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Returning to the show today is Iranian atheist blogger Kaveh Mousavi to talk about last week’s Iranian protests. As you’ll hear in this interview, Mousavi is a bit more skeptical of the effectiveness of the protests than Armin Navabi was last week on The Thinking Atheist. Consider my conversation with Mousavi as a companion piece to Seth Andrews’ conversation with Navabi. Hopefully between these two interviews, listeners will have a better understanding of the political situation in Iran....
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My guest for today is Emily Karp. She was one of the co-hosts of the Recovering from Religion Podcast, and currently blogs about asexuality and fandom at luvtheheaven.wordpress.com. She’ll be co-presenting a workshop at this year’s Creating Change conference about asexuality, so I’ve got her on the show to talk about ace visibility in both the atheist community and the LGBTQ community. Links: •Emily’s blog: https://luvtheheaven.wordpress.com/ •The SciBabe: http://scibabe.com/ •The...
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My guest for today is Cory Johnston. He’s the main host of the Brainstorm Podcast, as well the podcasts Skeptic Voices and The Hardcore Skeptic Examines. Today we get to know Cory a little bit more, plus talk about why there’s such a huge rift among skeptics about social justice. Links: •The Brainstorm Podcast: https://www.brainstormblog.net/ •Brainstorm Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brainstormpodcast/ •Cory on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CJBrainstorm •Cory on...
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Sep 8, 2019
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My guests for today are Amy with a Y and Ami with an I from the Secular Soup podcast. Secular Soup is a new podcast where two self-described blueberries floating in a bowl of tomato soup talk about atheism, feminism, politics, parenting, and whatever else they feel like talking about. Today I have them on the show to talk about the podcast, their back stories, and why they hate Tom and Cecil from Cognitive Dissonance so much. Links: •Secular Soup: https://www.spreaker.com/show/secular-soup...
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My guest for today is Miles Joyner. They are a twenty-something bisexual non-binary college student who runs the Miles the Bisexual Facebook page where they share memes, articles, and blog posts about bisexuality. Today we’re going to get to know Miles a bit more and all the stuff they do. Links: •Miles the Bisexual on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MilestheBi/ •Earning Mileage blog: https://earningmileage.wordpress.com/ •Miles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/milesenbi •NaNoCon:...
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My guest for today is Larry Yellingman. He’s the host of the new podcast Man Yelling at the News where he and two guests talk—and yell—about the latest news. Today I have him on the show to get to know him a little bit more, but mostly to yell at the atheist community. Links: •Larry Yellingman Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LarryYellingman •No Religion Required: https://www.spreaker.com/show/no-religion-required_1 •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative:...
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My guest for today is Camille Beredjick. She’s a journalist who blogs about LGBTQ rights on the blogs GayWrites and Friendly Atheist. She has a new book out called “Queer Disbelief” that explains why atheists should care about LGBTQ rights. Today we talk about her back story, her work, and the new book. Links: •GayWrites blog: http://gaywrites.org/ •GayWrites YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GayWrites •Camille on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cberedjick •Camille on...
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My guest for today is Caleb Orion. A few weeks ago they messaged me on Facebook wanting to share the story of their traumatic experience with psychiatric abuse, so I’ve got them on the show today to talk about it. Links: •Radical Mental Health Oregon: https://www.facebook.com/RadicalMentalHealthOR/ •Psych-Critical Pro-Med: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychCritical/ •The Icarus Project: http://theicarusproject.net/ •RAANC - Radical Autistic and Neurodivergent Community:...
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Returning to the show today is Stephanie Zvan. She’s helping put together the second Secular Women Work conference, which will be held in Minneapolis from August 24th to the 26th of this year. Today I have her back on the show to talk about the upcoming conference, plus how the mainstream atheist movement can create safer spaces for attendees in the wake of Lawrence Krauss. As a head’s up, we will discuss rape and sexual misconduct in the atheist movement, so listener discretion is highly...
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My guests for today are Thomas Smith and Aaron Rabi, hosts of the podcast Philosophers in Space. It’s a new show where Aaron of Embrace the Void and Thomas of Serious Inquiries Only explore philosophical concepts using sci-fi shows and movies. Today I have them on the show to not only talk about the podcast, but also to ask them some philosophical sci-fi questions of my own. Links: •Philosophers in Space on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/philosophers-in-space/id1348915993?mt=2...
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Sep 8, 2019
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Today’s episode is my NaNoCon presentation “How to Avoid Activist Burnout.” The audio you are about to hear is the 20 minute opening talk and my closing words at the end. What you won’t hear is the discussion questions I asked the audience to discuss among themselves because I didn’t want to put people’s voices online without permission. But overall people said they enjoyed my workshop, and I hope you will do the same. Links: •Territory Recognition (mentioned at the beginning of...
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My guest for today is Max Tang. They were born and raised in a Chinese American Baptist church where they were taught that they must decrease while Christ must increase. After a four-year long process of deconstructing their faith in high school and a painful coming out process, Max is just now giving themself permission to be their true authentic self, and blogs about their experience at Max Goes Godless. Today I have them on the show to tell their story. Links: •Max Goes Godless:...
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My guest for today is Amanda Scott. She’s a fellow bisexual atheist activist whose first foray into activism was speaking out against having an “In God We Trust” display being installed in a Mobile, Alabama government building. She’s currently a Georgetown University student studying government and American history, and continues to put her humanist values into action through political activism. Today I have her own the show to talk about her story and her activism. Links: •Amanda on...
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As you may remember from the intro to last week’s episode, I recently had an emergency where I almost drank myself to death. I’m doing much better now, thankfully, but I’ve been focused so much on recovery that I didn’t feel like booking a guest for this week, so instead I’m going to tell you what happened and how I’m re-evaluating my life. Needless to say, this episode has all the trigger warnings, so if you’re not in a good place right now, you can skip this and come back if and...
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Sep 8, 2019
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Today’s episode is the audio from an online panel discussion me, Callie Wright, and Marissa McCool did about the Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative during last week’s online OrbitCon. OrbitCon was a three-day online conference organized by the bloggers at The Orbit featuring panels and talks livestreamed on YouTube about atheism and social justice. Benny Vimes introduced us and asked us a few audience questions near the end, but mostly it’s the three of us talking about what the...
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Sep 8, 2019
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Today’s episode is a small panel discussion between Dr. Ashley F. Miller and Jessica Xiao about how to make the atheist movement a safer space. As a head’s up, we’ll be talking sexual assault and harassment in the movement, so if you’re not in a good place right now, feel free to skip this episode for now and listen when you’re a much better place. For everyone else, I hope you gain something from this conversation. Links: •Ashley F. Miller on Facebook:...
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Sep 9, 2019
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Today’s episode is a special AMA episode that I did live on Facebook for my 35th birthday this past Sunday. I did this as a backup just in case I wasn’t able to get a guest on time for this weeks’ episode, and what better way to spend my birthday than with all my fans, right? Links: •Think Stephtically: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/transvisiblepodcaster/ •Dream Youth:...
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My guest for today is Debbie Goddard. According to her bio, “Debbie Goddard is the outreach director at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY. She is also the director of African Americans for Humanism. Before working for CFI, she participated in local freethought groups in the greater Philadelphia region and helped organize and support campus groups internationally as a student volunteer. She has also been involved with progressive issues and LGBT activism.” Today I have her on the show to...
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My guest for today is Deanna Adams. She is a co-organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston, and has an essay called “Black Women and Christianity: A Historical Perspective Part 2” in Karen Garst’s upcoming book “Women v. Religion.” Today I have Deanna on the show to talk about her life, her work, and about racial justice and humanism in general. Links: •Deanna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deemusings1 •“Women v. Religion” on Amazon:...
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My guest for today is Amanda Marcotte. She’s a political writer for Salon.com, and has a new book out called “Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshiping Monsters Set On Rat-F*****g Liberals, America, and Truth Itself.” Today I have her on the show to talk about her latest book, and what the Left can do now with the current political climate. Links: •Amanda on Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_marcotte •Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte •Real...
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Sep 9, 2019
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Today’s episode is a panel discussion about polyamory featuring Heina Dadabhoy of the Orbit blog Heinous Dealings, Marissa McCool of the Inciting Incident podcast, and her partner Devyn Lennex. There’s been a lot of talk recently about “enforced monogamy,” so I thought what better time to talk about polyamory, right? Links: •Heinous Dealings: https://the-orbit.net/heinous/ •Heina on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heinousheina •Marissa’s website: http://rismccool.com/...
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My guest for today is Erik Ryder. He’s a trans man from North Carolina who co-hosts the Odd Atheist Friends podcast with Matthew Maxon. For Pride Month, I want to showcase fellow LGBTQ podcasters, and so today we’re going to get to know Erik more. Links: •Odd Atheist Friends on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OAFPodcast/ •OAF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Oaf •Hertzey Talks: https://www.facebook.com/HertzeyTalks/ •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative:...
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Sep 7, 2019
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My guest for today is Priss, host of the podcast The Interesting Life of Priss. Continuing my Pride Month theme of highlighting fellow LGBTQ podcasters, today I have Priss on the show to talk about her life and her show. Links: •The Interesting Life of Priss: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-interesting-life-of-priss •Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prissunicorn •Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Prissunicorn/ •Twitter: https://twitter.com/prissunicorn •I Doubt It with Dollemore:...
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My guest for today is Stevi Faithless, host of the brand new podcast TransPunkRockGirl. Continuing my Pride Month theme of highlighting fellow LGBTQ podcasters, today I have her on the show to talk about her life and her show. Links: •TransPunkRockGirl: https://audioboom.com/channels/4962513 •The Daily Dot’s response to the Atlantic: https://www.dailydot.com/irl/trans-children-article/ •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/transvisiblepodcaster/ •Dream...
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My guest for today is Bethany Futrell. She is the co-host of the Inciting Incident Podcast with Marissa McCool, and is the host of the She Talks Atheism podcast. We’re wrapping up our Pride Month series highlighting LGBTQ podcasters by getting to know Bethany and all that she does. Links: •She Talks Atheism: https://www.patreon.com/SheTalksAtheism •The Inciting Incident: http://www.incitingincident.libsyn.com/ •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative:...
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My guest for today is Caleb Arring. He is the main host of the Beyond Gender podcast which focuses on LGBTQ news stories and interviews with trans people about their lives. He also runs LGBTQEntrepreneur.com with his partner to help queer and trans business owners gain more clients. Today we’re going to get to know Caleb more and all that he does. Links: •Beyond Gender Podcast: http://www.beyondgenderpod.com/ •LGBTQ Entrepreneur: https://www.lgbtqentrepreneur.com/ •The Trans Podcaster...
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My guest for today is Dr. Marisa Richmond. She’s a transgender activist based in Nashville, TN who, in 2016, became the first transgender woman ever appointed to a local government commission in Tennessee, nominated by Mayor Megan Barry and confirmed by unanimous vote to the Metro Human Relations Commission. She is also a professor in the history department at MTSU, and, in 2003, was the founder and first president of TTPC, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition. Today I have her on...
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My guest for today is Zerin Firoze. She’s an atheist from Bangladesh who faced death threats and got thrown out of her house simply for being an atheist. Thankfully she was able to move to the United States as a student, and she’s here with us today on the show to tell her story. Links: •Zerin’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ZerinFiroze •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/transvisiblepodcaster/ •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com...
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Sep 8, 2019
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My guest for today is David Niose. According to his bio, he is the legal director of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center (which is the legal arm of the American Humanist Association), running the AHLC’s Massachusetts office. His background includes experience in law and mass communication. Having practiced law in Massachusetts since 1990, Niose has also worked in print and broadcast media, taught both history and law, and written extensively on a wide array of issues. He is also the immediate...
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Today's episode is the audio from a live Facebook video I did this past Sunday where I talk about Facebook arguments, how I always end up upsetting someone when I try to have a serious conversation about racism, and anxiety over asking people to come on my show. Links: •Trump’s tweet: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026084333315153924 •#BlackAssCaucus:...
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My guest for today is Tricia Shepherd. She’s the author of several LGBTQ-centered e-books—including “The Geek and the Prom King” and “Loving John Watson”—and is an active member of the West Virginia chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign. We’ve been Facebook friends for a couple of years now, and now I have her on the show to tell us her story. Links: •Tricia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tricia.shepherd.562 •Tricia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColoredGalBlues...
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My guest for today is Casper Rigsby. For those that missed his interviews on both The Gaytheist Manifesto and the Inciting Incident, he is a former member of the Aryan Nation, and today I have him on the show to talk about a few questions that have been on my mind lately about effective means of combating white supremacy in America today. Links: •Casper on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Casper.Rigsby •Casper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GodDoesntMatter •Marissa’s GoFundMe:...
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Today’s episode is a panel discussion with two of my friends about what it means to transition when you’re non-binary. As people who don’t fit into the male-female dichotomy, I feel like we’re often left on our own to figure out what to do with our bodies, our presentations, and our lives. Joining me to talk about this are my friends and fellow NBs Ollie and William, and together we hope to figure all this s**t out. Links: •Ollie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ollieevra.scath...
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My guest for today is Julia Serano. She’s a trans-bi activist, the author of the books “Whipping Girl” and “Excluded,” a musician, a spoken-word artist, and a biologist. Today I got her on the show to talk about the controversy surrounding Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria, and why the science behind it is pretty sketchy. Links: •Julia’s website: http://www.juliaserano.com/ •Julia on Medium: https://medium.com/@juliaserano •Julia on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JuliaSerano...
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Rich and Deanna Lyons of Living After Faith got a bunch of us podcasters and fans together to create this special project for Marissa McCool's upcoming science vagina installation. We love you, Rissy Monster! •Marissa’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/3z5hf2
