http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress Question. Think. Decide. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:36:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2007-2011 john@americanfreethought.com (American Freethought) john@americanfreethought.com (American Freethought) atheism 1440 http://www.americanfreethought.com/images/podcastlogo144x144.jpg http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress 144 144 Question. Think. Decide. An atheist podcast. freethought, atheism, skepticism, religion, secularism, philosophy, atheist, skeptic American Freethought American Freethought john@americanfreethought.com yes no http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2012/01/22/giveaway-win-two-books-from-christopher-hitchens/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2012/01/22/giveaway-win-two-books-from-christopher-hitchens/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:18:50 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=3155 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2012/01/22/giveaway-win-two-books-from-christopher-hitchens/feed/ 1 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/08/19/books-maybe-you-should-know-about-2/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/08/19/books-maybe-you-should-know-about-2/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:14:21 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=2996 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/08/19/books-maybe-you-should-know-about-2/feed/ 0 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/03/29/the-quotable-hitchens/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/03/29/the-quotable-hitchens/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:01:11 +0000 John C. 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Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=2452 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/12/02/dawkins-picks-hitch-as-2010-hero/feed/ 0 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/09/15/everybody-pray-for-hitchens-day/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/09/15/everybody-pray-for-hitchens-day/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:27:33 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=2260 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/09/15/everybody-pray-for-hitchens-day/feed/ 1 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/08/05/topic-of-cancer/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/08/05/topic-of-cancer/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:56:26 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=2156 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/08/05/topic-of-cancer/feed/ 2 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/07/06/podcast-95-hitch-22/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/07/06/podcast-95-hitch-22/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:01:13 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=2105 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/07/06/podcast-95-hitch-22/feed/ 1 0:40:50 Writer/activist Christopher Hitchens has announced he’ll be stepping out of the public light to undergo chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer.  This is bad and scary news and we’re hoping for a speedy and relatively painless recovery. [...] Writer/activist Christopher Hitchens has announced he’ll be stepping out of the public light to undergo chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer.  This is bad and scary news and we’re hoping for a speedy and relatively painless recovery. Meanwhile, Hitchens has just published Hitch-22, a controversial memoir in which he reveals hitherto unknown details of his early life, and tries to explain his convoluted journey from hardcore Trotskyite to (for lack of a better term) neocon apologist.  It’s not a dull read, although much of the name-dropping will go over the heads of average American readers who only know Hitch from his recent elevation to the ranks of the Four Horsemen.  (Keep Wikipedia or Google handy and you’ll do just fine.) Hitch-22 is available in hardcover, as an audiobook (read by Hitch himself) and in Kindle format. For more Hitchedy goodness, listen to Podcast #6 for our discussion of The Portable Atheist (or read our review here). Meanwhile, Ed Buckner has announced he’ll be stepping down as president of American Atheists.  It’ll be hard to fill his soft-spoken, yet undaunted, shoes. The Usual Announcements Send us email at contact@americanfreethought.com.  For John Snider only use john@americanfreethoughtcom; for David Driscoll only use david@americanfreethought.com. Leave feedback at AmericanFreethought.com. Join us on Yahoo Groups, Facebook, Atheist Nexus, or Think Atheist. Follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/AmerFreethought. If you pick us up via iTunes, please take a moment to leave feedback. David continues to produce new installments of the Secular Nation Podcast. Theme music by Body Found. Recorded July 3, 2010.  Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll. atheism, books, history, podcast American Freethought no yes http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/07/01/bad-news-for-hitch/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/07/01/bad-news-for-hitch/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:10:16 +0000 John C. 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Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=1961 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/04/19/books-maybe-you-should-know-about/feed/ 0 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/podcast-83-secular-coation-at-the-white-house/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/podcast-83-secular-coation-at-the-white-house/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:01:44 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=1887 Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/podcast-83-secular-coation-at-the-white-house/feed/ 2 1:01:13 John C. Snider with Christopher Hitchens, Emory University, February 26, 2010 American Atheists president Ed Buckner reports on the recent meeting between representatives of the Secular Coalition for America with White House officials. Plus: We meet[...] John C. Snider with Christopher Hitchens, Emory University, February 26, 2010 American Atheists president Ed Buckner reports on the recent meeting between representatives of the Secular Coalition for America with White House officials. Plus: We meet the Hitch!  Allison joins us to talk about “The Only Subject Is Love,” a seminar we attended at Emory University featuring Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens, and filmmaker Deepa Mehta (who is developing a film adaptation of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children).  The event celebrates the opening of Rushdie’s archives at Emory.  Surprises included spontaneous recitations of poetry (Hitchens selecting the heartwrenching “Dulce et Decorum est,” Rushdie the humorous “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”)  And…we learned that Hitchens’ memoir–Hitch 22–is due out in June! John and Allison will also be at the upcoming American Atheists convention in Newark, NJ, April 2-4.  We’ll actually be in the greater NYC are March 31 – April 5, and we welcome suggestions for places to eat, things to do, or stuff to see. Congratulations to “PopeStevo,” who annihilated “johncsnider” last month in “Words With Friends” (the iPhone version of the classic Scrabble).  Steve wins a copy of the 2009 American Atheists convention program book signed by Richard Dawkins, a collection of freethoughtish books, and an American Freethought t-shirt and mug. The Usual Announcements Send us email at contact@americanfreethought.com.  For John Snider only use john@americanfreethoughtcom; for David Driscoll only use david@americanfreethought.com. Leave feedback at AmericanFreethought.com. Join us on Yahoo Groups, Facebook, Atheist Nexus, or Think Atheist. Follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/AmerFreethought. If you pick us up via iTunes, please take a moment to leave feedback. David continues to produce new installments of the Secular Nation Podcast. Theme music by Body Found. Recorded March 4, 2010.  Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll. arts, atheism, interviews, podcast, politics, religion American Freethought no yes http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/05/hitchens-rewrites-the-10c/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/05/hitchens-rewrites-the-10c/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:23:26 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=1881 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/03/05/hitchens-rewrites-the-10c/feed/ 1 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/12/22/wright-v-hitch-part-deux/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/12/22/wright-v-hitch-part-deux/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:01:49 +0000 John C. 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Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=181 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2008/12/22/hitchens-on-rick-warren/feed/ 3 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/american-freethought-podcast-6/ http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/american-freethought-podcast-6/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:59:07 +0000 John C. Snider http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/american-freethought-podcast-6/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/american-freethought-podcast-6/feed/ 0 1:02:48 The Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens – We take a look at the latest collection of writing selected and introduced by the Bad Boy of Unbelievers! Links of interest: Christopher Hitchens: An Online Directory (official website?) Christoph[...] The Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens – We take a look at the latest collection of writing selected and introduced by the Bad Boy of Unbelievers! Links of interest: Christopher Hitchens: An Online Directory (official website?) Christopher Hitchens Web (links to articles, interviews, etc.) Christopher Hitchens Watch (critical blog) Send us feedback at contact@americanfreethought.com Join us for chat at the American Freethought Yahoo Group. Theme music by Body Found. Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll.  Recorded 01/09/2008. atheism, books, commentary, islam, podcast, politics, religion, science, superstitions American Freethought no no