History Podcast / TheScathingAtheist

** Commercial breaks have a formula where one person would say, "Well why don't you try (brand name)" and the person responding would ask, "Oh, what's [beat] (brand name)?" Eventually this turned into a further running gag where supposedly the person asking the question what the brand name is, would get a "point" where the tally of points was never actually taken/given, and any guest on the show who said the line got "a point" which angers Eli and/or Heath. Eventually this gag was taken [[UpToEleven]] where Eli and Heath was fighting about who received the point and ruining each advertisement during the episode, leading into a medieval style mediation adjudicated by their attorney P. Andrew Torrez.

** 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'''.

* RunningGagStumbles: On God Awful Movies, Heath is usually the one to announce the name of the movie being reviewed ("We watched...") and provide a short description of how the gang felt about it ("It's the story of..."). The anti-abortion film ''Unplanned'' compelled him to change it up a little.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: For all the vulgarity, there are a lot of really high-brow jokes. Sometimes they're both highbrow ''and'' vulgar!

* {{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.

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

** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being an old man who really likes water beds; Heath being a white supremacist who loves cooking ramen and drinking scotch and doesn't have much of a sex life; and Eli having an overactive excretory system, a huge appetite for meatballs, and a tendency not to wear pants.

* StageNames: [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons]][[note]]"No Illusions", "Heathen (is) Right", and "Losin' Delusions"[[/note]] are not, in fact, their real names.

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

* RunningGagStumbles: On God Awful Movies, Heath is usually the one to announce the name of the movie being reviewed and provide a short description of how the gang felt about it. The anti-abortion film ''Unplanned'' compelled him to change it up a little.

** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being an old man who really likes water beds; Heath being a white supremacist who loves cooking ramen and drinking scotch and doesn't have much of a sex life; and Eli having an overactive excretory system and a huge appetite, particularly for meatballs.

** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being an old man who really likes water beds and Heath being a white supremacist who loves cooking ramen and drinking scotch.

** 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.

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"(now Bible Piece Theatre), where Noah, Lucinda, and Heath read Literature/TheBible in its entirety (later moving onto the Quran and the Book of Mormon), and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement.

* BerserkButton: Eli has absolutely no patience for movies that demonstrate contempt or misunderstanding of modern medicine, [[TherapyIsForTheWeak specifically psychiatry]].
** A more comedic example, Noah detests any CatapultNightmare sequence.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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'''.

** 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.

* RefugeInVulgarity: Stuff like the gag penis jokes are worn with pride.

* 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.

* RunningGag: 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. See also DistractedByTheShiny above.

* 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.

** 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."

** Other sporadic running gags include Noah being an old man who really likes water beds and Heath being a white supremacist who loves cooking ramen.

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 Literature/TheBible in its entirety (later moving onto the Quran and the Book of Mormon), and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement.

* Eli: "''Well'', if you love _______, but you hate _______, ''you'' will ''love'' this movie!"

* 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.

* 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.

* StageNames: [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons]][[note]]"No Illusions", "Heathen (is) Right", and "Losin' da Illusions"[[/note]] are not, in fact, their real names.

* 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.

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 (later moving onto the Quran and the Book of Mormon), and segments where Noah interviews different people associated with the Atheist movement.

* StageNames: [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons]][[note:"No Illusions", "Heathen (is) Right", and "Losin' da Illusions"[[/note]] are not, in fact, their real names.

* 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.

* 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" or "“Offensive Cartoons to Scare Away Shitty Christian Busboys From Their Job at the Gay Bar”".

* StageNames: [[{{PunnyName}} Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Lucinda Lugeons]] are not, in fact, their real names.