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It is HERE! It’s that time again, folks! We need to pay the bills to keep our godless heathen voices in the media, and to that end, we’re announcing our second BlogTV 24-hour marathon event. That’s right, we’re going to deprive ourselves of sleep from noon on Friday, September 2nd, until noon on Saturday, September […]

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 Mike from the Internet, from Deuteronomy 23:1, King James Version: He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not […]

This time, to tell us about your experiences as an atheist in the workplace.  Did you work in an explicitly religious company and have weird experiences?  Were you ousted for your lack of faith?  Did you have a strange boss?  Or have you been too afraid of what would happen to your career if you […]

This past Sunday, I had the chance to explore the experiences of atheists outside the United States.  We heard from David, a professor of American History in Qatar; from Zach, an atheist student who studied abroad in Japan; from Martin in Germany; and from several other Ask an Atheist listeners. One listener’s response to our […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, we’re looking at Islam.  This passage this week comes from our very own Rich Lyons, from Qur’an Chapter 2, Verses 6-7: Don’t bother warning the disbelievers. Allah has made it impossible for them to believe so that […]

As we mentioned on last week’s episode, our very own Rich Lyons, spent years in a fundamentalist cult that believed that secular movies and TV shows were the work of the Devil. As a consequence of such, there is a 25+ year hole in Rich’s pop culture experience. It’s time to plug Rich’s hole! Can […]

The Christian Post, the website that whined about atheists who aren’t properly sad about not being Christians is at it again. Again. This time they’re playing that oldest of all games: No True Scotsman. This is one of the most common rationalizations religious folks toss out when one of their flock does something embarrassing or […]

Listener David from Westminster, California emailed us and asked: The “Scripture Says…What???” feature on your show is great. I suspect most of my theistic friends have no idea that the quotes you give are in their holy books. I’d like to share the quotes with them. But, I’m never going to get them to listen […]

My senior year in high school I managed to finally earn one varsity letter.  I’d worked hard since seventh grade, practicing skills and drills in short bursts and extended 2-hour sessions.  I suffered callouses, strains, muscle aches, and tendonitis.   Our coaches made us drill and repeat till we got it right.  I went to Districts […]