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.
In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, we revisit the wonderful misogynistic world of Islam. This passage this week comes from the Qur’an, from Chapter 4, Verse 34, Sahih International Translation: Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given […]
It’s not often that two things I love so much get packaged together in one glorious news story. It’s like someone getting their chocolate in my peanut butter. It’s this case somebody got their whiny self-martyring Christian whackadoo story into my story about comic books. Now, I make no secret of how much I love […]
“Andy Bernard does not lose contests. He wins them, or quits them because they’re unfair.” — Andrew Bernard, the Office It’s our sad duty to inform you, our listeners, that tomorrow’s Skeptic vs. Truther debate is cancelled. Case is in his corner being egged on by Burgess Meredith, but in the end, we couldn’t […]
Hello, everyone! This week, we’re doing something very different on Ask an Atheist. As we’ve talked about the conspiracy theories that have popped up regarding the September 11th, 2001 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania more than once, and that this Sunday’s show will happen on the tenth anniversary of those attacks, we’ll be […]
In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, we revisit the Bible. This passage this week comes from listener Calladus from Fresno, California, from Genesis 2:18-20 New English Translation: 2:18 – The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. […]