Seamus Coughlin Talks Shapiro Impressions/Catholicism/Crazy Libertarians

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is The Babylon Bee Interview Show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Kyle and Ethan speak with</span> <a href="https://freedomtoons.tv/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seamus Coughlin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who is the man behind</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Cartanimation"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FreedomToons</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and also an animator, writer, director, editor, and uncanny</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXb4h6cXvX4"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Shapiro impersonator</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Today, Seamus produces entertaining animated content for a number of outlets, and a good deal of his work can be found on the</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Cartanimation"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FreedomToons YouTube channel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and the Foundation for Economic Education series</span> <a href="https://fee.org/shows/video/common-sense-soapbox/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Common Sense Soapbox with Seamus Coughlin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They talk about arson being bad, punching the Pope, and being as libertarian as the Catholic church allows. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is brought to you by Faithful Counseling. Go to</span> <a href="https://www.faithfulcounseling.com/babylonbee/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">faithfulcounseling.com/babylonbee</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for 10% off your first month.</span></p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Introduction to FreedomToons:</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXb4h6cXvX4"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Shapiro Thanksgiving</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seamus does an excellent Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson impersonation</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being as libertarian as the Roman Catholic church allows</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roman Catholic teaching on mortal and venial sins (doing drugs, punching Pope)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On not doing PopeToons and guarding ourselves from crossing the line</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bizarre defense of arson</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Seamus got into animation to begin with</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being politically homeless</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bernie Sanders giving the Establishment what they want</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan Peterson tells us who would win between Donald Trump and a lobster</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Churchill wasn't antifascist enough</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethan recommends Jonah Goldberg's The Tyranny of Clichés</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The need for art in the right-of-center political sphere</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The creativity crunch that produced</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad5J4g-Coa8"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right Wing Agitators</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Explicitly Christian art vs. implicit themes and bad Christian art</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Subscriber Portion</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On being a Russian bot</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube's relationship with conservative creators</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weird google search results</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russia and China</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abortion so nobody lives in poverty</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Rubin Report</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PragerU is not a real university</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">South Park, The Simpsons, Family Guy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Snopes attacking The Babylon Bee and the pros and cons of internet fact checkers </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ten Questions</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at</span> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/plans"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://babylonbee.com/plans</span></a></p>