Atheists Talk Radio Show
by Minnesota Atheists
Atheists Talk Radio Show is a weekly production of Minnesota Atheists. It airs in Twin Cities on AM 950 KTNF at 9:00 AM Sunday mornings or stream live at http://www.am950ktnf.com.Minnesota Atheists is Minnesota's oldest and largest atheist organization. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization that seeks to promote the positive contributions of atheism to society and to maintain separation of state and church.Our bylaws are available here. Each year we hold eight monthly members meetings with guest speakers (Jan.-May, Sept.-Nov.), three picnics (June-Aug.), and a Winter Solstice banquet (Dec.).We have a full calendar of events, such as dinners, movie nights, game nights, discussion groups, book clubs, a how to debate class and many others. To find out about these events, sign up for A.W.E. - Atheists Weekly E-mail.We produce a public access cable TV program, "Atheists Talk," and a weekly podcast of the same name.We offer speakers to the community fre
Episodes
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Ep 528 COVID-19 Conversations with Dr. Richard White III
Sunday May 3, 2020 The conversation today is with virologist Dr. Richard Allen Wjhite the 3rd, virologist and CEO of Raw Molecular Systems LLC, and is going to focus on Covid-19. While we just had a conversation about covid-19 last month, we felt there has been so much change on this topic in the...
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Ep 527 Miri Mogilevsky, Managing Anxiety
These are anxious days. Whether you're looking at politics or the pandemic, there's plenty of cause for concern. If you're suddenly having problems coping, today's show is for you. My guest today is Miri Mogilevsky. a clinical social worker specializing in LGBTQ and HIV-positive clients. If…
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Ep 526 Antarctic Experiences with Rob Ray
Sunday March 22nd, 2020 Rob Ray, atheist and host of the podcasts Secular Yakking and Sparky on Ice joins us to discuss his year living and working in Antarctica. Sparky on Ice was a one of a kind podcast, recorded and published from the continent of Antarctica. Among the many points of this...
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Ep 525 Dr. Racaniello & COVID-19
Sunday March 15, 2020 Dr. Vincent Racaniello, is Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Mount Sinai School of medicine, Columbia University New York. He has been studying viruses for over 40 years, starting in 1975, when he entered the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences at Mt. Sinai...
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EP 524 Ron Millar, Evaluating Candidates
We recorded with Ron Millar of the Center for Freethought Equality as Democratic presidential candidates got serious about dropping out of the race. We still have to make decisions about a lot of more local races, though. Listen as Ron discusses experience, policy, and more with David Norton and...
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Ep 523 Minnesota Atheists in 2020
Minnesota Atheists president, Ben Blanchard, joins Stephanie Zvan to talk about what we accomplished in 2019 and have planned for the new year. Plus upstate New York.
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Ep 522 Have a Very Meta Christmas, Part 2
Again this year, Marissa Alexa McCool brings us a radio play dealing with the emotions and weirdness that is Christmas. Afterward, we catch up with Marissa.
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Ep 521 Have a Very Meta Christmas, Part 1
Again this year, Marissa Alexa McCool brings us a radio play dealing with the emotions and weirdness that is Christmas.
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Ep 520 Phil Session, Atheist Volunteering
When I first invited Phil Session to the show, he had to turn me down. He had a conflict with an Atheists Helping the Homeless event he was coordinating. He's a busy man these days, having recently joined the boards of Recovering From Religion and Foundation Beyond Belief. But this Sunday, Phil...
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Ep 519 Alix Jules, Racism in Artificial Intelligence
Once upon a time, we thought artificial intelligence would be less racist than people. After all, machines are objective, right? Then we started teaching them how to think and made some discoveries of our own. When racism permeates our society and our IT infrastructure, how do we teach machines…
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Ep 517 U.S. Secular Survey, Alison Gill
The nonreligious population of the U.S. has grown significantly in the last couple of decades. We're relatively young. We're only a minority non-believer. But who are we? What issues are important to us? What do we want from the secular organizations that represent us. Today we're talking with...
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Ep 516 Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs When I'm Dead?, author Caitlin Doughty
Sunday September 29th, 2019 This episode we are happy to be joined by Caitlin Doughty, mortician, author, and founder of The Order of a Good Death. Caitlin's newest book is "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death." Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from...
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Ep 515 Juhem Navarro Rivera, Secular Voices Panel
We talk a fair amount in the secular movement about the non-religious as a growing political force. We should. We are. But the problem is that we don't have a lot of data about how we behave as voters. Truth be told, we don't even always have a good picture of who we are. We just know there are...
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Ep 514 James Croft, The Ethics of Star Trek
This show promises to be just a little bit geeky. Or maybe a lot geeky. Scott Lohman is joining us to talk with James Croft about the ethics of Star Trek. James presented a workshop on the topic at the Secular Student Alliance conference this summer, and when we heard about it, we knew we had to...
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Ep 513 Chester O'Gorman, Demythologizing Revelation
We are happy to be joined by Professor Dr. Chester O'Gorman author of Demythologizing Revelation. Links: Demythologizing Revelation
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Ep 512 TEC Retreats Catholic Edition
August 25th, 2019 Hertzey chats with Nancy and Matthew former TEC-ites
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Ep 510 Cory Johnston, When Skeptics Aren't
Cory Johnston of the Brainstorm Podcast joins Stephanie Zvan to talk about skeptics failing to be skeptical in their public work and what he does to fight that on his podcasts. Links: Brainstorm Podcast
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Ep 509 Charone Frankel, Mass Shootings
We were going to have Charone Frankel of Habeas Humor back just to talk about separation of church and state, but then we looked at the news. Links: Habeas Humor
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Ep 508 Lynn Fellman, Art and Science
All too often, we view art and science as opposed to each other. Science artist Lynn Fellman joins us to talk about how they complement each other. Links: Fellman Studio
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Ep 507 Birth Strike, Jenny Brown
There's a lot of concern about birth rates in industrialized nations. Racist and anti-immigrant tropes are making a lot press right now. In Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work, Jenny Brown examines the concerns of capital over declining birth rates and attempts to legislatively…
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Ep 506 Monette Richards, History of Secular Women
July 14, 2019 You'd think that a movement that's so focused on growing wouldn't want to chase off a large chunk of their potential membership. You'd think an organization dedicated to supporting that constituency within the larger movement would be considered useful instead of unwanted. The…
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Ep 505 Ramblings with Ami
Jordan and Hertzey are joined by Ami Withani from Secular Soup to talk about... something? Admitedly we didn't have a script, so you can't say we didn't stick to it!
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Ep 504 Women of Color Beyond Belief
June 16, 2019 This week we are joined by Mandisa Thomas, president and founder of Black Non Believers as she shares the upcoming Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference being held in Chicago this October. https://wocbeyondbelief.com/ https://blacknonbelievers.com/ https://bnseacon.com/...
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Ep 503: Digging into the Founding Myth with Andrew Seidel
Travis and Hertzey talk to FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew Seidel about his new book: "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American". Check it out! http://andrewlseidel.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JN4K3PY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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Ep 502 Abortion
May 26th, 2019 This week we have Charone Frankel from the Habeus Humor podcast to discuss the most recent wave of abortion laws limiting reproductive health in many states in the US. LINKS: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/ https://habhumor.libsyn.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to...
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Ep 501: Dying Out Loud! w/Dave Warnock
Maddy and Hertzey talk to Dave Warnock a former evangelical Christian pastor and church leader for nearly 40 years, now an Atheist. Dave's leaving the Christian faith came at huge cost with the loss of almost his entire community of friends, and family. Earlier this year (February 26, 2019) Dave...
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Ep 500 Nick Fish, President of American Atheists
May 5th 2019 This week we are joined by Nick Fish, President of American Atheists. Nick joins us to share what's going on with American Atheists, as well as giving us an overview of how awesome the recent American Atheists convention was in Cincinnati just a couple of weeks ago. LINKS:...
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Ep 499 Into the Multi-verse with Tucker Drake
4/28/2019 This week we chat with Tucker Drake from the Atheist in the Trailer Park podcast about the multi-verse, quantum stuff, and other weird physics that are predicted but not proven yet by science. Links:...
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Ep 498 The Satanic Temple of Minnesota
April 21, 2019 Our guest this Easter Sunday, to help celebrate the rising of the undead from their graves, the ritualistic eating of human flesh and blood, and other weird things christians do, is The Satanic Temple Minnesota. Representing the Minnesota chapter of The Satanic Temple are…
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Ep 497 Karen Stollznow
April 14, 2019 This week we are joined by Dr. Karen Stollznow. Karen is the author of numerous books including her best-seller God Bless America, Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic, Haunting American, and her latest book Would You Believe It? When she's not writing Karen also teaches at several...
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Ep 496 Spooky Archaeology, Myth and Science of the Past
April 7, 2019 This week we are joined by Dr. Jeb Card. Dr. Jeb Card is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Anthropology at Miami University. He is the editor of The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture and the coeditor of Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative...
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Ep 495 Dustin Williams of Atheist Nomads
March 24, 2019 This week we are joined by Dustin Williams, host of the Atheist Nomads podcast. Dustin shares his experiences relating to the phenomenon of the religious apocalypse as he experienced it growing up as a Seventh Day Adventist. Dustin describes himself as a Dad, tech geek, and podcast...
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Ep 494 Ken Albala, Food Historian
Sunday March 17th Our guest this week is author, historian, and professor Ken Albala. Ken Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific United States, received his Masters of Arts degree in history from Yale, and his PhD in history from Columbia University. Ken has been the…
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Ep 493 Ben Blanchard President of MN Atheists
March 3, 2019 Today president of MN Atheists Ben Blanchard sits down with Hertzey to talk about the recent board elections, and opportunities for members of MN Atheist to have a direct impact on our direction. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another…
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Ep 492 Mandisa Thomas
February 24, 2019 This week we are joined by Mandisa Thomas to chat about her talk at the February Minnesota Atheists public meeting, "Fear of a Black Atheist". Mandisa Thomas is the founder and President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc. Although never formally indoctrinated into belief, Mandisa was...
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Ep 491 Fraser Cain
February 17, 2019 This week we are happy to be joined by Fraser Cain, cohost of Astronomy Cast, publisher of Universe Today, Creator of the YouTube channel "Guide to Space". Fraser just put out a fantastic guide for amateur astronomy; The Universe Today, Ultimate Guide to Viewing the cosmos,...
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Ep 490 Steve Shives & Farmer Dell
February 10, 2019 Farmer Dell and Steve Shives join Hertzey to chat about Star Trek, Pets, and a potpouri of topics Links Steve Shives on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/stevelikes2curse Farmer Dell: https://www.spreaker.com/show/evidence-based-eating If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to...
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Ep 489 Evidence Based Eating with Farmer Dell
February 3, 2019 Maddy sits down with Farmer Dell of the Evidence Based Eating Podcast to discuss a variety of topics around food science, food labeling, misconceptions in farming practices, and some dairy cow biology. I really encourage everyone to become a Patreon, even for just an episode, to...
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Ep 488 Stinky Stardust Feet
January 27, 2019 This week we're joined by Chelsea Pine author of the children's book "Sinky Stardust Feet". Many folx ask us about our recommendations for children's books and we can't recommend this book, "Stinky Stardust Feet" enough. From the about page: "Stinky Stardust Feet gives kids and...
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Ep 487 Genetics
Sunday January 20, 2019 Hertzey and Joseph are joined in studio by almost Doctor Adam, almost Doctor Erin, and already a Doctor David. The conversation is all about genetics, from sci-fi to current events of CRISPR coming out of China. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back…
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Ep 486 Religion in Anime
Sunday January 13, 2019 Luciano is a professional writer whose work can be found on sites such as Latino Rebels, Patheos, DLG Media, and elsewhere. He has experience working on podcasts and can help design and create graphics. HOWEVER..... Today Luciano is here to talk about the intersection of...
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Ep 485 Secular Buddhism
Sunday January 6, 2019 This week we are joined by Ted Meisner who is the host of both The Secular Buddhist and Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and Science podcasts. In addition to all of this podcasting, Ted is also the program director for The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health…
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Ep 484 The Atheist in the Trailer Park
Today's show we'll be talking with Tucker Drake from Atheist in the Trailer Park about fictions we hold on to! Things like swimming after eating, it takes 7 years to digest gum, and more! LINKS: http://tparkatheist.blogspot.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week...
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Ep 483 Fall of Frosty, A Radio Drama
December 23, 2018 Welcome to our very first radio drama, Fall of Frosty: A War on Christmas Retrospective. This was such a fun project for all of us here at Atheists Talk, and we hope you enjoy this unique perspective on what has become an annual event or rather non-event; the war on Christmas....
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Ep 482 Everyone's Agnostic
December 16, 2018 Marie D'Elephant, co host of the podcast Everyone's Agnostic, joins us this week to talk about her podcast, her life, and her journey from Christian to Atheist. You can find Everyone's Agnostic where ever quality podcasts are found, check out their show page here:...
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Ep 481 Sarah Frey, Grassroots Activism
Sunday December 9, 2018 Joseph sits down with Sarah Frey to discuss grassroots activism. https://secular.org/grassroots/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode. You can catch Atheists Tall live, every Sunday Morning at 9am Central on AM950 KTNF...
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Ep 480 Robert Stanley Returns
Sunday December 2, 2018 Robert Stanley returns for a conversation with Hertzey and Maddy. You can find Robert podcasting at https://www.therighttoreason.com/podcasts-1/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode. You can catch Atheists Tall live, every...
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Ep 479 Odd Atheist Traditions
Sunday 11/25/2018 Hertzey chats with Matt & Erik about holiday traditions as we plunge deep into the holiday season. Matt and Erik are the cohosts of Odd Atheists Friends and are long time friends of the show. Odd Atheists Friends Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oafpodcast If you enjoyed this...
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Ep 478 Richard Logan - Building a Secular Society
November 18, 2018 Richard D. Logan joins us today to discuss how we can continue to build and grow a secular society. While this is something Minnesota Atheists has been extremely successful with already, we felt it would be beneficial to get the points of view from others in the secular…
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Ep 477 Camille Beredjick
November 11, 2018 Maddy & Joseph are in studio, and we are happy to be joined by Camille Beredjick. Camille is a writer living in New York City, she works in digital media at the Joyful Heart Foundation, and runs a blog called GayWrites. Camille also makes videos for YouTube, writes about LGBTQ...
About this show
Atheists Talk Radio Show is a weekly production of Minnesota Atheists. It airs in Twin Cities on AM 950 KTNF at 9:00 AM Sunday mornings or stream live at http://www.am950ktnf.com.Minnesota Atheists is Minnesota's oldest and largest atheist organization. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization that seeks to promote the positive contributions of atheism to society and to maintain separation of state and church.Our bylaws are available here. Each year we hold eight monthly members meetings with guest speakers (Jan.-May, Sept.-Nov.), three picnics (June-Aug.), and a Winter Solstice banquet (Dec.).We have a full calendar of events, such as dinners, movie nights, game nights, discussion groups, book clubs, a how to debate class and many others. To find out about these events, sign up for A.W.E. - Atheists Weekly E-mail.We produce a public access cable TV program, "Atheists Talk," and a weekly podcast of the same name.We offer speakers to the community fre
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