Someone on Facebook noticed yesterday that we weren’t planning on going to a post show this weekend, but there was at least some of the usual gathering at one of the usual watering holes.    This was followed up by a post from me that said that the audio for the podcast wasn’t going to […]

Teresa MacBain has written an update about her dealings with her former church at the Richard Dawkins website. I assume, based upon the locked doors, that they felt all atheists must be thieves. The idea that I would sneak up in the night, back up to the doors of the church and make off with […]

The server housing the podcasts went down roughly three hours ago, and my alseep-ness did not allow me to catch it until now. The system is back up and appears to be running normally.

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  A few weeks ago, listener Peggy from Kent, Washington challenged Ask an Atheist listeners to financially support the program and help keep us on the air. Your response has humbled us and we want to continue to milk this challenge and beg for money. [aaaudio url=”http://media.askanatheist.tv/aaapodcast/AAA_S7E11_Fundraising_Call.mp3″ title=”S7E11 Fund Raising Call”] So far, we have […]

About a month ago, we asked for listeners to provide us with secular,  non-religious reasons to oppose legalized abortion. We did this for two reasons. First, because we made a similar request last year on the topic of same-sex marriage.  And secondly, our worst kept secret is that we ask because we’re doubtful that you’ll […]

I have to admit, when I write about Pat Robertson or Pat Buchanan, I first have to check to make sure I have the right one.   Which professional television blowhard is selling ignorant fundamentalism as intelligence this week? As it turns out, it is the sleepy-eyed host of the 700 Club, Robertson, who’s telling […]

Today, a lot of snow fell on us here in Tacoma, and for the first time in a long while, the phrase ‘snow day’ has meaning for me thanks to Becky’s teaching career. Even so, we were doing more than staying indoors, watching RiffTrax and playing Minecraft. Well, okay, it was mostly that. But if […]

This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Mark from Kent, WA. This week, we’re steering away from the usual sources like the Bible or the Qur’an and we’re talking about the Raelians. Wait. Who? The Raelians are an atheistic, creationist UFO cult. […]

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 […]