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Podcast #35 - War on Christmas

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

We take a look at the (alleged) War on Christmas and the various over-reactions to it.

But first…some Thanksgiving leftovers!  Columnist Jim Griffith of the Newnan (Georgia) Times-Herald paints a bleak picture for atheists on Turkey Day.

Lest you think it’s only small town news hounds who blame everything on the infidels, get a load of the recent essay by Daniel Henniger in The Wall Street Journal.  Who knew the economic implosion was triggered by the scrooges who don’t like to hear the words “Merry Christmas”.

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The Atheism Tapes 6 of 6: Colin McGinn

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

All right, this is the final installment in Jonathan Miller’s six-part documentary “The Atheism Tapes”.  Here he talks with philosopher Colin McGinn.

 

Podcast #32 - Potpourri and Feedback

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

In this episode we throw in a potpourri of items in the news or random events we think our subscribers will find interesting, plus we discuss some interesting listener feedback.

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The Atheism Tapes 5 of 6: Steven Weinberg

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Okay, this is part 5 of 6 of Jonathan Miller’s documentary, in which he interviews prominent atheists.  Here he talks to Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg.

 

The Atheism Tapes 4 of 6: Arthur Miller

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

This is part four of Jonathan Miller’s six-part documentary, in which he interviews prominent atheists.  This installment features distinguished playwright Arthur Miller.

 

Maher’s Religulous Approaches $7M

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Comedian/pundit Bill Maher’s anti-religion documentary Religulous topped $6.7M at the end of its second weekend of release, expanding from 502 screens to 568.  (For those keeping score, Ben Stein’s creationist apologetic Expelled earned $7.7M in eight weeks on over 1,000 screens.)

Podcast #30 - Religulous

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

We discuss Religulous, the new documentary starring comedian Bill Maher (best known for his politically-oriented roundtable talk shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher).  The early box office returns show Religulous making $3.5 million its first weekend on 500 screens (compare this to Ben Stein’s Expelled, which made $3 million on 1,000 screens).

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Religulous

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

TV Comedian Bill Maher hits the big screen October 3rd with a funny but unflinching expose on the nuttiness of religion.

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The Atheism Tapes 3 of 6: Richard Dawkins

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Here’s the third installment of filmmaker Jonathan Miller’s interviews with prominent atheists.  This one’s with Richard Dawkins, one of the bad boys of modern atheism.  Enjoy!

 

The Atheism Tapes 2 of 6: Denys Turner

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Here’s the second of six short documentary interviews conducted by Jonathan Miller.  This one’s with theologian Denys Turner: