Posted in holiday, holidays, santa, sinterklass, christmas, krampus, christmas time, scary, Santa Claus, Christmastide, Christmas Xmas on Dec 22nd, 2015
In the past I've only mentioned Krampus in passing. But seeing how it's the holiday season once again and Krampus-mania has seemingly reached critical mass. I figured that the time was finally right to dedicate an entire episode to this once obscure figure.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, history, Atheist, philosophy, Spirituality, Greek and Roman mythology, Satan, nonbeliever, itunes, YouTube, catholic, mythology, holidays, paganism, sinterklass, greek mythology, young turks, norse mythology, krampus, yuletide, Zwarte Piet, Xmas, German, folklore, yule, podcast, christmas time, stitcher, documentary, secular, Christmastide, Christmas Xmas on Dec 21st, 2014
This week: a replay of last year's Christmas special, in which I take a look at some of the strange lurid characters of European Yuletide tradition (including Krampus!).
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in Religion, Reason, philosophy, Spirituality, christian, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, YouTube, jesus, mythology, holidays, christmas tree, paganism, sinterklass, the Bible, norse mythology, krampus, yuletide, Zwarte Piet, Xmas, German, yule, podcast, christmas time, documentary, patreon, Santa Claus on Dec 17th, 2014
A replay of the very first TWID Christmas episode!
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in Atheism, God, history, easter, Atheist, bilby, Judaism, philosophy, bible, Spiritualism, nonbeliever, christianity, YouTube, judea, jewish, jesus, holidays, sinterklass, the Bible, council of nicaea, German, folklore, stitcher, eastertide, paschal, easter bunny, easter hare, easter egg, pentacost, gospel, documentary on Apr 20th, 2014
This week I break from my usual criticism of religion and instead bring you a brief audio documentary on the history of Easter.
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Atheist, Spirituality, Greek and Roman mythology, parable, itunes, YouTube, jesus, mythology, holidays, christmas tree, paganism, sinterklass, the Bible, norse mythology, krampus, yuletide, Zwarte Piet, Xmas, yule, christmas time, origins of christmas on Dec 22nd, 2013
This week I'm re-releasing last year's Christmas episode. It's basically a mini audio documentary covering the history of the holiday.
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, neuroscience, Christopher Hitchens, Bill Maher, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, Spiritualism, Forever, Satan, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, biblical scholar, catholic, jesus, holidays, sinterklass, the Bible, rhinoplasty, black sabbath, heavy metal, ouija board, leprechaun on May 12th, 2013
This week, I share some personal stories; Leprechauns, ouija boards, nose jobs and my heavy metal childhood...
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, easter, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, neuroscience, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, Sam Harris, Ancient Egypt, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, nonbeliever, itunes, lawrence krauss, big bang, YouTube, romans, jewish, holidays, paganism, sinterklass, christmas, intonent hodie, norse, nordic on Jan 5th, 2013
This week I discuss a collaborative project I recently took part in. I also give my thoughts on a documentary entitled "Proving God", as well as rehashing some content from the recent Christmas episode. Last but not least, I end the show with one of my favorite medieval carols.
As always...thanks for listening!
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Posted in DefaultTag, Religion, history, christianity, mythology, christmas tree, yule log, paganism, tuletide, germany, northern europe, charles dickens, odin, rudolph, santa, sinterklass, history of christmas on Dec 24th, 2012
I know I'm cutting it close, but finally here's the Christmas special! As I type this we're 18 minutes away from Christmas 2012. I put a lot of work into this one, so I hope you enjoy it. There's no Atheist preaching in this episode. This one's for everyone.
As always...thanks for listening!
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