Episode description
Prof. Narendra Nayak is a rationalist, sceptic, and a debunker of Godmen and pseudoscience. He is the current president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) and the founder of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association and an NGO called Aid Without Religion. In this episode, we talk to Narendra Nayak about his experience with atheism and rationalism. We explore how he managed to debunk multiple Godmen, astrologers and proponents of pseudoscience and superstition. We also spoke about his experience with death threats and the murders of Indian Intellectuals such as Narendra Dabholkar, M. M. Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh.
Recorded March 20, 2021.
Podcaster: Pratham Padav
Producers: Roger Loren and Siddharth Suvarna
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