This week, I interview Josh Sobel, who is trying to fund an interesting and exciting Kickstarter project. Please, go to the site and donate any amount you can. Let's help our fellow atheists achieve their very reasonable goals! Kickstarter Project [1] Booklet "Be Rational" [2] [1] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshsobel/the-animated-freethought-project [2] http://www.mediafire.com/?t8292f992oabtc8 ...

If you've listened to my shows recently, you know how big a fan of Pinker I am, including his most brilliant work "The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined". If you haven't read this lengthy beast, this talk actually covers the basics really well. A must listen! ...

This week, my guest is veteran activist Margaret Downey, who shares her 'deconversion' story, her fight with the Boy Scouts of America, and her recent projects. After this interview, you may want her to adopt you! Margaret Downey - Freethought Society President [1] - Founder of the Thomas Paine Memorial Committee [2] - Margaret Downey Fanpage [3] - Video of her Thomas Paine presentation in schools [4] [1]ht ...

After building a makeshift recording setup, I was able to interview Professor of Native Archeology Dean R. Snow to talk about the legend of the Great Peacemaker, the structure of Native society, and how things might have played out differently if not for the European Invasion. NOTES: Dr. Dean R. Snow, Professor of Archeology at Penn State. Author of “Archeology of North America”, Difficulty finding reliable ...

If you don't know who Scott Lively is, he's the monster who authored The Pink Swastika, a book I've derided in the past for its pseudo-historical claim that Nazis were a secret gay organization intent on destroying heterosexuality. It ranks about as high as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in terms of historical verisimilitude. In March of 2009, Scott and a posse of other Evangelical Christians traveled ...

A few months ago I wrote about a major scam called "Advanced Cell Training". As the bullshit name implies, this pseudo-scientific claptrap purports to heal without the use of antibiotics or other medicine. While the specifics of this escape me (since I refuse to give these scammers even one penny), there is no doubt that encouraging people with serious illnesses - like Lyme Disease - that antibiotics are no ...

Video streaming by Ustream Not sure if you'll be able to stomach the whole thing, so I'll give you the gist of this man's argument (and I'll let you decide what he's secretly obsessed about) 1. The anus is exit only 2. Women use gadgets like bananas and other produce to simulate the male penis You should just watch this guy doing the pumping motion when talking about lesbian sex. Sure sounds to me like he's ...

It's hard to believe that after all these years, a mundane technical problem can effectively shut down your operation pretty effectively. My work computer, which has been getting on in age, recently lost the use of its final USB port. This being a laptop, I've been profoundly frustrated by the fact that I have no way to actually interface with my system to allow me to record my shows. In a sense, I am dead ...

I hope by now all of you are familiar with my stance on Poe's Law; if you are attempting to parody Christians but cannot give any indication that you don't actually believe this stuff, then you might as well not be a parody at all. I call this 'Jake's Law', so as to avoid any further confusion on this issue. The following video is exactly the kind of thing 'Jake's Law' was invented for. While the rest of yo ...

This week, my audio setup is totally messed, but that didn't stop Jeff and me from trying to record a show anyways. WARNING: the sound quality is extremely low, but I thought this would be better than nothing. Enjoy this throw away show! ...