Posted in Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Doubt, Science, Atheist, morality, transcendent, neuroscience, philosophy, Spirituality, nonbeliever, Stuart Hameroff, Microtubules, consciousness, politics, huxley, podcast, physics, shermer, hiv/aids, HIV, pseudoscience, collective unconscious on Mar 18th, 2020
Sorry it's so late! In this episode I share my personal thoughts and experiences regarding the coronavirus crisis. I also discuss Alex Jones and Jim Bakker's attempts to cash in on the crisis by peddling spurious "cures".
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Posted in Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Atheist, transcendent, Spirituality, Sam Harris, superstition, the doors, secular, twitter, tweets on Feb 17th, 2018
My thoughts on some recent media involving Sam Harris.
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Posted in , , , Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Shroud of Turin, Reason, Doubt, Science, history, Atheist, transcendent, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, The Afterlife, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, YouTube, NDE, Near Death Experience, Eben Alexander, born again, podcast, stitcher, secular, controversial, controversy, NDEs, Sam Parnia, AWARE, Peter Fenwick, Peter Fennwick, Penny Sartori, Raymond Moody, Steven Novella on May 3rd, 2015
This week, I finally get around to tackling the controversial subject of "Near Death Experiences".
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Posted in Atheism, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, history, Atheist, transcendent, philosophy, Synchronicity, Spirituality, Sam Harris, Spiritualism, Psychic, nonbeliever, YouTube, catholic, holidays, podcast, wikipedia, secular, paranormal, primate, eucharist, pseudoscience, Jung, collective unconscious, Crowley on Apr 20th, 2015
This week I share some "spooky coincidences" and an anecdote from my childhood.
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Posted in , , , Atheism, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, transcendent, neuroscience, Creationism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Dinesh Desouza, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, The Afterlife, Forever, Satan, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, parable, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, gay rights, catholic, jesus, Near Death Experience, mythology, paganism, the Bible, huff post, young turks, right wing, politics, tyt, demonic possession, the exorcist, possession, demonic, atheist billboard, podcast, stitcher, wikipedia, Darwin, evolution, old testament, patreon, secular, twitter, Cenk Uygur, FFRF, freedom from religion foundation, Dan Barker, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Oprah, New Age on Nov 12th, 2014
This week I discuss an anti LGBT politician who goes by the name "Dr. Chaps", Pascals wager and an old video of Oprah interviewing members of the FFRF.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, transcendent, neuroscience, Christopher Hitchens, Bill Maher, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, The Afterlife, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, parable, itunes, YouTube, biblical scholar, Founding Fathers, Fox News, gay rights, catholic, islam, jewish, homophobia, jesus, freedom of speech, mythology, holidays, the Bible, huff post, historical jesus, young turks, apologetics, reza aslan, abortion, right wing, politics, tyt, racism, demonic possession, possession, demonic, hobby lobby, atheist billboard, podcast, stitcher, biblical contradiction, Darwin, HBO, evolution, leviticus, old testament, exodus, koran, patreon, secular, honor killings, Isis, Iraq, twitter, debate, Affleck, Maher, Harris on Oct 9th, 2014
This week I discuss Ron Reagan's recent FFRF commercial and the heated Bill Maher, Sam Harris, Ben Affleck debate that took place on last week's Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Posted in , DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, News, Science, Atheist, morality, transcendent, neuroscience, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, christian, The Afterlife, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, YouTube, jewish, jesus, NDE, Near Death Experience, Eben Alexander, mythology, the Bible, huff post, young turks, apologetics, tyt, turks, stitcher, noah on Mar 10th, 2014
This week: shout outs, listener feedback, Eben Alexander rehashed and the controversy surrounding the upcoming Noah movie.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, transcendent, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Buddhism, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, parable, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, biblical translation, catholic, judea, jewish, jesus, holidays, the Bible, pope francis on Oct 26th, 2013
This week: I discuss a few news stories including the notorious "Luxury Bishop" and wax philosophical on things ranging from the end times to Aldous Huxley's "Doors of Perception".
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Posted in DefaultTag, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, Science, history, morality, hitchens, transcendent, philosophy, Daniel Dennett, The Afterlife, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, holidays, paganism, the Bible, rob zombie, demonic possession on Oct 6th, 2013
This week I deliver some well deserved shout outs. Also I share my plans for some spooky Halloween episodes and last but not least I muse on the topic of consciousness as an emergent property of the brain.
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Posted in , DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, hitchens, transcendent, Christopher Hitchens, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, The Afterlife, nonbeliever, parable, itunes, YouTube, gay rights, jesus, the Bible, pope francis, Saint Francis on Sep 22nd, 2013
This week I grudgingly discuss yet more "controversial" papal comments. I also share my thoughts on an appearance by Andrew Sullivan on CNN's "AC360 Later".
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Posted in , DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, morality, hitchens, transcendent, neuroscience, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Sam Harris, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, YouTube, biblical scholar, biblical translation, Fox News, catholic, islam, jewish, jesus, the Bible, reza aslan, zealot on Aug 4th, 2013
This week I discuss Lauren Green's controversial Reza Aslan interview as well as rehashing the subjects of primal awe and "transcendence".
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, News, history, Atheist, morality, transcendent, Christopher Hitchens, Judaism, philosophy, Joseph Campbell, Spirituality, bible, christian, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, consciousness, YouTube, biblical scholar, pat robertson, Fox News, jewish, paganism, the Bible on Jun 18th, 2013
This week: Does the new Superman movie contain a Christian message? Also, yet another Pat Robertson story and more embarrassing tales from my past.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Skeptic, Religion, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, transcendent, neuroscience, Bill Maher, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Buddhism, The Afterlife, Forever, Satan, christianity, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, Fox News, gay rights, catholic, jewish, homophobia, jesus, freedom of speech, Near Death Experience, ew jackson, yoga on Jun 8th, 2013
This week: I discuss a recent news story revolving around controversial comments made by Virgian Lt. Governor candidate EW Jackson.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, News, Science, history, Atheist, morality, transcendent, Bill Maher, Judaism, philosophy, Joseph Campbell, Synchronicity, Spirituality, bible, christian, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, Forever, nonbeliever, parable, itunes, YouTube, catholic, jesus, the Bible, pope francis, The Young Turks on Jun 2nd, 2013
This week: The Pope's recent controversial comments regarding atheists and what it takes to get into Heaven; also, clips from "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "The Young Turks".
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, Atheist, dawkins, transcendent, Judaism, philosophy, bible, christian, Greek and Roman mythology, Mormonism, Scientology, christian apologist, nonbeliever, parable, itunes, YouTube, biblical scholar, judea, jesus, paganism on Apr 11th, 2013
This week I make some corrections concerning episode 56, discuss an ugly reaction to Ashley Judd's faith and give my thoughts on a youtube clip featuring an encounter between Killers frontman Brandon Flowers and Richard Dawkins.
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Posted in , DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Shroud of Turin, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, easter, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, transcendent, neuroscience, Christopher Hitchens, Bill Maher, Genesis, Creationism, Earth, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, Buddhism, Dinesh Desouza, Daniel Dennett, Ancient Egypt, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, Spiritualism, Forever, Satan, Mormonism, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, parable, itunes, consciousness, lawrence krauss, big bang, YouTube, biblical scholar, biblical translation, catholic, islam, judea, jewish, homophobia, jesus, freedom of speech, paganism, the Bible, roma downey, chris webber on Apr 7th, 2013
For the first time in the history of the show, I conduct an interview. My inaugural guest is Chris Webber; the host of "C-Webb's Sunday School".
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, hitchens, transcendent, neuroscience, philosophy, Spirituality, christian, The Afterlife, nonbeliever, parable, itunes, consciousness, lawrence krauss, YouTube, gay rights, priest sex abuse, catholic, islam, homophobia, jesus, freedom of speech, NDE, Near Death Experience, Eben Alexander, holidays on Feb 18th, 2013
My commentary on the resignation of Pope Benedict as well as the papacy in general.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, history, Atheist, hitchens, dawkins, transcendent, neuroscience, Bill Maher, Creationism, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, christian, Sam Harris, The Afterlife, Forever, conspiracy theories, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, itunes, consciousness, lawrence krauss, big bang, YouTube, gay rights, catholic, jesus, NDE, Near Death Experience, Eben Alexander on Feb 9th, 2013
My comments on last night's Real Time with Bill Maher as well as a recent news story involving the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Posted in DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Religion, God, Reason, Doubt, News, Science, Atheist, morality, transcendent, neuroscience, Creationism, philosophy, Spirituality, bible, christian, The Afterlife, Forever, Scientology, christian apologist, christianity, itunes, consciousness, biblical scholar, pat robertson, catholic, NDE, Near Death Experience, Eben Alexander, holidays, sexism, mike huckabee, newtown, shelby spong, lane craig, carl sagan on Dec 17th, 2012
In this episode: some recent and not so recent news stories, including the recent nightmarish massacre in Newtown CT, Mike Huckabee's comments on the aforementioned tragedy, Pat Robertson's surprising comments on creationism and the story of a sexist policy at a well known university.
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Posted in , , DefaultTag, Atheism, Agnostic, Skeptic, Religion, God, Reason, Science, history, Atheist, morality, hitchens, dawkins, transcendent, neuroscience, Christopher Hitchens, Creationism, Earth, Judaism, philosophy, Spirituality, animals, bible, christian, Buddhism, Dinesh Desouza, The Afterlife, Greek and Roman mythology, Spiritualism, Forever, Satan, Mormonism, christian apologist, nonbeliever, christianity, parable, itunes, consciousness, YouTube, biblical scholar, biblical translation, gay rights, priest sex abuse, islam, judea, romans, jewish, homophobia, jesus, communism, stalin on Nov 28th, 2012
Finally, after almost 40 episodes I take the question head on: Is Religion the Problem?
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