Category Archives: interviews

The Year in Religion

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The Sam Harris Nightline Interview

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Podcast #107 – Wynne Legrow for US Congress

We interview Dr. Wynne Legrow, candidate for the US House of Representatives in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District.  Legrow is a retired physician, a Democrat, and an self-identifying atheist.  His opponent is Republican incumbent Randy Forbes, an outspoken Christian who has, … Continue reading

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Podcast #105 – Jeff Sharlet (C Street)

We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy, a follow-up to The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family, you may recall, is a secretive and radical Christian group … Continue reading

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Philip Roth doesn’t believe in god

I gotta hand it to Philip Roth for not trying to weasel out of his stance on religion in his recent–and rare–CBS News interview.  Here’s what the author of Portnoy’s Complaint and The Plot Against America tells Rita Braver: While … Continue reading

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Podcast #103 – Freethought and Pornography

We interview David Bertolino, writer and producer of The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a new off-Broadway play now showing at NYC’s Bleecker Street Theater.  The 1972 film Deep Throat was not only a cultural milestone for American culture; it was … Continue reading

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Bill Maher says his atheism cost him an Emmy

The good news:  Real Time with Bill Maher returns on September 17th. The bad news:  Bill might continue to spout his anti-Western medicine BS and fall back on the old “I’m just a guy asking questions” excuse when cornered on … Continue reading

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Podcast #99 – Mary Roach (Packing for Mars)

We interview Mary Roach, author of the bestselling science-humor book Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.  She’s also the author of Stiff (about human cadavers), Spook (the scientific inquest on life after death), and Bonk … Continue reading

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Hitch fights on…

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Podcast #96 – Michael Largo (God’s Lunatics)

We talk with Michael Largo, author of the entertaining, enlightening, encyclopedic tome God’s Lunatics: Lost Souls, False Prophets, Martyred Saints, Murderous Cults, Demonic Nuns, and Other Victims of Man’s Eternal Search for the Divine.  His previous nonfiction works include Genius … Continue reading

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