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Mike Gillis is co-creator, and co-host of Ask an Atheist. He hosts the Radio vs. the Martians! and Mike and Pól Save the Universe! podcasts. He also enjoys comic books, the Planet of the Apes, and the band Queen.

Well, At Least We Still Beat Mark Driscoll.

by Mike Gillis

The results are in for the Best of Western Washington, and well….it’s not us. However, we’re incredibly proud of our strong Second Place showing in a contest that had us beating out a number of popular and well-established local podcasts and radio programs.  We’ve known for sometime that it was going to be a tortoise-and-the-hare […]

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Scripture Says…What? for the Week of October 23rd

by Mike Gillis

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a return to the Bible and its skewed sense of justice. This passage this week comes from  Deuteronomy 22: 28-29, New International Version: 28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged […]

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World Fails to End Again. Also, Bears Shit in the Woods.

by Mike Gillis

Well, I just looked out of the window a moment ago and saw that the universe was still there. Harold Camping, the doddering old batshit Christian broadcaster with a potential AM radio audience of millions has failed for the third time to predict the apocalypse. I’m not really sure what I can write about this […]

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Scripture Says…What? for the Week of October 9th

by Mike Gillis

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a return to the Good Book and its angry desert deity. This passage this week comes from listener Brad from Japan. from the Bible,  Malachi 2:1-3, New International Version:  1 “And now, you priests, this warning […]

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