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Old Left at the Valley
by Left at the Valley
From Abbotsford, BC, an interview based show on atheism, skepticism and humanism. We aim to show that you are not alone and we do it with chemistry and a pinch of humour
Episodes
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Thank You Nancy and Goodbye
Unscripted round table on death and Nancy announces that she is dying of lung cancer. This is perhaps the last episode of LATV Nancy's story :https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/nancy_story?fbclid=IwAR3U3VkjVDOjC5UtWz6KcjM8F8FW9KwUC4nOASCHZj4MvpAo0suo-_LAGEQ Thank you all for 6 wonderful years...
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Nothing Fails like Bible History with Thomas Westbrook
The Holy Koolaid man returns, Thomas Westbrook has a new series of videos called Nothing Fails like Bible History. Thomas studies deeply the historical record and contrast what history says with what mythology says. Guess what? It doesn't match. Are you surprised? Let's jump on with Thomas on his...
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America at War with Hector Garcia
The incredible Dr Garcia, author of Alpha God and Sex, Power and Partisanship returns to take on Kevin's questioning on why is America so warlike? His training in psychology might help answer SOME of the many questions on this very complex problem and maybe shed some light on how we can overcome...
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Exploring Scientology with Chris Shelton
We are joined by the host of Sensibly Speaking and an Ex-Scientologist Chris Shelton. His story is not only fascinating but we also had so much to ask him that we will have to bring him back to continue the conversation. In the meantime, he leaves us with a good look into the strange realm of...
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Talking Politics with Robert Stanley
Returning Champion and host of The Right to Reason podcast Robert Stanley returns and discusses the current state of politics in the US. As a student of Political Science, Robert gives us his insights on what is really going on south of the 49th parallel. What will happen in the future? What are...
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LATV rocks with Jason Hanerfeld
The crew is joined by Jason Hanerfeld, Hard Rock musician and song writer for another look into the artistic side of atheism. Jason might be a rocker, but he's no dummy. His songs and lyrics are inspired by the atheist literature he devours and as thus helps spread the message of atheism to a…
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CORT 2020 with Janice Selbie
Janice Selbie, a registered counsellor and director of CORT (conference on religious trauma) 2020 joins the crew to elaborate her thoughts on the negative effects of religion from her own upbringing to the upcoming conference in April 2020 in Vancouver BC. Certainly a topic worthy of discussion...
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Meet Canadian Atheists' Randolf Richardson
The crew is joined by the president of Canadian Atheists: Randolf Richardson, an eloquent man on a mission to help the atheist movement north of the 49th His message is one of calm, cool and thought through decision making about the secular promise that will make a better world starting here in...
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Truth and Transparancy with Ethan Dodge and Tracie Harris
Former Host of the Atheist Experience Tracie Harris returns along with Ethan Dodge to talk about the Truth & Transparency initiative; a project which looks to report on the hypocrisy of the church into their REAL god: MONEY Tracie and Ethan take us into a look at what the church and the mormon...
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Best of LATV 2019
Kevin flies solo tonight. Presenting the top 10 episodes of 2019 as decided by the number of listens/downloads
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LATV Xmas 2019
Our traditional Xmas show, what it means for us atheists, our best memories of the holiday A top 10 for best christmas movies by Forbes and a look into why some have a blond haired, blue eyed jesus in their nativity scene; spoiler, it's NOT good Happy Holidays from the LATV crew
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Bashing the Soup LATV Style
This #prankwar climbs to a whole new level. The crew welcomes back Brent & Nikki of Unapologetix to create a satire "Fox News Style" panel wondering about the so called threat Secular Soup poses to America. This is complete satire, none of these statements are to be taken seriously or factual.…
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Religious Trauma with Dr Winell and Dr Ray
In this jam packed episode, the gang welcomes Dr Marlene Winell and an old favorite: Dr Darrel Ray. Both psychologists chime in on the upcoming conference in Vancouver in April 2020 as well as their thoughts on teaching religious dogma to children, the effects it has on growing up and the...
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The Brazen Atheist on LATV
The gang is joined by Erin Louis AKA The Brazen Atheist. Erin expalins her journey from exotic dancer to atheist mom, author and activist with her great sense of humour, optimism and all around great humanistic nature. She takes on the bull horns first and makes no excuses for her past. you'll…
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Is Media FAIR with Jeff Cohen
Founder of FAIR (Fairness and accuracy in reporting) Jeff Cohen, professor of journalism takes a deep look in the phenomenon of Fake News which has undeniably characterised and tainted politics in the last few decades and never more so then right now. What is it? How did it start? And who is...
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The Case for David Fitzgerald
He's back! David Fitzgerald! Our favorite historical writer and mythicist comes back to the valley to promote the second book of his Time Shards story Shatter wars. We welcome the charming and witty author back on the show and with his trademark excellent humour, he takes us through his journey…
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Dying with Dignity with Alex Muir
As we near the end of another year, many of us turn to thoughts of lost loved ones and an uncomfortable subject to most, our own mortality and even worse, preparing ourselves to die. Enter Alex Muir of the Dying with Dignity association. Their work is aimed to help those facing their end to "go…
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A Look at Horror Houses
Now that Halloween is over, the crew invites Lord Bmillzebub (Ben "Bub" Miller) to discuss the phenomena. What is the church after? Is it a good recruiting tool? What are the psychological repercutions on such a mind? Time to find out some of his work on visiting a hell house...
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Ghosts in the Valley 2019
Ghosts stories by the virtual campfire From all the hosts and Brent Lee, Robert Stanley and Seth Andrews enjoy
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LATV joins the Godless Rebelution
A rebelution? That's what the crew finds joining when they interview Dan Ellis of the American Atheist association and podcaster in Utah. Out of Mormonism, Dan explains his journey to our wacky crew. With a great dose of humour, we can't help but admire the work Danm has put in and his message....
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Ask an Atheist on LATV
The Host of Ask an Atheist, Sam Mulvey, joins the crew after a well deserved break only to face the wackyness of being in the valley. Sam takes us through his journey of 10 years on the air in tacoma Washington. He shares with us how it started, how things have changed and his hope for a secular...
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A Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies with Mike Bohler
The crew welcomes skeptic podcaster Mike Bohler who heads the show "A Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies", a show dedicated to bringing out factual data about the plethora of conspiracy theories found in America today. Why do we fall so easily for some of these utterly ridiculous theories and what...
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The Free Thought Prophets on LATV
The crew from the Free Thought Prophets, Seamus and John, make their debut on LATV. Being the two gentlemen Irish that they are, they immediately get along with our wacky crew and a great conversation ensues on the many differences between Canada, Ireland and the US. Where are these countries...
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The Ladies Take Over
After brutally dropping a piano on Kevin for catapulting them, Kristina and Kirsten take over the show. Along with Nancy, they invite back Amy and Ami of Secular Soup to discuss everything and anything women face today. Whether politics or just fashion, this episode will appeal to the feminist in...
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The Vanishing of the Bees with Maryam Henein
Producer/director/journalist and bee advocate Maryam Henein joins us to discuss what has been going on with our favorite polinators. What is going on with the bees? As the UN declared the honey bee THE most important specie on the planet, we are faced with an uncertain future for these little...
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Evidence Based Eating with Dell Onearth
Let's talk about food. Humans have an incredible obsession with their food and nutrition in general; yet many stubborn myths prevade within all faccets of the industry and in all social aspects of our society. What do we really know? Enter Dell Onearth, her show Evidence Based Eating sets out to...
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Homeschooling Blues with Brent Lee Part 2
After all the fun we had exploring the childhoods of Brent Lee and our own Kristina, both home schooled in the faith, we decided to bring in an expert in psychology. Enter Dr Matthew Hunsinger, a previous guest on the show, to give us his expert opinion on how this upbringing affected Brent. It's…
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LATV has Secular Soup for Lunch
Join us as the crew receives the wacky co-hosts from the fabulous Secular Soup,Amy with a Y (NOT Withawy as Kevin has been saying for weeks now) and Ami with an I The ladies give us a great dose of their great humour and what makes their show so special as they are an all female podcast in a…
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Belief it or Not on LATV
A Canadian podcaster from Toronto? Say it isn't so? The host or Belief it or not, Trevor Poelman, joins us to talk about his show and atheism from a Canadian point of vue. What drives him? Is religion as much a threat to Canada? Listen in and let's find out...
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Should Americans vote Sanders with Michael Sparks
We had planned a debate between Sparks and Jeremy Montanez of YouTube infamy but Montanez was a no show! So we ended up having a good chat about the Vermont Senator's chances to become the next president in 2020 Is Bernie a good candidate? Is he too old? Is America ready for his ideas? Let's find...
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Homeschooling Blues with Brent Lee
1/2 of the Unapologetix crew returns, Brent Lee makes another appearance at LATV to expose his upbringing as a child and his experience with homeschooling within a christian environment A back and forth happens with our own Kristina who was herself also homeschooled. Will we see similar stories?...
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Philosophy 101 with Robert Stanley
The great host of the Right to Reason podcast: Robert Stanley, is back and this time he gives the crew some basic lessons on philosophy. Do we need it? why? Does it help our society or hinder it? Robert will answer those questions. https://www.therighttoreason.com/ Nancy gives us a top 10…
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Seth Andrews talks Free Speech
The one and only Seth Andrews, the man with the voice of silk, returns to LATV to discuss Free Speech. Who better than the former christian broadcaster turner atheist superstar podcaster to talk to us about his views on free speech. Should we limit it? Is free speech in Canada better than the US?...
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The US Abortion Debacle with Andrew Torrez
Lawyer extraordinaire and co-host of the Opening Arguments podcast Andrew Torrez joins us once more to guide us through the machinations of the US legal system. Why do the Americans seem to be regressing on women's reproductive rights? Is there hope to turn this around? Or will the US eventually...
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LATV has GingerSnaps
Join the crew as they welcome the host of the GingerSnaps podcast: Amy Kuhel. Her wacky sense of hiumour not only matches well with our crew but is also needed as she fights hard to defend issues of the LGBTQ community. She explains her drive and her involvment into the fights the LGBTQ community...
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LATV Canadian Edition
Happy Birthday Canada! The crew celebrates all things Canadian and what this great country means to us all. Our friend Ahmed joins us to pass on his story as to what he went through to become a Canadian We are joinedby the Green Party MP for Ladysmith-Nainamo, the honourable Paul Manly...
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The Happy Satanist with Lilith Starr
Our return favorite Satanist is back: Lilith Starr used to run the Seattle chapter of the Satanic temple and is now a published author. Her book :The happy Satanist has had a resurgence of popularity lately with the release of the documentary Hail Satan? She takes us through her journey into...
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Hertzey Hertz takes a Left at the Valley
Member extraordinaire of the Minnesota Atheists and producer of Atheist Talk: Hertzey Hertz FINALLY arrives to face off against our wacky group. Will she survive? We follow her as she tells us her story and how atheism fits within her state. Her work helps inspire others to follow suit and…
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I Survived a Cult with Rex Burks
One half of the skeptical texans returns, Rex Burks comes back through the valley to give us his story about his childhood within the Worldwide Church of God cult. Rex's story is a rather typical one as he takes us through the power of the grip church elders had on his young mind. His story has...
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Explaining Quantum Physics with Dr Ben Davis
Our favourite nuclear physicist returns! The man behind the #Ask Dr Ben: Dr Ben Davis, comes back to give us a lesson and finally make us understand the difference between physics and quantum physics. Where do they differ? How do they apply? Who is behind this distinction? This is your physics…
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Street Epistemology in politics with Anthony Magnabosco
He's Back! Our favorite street epistemologist Anthony Magnabosco returns to give us another lesson in proper debate etiquette but this time, we look to politics, not religion. Are the same patterns showing in politics? Can street epistermology apply here properly? After the many shows we had...
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Thoughts on Moses with David Fitzgerald
While Kevin takes his revenge with a catapult, author and historian extraordinaire David Fitzgerald returns to share his thoughts on the enigmatic patriarchal character of jewish lore: Moses David is such a warm person that we can't help but love the man and respect the immense work he has put…
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Sarah Austin takes a Left at the Valley
Trans woman YouTuber extraordinaire Sarah Austin of Sarah Talks joins us in a fascinating tale and a positive one about her life, transition and the fight she now carries on YouTube. Her story is one of hope and shows that even in Florida, there is yet hope for a world without bigotry...
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Atheist Talks Free Speech
This is a bonus show featuring Robert Stanley of the Right to Reason podcast, Brent and Nikki of Unapologetix and Matthew of the Odd Atheist Friends enjoy!
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Negotiating your Relationship with Dr Darrel Ray
He's back! Our favorite psychologist and high priest of the church of the FSM: Dr Darrel Ray returns once more to give us his expert opinion on a subject difficult for the vast majority of u;- re-negotiating a relationship where you are not happy It's a difficult subject but one where Darrel Ray...
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Sex Power and Partisanship with Hector Garcia
Dr Hector Garcia, author of Alpha God is back with his latest book: Sex, Power and Partisanship to take a deep look into how evolutionary psychology explains the current political divide and landscape. His insights as to how the mind uses ancient triggers demonstraes just how still primitive we…
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Conspiracy Theories with Dr Matthew Hunsinger
We've hears them all. But what exactly is behind the conspiracy and especially what is the mindset of the theorist. Dr Matthew Hunsinger joins us to explain what he sees when one is in the grasp of a conspiracy and maybe some helpful tips to get them out. Are there more conspiracy theories now…
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Corporate Personhood with Joel Bakan
We are back! The crew returns with professor Joel Bakan from UBC. He is a professor in corporate law and takes us on a journey of explanation as to how corporations became legal persons under the law. What is the history? What are the ramifications of such a judgement? Is there a way out of this...
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On the Historicity of Legendary Figures with Dr Richard Carrier
Historian Extraordinaire Dr Richard Carrier returns to explain to us how historians use different methods to determine if legendary characters are actually real people of the past or simply myths. Richard is extremely detailled and thorough in his work and his entoxicating personality makes us…
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An Incredible 5 Years of LATV
Incredibly enough, this is our 5 yr anniversary, we take a look back into many of our wacky adventures with past clips, congratulations from guests and friends and even ex-cohosts Scott and Annette return for this momentous occasion. We rehash old segments and keep doing our usual stuff We even...
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From Abbotsford, BC, an interview based show on atheism, skepticism and humanism. We aim to show that you are not alone and we do it with chemistry and a pinch of humour
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From Abbotsford, BC, an interview based show on atheism, skepticism and humanism. We aim to show that you are not alone and we do it with chemistry and a pinch of humour
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