Tacoma’s arts and culture news rag, The Weekly Volcano, is seeking input for the Best of Tacoma.  The very last question asks for “Best Question We Didn’t Ask”;  the obvious answer is “Best Local Radio Program: Ask an Atheist on KLAY 1180 AM!”  So…skeedaddle your way over to the Weekly Volcano’s Best Of Tacoma page […]

As early as our days on public access, our viewers and listeners have eagerly asked us “When are you going to discuss abortion?”  In keeping with our founding purpose as a show dedicated to atheism, skepticism, and the separation of church and state, we searched for a way in which this intersects with the topic. […]

I received a personal email from blogger Ophelia Benson around 5 pm on Tuesday: Hi again Becky, I want to ask you a direct question, since you’re the one who named me as one of the too-dogmatic and other bad things feminists on your podcast – can you quote something too-dogmatic etc that I’ve written […]

Blogs and podcasts are afire! We’ve seen hedging and hard–lining, demands and ultimatums, compromises, questions, excuses, and judgment all around one issue: the treatment of women in the atheist community. I can’t say I’ve been hesitant to join the conversation. I can say I’ve been repulsed. I am so uncomfortable with the tone of the […]

Last week’s guest Bob Seidensticker has graciously gifted Ask an Atheist five autographed signed copies of his debut novel Cross Examined: An Unconventional Spiritual Journey.  The first listeners to give $100 in support of  Ask an Atheist by 6 pm Saturday will get a copy! **UPDATE:  4 more books available as of noontime Tuesday!**

I love when people pour more than one flavor of crazy into a stew pot and stir them thoroughly.  What’s that? You want to cross nutball 9/11 conspiracy theories with psychic powers? A Bigfoot  mash-up with the theory of Atlantis? The ghosts of Civil War soldiers haunting my homeopathic medicine? Yes! Buy me a ticket. […]

Ask an Atheist is pleased to announce the release of the first ASL interpreted episode of our show! As the confusing warning sign might suggest, we’re still working on making these videos work right.   Not only are we working on the technology bringing these videos to you, we’re also still working on producing the […]

We mentioned at the end of last episode, ‘100‘, that we were going to be delving into the hiring of Edwina Rogers, a Republican lobbyist, as the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America (SCA).   The SCA is the premier advocacy and lobbying organization for secular concepts in Washington, DC.    We’ve spoken with […]

A couple of weeks ago, Sam reminded me that we were closing in on one hundred episodes of “Ask an Atheist.” It still hasn’t quite set in and become real for me yet. I still haven’t quite grasped that in two years’ time, we’ve interviewed everyone from Sean Faircloth to Greta Christina to James Randi; […]

Join Becky and Sam this weekend in Gresham, OR at the Alliance for Community Media, Northwest Region’s conference entitled “Local Connections: It’s all Community Media“. We’ll be heading up a workshop called “Making Media for Multiple Platforms” on Saturday at 2:00 PM.    In this workshop, we’ll be going behind the scenes at Ask an […]