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 felt there has been so much change on this topic in the last 6 weeks, that another conversation would be useful and informative. LINKS: Your Friendly Neighborhood Virologist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/244598023354096/ Support this show by v...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 528
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 specializing in LGBTQ and HIV-positive clients. If anyone understands anxiety, Miri does. Links: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle " Free Guide to Living with Worry and Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty "...
Mar 29, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 527
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 continent of Antarctica. Among the many points of this conversation is a discussion of how scientists catch penguins for studying. I've linked a video, and now I only want to visit Antarctica even more than previously. LINKS: Secular Yakking: https://www.faceboo...
Mar 22, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 526
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 the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York. His thesis research was focused on influenza viruses. In 1979 he joined the laboratory of Dr. David Baltimore at Massachusetts Institute of Tech...
Mar 15, 2020•43 min•Ep. 525
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 discusses experience, policy, and more with David Norton and Dave Pacheco. Links: Center for Freethought Equality
Mar 01, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 524
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.
Jan 05, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 523
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.
Dec 29, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 522
Again this year, Marissa Alexa McCool brings us a radio play dealing with the emotions and weirdness that is Christmas.
Dec 22, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 521
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 and Foundation Beyond Belief. But this Sunday, Phil will join me to talk a little bit about the stereotype of community volunteers as religious and about finding or creating volunteer opportunities for atheists. Related Links: Atheists Helping the Homeless...
Nov 17, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 520
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 and our IT infrastructure, how do we teach machines to do better than we do? This week, we spoke with Alix Jules about the point where technology, cognitive sciences, and sociology collide. Related Links: “ New York is investigating UnitedHealth’s use of a...
Nov 03, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 519
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 organizations that represent us. Today we're talking with Alison Gill, American Atheists' Vice President of Legal and Policy, about the U.S. Secular Survey. This is an ambitious survey with a goal of getting a better picture of American nonbelievers and other non...
Oct 20, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 517
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 Death." Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death https://www.amazon.com/dp/039365270X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_WzGKDbK7TV3A0...
Sep 29, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 516
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 good picture of who we are. We just know there are more of us than there used to be. Juhem Navarro-Rivera is a political scientist working to shed light on the topic. His latest project is the Secular Voices Panel, which will survey secular voters during ...
Sep 22, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 515
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 summer, and when we heard about it, we knew we had to put the two of them together to talk about it. Related Links: James’s blog, Temple of the Future “ Why We Need Star Trek “...
Sep 15, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 514
We are happy to be joined by Professor Dr. Chester O'Gorman author of Demythologizing Revelation. Links: Demythologizing Revelation
Sep 09, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 513
August 25th, 2019 Hertzey chats with Nancy and Matthew former TEC-ites
Aug 25, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 512
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
Aug 11, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 510
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
Aug 04, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 509
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
Jul 28, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 508
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 declining birth rates and attempts to legislatively coerce more children instead of supporting parents. Links: Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work...
Jul 21, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 507
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 would be considered useful instead of unwanted. The history of Secular Woman demonstrates that reality is way more complicated than that. Today's guest is Monette Richards, current president of Secular Woman. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you com...
Jul 14, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 506
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!
Jun 30, 2019•53 min
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://blacknonbelievers.com/ https://bnseacon.com/ https://www.facebook.com/whitenightsblackparadise/ https://www.amazon.com/White-Nights-Paradise-Sikivu-Hutchinson/dp/0692267131 If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episo...
Jun 16, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 504
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=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Jun 09, 2019•53 min
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.libsyn.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode. You can catch Atheists Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9am Central on AM950 KTNF online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during th...
May 26, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 502
Maddy and Hertzey talk to Dave Warnock a former evangelical Christian pastor and church leader for nearly 40 years, now an Atheist. Dave’s leaving the Christian faith came at huge cost with the loss of almost his entire community of friends, and family. Earlier this year (February 26, 2019) Dave received the devastating diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), and this precious and brief life became infinitely more precious and incredibly brief. Dave immediately decided to begin “Dying Out Loud”...
May 19, 2019•53 min
May 5th 2019 This week we are joined by Nick Fish, President of American Atheists. Nick joins us to share what's going on with American Atheists, as well as giving us an overview of how awesome the recent American Atheists convention was in Cincinnati just a couple of weeks ago. LINKS: https://www.atheists.org/support/donate/ https://www.blitzwatch.org/ https://www.unchainedatlast.org If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode. You can catch Atheists ...
May 05, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 500
4/28/2019 This week we chat with Tucker Drake from the Atheist in the Trailer Park podcast about the multi-verse, quantum stuff, and other weird physics that are predicted but not proven yet by science. Links: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/want-to-find-changing-fundamental-constants-measure-the-length-of-crystal/?fbclid=IwAR3HXgSGB3VB5IyTKY5oacM_HyNq1vlR-M6ishHaWdAOzqVxa-rctXbPRwc https://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/trailerparkatheist/ If you enjoyed this sh...
Apr 28, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 499
April 21, 2019 Our guest this Easter Sunday, to help celebrate the rising of the undead from their graves, the ritualistic eating of human flesh and blood, and other weird things christians do, is The Satanic Temple Minnesota. Representing the Minnesota chapter of The Satanic Temple are co-chapter heads Ash Phenix and Asmodeus Sion, along with fellow founding member Antigone Azrael. We have a robust discussion on philosphy vs religion, the activism work TST is known for, and the activism TST Min...
Apr 21, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 498
April 14, 2019 This week we are joined by Dr. Karen Stollznow. Karen is the author of numerous books including her best-seller God Bless America, Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic, Haunting American, and her latest book Would You Believe It? When she’s not writing Karen also teaches at several universities, has worked as a consultant linguist for several major companies, and writes a blog focusing on language with a focus on myths and misconceptions. With all of that Dr. Karen Stollznow still...
Apr 14, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 497
