American Freethought Podcast

Original release December 10, 2011. Encore release August 26, 2018. Encore release May 19, 2017. Rick Perry plays the homophobia card in his latest TV advertisement. Holiday displays in Leesburg, Virginia stir a free speech controversy The co-discoverer of a new earth-like world wants to call it the "Christmas planet." The wife of Eddie Long ("Bishop" of Atlanta-based New Missionary Baptist Church) has filed for divorce. Meanwhile, Long has gone on hiatus from the pulpit. A woman claims she was imprisoned for over a decade on a Scientology cruise ship. Finally, researchers at the University of British Columbia have published a paper showing that religious folk distrust atheists as much as rapists. CONTACT Visit our blog at AmericanFreethought.com. Visit the podcast at AmericanFreethought.LibSyn.com. Email us at john@americanfreethought.com or david@americanfreethought.com. (John and David are available, either together or separately, to speak in person to your group.) If you like what you hear,

Original release November 30, 2011. Encore release August 25, 2018. Encore release May 18, 2017. Critics of Barack Obama take the president to task for not having enough god-talk in his annual Thanksgiving message. Not so much a War on Christmas as a Theocratic Beachhead Established over the Christmas Break: Georgia Republican Senator Bill Heath submitted a bill on November 15th to make the national motto ("In God We Trust") mandatory on all state license plates. If they want to cover it up, motorists can purchase a sticker with their county's name for an extra dollar.  Over Thanksgiving weekend, the Pope addressed a delegation of US bishops to say that child molestation isn't just a Catholic problem--it's a societal problem. Finally, we share our Top Five Holiday Gift Suggestions for Nonbelievers: David's picks: 5. The Faith Healers by James Randi, Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman, or any number of freethought-related books. 4. A Kindle, because portable freethought has never been so easy. 3

Original release November 20, 2011. Encore release August 24, 2018. Encore release May 17, 2017. We interview Sean Faircloth, author of Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do about It. Sean was formerly Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, but recently accepted the position of Director of Strategy and Policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation. CONTACT Visit our blog at AmericanFreethought.com. Visit the podcast at AmericanFreethought.LibSyn.com. Email us at john@americanfreethought.com or david@americanfreethought.com. (John and David are available, either together or separately, to speak in person to your group.) If you like what you hear, take a moment and leave feedback on our iTunes page. Join our communities at Facebook, Atheist Nexus, Think Atheist or Yahoo Groups. Shop through us at Amazon.com or at CafePress.com. If you'd like to donate to the operation of this podcast, you can contribute through PayPal to editor@scifidimensio

Original release November 9, 2011. Encore release August 23, 2018. Encore release May 16, 2017. PLEASE NOTE our new podcast feed: http://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Our new iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-freethought-podcast/id478593934 Due to a capacity issue with the blog host, we've moved the podcast to the Liberated Syndication service.  You'll need to ditch your existing podcast subscription and resubscribe to the new one. Most of the older episodes will be unavailable (at least for a while). Our apologies for the inconvenience. We interview American Atheists president David Silverman, who provides an update on the upcoming Reason Rally (March 24, 2012 on the National Mall), as well as the recent court rulings on the Utah crosses (we won) and Kentucky Homeland Security (we lost...for now). For more about American Atheists visit atheists.org. For more on the Reason Rally visit reasonrally.org. CONTACT Visit our blog at AmericanFreethought.com. Visit the podcas

Original release October 25, 2011. Encore release August 22, 2018. Encore release May 15, 2017. We interview documentary filmmaker Vic Losick about his new movie In God We Teach, which explores the recent controversy involving Kearny, New Jersey public school student Matthew LaClair, who secretly recorded history teacher David Paszkiewicz and his fundamentalist Christian rants. The Kearny Incident became a cause célèbre with church-state separationists as well as Christian Nation boosters (although for totally different reasons). See the film and decide for yourself who won. In God We Teach will be playing on Tuesday, November 1st at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Vic Losick will be there, of course, and American Freethought's David Driscoll will be in attendance. Tickets are free, but you do have to RSVP. Contact Ashley Hamilton at ahamilton@freedomforum.org or (202) 292-6288 to secure a seat. For more on the film visit InGodWeTeach.com. For more on Vic Losick visit VicLosick.com. CONTACT Visit us o

Encore release August 21, 2018. Encore release May 14, 2017. We interview philosopher Alex Rosenberg, author of The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions, an examination of the philosophical, ethical and social consequences of a clear understanding of scientific reality. For more about Alex visit his official website duke.edu/~alexrose. And in local (for David Driscoll) news, an early volley has been fired in the annual War on Christmas. The Leesburg, Virginia city council has voted 6-to-1 to rename the Holiday Parade the Christmas and Holiday Parade. That'll show those pesky non-Christians. CONTACT Visit us online at AmericanFreethought.com. Email us at john@americanfreethought.com or david@americanfreethought.com. (John and David are available, either together or separately, to speak in person to your group.) If you like what you hear, take a moment and leave feedback on our iTunes page. Join our communities at Facebook, Atheist Nexus, Think Atheist or Yahoo Groups. Shop thro

Original release October 6, 2011. Encore release August 20, 2018. Encore release May 13, 2017. We interview journalist Kathryn Joyce, author of the new Mother Jones article "Horror Stories from Tough-Love Teen Homes," a disturbing exposé of just how bad it can get when homes for troubled kids go unregulated simply because they've slapped a religious label on themselves. Kathryn is also the author of the bookQuiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. Jesus or Jail! If you're a first-time non-violent offender, the town of Bay Minette, Alabama has a deal for you: attend one of the local churches for 52 straight weeks, or serve your time and pay your fine. Several secular watchdogs are filing suit. Galileo was a douchebag. Here John's response to a Catholic priest's claim that "The Galileo Affair was not so much about religion versus superstition as it was about Galileo being kind of a doucebag." (That's a quote.) Death of an Atheist. You here a lot from religious folk about how there are no ath

Released September 11, 2011. Encore release August 19, 2018. Encore release May 12, 2017. As the world observes the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we talk to GA Tech professor Bob Blaskiewicz about the puzzling longevity of some of the conspiracy theories. Bob has spent considerable time delving into the nature and structure of conspiracy communities, and has just published an article with Skeptical Inquirer titled "You Can't Handle the Truthiness: A Night Out with the 9/11 Truth Community." Bob is active in the Atlanta Skeptics, and is the Chair of the Independent Investigations Group Atlanta (IIG-Atlanta), a research group and public resource for information about the paranormal and extraordinary. Bob is also co-editor of the blog Skeptical Humanities. ANNOUNCEMENTS David Driscoll's Secular World podcast(formerly Secular Nation podcast) continues. CONTACT Visit us online at AmericanFreethought.com. Email us at john@americanfreethought.com or david@americanfreethought.com. (John and Da

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