Truth Wanted

Truth Wanted 06.07 08-27-2021 with ObjectivelyDan and Scott Dickie

Truth Wanted 06.06 02-10-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Mark Solomon

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Truth Wanted 06.05 02-03-2023 with Jon The Skeptick and Godless Engineer

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted, hosted this week by Jon the Skeptick and @godlessengineer! Jon from Canada wants to know what the hosts think of pascal’s wager? Pascal’s wager isn’t strictly a question for atheists, its also applicable to theists. Bernard from Canada, an expert on evolution, wants to know the name of a specific transitional fossil from human evolution. Julachak from NY wants to define what it means to be a mystic and I am going to try to sumarize i...

Truth Wanted 06.04 1-27-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Kelley Laughlin

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Truth Wanted 06.03 01-20-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Zachary Shedd

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Truth Wanted 06.02 01-13-2022 with Jon the Skeptick and ExXtian Erin

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Truth Wanted 06.01 1-06-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Nikki - Beat the Cult

The Truth Wanted 2022 Midshow Megaclip Episode

The Midshow Promo clips. You like them! You love them! You want more of them! Well, consider your prayers answered, because we present some of the best moments from our past season. The video elves have been working overtime to bring you this collection of some of the funniest, most intense, and overall best segments. We’ll be back to live production in the new year, but for now the hosts, crew and volunteers of Truth Wanted and The Atheist Community of Austin wish you all the best for this holi...

The Truth Wanted Year End Top 5 Calls Countdown

As we wind down 2022, we wanted to take a look back at all the best moments of the current season, and we've chosen the Top 5 calls, as determined by your viewing. Relive some of the most memorable and favorite moments from this past year of Truth Wanted. We are also compiling this collection so that we could give you something interesting to watch over the holidays, but also give our hard-working hosts and crew some time off to spend with their family and friends. The ACA wishes you all the bes...

Truth Wanted 05.50 12-16-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Jason Friedman

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jason Friedman! First up is Liam from LA who presents a study that indicates that pathological liars make great athletes. It would be interesting to figure out why. Is it because they believe their own B.S. to hype themselves up, or because it helps them tune out smack talk from competitors, or is it something else entirely? Tymm from LA is calling in to discuss the refreshing portrayal of bi-sex...

Truth Wanted 05.49 12-9-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Sinn Sage

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Sinn Sage! Mohammad from CA is calling in to defend the claim that there is an objective truth because without it people would go insane. What is your evidence other than that it's a scary thought to not have a purpose for existence? John from Canada asks our hosts what made them lose their faith in Christianity and what they have faith in now? Mr. Krabs from MD wants to discuss how sex-trafficki...

Truth Wanted 05.48 12-02-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Jordan-ReasonToDoubt

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Truth Wanted 05.47 PRERECORDED with ObjectivelyDan, ExXtian Erin and Jon the Skeptick

Truth Wanted 05.46 11-18-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Jaime Boone

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jaime Boone! Welcome back, Jaime! David from CA has an issue with the show urging callers to have discussions that the callers may not have the knowledge or ability to defend their positions on contentious topics such as God. Nate from CA is calling to propose a hypothetical scenario where Mother Mary was the only documented case of asexual reproduction and what the implication of that would be. ...

Truth Wanted 05.45 11-11-2022 with MD Aware and Kelley Laughlin

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week MD Aware is joined by Kelley Laughlin! First up is Arthur from NY who believes that foreign substances may have contributed to the formation of religion and might serve as an explanation for the supernatural occurrences depicted within them. Kevin from TN wants to discuss occult magic. The caller defines magic as “making changes according to will,” both through the demonstrable process of taking action, and the less demonst...

Truth Wanted 05.44 11-04-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Jon The Skeptick

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jon the Skeptic! First up is Whisper from UT who argues that QAnon and its subsequent beliefs are harmful to everyone, followers or not. Next is Phoenix from TX who is calling to bullet point out the unfounded things they used to believe in when they were a theist all the way from hearing voices to full environmental hallucinations. Phatman from OR is calling to ask if there is a correlation betw...

Truth Wanted 05.43 Halloween Special with ObjectivelyDan, ExXtian Erin and MD Aware

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to Truth Wanted’s Holiday Special! Join MD Aware, Exxtian Erin & Objectively Rob Boss on this spooky landscape filled adventure as they guide you through the spookiest of tales. Scotland from NY calls to share a story where they spotted the “IT” clown on the side of the road while pulling up to a stop sign. Jim from NJ is calling to refute the idea that “faith” is an anti-intellectual tool. What other beliefs do you hold that were derived from not evidence and test...

Truth Wanted 05.42 10-21-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Brennon Goodson

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Brennon Goodson! Welcome to the hosting chair Brennon! First up is Kelley from MI who wants to talk about their experience working in a haunted bar, including some funny stories of coworkers enocuntering the spooky spectres within. Phatman from OR is calling to discuss the opening conversation of the show regarding dinosaurs and more specifically Mary Schweitzer’s discovery and what the controver...

Truth Wanted 05.41 10-14-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Blatant Blatheist

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan and @BLATANT BLATHEIST. First up is Doug from Canada who claims to know the greatest truth of humanity...that Planned Parenthood is a liberal conspiracy to kill all black children. Presumably to maintain the atheist food source. Don from WA is curious to know why the hosts of ACA shows don’t take a more rigid stance on their Atheist position, and why the individual hosts even on the same programs have differe...

Truth Wanted 05.40 10-07-2022 with ExXtian Erin and Rion

Hello again Truth Wanters! This week, Erin is joined by Rion of TikTok fame, host of Skeptic Haven and owner of many plants! Erin and Rion talk about their deconversion process before we move on to your calls. This week’s Patron of the Week is Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwell Carlisle! You wanted the X emphasized Max, careful what you wish for! May a thousand bad Vin Diesel movies haunt your dreams! First up is Mr. Enigma, who’s emerged from under his bridge to ask a series of silly questions. Dogs, ...

Truth Wanted 05.39 09-30-2022 with Objectively Dan and Richard Firth-Godbehere

Oooh, it’s Friday, it’s 5pm in Texas, and today, Dan is joined by perhaps the only educator that could possibly drag me back into a classroom, it’s Richard Firth-Godbehere, on loan from the Non-Prophets! Dan and the good doctor discuss his work and his book before we start taking your calls. Our Patron of the Week this week is Katie Stewart! Thanks for the support Katie, even if you do eat bugs for breakfast! From the Great White North comes Jasmine! In the vein of our discussion of emotion thus...

Truth Wanted 05.38 09-23-2022 with Objectively Dan and The Skeptick

Welcome back to Truth Wanted folks! This week, back by popular demand, is Jon the Skeptick! He’ll also be joined by some Dan guy who wandered in off the street. Dan and Jon chat about horoscopes and other kinds of charlatanry before we move on to your calls. This week’s Patron of the Week is I Heart Dogs! Clearly a Saggitarius, who are known for their generosity. Or something. We’ll open the show with Nevyn, whose friends describe him as a conspiracy theorist. He’s just asking questions! In this...

Truth Wanted 05.37 09-16-2022 with MD Aware and Student Doctor Ben

Ehhhh what’s up Doc? This week on Truth Wanted we’ve assembled our crack medical team to dissect… ugh… Matt Walsh’s “What is a Woman?” Oh boy, this is going to be a wild ride. MD and Ben chat about quack medicine before destroying this piece of transphobic garbage. This week’s Patron of the Week is I Heart Dogs. May you never have to explain the difference between sex and gender to Matt Walsh in a busy nightclub. Also, we at the ACA also heart dogs. And cats. And cockatiels. Our first caller onc...

Truth Wanted 05.36 09-09-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and ExXtian Erin

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Truth Wanted 05.35 09-02-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Kara Griffin

Welcome back to Truth Wanted, the weekly callin show that’s seen the most episodes of The X-Files. Joining Dan today is host of Secular Sexuality, Kara Griffin! Today’s Patron of the Week is Dawn Nelsen! May the sun never set on your glorious empire. Our first caller is Masedog, who mayyybe watches too many pseudoscientific youtube videos? She asks our hosts what they think about content creators that claim to speak to the dead. Dan explains why balderdash and hoakum are too generous a term for ...

Truth Wanted 05.34 08-26-2022 with MD Aware and Adam Elmasri

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week MD Aware is joined by Adam Elmasri. First up is Red from OH who talks about a conspiracy that her friend believes revolves around the government having a cure to cancer, but won’t release it because they make money off of cancer treatment. Next is Jasmine from Canada who brings up the subject of religiosity being engrained in hospitals and medical culture. Next is Frank from IL who has questions surrounding the philistines ...

Truth Wanted 05.33 08-19-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Trevor Poelman

In today’s episode of Truth Wanted, Dan is joined by creator of the show Belief It Or Not, Trevor Poelman. Trevor is a former youth group leader and would go through actual theology audits. Together this team will ask viewers what they believe and why. Special thanks to Lauren Zhuge, the Patron of the Week! First up is RedDeadBread from CA who is wondering about how the environment in which a person is raised causes anger towards religion. How does religiosity affect the nature of atheistic beli...

Truth Wanted 05.32 08-12-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Kelley Laughlin

Welcome back to Truth Wanted, the ACA call in show with the highest frequency. This week Dan is joined by rock scientist and former groupie for the Grateful Dead, R Kelley Laughlin! (Ok I made that last part up, kinda) This week’s Patron of The Week is Gabriel Guerra. We may not believe in angels on this show, but you’re a close second in our books Gabriel. Thank you for the support! We’ll kick calls off with Scottland, and he makes his case for why a multiverse might indicate that his particula...

Truth Wanted 05.31 08-05-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Richard Gilliver

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Truth Wanted 05.30 07-30-2022 with ExXtian Erin and Chris Keaton

Welcome back to Truth Wanted, the ACA show least likely to be trampled by elephants. This week we have ExXtian Erin in the host chair, joined by Chris Keaton. This week’s Patron of the Week is Jonathan Hull! Thanks to patrons like you, the ACA can finally hire someone to come to the Freethought Library and investigate those strange sounds coming from the crawlspace. Kennita’s calling back from Cali, she identifies as an atheopagan, and also as an atheist. She shares her journey from Catholicism ...