We have two bits of fundrasing audio to play for this intermission episode, the first is taken from a brief conversation Matthew had on an internet radio station called chat and spin, find them at chatandspinradio.com. They have a regular slot where supporters can tell their listeners about themselves. If you are an author, musician, podcaster, other content producer or simply someone who wants to financially support a not for profit radio station, then please follow the link and donate. The sec...
May 16, 2021•9 min
David and Joe from Answers in Reason join us to talk Belief and Knowledge, what's the difference and is knowledge also belief? To get in touch with David and Joe, use any of the Answers in Reason pages: https://www.answers-in-reason.com/ https://www.answers-in-reason.com/series/fresh-air/ https://twitter.com/answersinreason Send feedback to reasonpress@gmail.com Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Andrew and Matthew and joined by Phil Halper, who own the YouTube channel skydivephil where he posts excellent videos on cosmology. Phil also wrote two chapters of our book Still Unbelievable! and has appeared on other podcasts, including Unbelievable? Before the big bang playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_pILPr7B8&list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqqj2D8eSk7yoa4hnojoCR4m Cosmology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqrC4ce700XI8JjeeC3l70NZ QLC video: https://www.youtube.com/w...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Andrew and Matthew are joined by Chris Matheson to discuss his latest book, The Buddah's Story and upcoming film Bill and Ted face the music. We also talk about his previous book, The Story of God. Links to Chris's books and the mentioned YouTube videos are below. The Story of God: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-God-Biblical-Comedy-about-ebook/dp/B013AGFK8C/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1597221618&refinements=p_27%3AChris+Matheson&s=digital-text&sr=1-3&text=Chris+Matheson The Buddh...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this epiosde, Andrew and Matthew invite Dr Brian Blais back to talk about Bayes, what it is and how to apply it. Send any and all feedback to reasonpress@gmail.com. The Local Maximum podcast episode with Brian Blais: https://www.localmaxradio.com/episode/119 The theory that would not die: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Theory-That-Would-Not-Die/dp/0300188226/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=52739743843&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjww_f2BRC-ARIsAP3zarELmGnuZIPBf6qQU6X2uTo48x48UKQIMQebVA0ySBx1pt4zH-jV-zAaApcpEALw...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This episode contains swearing, profanity, blunt talk about racism and laughter. David from Skeptics and Seekers brings Chase along to join Matthew and Andrew for an open and frank discussion on racism. Washington Post Police Shooting Database https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ Project Implicit — Implicit Bias Testing https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop...
Jun 14, 2020•2 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode, Matthew talks with Brenden Weber from The Philosophy Guy podcast about consciousness, thinking, materialsim, panpsychism and more. Did you disagree with any points raised? Did you learn anything? Please send feedback to reasonpress@gmail.com. The book that Brenden mentions during the conversation is: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690 To find out more about about Breden and to subscribe to The Philosophy Guy visit: https://thephilosophyguy....
Jun 05, 2020•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
Andrew is joined by Darren and Doug to discuss dualism, but the conversation rapidly turns to what it means to think at all. What do we know about thought? How does that apply to free will? Can sophisticated software think, and if so, does it make decisions like humans? The answers may surprise you, and the boundaries may not be as clear as you "think". As always send your feedback to R eason Press reasonpress@gmail.com...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Andrew and Matthew are sidelined for this special episode where we invite young adults to share their experiences, concerns and hopes in this time of global shut down. Send feedback to reasonpress@gmail.com Our theme music is written by Holly, find more of her music here: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Andrew and Matthew take a challenge and ask Alex J. O'Connor to come and talk about being Vegan. Alex makes a very strong case for going Vegan and clarifies why it's a lifestyle, not a diet. It was a genuine pleasure having Alex talk with us, he presents his case well and doesn't hold back from challenging existing norms. We cover as much as we can, but we can't cover everything so if you want to hear more from Alex, submit comments and questions to reasonpress@gmail.com and we'll beg him to ret...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this 3rd episode of Proscenium, Andrew and Matthew invite Dr. Brian Blais and Prof. Philip Goff to discuss Panpsychism. What is it, why should we take it seriously and can we test it? To send feedback email us at reasonpress@gmail.com Buy Philip's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Galileos-Error-Foundations-Science-Consciousness/dp/1846046017/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=77634469403&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7aPyBRChARIsAJfWCgLkkgADn_iSNknjEg_cvafIwV9kjwUeFoFojGJPAfLQMkoVTek9cCIaAsFDEALw_wcB&hvadid=38161...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 3
REV Steve Chalke MBE is founder of the Oasis Trust. He joins Andrew and Matthew to talk about his life and goals, what motivates him and what it means for him to be a Christian. Steve's compassion comes across very strongly in this conversation. To learn more about Oasis and Steve's latest book, The Lost Message of Paul, visit these links. https://www.oasisuk.org/ , https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07S2X7V1K/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Out theme music is by https://soundcloud.co...
Feb 02, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this opening episode of Proscenium, recorded soon after the 2019 UK General Election, Andrew and Matthew talk about their political expectations and worries, what does the current political climate mean to them? Do they support Brexit? What are their hopes and concerns for the coming year? Listen to find out.
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This episode is a special announcement from Andrew and Matthew on the future of Ask An Atheist Anything and what comes next in our podcasting adventures. Please listen to learn more about Proscenium and what we have planned, search your podcast feed for Proscenium to keep up with what we will be producing in 2020 and beyond. Thank you for subscribing and for listening over the past year, our adventures are not over yet.
Dec 07, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Matthew makes another Baby Bite, this time explaining why he doesn't consider atheism or atheist to be nouns.
Oct 16, 2019•5 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Andrew and Matthew chat with Sam about his early Christianity, why he abandoned that and called himself atheist for a while before going back to Christianity again. What ultimately convinced him and how is his Christianity different to that of his early years?
Aug 26, 2019•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, Andrew and Matthew welcome returning Christian guest Dale from the Skeptics and Seekers podcast and Paul, a philosophy teacher. We talk freedom of speech, where philosophy and empirical science meet, and more. And yes, Andrew throws more punches for team mac! For the PhilPapers site visit https://philpapers.org/ For more on Paul visit https://www.ryerson.ca/philosophy/facultystaff/bali-paul/
Aug 13, 2019•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Matthew chats with Dave Warnock, a former pastor, who is Dying Out Loud. Diagnosed with ALS, he is hitting an enormous number of of podcasts and it was a genuine pleasure to talk to him for Ask An Atheist Anything. During the conversation, Dave mentions the Final Exit Network. Visit http://www.finalexitnetwork.org/ to find out more about them and to support their work.
Jul 29, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Matthew is joined by Sarah, one of the co authors of the book Still Unbelievable!, to interview Rebekah, who blogs at https://thecuriousatheist.blog/, talking about her experience of conversation at a young age, telling her family and what it is like to blog as an evolving atheist.
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Divid, The Graceful Atheist, interviews Andrew about his journey out of Christianity. Like the interview with Matthew, we are only publishing half the interview. For the second half, pleas subscribe to The Graceful Atheist. We would again like to thank David, we look forward to future collaboration. To get in touch, please email: reasonpress@gmail.com To leave us a voice message click this link: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message
Jul 08, 2019•40 min
David, The Graceful Atheist, interviewed Matthew abut leaving Christianity, and David has been kind enough to allow us to use that interview. To support David's work, we are only publishing half the interview, and we hope that you will go to your podcast software and subscribe to The Graceful Atheist to hear the rest. We thank David for his work and his friendship. To get in touch, send us an email: reasonpress@gmail.com. or send us a voice message: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message
Jul 08, 2019•46 min
Doug comes back to join Andrew and Matthew in discussing moral values. Doug caused some amusement during the Ask An Atheist Day Question Show Special by suggesting that moral values were in fact Objective. This episode discussing the issue further and asks what it means to have objective moral values when there is no Christian god to give them. Ask us a question by leaving a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message The Cosmic Skeptic episode on morality that is recommended durin...
Jun 24, 2019•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Matthew and Andrew invite David from Skeptics and Seekers to talk about Polemic and its value in discussions on religion. Does comedy count as polemic and is what we say more important than how we say it? This episode includes audio clips to demonstrate some of the points being discussed. Ask us a question by leaving a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this final hour long episode, Matthew, Andrew and Doug get to the end of the questions they've been answering for the Ask An Atheist Day special. Is our existence contingent and are there questions science can't answer? Do you agree with our answers? As always, feedback, questions, comments, challenges, and to come onto the show, find us at ReasonPress.net Ask us a question using this link: https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message...
May 26, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Dear listeners, we hope you enjoy this pre episode chatter from the recorded conversation Andrew and Matthew had with David as part of an upcoming episode on polemic. Consider this a taster. Enjoy.
May 12, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Matthew and Andrew and Doug continue answering questions for Ask An Atheist Day 2019. In this second section we address the best arguments for god, is the world getting better and is morality objective. The giggles continue. This is part 2 of 3.
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Andrew and Matthew are joined by Dale and David from Skeptics and Seekers for another round table. This time fielding questions about Easter.
Apr 21, 2019•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Matthew and Andrew are joined by Doug for a monster 4 hour session answering questions for Ask An Atheist Day 2019. In the first hour we address the fire at Notre Dame, questions on deconversion, precious beliefs and flying poop! Join us for the giggles. This is part 1 of 3.
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In a fairly technical episode, Matthew and Andrew chat with Dale Glover from Skeptics and Seekers on a variety of topics having to do with the burden of proof. When we talk in a semiformal or formal setting, there are issues of burden of proof, who has the responsibility of proof, and how it changes hands. Along with this burden, we should consider what constitutes evidence, and who should provide it. To take burden of proof seriously, we must consider the ways we establish that some bit of evid...
Apr 11, 2019•2 hr 14 min
In November 2018 Ernest Massey wrote a blog post, for UK Christian website Premier, on consciousness and how it demolished his atheism, saving his faith. Andrew and Matthew have a fabulous conversation with him on the question of can atheism explain consciousness. Ernest demonstrates his honesty and his integrity in this discussion as well as his wonderful sense of humour. This is a perfect example of the kinds of conversation we at Ask An Atheist Anything wish to promote. Find Ernest's blog pos...
Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 38 min
