds]].
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The crew's assessment of Rock: It's Your Decision, which is a film against rock music that makes it's point by putting fun music throughout the film that's actually pretty exciting.



* StrawmanHasAPoint: Common in Christian films, who have the artistic freedom to represent the antagonists as poorly as they want, yet a lot of good points against theism are still raised.

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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[PunnyName NoahLugeons]] and Heath Enwright. Also run the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a Podcast where they review Christian Movies with frequent contributor Eli Bosnick.

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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[PunnyName NoahLugeons]] and NoahLugeons]], Heath Enwright. Also run Enwright, and eventually Eli Bosnick who joined full-time. This page also includes info on the spinoff shows the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a Podcast podcast where they review Christian Movies with frequent contributor Eli Bosnick.
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* DistractedByTheShiny: On GAMcast, a lot of Christian films for some reason bring up good questions or points against Christianity, and then move on from the question without addressing the point. Eli calls this out by shouting "Jingly keys!"
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The crew's assessment of Rock: It's Your Decision, which is a film against rock music that makes it's point by putting fun music throughout the film that's actually pretty exciting.


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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Eli had been a regular guest on the main show, as well as a full-time host on God Awful Movies, but he was brought on full-time to Scathing Atheist and the Skepticrat as soon as patrons reached a certain goal.


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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Common in Christian films, who have the artistic freedom to represent the antagonists as poorly as they want, yet a lot of good points against theism are still raised.
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* RunningGag: GodAwfulMovies features several, including Eli Bosnick's "Crazy Billionaire Money", which he talks about how he would reshoot movies to change exactly one scene, and "____: The Eli Bosnick Story" where he takes spoken lines out of context to describe his own life.
** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being a pedophile and Heath being a white supremacist.

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* GagPenis: Noah sometimes thanks show patrons by complimenting their enormous penises, which can often get up to [[BeyondTheImpossible planetary or galaxy scales]].

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* GagPenis: Noah sometimes thanks show patrons by complimenting their enormous penises, which can often get up to [[BeyondTheImpossible planetary or galaxy scales]].scales.



* RefugeInAudacity/RefugeInVulgarity: Worn with pride.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of games. This started with "Jumanji!", usually, and then moved on to "Boggle!" or "Scrabble!"

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* RefugeInAudacity/RefugeInVulgarity: Worn RefugeInVulgarity: Stuff like the gag penis jokes are worn with pride.
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* StageNames: Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons are not, in fact, their real names.

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* StageNames: [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons Lugeons]] are not, in fact, their real names.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Has happened a few times in God Awful Movies. Not in the movies they review, the hosts come up with imaginative fates for the main characters of the film they've just lambasted.

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* AcceptableTargets: Pretty much any religious or political figure in power.
** UnacceptableTargets: All three hosts are feminists and will tend to defend marginalized groups like women or gay folks. Noah has stated that he "always punches up."

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* AcceptableTargets: Pretty much any religious or political figure in power.
** UnacceptableTargets: All three hosts are feminists and will tend to defend marginalized groups like women or gay folks. Noah has stated that he "always punches up."



* GeniusBonus: It helps to be knowledgeable in world politics, science, literature, the English language, films, and pop culture to get all the jokes. Keep this in mind when Noah compliments a patron's penis by stating that it has [[{{ViewersAreGeniuses}} Lagrange Points]].
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** Heath Enwright [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this by ending every episode of the Skepticrat with "Catchphrase Signoff."

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** Heath Enwright [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this by ending every episode of the Skepticrat with [[{{ShapedLikeItself}} "Catchphrase Signoff.""]]

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* AcceptableTargets: Pretty much any religious or political figure in power.
** UnacceptableTargets: All three hosts are feminists and will tend to defend marginalized groups like women or gay folks. Noah has stated that he "always punches up."



* GeniusBonus: It helps to be knowledgeable in world politics, science, literature, the English language, films, and pop culture to get all the jokes. Keep this in mind when Noah compliments a patron's penis by stating that it has [[{{ViewersAreGeniuses}} Lagrange Points]].



* Pun: Everywhere in the show. Noah and Heath love showing off their mastery of the English language. Particularly prominent in the "30 Seconds on the Clock" bit, where they usually try and make as many puns as possible for things such as "Ideas for the Strip Club Convent".

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* MushroomSamba: The crew's explanation for the craziest parts of The Bible like Ezekiel or Revelation. How else are you supposed to explain "Locusts having scorpion tails wearing crowns", Jesus with a sword that comes out of his mouth, or Ezekiel deciding to eat a scroll?
* Pun: Everywhere in the show. Noah and Heath love showing off their mastery of the English language. Particularly prominent in the "30 Seconds on the Clock" bit, where they usually try and make as many puns as possible for things such as "Ideas for the Strip Club Convent".Convent" or "“Offensive Cartoons to Scare Away Shitty Christian Busboys From Their Job at the Gay Bar”".



** The signoff for God Awful Movies are variations on a man from Brooklyn telling you to [[RefugeInVulgarity go fuck yourself]] .

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** The signoff for God Awful Movies are variations on a man from Brooklyn telling you to [[RefugeInVulgarity go fuck yourself]] .yourself]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Expect this when one minute Noah is ranting about proper grammar usage and the next minute he's making oral sex jokes about [[{{The700Club}} Pat Robertson]].




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* ViewersAreGeniuses: For all the vulgarity, there are a lot of really high-brow jokes.

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** Every show begins with Lucinda giving a different content warning that the following hour will be obscene

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** Every show begins with Lucinda giving a different content warning that the following hour will be obsceneabsolutely fucking obscene.



** There will then be a member of the atheist/secular community to quote [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Dr. Farnsworth's]] "we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." or some variation.

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** There will then be a member of the atheist/secular community to quote [[WesternAnimation/Futurama [[{{Futurama}} Dr. Farnsworth's]] "we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." or some variation.variation.
* CrowningMomentofAwesome: Noah joined a fundraiser for the Secular Student Alliance and ended up raising over $7,000 in an hour.
* [[{{BlackComedy}} Dead Baby Comedy]]: Frequently. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwRdhyGrxg This Video]] is a good example of the type of humor you're expected to get.



* GagPenis: Noah sometimes thanks show patrons by complimenting their enormous penises, which can often get up to [[BeyondTheImpossible planetary or galaxy scales]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite Noah being a self described asshole and having no shortage of insults for anyone, he shows endless love for his listeners and thanks him every chance he gets.
* Pun: Everywhere in the show. Noah and Heath love showing off their mastery of the English language. Particularly prominent in the "30 Seconds on the Clock" bit, where they usually try and make as many puns as possible for things such as "Ideas for the Strip Club Convent".



** Heath Enwright [[Lampshade lampshades]] this by ending every episode of the Skepticrat with "Catchphrase Signoff."

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** Heath Enwright [[Lampshade [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this by ending every episode of the Skepticrat with "Catchphrase Signoff."



* {{Spinoff}}: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show
* Stage Names: Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons are not, in fact, their real names.
* Stealth Pun: Noah and Heath are master wordsmiths, and will sometimes drop these in. If you're lucky, they'll tell you to think about a certain phrase or joke before moving on.

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* {{Spinoff}}: Spinoff: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show
* Stage Names: StageNames: Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons are not, in fact, their real names.
* Stealth Pun: StealthPun: Noah and Heath are master wordsmiths, and will sometimes drop these in. If you're lucky, they'll tell you to think about a certain phrase or joke before moving on.

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* CouchGag: Multiple
** Every show begins with Lucinda giving a different content warning that the following hour will be obscene
** Heath will then give a fake sponsorship for the episode, usually in the form of a play on words of a religious phrase or product.
** There will then be a member of the atheist/secular community to quote [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Dr. Farnsworth's]] "we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." or some variation.



* SigningOffCatchPhrase: At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of Games, such as "Jumanji!" or "Scabble!"

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* SigningOffCatchPhrase: At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of Games, such as "Jumanji!" games. This started with "Jumanji!", usually, and then moved on to "Boggle!" or "Scabble!""Scrabble!"
** Heath Enwright [[Lampshade lampshades]] this by ending every episode of the Skepticrat with "Catchphrase Signoff."
** The signoff for God Awful Movies are variations on a man from Brooklyn telling you to [[RefugeInVulgarity go fuck yourself]] .




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* Stage Names: Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons are not, in fact, their real names.
* Stealth Pun: Noah and Heath are master wordsmiths, and will sometimes drop these in. If you're lucky, they'll tell you to think about a certain phrase or joke before moving on.
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* Spinoff: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show

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* Spinoff: {{Spinoff}}: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show
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The Scathing Atheist is an Atheist/Comedy podcast run by [[PunnyName NoahLugeons]] and Heath Enwright. Also run the Skepticrat Podcast, which is more political, and God Awful Movies, a Podcast where they review Christian Movies with frequent contributor Eli Bosnick.

The Podcasts starts with the [[AuthorTract Diatribe]], in which Noah rants about a different aspect of religion each week, then segues into Headlines, where the two hosts talk about news events in the week that relate to religion or atheism. In the middle of headlines, Noah's wife Lucinda does a segment titled "This Week in Misogyny" that talks about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin misogyny and patriarchy]]. Other segments include "The Holy Babble", where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read TheBible in it's entirety, and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement

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* DeepSouth: Although originally from New York City, the show is currently based in Southern Georgia.
* RefugeInAudacity/RefugeInVulgarity: Worn with pride.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: At the end of headlines, Heath is prone to shouting the names of Games, such as "Jumanji!" or "Scabble!"
* Spinoff: TheSkepticrat, which focuses on politics, and GodAwfulMovies, which reviews movies, based on a frequent segment on the show

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