Episode Guide
39.17
Original Air Date: January 1, 2021
Runtime: 00:58:20
Sam and Becky close out 2020 and welcome 2021 reflecting on flat earth, propaganda, false and real conspiracies, a throwback to 2012 atheist activism, the pronunciation of gentry-adored automobiles, color theory, fashion design, holidays, and hopes.
39.X5
Original Air Date: November 24, 2020
Runtime: 00:54:59
Becky and Sam welcome Rob Palmer, volunteer with Recovering From Religion, and chat about where the org is at 10 years. They also talk about how people seek information, the role of Wikipedia, and some problems therein. Sam has a new project!
39.X4
Original Air Date: October 18, 2020
Runtime: 01:13:21
Sam, Ranjan, and Becky address a religious statue they actually are fine with, and the staggering credulity that prompted Trump to retweet a satire site as news. Then, Sam tackles an explanation of his absence by revealing an unexpected diagnosis [...]
39.16
Original Air Date: October 4, 2020
Runtime: 00:50:51
Becky of AaA and Tucker Drake, the Trailer Park Atheist, do a cross-over episode where they discuss a blasphemous T-Rex, the Talmud, school & workplace COVID (un)safety, Biblical authorship, momentous points in history, and more!
39.15
Original Air Date: September 1, 2020
Runtime: 0:53:40
Becky and Josh review a theist’s strawman portrait of our beliefs, a provocateur’s Satanic conspiracies, another provocateur’s Instagram scandal, and everything wrong with a Christian crowdfunding campaign for a domestic terrorist. [...]
39.14
Original Air Date: July 28, 2020
Runtime: 00:53:17
In this belated (non-)episode, Becky and Sam discuss what they’ve been up to, say hello to our new KTQA listeners, and then actually do something that sounds like Ask an Atheist involving atheist groups, bleach, and RC cars. No, not [...]
39.X2
Original Air Date: May 18, 2020
Runtime: 0:33:44
Sam explains the extended gaps between recording sessions and teeth. He and Becky discuss cognitive dissonance, Roman history, dogmatic thought, and data backups as they respond to listener feedback.
39.13
Original Air Date: April 30, 2020
Runtime: 1:15:02
On the precipice of a full decade of Ask an Atheist, Sam talks about the show and his increasing disillusionment with being a public atheist. Then, we talk about real-life Scooby Doo ghosts.
39.12
Original Air Date: April 12, 2020
Runtime: 00:39:16
Sam and Becky talk with Robert Ray, a frequent guest on Ask An Atheist over the years. He’s a Humanist Celebrant, podcaster, father, and electrician who is recently back to the US after spending a year in Antarctica. Then we talk about A Car [...]
39.X1
Original Air Date: April 5, 2020
Runtime: 0:33:31
We’re doing alright– and we explain a little of that in this Podcast Extra. We talk about what’s going around the house, what projects we’ve been up to, and why we don’t have a show today. How are you?