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Category Archives: interviews
Podcast #176 – Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
We interview Susan Gerbic, coordinator of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, an international team of writers and editors whose goal is to ensure that skeptical topics on Wikipedia are fair, accurate, and have the level of detail they deserve. Those interested … Continue reading
Posted in children, interviews, podcast, religion, skepticism
Tagged guerrilla skepticism, susan gerbic, wikipedia
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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 #174 – Religious Belief and Hardcore Criminality
We interview Dr. Volkan Topalli, co-author (with Dr. Thomas Brezina and Mindy Bernhardt) of the new research paper “With God on my side: The paradoxical relationship between religious belief and criminality among hardcore street offenders,” just published in the February … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, ethics, gay rights, interviews, podcast, religion, science
Tagged criminology, green street umc, rob portman, volkan topalli, with god on my side
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Podcast #172 – National Atheist Party
We interview Troy Boyle, president of the new National Atheist Party. For more about the NAP visit USANAP.org. Plus: Pat Robertson is at it again. This time he’s warning against the dangers of possessed pre-owned sweaters. And finally, check out … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, interviews, podcast, politics
Tagged national atheist party, troy boyle
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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
Posted in atheism, books, christianity, gay rights, interviews, podcast, religion
Tagged deconverted, seth andrews, thinking atheist
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Podcast #169 – Atheist Alliance International President Carlos Diaz
We interview Carlos Diaz, the new president of Atheist Alliance International. Carlos talks about the latest developments with AAI, including the Atheist Census initiative. Plus: President Obama picks a more liberal minister to deliver the benediction at his second inaugural. … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, international freethought, interviews
Tagged aai, atheist alliance international, atheist census, carlos diaz
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Losing Our Religion on NPR
This past week, National Public Radio ran a series called “Losing Our Religion,” about the rising numbers–if not rising influence–of the religiously unaffiliated (commonly called the “Nones,” a term I despise–for one thing, if you use it in conversation people … Continue reading
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Tagged losing our religion, national public radio, npr
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Podcast #168 – Susan Jacoby, author of The Great Agnostic
We interview Susan Jacoby, journalist and outspoken nonbeliever, about her new book The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought. Susan is also the author of (among other titles) Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and The Age of American … Continue reading
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Tagged great agnostic, robert g. ingersoll, susan jacoby
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Maurice Sendak on facing death as an atheist
Watch this touching clip, wonderfully illustrated by Christoph Niemann, from NPR’s Terry Gross 2011 interview with author/illustrator Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). Sendak is best known for his classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. Live your life. Live your life. … Continue reading
Podcast #167 – In Freedom We Trust
We interview Ed and Michael Buckner, authors of the new book In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty. Plus: We look at the shameless responses from some religious conservatives to the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary … Continue reading
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Tagged ed buckner, in freedom we trust, michael buckner, sandy hook
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