Category: Episodes

Episode 234 – Small Town Atheist with Kylie

Kylie is an atheist living in Ontario, OR, a city of about 10,000 people about 50 miles from Boise. We talk about her experience growing in a Pentecostal church in a small city, trying to be the perfect Christian wife, and then figuring out who she is after finally getting free of religion. This episode …

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Episode 233 – We’re Parents and We’re Back!

Kylie Jane Williams-Studley was born on November 30, 2017 at 8 lbs 14 oz and was 20.5″ long. We enjoyed the break and hope you enjoyed the interviews. Now we get to start the process of finding out how to podcast as parents. NEWS Egypt is working on outlawing atheism and is already arresting atheists. …

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Episode 232 – Emancipation of a Black Atheist with DK Evans

This week we are joined by Dr. DK Evans and we talk about his book, Emancipation of a Black Atheist, his experience leaving religion, the history of the black community and Christianity, and how he’s raising his two boys. Book http://amzn.to/2jGENuI This episode was recorded on November 26, 2017 for release on January 2, 2018 …

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Episode 231 – Accelerated Christian Education with Alexis Record

This week Dustin is joined by Alexis Record and we talk about her experience with Accelerated Christian Education, raising two special needs children, and Sunday Assembly. Sunday Assembly San Diego This episode was recorded on November 17, 2017 for release on December 26, 2017 as Dustin and Lauren are on parental leave. Watch the Facebook …

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Episode 230 – Latino Culture with Raquel Pearson

This week we are joined by Raquel Pearson. She is a senior at Boise State University and works with an organization that provides legal aid, sexual education, and many other services for the Latino community in the Treasure Valley. This episode was recorded on October 28, 2017 for release on December 19, 2017 as Dustin …

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Episode 229 – Opening Arguments with Andrew Torrez

This week we are joined by Andrew Torrez to talk about his podcast, Opening Arguments, the bizarre legal era we are in, especially in terms of church state separation, and more. http://openargs.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/openargs This episode was recorded on October 21, 2017 for release on December 12, 2017 as Dustin and Lauren are on parental …

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Episode 228 – Women Beyond Belief with Karen Garst

This week we are joined by Karen Garst to talk about her book Women Beyond Belief and her upcoming book Women vs. Religion. We also talk about her own story, how terrible religion is for women, and the Mythinformation Conference. Blog http://faithlessfeminist.com/ Book http://amzn.to/2kQdBO6 Twitter https://twitter.com/karen_garst This episode was recorded on October 14, 2017 for …

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Episode 227 – Save the internet

This week we are joined by Gary Mitchell and Mikey Pullman. We talk about net neutrality, and oh so much news. DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Net Neutrality https://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now NEWS The Malaysian deputy minister claims that atheism is unconstitutional in his country http://www.todayonline.com/world/atheism-unconstitutional An Indian Hindu nationalist MP has offered $1.5 million for the head …

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Episode 226 – The Week

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – The week and the day of worship NEWS The Trump administration is lifting the ban on importing elephant trophies from two countries http://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admin-reverse-ban-elephant-trophies-africa/story?id=51178663 A bizarre and meaningless fetal personhood measure has been added to the GOP tax bill https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/gop-sneaks-creation-fetal-personhood-tax-bill-giant-giveaway-anti-choice-religious-right Idaho Rep Raul Labrador is running for governor and proud of …

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Episode 225 – Heresy and Schism

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Heresy and Schism NEWS Christian nationalist protests in Poland http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/europe/poland-warsaw-nationalist-march/index.html God’s Army patrolling streets in North Phoenix http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/security-or-vigilantism-gods-army-patrolling-the-streets-of-north-phoenix Roy Moore tried to seduce teenage girls in his 30s https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html 29% of Alabamans are now even more likely to vote for Moore because of the allegations http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360010-poll-37-percent-of-alabama-evangelicals-more-likely-to-vote-for-moore-after Alabama state auditor cities …

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