Secular World Podcast

Secular World #108 AAI Update and "Status Quo"

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:36:00 -0700

For today’s final podcast from the Q4 2011 issue of Secular World; Bill Ligertwood will read AAI President Tanya Smith’s update and I will read Matan Jonas’ article “Status Quo, Israel’s Religious and Secular Divide”.

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Secular World #107: Melchiorre's Synopses of the Houston Convention

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:19:00 -0700

For today’s podcast I will read from Tom Melchiorre’s synopses of the Atheist Alliance of America conference in Houston Texas. Video of the sessions discussed in this article will soon be available by purchasing the conference DVD at www.atheistallianceamerica.org

American Freethought :: Sean Faircloth Interview
American Freethought :: Darrel Ray Interview
No Dinosaurs in Heaven :: Eugenie Scott's Feature Film Website
National Center for Science Education ::
Atheists Helping the Homeless ::
The Believing Brain :: Michael Shermer's Book
Stiefel Freethought Foundation ::
Richard Dawkins Foundation ::

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Secular World #106 Christoper Hitchens' Acceptance Speech

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:05:00 -0700

For today’s podcast I will play Christoper Hitchens’ acceptance speech of the Richard Dawkin’s Award, given at the Atheist Alliance of America conference in Houston Texas. Video of this talk as well as all of the other great presentations from the conference, will soon be available by purchasing the conference DVD at www.atheistallianceamerica.org

Atheist Alliance America ::

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Secular World #105 Nick Lee Opening Address

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:44:00 -0700

For this series of podcasts we will be focusing on the Atheist Alliance of America’s first annual convention held in Houston Texas in October. For today’s podcast I will read the president of AAA Nick Lee’s opening speech at the convention.

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Secular World #104 Raji Al Munir

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:07:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I read an article by Riji Al Munir entitled, “A Science-Based Analysis of the Errors in the Koran”

Amazon :: Link to Raji's Book
rm@rmunir.com :: Raji's email address

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Secular World #103 Maryam Namazie

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:58:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will play a recording of Maryam Namazie’s Sunday Keynote Address and the question and answer section after the address, at the World Atheist Conference held in Dublin Ireland in June. Maryam Namazie is the spokesperson of the One Law for All campaign and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.

Maryam's Home Page ::

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Secular World #102 Justin Trottier

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:20:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will play a recording of the opening talk by Justin Trottier the National Executive Director of CFI Canada at the Imagine No Religion conference in Kamloops, British Columbia. The conference was filmed and is available on DVD via the website www.imaginenoreligionkamloops.com

Imagine No Religion Conference :: Conference Website for DVD Purchase

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Secular World #101 Richard Honess in Dublin

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:53:00 -0600

For today’s podcast Richard Honess, the International Liaison Officer for Atheism UK, will read his article, “In Dublin’s Fair City or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Drank 12 Pints of Guinness”

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Secular World #100 Happy Humanist Jennifer Hancock

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:14:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will interview the author of A Humanist Approach to Happiness, Jennifer Hancock.

Jen Hancock Home Page :: Jen's home page for more information and to purchase her book.
Amazon Link :: Amazon Link to purchase Jen's book.

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Secular World #99 Nick Lee Returns

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:21:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will interview the president of Atheist Alliance of America, Nick Lee, about the structure of AAA and the inaugural conference scheduled for October of this year.

Atheist Alliance ::

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Secular World #98 Tanya Smith

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:52:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will interview Tanya Smith the new president of Atheist Alliance International about the World Atheist Convention held in Dublin, Ireland.

File Download (23:37 min / 22 MB)

Secular World #97: A UK scientist's encounter with creation science

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:50:11 -0600

For today’s podcast I will read James Merryweather’s “Without Form, And Void. You can listen to an interview I conducted with James back on episode # 46.

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Secular World #96 Hollow Eggs and God's Messengers

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:48:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will read an article by John G. Rodwan Jr. entitled Hollow Eggs & Seeds of Doubt and I will read an article by Valerie Tarico entitled Getting God’s Self-Appointed Messengers Out of Your Head.

Wisdom Commons :: Valerie Tarico's Web Site

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Secular World #95 Q2 2011 Kickoff

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:09:25 -0600

For today’s podcast we will kick off the second quarter of 2011 with an article written by Tom Melchiorre entitled What Price for Freedom, What Price Democracy, What Price Secularism? I will also read an article promoting the upcoming World Atheist Convention in Dublin Ireland June 3 -5.

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Secular World #94 AAI Restructuring Update and Richard Honess interviews Atheism UK President Mark Embleton

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:56:00 -0700

For today’s podcast I will read a message from AAI president Nick Lee about the restructuring of AAI and Richard Honess interviews the President of Atheism UK Mark Embelton.

You will notice some changes to the podcast over the coming months. First of all the name of the Secular Nation Magazine has changed to Secular World and thus so has the name of the podcast. You will also notice fewer episodes this quarter due to time constraints but we hope to have those taken care of by next quarter and relaunch the podcast in a new and exciting format.

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Secular Nation #93 Q4 2010 Wrap Up

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:27:00 -0700

For today’s podcast we will wrap up the Q4 2010 issue with Samantha Stein returning to read Paul Mitchell’s review of the Texas Freethought Convention and Stuart Bechman’s article “Representing Humanism”.

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Secular Nation #92 The Grand Design

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:22:00 -0700

For today’s podcast Samantha Stein reads Ingemar Hulthage’s review of Stephen Hawking’s new book “The Grand Design”. After the reading I will interview Dr. Hulthage.

Amazon link to The Grand Design ::

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Secular Nation #91 Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:00 -0700

For today’s podcast Dr. David Eller reads a preview of his new book “Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence. Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence is available on Amazon.com

Amazon link to Cruel Creeds ::

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Secular Nation #90 Montreal Convention

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:32:37 -0700

For today’s podcast we review the AAI and Humanist Canada convention that was held in Montreal Canada in October. First I will read the opening addresses by Simon Parcher, Stuart Bechman and David Rand then Tom Melchiorre will read his Retort, Resort Round Up Report.

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Secular Nation #89 New AAI President Nick Lee

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:14:00 -0600

For today’s podcast we will kick off the fourth quarter by chatting with the newly elected president of AAI Nick Lee.

FACT :: Interview with FACT member Clem Wiechecki

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Secular Nation #88 Silverman and Heywood

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:41:00 -0600

For today’s podcast, the final episode of the Q3 2010 issue, I will read Herb Silverman’s article: The U.S. Constitution vs. The Bible and Liz Heywood’s article: Surviving the Faith-based Medical Neglect of my Childhood.

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Secular Nation #87 Quebec: The Quiet Revolution

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:34:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will read the article, Quebec: The Quiet Revolution by Luis Granados. Luis is a Washington D.C. attorney, writes the weekly God Experts blog and is a student of religious history.

God Experts :: Luis Granados' Blog

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Secular Nation #86 Sikivu Hutchinson

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:42:19 -0600

For today’s podcast I will interview Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson about her article Black Infidels: Humanism and African American Social Thought. Dr. Hutchinson earned her doctorate in Performance Studies from New York University, is the editor of blackfemlens.org and the author of the upcoming book Moral Combat: Black Atheist, Gender Politics and Secular America.

BlackFemLens.com :: Dr. Hutchinson's Web Site

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Secular Nation #85 Wonderful Copenhagen

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:48:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will read the article I wrote about my experience in Copenhagen during the Gods and Politics convention as well as play a segment of my other podcast, American Freethought where I discuss the trip with my Co-Host John C. Snider.

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Secular Nation #84 Gods and Politics Convention

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:01 -0600

For today’s podcast I will read the Opening Address to the Copenhagen Gods and Politics Convention that was given by the President of the Danish Atheist Society, Stinus Lindgreen. Also Samantha Stein will read her article, In Spite of the Gods, a summary of the convention.

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Secular Nation #83 Q 3 2010 Kickoff

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:39:00 -0600

For today’s podcast we will kick of the Q3 2010 issue of Secular Nation with Tom Melchiorre’s, From the Editor and also read two emails to the editor about Marie Castle’s article titled Worth Dying For.

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Secular Nation #82 Atheist Comedians

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:15:00 -0600

For today’s podcast special guest Sarah Trachtenberg and I will discuss Atheist Comedians and play clips from several popular comedians including Sarah herself.

Not My God :: Sarah's Web Site
Landover Baptist Church :: Pastor Decon Fred's Website

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Secular Nation #81 You Atheists Just Aren't Natural

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:19:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast Dr. David Eller will read his article, “You Atheists Just Aren’t Natural”. Dr. Eller holds a PhD in anthropology and teaches in Denver Colorado. Dr. Eller has been featured in several freethought magazines including Secular Nation and is also featured in John Loftus’s newly published book “The Christian Delusion”.

The Christian Delusion :: Amazon.com link to John Loftus's The Christian Delusion

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Secular Nation #80 Bryan Schear

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:31:10 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read “How My Son Debunked Intelligent Design” by Bryan Schear. After the reading I will interview Bryan.

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Secular Nation #79 Carrie Poppy

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:48:48 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read “In Defense of Militant Atheists” by Carrie Poppy. After the reading I will speak with Carrie. Carrie is a writer and social activist living in LA. She holds a degree in Philosophy and writes about atheism, animal and GLBT rights.

LA Freethinking Examiner :: Carrie's Examiner Page

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Secular Nation #78 US Abortion Debate

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0600

For Today’s podcast I will read two articles about the Abortion Debate here in the U.S. The first is “The Changing Face of the U.S. Abortion Debate by Ait Chapel and the second is entitled “God and Abortion” by August Berkshire.

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Secular Nation #77 Q 2 2010 Kickoff

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:35:00 -0600

For Today’s podcast we will kick off the second quarter 2010 issue with Tom Melchiorre’s From the Editor and Stuart Bechman’s A message from the President.

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Secular Nation #76 Guy Harrison Author of Race and Reality

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:33:00 -0600

For today’s episode I will chat with Guy Harrison, Author of Race and Reality

Guy's Website ::
amazon.com :: Amazon page for Race and Reality

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Secular Nation #75 Melbourne Convention Recap

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:09:32 -0600

For today’s episode I will chat with Stuart Bechman, to see how the Atheist convention in Melbourne turned out.

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Secular Nation #74: David Eller "Congenial Nonsense"

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:36:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast, Professor of Anthropology Dr. David Eller, whom I interviewed back on episode #37, will read his article “Congenial Nonsense Is Still Nonsense”.

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Secular Nation #73 Stuart Bechman Conversation Continues

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:33:00 -0700

For today’s episode we continue our discussion with Stuart Bechman, the President of the AAI.

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Secular Nation #72 State of the AAI

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:47:00 -0700

For today’s episode Stuart Bechman, the President of the AAI, discusses the State of the group, including discussions about several of the goals for the coming year.

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Secular Nation #71 Ethics & Unity

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:27:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I will read two articles, “Ethics & Unity in the Atheist/Humanist Movement” by August Berkshire and “Christian Battle Cry, a Report From the Front Lines” by Ait Chapel.

File Download (15:21 min / 7 MB)

Secular Nation #70a The New Atheists with Brother Richard Haynes

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast “Brother”, Richard Haynes will read his article “The New Atheists”. (Repost of #70 to correct small error)

Atheist Nexus ::
Life Without Faith :: Richard's Bolg

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Secular Nation #69 Charles Schisler

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Atheist Citizen Scientist” and interview the author, Charles Schisler.

File Download (24:42 min / 11 MB)

Secular Nation #68 Tanya Smith from Melbourne

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I interview Tanya Smith, the coordinator for the AAI Convention to be held in Melbourne Australia, March 12-14.

Melbourne Convention Info ::

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Secular Nation #67 2010 Kickoff

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:58:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast our editor Tom Melchiorre reads his “Vignettes from the Editor”, the president of AAI, Stuart Bechman reads his “Goals for the coming year” and the president of the Secular Coalition for America Herb Silverman reads his article “Why I love the Bible”.

File Download (33:34 min / 16 MB)

Secular Nation #66 Featuring Ingemar Hulthage

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:41:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I will interview AAI board member and theoretical physicist, Ingemar Hulthage, about his article “Does the Big Bang Theory support Theism?”.

File Download (35:26 min / 16 MB)

Secular Nation #65 Featuring Leo Igwe

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:55:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I will interview Leo Igwe, Leo is the executive secretary of the Nigerian Humanist Movement and chairperson of the Center for Inquiry-Nigeria. Leo is a member of the IHEU Growth and Development Committee and Atheist Alliance International Board of Directors. Leo is also the editor of the Humanist Inquirer and author of numerous articles on African Humanism, skepticism and freethought.

File Download (26:37 min / 12 MB)

Secular Nation #64 Letter to Inter-Faith Friends

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:27:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast, Professor David Eller, whom I interviewed back on episode #37 will read his article “A letter to my Inter-Faith Friends”. Also in this podcast I will read Ait Chapel’s article “Is Common Ground Common Sense?” Ait’s interview can be found in episode #44 of the podcast.

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Secular Nation #63 Margaret Downey

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:10:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast I interview the former president of AAI Margaret Downey, about her article: Thomas Paine, 200 years and still painfully under-appreciated.

File Download (37:00 min / 17 MB)

Secular Nation #62 Priscilla Herochik

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:54:02 -0700

For today’s Podcast I will interview Priscilla Herochik the author of The Final War and 3001â€•Birth of a Political Renaissance

File Download (42:35 min / 20 MB)

Secular Nation #61 Q4 2009 Kickoff Show

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast we will kick off the Q4 2009 series of shows with Tom Melchiorre’s “From the Editor”, our AAI President Stuart Bechman will read his article, “The U.S Promotes Christ, Really” and the President of the Secular Coalition for American Herb Silverman reads his article, “God and the Green Cheese Theory”.

File Download (22:00 min / 10 MB)

Secular Nation #60 Camp Quest

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:53:14 -0700

For today’s Podcast I read the article “Educating Freethinking Kids, Lessons from Camp Quest” and speak with the author, Amanda Metskas

Camp Quest :: Camp Quest Web Site
Raising Freethinkers :: Amazon Page for Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief
Parenting Beyond Belief :: Parenting Beyond Belief Web Site and Blog

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Secular Nation #59 Buddhism and the Bomb

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:52:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will talk with Luis Granados a Washington DC attorney author of False Witness: The Story of Organized Religion and the blog “God Experts” We will discuss his article in Secular Nation entitled Buddhism and the Bomb.

God Experts :: God Experts Blog

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Secular Nation #58 Dr Stephen Uhl

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:13:00 -0600

For today’s podcast I will play an interview with Stephen Uhl, author of “Out of God’s Closet” that I conducted during the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank California.

Dr. Uhl's Website ::

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Secular Nation #57 Voices of The Convention

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:59:58 -0600

“Live” interviews from Convention attendees.

Worlds of Their Own :: Lois Schadewald's Web Site
ana kefr on myspace :: ana kefr
Apiring Atheist :: Paul Martin's Web Site

File Download (30:59 min / 14 MB)

Secular Nation #56 Gibran Cazorla

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:58:57 -0600

For today’s Podcast I read the article “Warming up Brazil” and speak with the author, Gibran Cazorla. Gibran is one of the founders of the Brazilian Atheist group, UNA, the National Union of Atheists.

File Download (33:10 min / 15 MB)

Secular Nation #55 Clem Wiechecki

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:59:47 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Was Darwin Wrong?” and speak with the author, Clem Wiechecki. Clem is the author of “The Bible as Scrapbook” and is a member of The Freethinkers Association of Central Texas

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Secular Nation #54 Rene Hartmann

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:04:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Ethics Classes Prevail in Berlin” by Rene Hartmann. The interview this week is all the way from Germany with Rene. Rene is the vice chair of the International League of Non-Religious and Atheists, an AAI affiliate as well as a board member for AAI.

International League of Non-Religious and Atheists :: Rene's Website

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Secular Nation #53 Ben Akerley

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:03:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will have a chat with Ben Edward Akerley, who is a longtime gay and atheist activist and has recently retired from teaching. Ben is the author of “The X-Rated Bible and writes frequently for The Front Page Online where all of his articles and book reviews can be found. Ben will also be a featured speaker at the AAI convention in October.

The Front Page Onlne :: Ben's Reviews and Articles
The X-Rated Bible :: Amazon Link for Ben's Book
Losing My Religion :: Amazon Link for William Lobdell's Book

File Download (41:57 min / 19 MB)

Secular Nation #52 Sean Faircloth

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:56:08 -0600

For today's Podcast I will interview the New Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, Sean Faircloth

File Download (38:54 min / 17.8 MB)

Secluar Nation # 51 Mormon Homosexuals

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:23:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Praying on Calloused Knees” and speak with the author, Steven Surman.

File Download (43:28 min / 20 MB)

Secular Nation #50 Nate Phelps, Delivered to Satan

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:43:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the very heartfelt article written by Nate Phelps, son of the infamous pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church Fred Phelps

Nate Phelp's Web Site ::

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Secluar Nation # 49 Two Presidents

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:09:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast we start the third quarter 2009 series by reading “From the Editor” by Tom Melchiorre followed by recordings of Two Presidents: Stuart Bechman, president of AAI and Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition for America

Secular Coalition for America ::

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Secular Nation #48 Featuring Barrett Brown

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:05:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast we will complete the second quarter 2009 series with an interview of Barrett Brown the co-author of the book “Flock of Dodos” and the director of communications for Enlighten the Vote.

Barrett Can be contacted at bbrown@enlightenthevote.com

File Download (24:05 min / 11 MB)

Secular Nation #47 Featuring Dr. Darrel Ray

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:46:28 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will interview Dr. Darrel Ray the author of the book “The God Virus”

File Download (48:59 min / 22 MB)

Secular Nation # 46 Featuring James Merryweather

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:32:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Making it Easy for God – A Null Hypothesis for Atheism” by James Merryweather. After the reading I will interview James from his home in Scotland.

James' Home Page ::
The York Waits Home Page ::

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Secular Nation # 45 Featuring Hope Knutsson

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:05:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I read the article 21 Years of Civil Confirmation in Iceland by Hope Knutsson. After the reading I will interview the author.

Sidmennt Website ::

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Secular Nation # 44 Featuring Ait Chapel

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:43:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article The 2009 March for Life by Ait Chapel. After the reading I will interview Ait.

File Download (34:55 min / 16 MB)

Secular Nation # 43 Featuring Greta Christina

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:15:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article “Being an Atheist in the Queer Community” by Greta Christina. After the reading I will interview Greta.

Greta's Home Page ::

File Download (41:05 min / 19 MB)

Secular Nation # 42 Featuring Mynga Futrell

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:02:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will be playing a recording from the 2008 AAI Convention of Mynga Futrell’s acceptance speech for the AAI World of Thanks Award. Before Mynga’s speech, I will read Eric Stone’s article “Atheism is the Way Toward Happiness” And the Secular Coalition for America President Herb Silverman reads his article “Letting Go”

File Download (35:23 min / 16 MB)

Secular Nation # 41 Freaturing Dr. Steven Conn

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:01:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the articles “Change We Can Believe In” by Kenneth Krause and “Darwin Refused, A People Condemned” by Dr. Steven Conn. After the reading the interview will be with Dr. Conn.

Origins :: Dr. Conn's Monthly Articles

File Download (40:29 min / 19 MB)

Secular Nation # 40 Featuring Richard Schoenig

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:01:00 -0600

For today’s Podcast I will read the article Christian Apologists: Why Do They Even Bother? by Richard Schoenig. After the reading I will interview interview Dr. Schoenig.

File Download (40:07 min / 18 MB)

Secular Nation #39 AAI President, SN Editor and 2008 Member Survey

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:25:00 -0600

This episode kicks off the April-June 2009 issue of Secular Nation with AAI President Stuart Bechman reading about the Vision and Mission Statement of AAI, Tom Melchiorre reading his From the Editor column and David reading the results of the 2008 AAI Member Survey.

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Secular Nation #38 Featuring Eric Maisel

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:00 -0700

For this episode we will continue our series of interviews of freethought authors by speaking with Eric Maisel, author of “The Atheist’s Way”.

Eric Maisel's Home Page ::
The Atheist's Way :: Companion Web site for the Book The Atheist's Way

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Secular Nation #37: Featuring Dr David Eller

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:00:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast we will wrap up the January through March 2009 issue of Secular nation by reading “Rethinking the Secular” by David Eller. After the reading I will interview the author.

David Eller's Website ::

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Secular Nation #36 Volunteer Vigilance with Steven Surman

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:59:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast David reads “Volunteer Vigilance” by Steven Surman. After the reading, the interview is with Steven

Steven Surman's Website ::
Rick Wingrove's Website ::
Blackwater Book :: Amazon link to the book, Blackwater :The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

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Secular Nation #35 Featuring Sarah Trachtenberg

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:28:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast our guest reader, Vonda Driscoll will return to read “A Ghost Story” by Marilyn LaCourt and Sarah Trachtenberg’s article, “Janet”. After the reading I will interview Sarah Trachtenberg

Sarah Trachtenberg :: Sarah's Website
Marilyn LaCourt :: Marilyn's Website

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Secular Nation #34 Another look at "Origin" featuring Michael Judge

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:28:40 -0700

For today’s Podcast we will continue our celebration of Charles Darwin with David reading “Another Look at Charles Darwin and his ‘On The Origin of Species’ ” by Michael Judge. After the reading the interview is with Michael Judge.

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Secular Nation #33: Featuring Glendon Mellow and Massimo Pigliucci

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:56:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast David discusses the cover art of the latest issue with the artist, Glendon Mellow. After the discussion, Tom Melchiorre and David read the email interview Tom conducted with the Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York, Stony Brook: Dr. Massimo Pigliucci.

The Flying Trilobite :: Glendon's Blog
Darwin Day 09 :: Darwin Day events at Stony Brook

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Secular Nation #32 Featuring Rep. Pete Stark and Eddie Tabash

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:40:00 -0700

Featuring two speeches from the 2008 Atheist AAI Convention: Congressman Pete Stark and the keynote speech by Eddie Tabash.

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Secular Nation #31: Year Of The Darwin (repost)

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:19:00 -0700

For today’s Podcast we will feature articles from Volume 14 Issue 1, First Quarter 2009. We will start with Tom Melchiorre reading “From the Editor”, move onto The president of AAI Stuart Bechman reading his article, “The Year of the Darwin” and then David will read Leo Igwe’s article “In Praise of Atheism”. THIS IS A REPOST OF THIS EPISODE.

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Secular Nation #30 Featuring Robert Price

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:51:51 -0700

David reads the article “The Sin of Faith” by Dr. Robert M. Price and interviews the author.

Dr. Price's Web Site ::

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Secular Nation #29 Featuring Chris Wind Repost

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:32:00 -0700

David reads the articles “The Secular ABC’s” by Minga Futrell, The 5 C’s of Atheism” by the Vice President of AAI, August Berkshire and “I am Mary of Bethany, 13th Apostle” by Chris Wind. The interview the episode is with Chris Wind

Chris' Web Site ::
The Venus Theatre ::

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Secular Nation #28 Featuring Taylor Carr

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:49:00 -0700

David reads the articles “A Rose by Any Other Name” by Herb Silverman and “Faith and the Atheist” by Taylor Carr. The interview this week is with Taylor Carr.

Godless Haven :: Taylor's Website

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Secular Nation #27 Christmas Articles

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:22:00 -0700

Tom Melchiorre and Vonda Driscoll read opposing articles about celebrating Christmas as an atheist.

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Secular Nation #26 Featuring Phil Zuckerman

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:57:00 -0700

David interviews Phil Zuckerman, author of the book “Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations can tell us About Contentment”

Amazon :: Phil's Book on Amazon

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Secular Nation #25 Featuring Luis Granados

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:51:00 -0700

David reads the articles: “When Faith Kills Children” by Kenneth Krause and “Body Count” by Luis Granados. The interview this week is with Luis Granados.

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Secular Nation #24: Atheist in Foxholes

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:03:00 -0700

David reads the article Without Faith in the Foxhole: The Atheist Voice in the Military by Steven Surman

Military Association of Atheist and Freethinkers ::

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Secular Nation #23: 2008 Convention Review featuring an Interview with Tom Melchiorre

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:14:00 -0700

David reads The 2008 AAI Convention in Review by Tom Melchiorre and interviews the author.

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Secular Nation #22 Guy Harrison

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:56:00 -0700

David interviews the author of “50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God”, Guy P Harrison

Guy Harrison :: Guy's Home Page

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Secular Nation #21 Catholic Breakfast & Football Season

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:57:00 -0700

David reads articles about the Catholic Prayer Breakfast and the Christian Right’s March on Washington by Ait Chapel and an article about school violence by Marilyn LaCourt. Interview is with Marilyn LaCourt about her article.

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Secular Nation #20 Dr. David E. Comings

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:22:00 -0600

David interviews Dr. David E. Comings, author of “Did Man Create God”

Dr. Comings' Web Site ::

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Secular Nation #19 Book Reviews

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:54:00 -0600

David reads three book reviews. The books reviewed by Kenneth Krause are “Nuclear Energy Now” by Alan Herbst and George Hopley and “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. David Fitzgerald reviews “August Moon” by Jess Lourey.

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Secular Nation #18: Four Articles

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:54:00 -0600

David Reads, “Life Encoded” by Kenneth Krause, “Who Would Sport a Jesus Tag” by Leo Oliva, “Halloween: A Hell of a Holiday” by Robert Price and “Open-Your -Heart-Surgery” by The Happy Heretic, Judith Hayes.

American Freethought :: David's Other Podcast

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Secular Nation #17: Pope Herb

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:22:00 -0600

David reads two articles and interviews the President of the Secular Coalition for America, Herb Silverman about his protest during the Pope’s visit to Washington DC this past summer.

Secular Coalition for America ::

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Secular Nation #16: Margaret Downey in Action

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:31:00 -0600

David reads this issues “AAI’s President in Action” and interviews Margaret Downey about the Tree of Life Project and other events.

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Secular Nation #15: Tom Melchiorre

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:34:00 -0600

This is the first show of the latest issue, Volume #13 First and Second Quarters 2008. David reads: “Message from the Editor” and interviews the new editor for Secular Nation, Tom Melchiorre

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Secular Nation #14: David Driscoll

grant.hermanson@gmail.com (Atheist Alliance International) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:54:00 -0600

Guest Host John C. Snider reads the article: “AAI Community: Secular Nation, On The Go Podcast Now Available” by Marylin LaCourt and interviews the host of the Secular Nation Podcast, David Driscoll

American Freethought Podcast ::

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