Sunday May 3, 2020 The conversation today is with virologist Dr. Richard Allen Wjhite the 3rd, virologist and CEO of Raw Molecular Systems LLC, and is going to focus on Covid-19. While we just had a conversation about covid-19 last month, we f

Miri Mogilevsky, Managing Anxiety

Mar 29th, 2020 43m 21s

These are anxious days. Whether you're looking at politics or the pandemic, there's plenty of cause for concern. If you're suddenly having problems coping, today's show is for you. My guest today is Miri Mogilevsky. a clinical social worker spe

Antarctic Experiences with Rob Ray

Mar 22nd, 2020 43m 4s

Sunday March 22nd, 2020 Rob Ray, atheist and host of the podcasts Secular Yakking and Sparky on Ice joins us to discuss his year living and working in Antarctica. Sparky on Ice was a one of a kind podcast, recorded and published from the conti

Dr. Vincent Racaniello & COVID-19

Mar 15th, 2020 43m 10s

Sunday March 15, 2020 Dr. Vincent Racaniello, is Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Mount Sinai School of medicine, Columbia University New York. He has been studying viruses for over 40 years, starting in 1975, when he entered t

Ron Millar, Evaluating Candidates

Mar 1st, 2020 43m 21s

We recorded with Ron Millar of the Center for Freethought Equality as Democratic presidential candidates got serious about dropping out of the race. We still have to make decisions about a lot of more local races, though. Listen as Ron discusse

Minnesota Atheists in 2020

Jan 5th, 2020 43m 16s

Minnesota Atheists president, Ben Blanchard, joins Stephanie Zvan to talk about what we accomplished in 2019 and have planned for the new year. Plus upstate New York.

Have a Very Meta Christmas, Part 2

Dec 29th, 2019 43m 20s

Again this year, Marissa Alexa McCool brings us a radio play dealing with the emotions and weirdness that is Christmas. Afterward, we catch up with Marissa.

Have a Very Meta Christmas, Part 1

Dec 22nd, 2019 43m 21s

Again this year, Marissa Alexa McCool brings us a radio play dealing with the emotions and weirdness that is Christmas.

Phil Session, Atheist Volunteering

Nov 17th, 2019 43m 17s

When I first invited Phil Session to the show, he had to turn me down. He had a conflict with an Atheists Helping the Homeless event he was coordinating. He’s a busy man these days, having recently joined the boards of Recovering From Religion

Alix Jules, Racism in Artificial Intelligence

Nov 3rd, 2019 52m 43s

Once upon a time, we thought artificial intelligence would be less racist than people. After all, machines are objective, right? Then we started teaching them how to think and made some discoveries of our own. When racism permeates our society

U.S. Secular Survey, Alison Gill

Oct 20th, 2019 43m 14s

The nonreligious population of the U.S. has grown significantly in the last couple of decades. We're relatively young. We're only a minority non-believer. But who are we? What issues are important to us? What do we want from the secular organiz

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs When I'm Dead?, author Caitlin Doughty

Sep 29th, 2019 43m 7s

Sunday September 29th, 2019 This episode we are happy to be joined by Caitlin Doughty, mortician, author, and founder of The Order of a Good Death. Caitlin's newest book is "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About D

Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Secular Voices Panel

Sep 22nd, 2019 52m 51s

We talk a fair amount in the secular movement about the non-religious as a growing political force. We should. We are. But the problem is that we don’t have a lot of data about how we behave as voters. Truth be told, we don’t even always have a

James Croft, The Ethics of Star Trek

Sep 15th, 2019 52m 38s

This show promises to be just a little bit geeky. Or maybe a lot geeky. Scott Lohman is joining us to talk with James Croft about the ethics of Star Trek. James presented a workshop on the topic at the Secular Student Alliance conference this s

Chester O'Gorman, Demythologizing Revelation

Sep 9th, 2019 43m 7s

We are happy to be joined by Professor Dr. Chester O'Gorman author of Demythologizing Revelation. Links: Demythologizing Revelation

TEC Retreats Catholic Edition

Aug 25th, 2019 52m 43s

August 25th, 2019 Hertzey chats with Nancy and Matthew former TEC-ites

Cory Johnston, When Skeptics Aren't

Aug 11th, 2019 43m 2s

Cory Johnston of the Brainstorm Podcast joins Stephanie Zvan to talk about skeptics failing to be skeptical in their public work and what he does to fight that on his podcasts. Links: Brainstorm Podcast

Charone Frankel, Mass Shootings

Aug 4th, 2019 52m 36s

We were going to have Charone Frankel of Habeas Humor back just to talk about separation of church and state, but then we looked at the news. Links: Habeas Humor

Lynn Fellman, Art and Science

Jul 28th, 2019 52m 51s

All too often, we view art and science as opposed to each other. Science artist Lynn Fellman joins us to talk about how they complement each other. Links: Fellman Studio

Birth Strike, Jenny Brown

Jul 21st, 2019 43m 8s

There's a lot of concern about birth rates in industrialized nations. Racist and anti-immigrant tropes are making a lot press right now. In Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work, Jenny Brown examines the concerns of capital over decl

Monette Richards, history of Secular Women

Jul 14th, 2019 42m 44s

July 14, 2019 You'd think that a movement that's so focused on growing wouldn't want to chase off a large chunk of their potential membership. You'd think an organization dedicated to supporting that constituency within the larger movement woul

Ep 505 Ramblings with Ami

Jun 30th, 2019 52m 50s

Jordan and Hertzey are joined by Ami Withani from Secular Soup to talk about... something? Admitedly we didn't have a script, so you can't say we didn't stick to it!

Women of Color Beyond Belief

Jun 16th, 2019 43m 5s

June 16, 2019 This week we are joined by Mandisa Thomas, president and founder of Black Non Believers as she shares the upcoming Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference being held in Chicago this October. https://wocbeyondbelief.com/ https://bl

Ep 503: Digging into the Founding Myth with Andrew Seidel

Jun 9th, 2019 52m 52s

Travis and Hertzey talk to FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew Seidel about his new book: "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American". Check it out! http://andrewlseidel.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JN4K3PY/ref

Abortion

May 26th, 2019 42m 46s

May 26th, 2019 This week we have Charone Frankel from the Habeus Humor podcast to discuss the most recent wave of abortion laws limiting reproductive health in many states in the US. LINKS: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/ https://habhumor