The Week in Doubt Podcast

Ep 36 - Halloween: A Brief History

This week: A Halloween special! I take a break from scrutinizing religion and instead offer a brief history of one of the world's scariest holidays... Thanks for listening! File may be temporarily unavailable. If so please visit the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUY8JCWgRqM

Ep:35 - Why Do Atheists Like to Talk About God?

My longwinded response to internet criticism... As always...thanks for listening!

Ep:34 - Dr. Eben Alexander and Near Death Experiences

In this week's episode I take a closer look at the phenomenon of  the near death experience. In particular I examine the case of Dr. Eben Alexander; a neurosurgeon who had an NDE while in a coma. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep:33 - Westboro Baptist Church and Lies From the Pit of Hell

This week: my comments on the Westboro Baptist Church and a news story about a politician/medical doctor who calls evolution a "lie from the pit of Hell".  As always...thanks for listening!

Ep 32: A Show Update and a Brief News Story

Update on a recent round table discussion and a news story involving an ancient Coptic papyrus fragment. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep 31: Muslim Protests and Homophobic Joel Osteen Comments

This week, I cover two news stories: the continuing protests throughout the Muslim world and a story concerning some homophobic comments made by televangelist Joel Osteen. As always...Thanks for listening!

Episode 29: Innocence of Muslims

My thoughts on the controversial movie "Innocence of Muslims" and the related attacks on U.S. embassies. Please excuse the technical errors. About half way through the episode, you will probably start to notice some annoying static or white noise. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep:28 - Fr. Benedict Groeschel sex abuse comments and is faith inherently noble?

This week I discuss some controversial comments made by Father Benedict Groeschel and I also explore the question: is faith inherently noble? As always...thanks for listening!

Ep 27: 911 Cross and the Dark Side of Unbelief

This week, I discuss the objection to the 911 memorial cross by atheists and also discuss some less than noble fellow nonbelievers. As always...thanks for listening!

Episode 26: Thomas Jefferson and the Bible

In this week's episode, I discuss Thomas Jefferson and the deism of the Founding Fathers. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep:25 Alan Watts and The Ground of All Being

In this episode I discuss the concept of "the ground of all being" or "cosmic oneness". More specifically I discuss a particular talk by renowned scholar of Eastern religion, the late Alan Watts.

Ep:24 Atheism, Garageband and Pat Robertson

In this episode I share a harrowing tale of YouTube copyright infringement and discuss a recent news story featuring Pat Robertson. As always...Thanks for listening!

Ep:23 Translating the Bible

In this week's episode I discuss what I learned from watching a lecture by Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman. As always...thanks for listening!

ep 21: Literal vs. Figurative Belief

In this episode I examine the blurry line between literal and figurative belief. I've also begun re-upping some of the old episodes onto youtube. As always...thanks for listening. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWeekinDoubt?feature=mhee

ep 20: Religion and Animal Cruelty

In this episode I discuss the recent story of a kitten buried alive in concrete, apparently as an act of retaliation by fundamentalist Mormons. I do my best to cover the story in a fair and openminded fashion. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep 19: Ancient Aliens, Scientology and Rupert Murdoch

This week's episode is a mishmash of topics, including some recent Scientology related news stories, my beef with "Ancient Aliens" and a recent news story about a woman sentenced to read the Bible. As always...thanks for listening!

Ep 18: YouTube, Atheism and the Loch Ness Monster

I comment on some atheist debates (yet again), briefly discuss the Book of Revelation and even find time to cover a religious news story involving the Loch Ness Monster. As always...thanks for listening.

Ep 16: Morgan Freeman and Microtubules...

In this episode I revisit the topic of Stuart Hameroff and his theory regarding consciousness and microtubules. Also I discuss a recent news story concerning Morgan Freeman and his thoughts on God. As always, thanks for listening!

ep 15: Listener Feedback!

I recently got a pleasant surprise when I discovered the podcast now has 4 and 1/2 stars on iTunes. Thank you all for the positive reviews and for your kind and encouraging comments! Also in this episode: I apologize to Stargate fans (lol!), and discuss my views on conspiracy theories. As always, thanks for listening!

Ep 14: The Afterlife (Or Forever Is A Long-ass Time...)

A discussion of the belief in an afterlife and my reasons for doubting. As always, thanks for listening!