The Secular Foxhole

Blair Schofield and Martin Lindeskog•www.thesecularfoxhole.live

As a freethinker, are you looking through binoculars out at the world in the safety of a foxhole? Get fuel for your soul and intellectual ammunition by listening to The Secular Foxhole podcast, in order to fight for the separation of religion and state. Blair chose this name (The Secular Foxhole) to dispute the myth that there are no atheists in foxholes, but also as a place to share ideas and defend Free Speech. The co-hosts both advocate the separation of Church and State, but also Economics and State. In short, Liberalism, Individualism, and Capitalism. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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Episodes

Fruity Dreams about Jingle and Orchestral Bells

Episode nine consists of Martin and I talking about some of our favorite kinds of music. I wanted theme music for the show to be a cross between two of my all-time favorites, Mike Oldfield and Tangerine Dream. The more I hear what Jim created for the show, the more I like it. We also cover what I think to be the greatest Rock song ever written. Listen to the show to find out what that is! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Granite State of Mind 2: Plow Guy Boog...

Dec 20, 2020•25 min•Ep. 9

Interview with Aaron Smith

Our eighth episode features Aaron Smith , Fellow and Instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute. We cover the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism and his critique of it. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Ryan Holiday Timothy Ferriss Stoa Massimo Pigliucci William B. Irvine The Metaphysical Versus the Man-Made Eudaemonia The False Promise of Stoicism Peikoff's podcast Causality Versus Duty Blair’s disclaimer: I am not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated lay...

Dec 14, 2020•58 min•Ep. 8

Interview with James Valliant

Martin and I have a great discussion with author James S. Valliant about his two books, focusing on his most recent, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics - The Objective Standard Creating Christ Creating Christ, the book on Amazon Analyzing Paul Krugman’s New York Times Smear of Ayn Rand - New Ideal Why Christmas Should be More Commercial by Leonard Peikoff The New Testam...

Nov 19, 2020•49 min•Ep. 7

Religion and the Number of the Beast

In episode 6 of The Secular Foxhole Podcast, Blair goes on a bit of a Rant about religion, and Martin acts as the Voice of Reason! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Number (666) of the beast Blair's blog post, My Journey to Reason Halloween Religion - Ayn Rand Lexicon Altruism, Auguste Comte - Britannica Altruism - Ayn Rand Lexicon Svensk islamism i fårakläder - Göteborgs-Posten Why Trump — and some of his followers — believe he is the Chosen One - Religion Ne...

Nov 06, 2020•30 min•Ep. 6

Interview with Ben Bayer

We interview Ben Bayer, a Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute about, " The Ethics of Emergencies ," and how that doesn't fundamentally explain what the field of ethics is about. We then cover Ben's current and future projects. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: The Undercurrent Strive The Virtue of Selfishness The Philosopher's Index Allan Gotthelf The Objectivist Newsletter Lifeboat ethics Peter Singer Effective altruism Benevolent Universe Premise New Ideal Live...

Oct 14, 2020•45 min•Ep. 5

Podcast Artwork, Symbols, and Future Jingle

We do a bit of housecleaning in this episode. Martin and I discuss the meaning of the name of the podcast and cover the meanings of each symbol. We talk about getting some music made for the show and future episodes and guests. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Why The Name Secular Foxhole? The symbol for science The dollar sign Capitalism How to Make Great Podcast Cover Art (aka. Your Podcast Logo) - The Podcast Host Atom symbol emoji - Emojipedia Atheist sym...

Sep 30, 2020•18 min•Ep. 4

Interview with Andrew Bernstein

Blair and Martin are talking with the author and philosopher, Andrew Bernstein. From his bio.: Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books, including “The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire,” and his most recent, “Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters.” He lectures all over the world on myriad topics. And he is a mean-spirited SOB feared by nuns, puppies, and small...

Sep 16, 2020•45 min•Ep. 3

Reading Books in a Foxhole

In this episode, Martin and I discuss a few of our favorite fiction and non-fiction works that we think deserve even wider attention. We also mention an interesting website called Writ Large about books that have changed the world. Enjoy and let us know what you think. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Books That Shaped America - Atlas Shrugged "Bible Ranks 1 of Books That Changed Lives" - Los Angeles Times From Atlas Shrugged (Cente...

Sep 02, 2020•26 min•Ep. 2

Welcome to The Secular Foxhole Podcast!

This is the trailer for our podcast, The Secular Foxhole. Blair tells about the background for the name of the podcast, and we talk about the different symbols in the show artwork. As a freethinker, are you looking through binoculars out at the world in the safety of a foxhole? Get fuel for your soul and intellectual ammunition by listening to The Secular Foxhole podcast, in order to fight for the separation of religion and state. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and servi...

Aug 26, 2020•10 min•Ep. 1

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