Is there anyone out there who still doubts that atheists, secularists and non-believers are targets of hate and discrimination? (Take a breath, that’s rhetorical.) One of the interesting side effects of Christopher Hitchens’ death has been the complete validation of his activism by the response to said death.  On one hand, you have the preachers […]

It just came to my attention that a great mind, pen and mouth died today. After a long battle with oesophageal cancer, and even longer battles with the forces of fundamentalist stupidity, our atheist visibility movement has lost one of its brightest lights. Christopher Hitchens was one of my primary inspirations for becoming an atheist […]

As we close out 2011, join the gang at Ask an Atheist for a night of live comedy! To help keep our radio show on the air, we’re holding our second semi-annual comedy event, with all proceeds benefiting the poor and needy, namely us! Comic Lineup includes: Jeremy Whitman, a national touring comic and a […]

The Ask an Atheist crew will be doing some volunteer holiday giftwrapping this year, so if you’re in the area we’d love to have you drop by! Were going to be at the Barnes & Noble in Tukwila, WA, wrapping shoppers’ books for the holidays and accepting donations that help keep our little show on […]

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 […]