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Category Archives: books
Podcast #179 – Manchester TN Gets Ugly
After a local politician in Manchester, Tennessee posted an anti-Muslim image online, the American Muslim Advisory Council organized a public event aimed at encouraging discussion of religion diversity and informing citizens about the difference between free speech and hate crimes. … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, children, civil rights, evolution, intelligent design, islam, movies, news, podcast, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged boy scouts, humanist chaplains, islam, manchester, revisionaries
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Generation Atheist on ChatBasket
You may recall that back in podcast #171 we interviewed Dan Riley, author of the new book Generation Atheist, which tells the personal narratives of 25 people who found truth and meaning by fleeing religion. Dan was recently interviewed on an … Continue reading
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Tagged chatbasket, dan riley, generation atheist
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Letters to a Young Scientist
Whether you’re “young” or not (for that matter, whether you’re a scientist or not), who wouldn’t want a little advice from E. O. Wilson? Dr. Wilson (and shame on you if you’ve never heard of him!) is a biologist and … Continue reading
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Tagged e. o. wilson, letters to a young scientist
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Podcast #175 – Frans de Waal (The Bonobo and the Atheist)
We interview Dr. Frans de Waal, world-renowned primatologist and author of The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism among the Primates (available in hardcover and for Kindle). In this new book, he looks at the pre-human basis for morality, how human beings … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, ethics, evolution, interviews, podcast, religion, science
Tagged 911 cross, bonobo and the atheist, frans de waal, resolution 494
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Podcast #173 – Chip Walter (Last Ape Standing)
We interview Chip Walter, author of Last Ape Standing: The Seven Million Year Story of How and Why We Survived, an excellent new summation of the best current understanding of human evolution. It’s available in hardcover and for Kindle. For … Continue reading
Podcast #171 – Generation Atheist
We interview Dan Riley, author of Generation Atheist, which profiles the experiences of 25 young up-and-comers in the atheist community. It’s available in paperback or for Kindle). For more information visit GenerationAtheistBook.com. Meanwhile…Russia gets smacked by a meteor, and the Pope announces … Continue reading
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Last Ape Standing
I just finished reading Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived. Author Chip Walter provides an intriguing general overview of our best current understanding of human evolution (including the startling proposition that there have been … Continue reading
Podcast #170 – Seth Andrews (The Thinking Atheist)
We interview Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist podcast and author of the new memoir Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason (available in paperback or for Kindle). Plus: Boy Scouts of America might go gay, and a Catholic hospital wins a … Continue reading
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Generation Atheist
We’ve been reading for years now that young folks are increasing nonreligious (or, at the very least, unaffiliated with any religious denomination). WHY this is so has been the subject of much speculation. Now a new book by Dan Riley … Continue reading
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: New Dresden Edition
Here’s the pride and joy of my freethought collection: the complete 12-volume set of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, still in the shipping crate! The so-called Dresden Editions (named after Ingersoll’s birthplace in Dresden, NY) were published beginning in … Continue reading