Category: Episodes

Episode 130 – News for January 21, 2016

DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Religion and Diversity THIS DAY IN HISTORY – January 21 * 1738 – Ethan Allen born – Maker of unfinished, kinda shitty furniture and American general was born * 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of …

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Episode 129 – A Science Comic with Miles Greb

We are joined by Miles Greb, creator of the After the Gold Rush science comic book. We chat about his comic and background and then thoughts on atheism, skepticism, Jesus, computers, Star Wars, and atheists and skeptics in popular media. Website Twitter Facebook This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor – US$20.00 – …

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Episode 128 – News for January 7, 2016

Happy New Year! Dusting off the Degree – Favorite Bible Passage – Galatians 4:1-3 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – January 7 * 1789 – First U.S. presidential election * 1947 – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts * 1999 – 1999 – Clinton’s Senate impeachment trial begins SCIENCE …

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Episode 127 – The Original Motto with Robert Ray

We are joined by Robert Ray of the Original Motto Project, Humanists of the North Puget Sound, Secular Humanists of Everett, and the Secular Yakking podcast. We discuss the spread of “In God We Trust” in counsel chambers and on patrol cars and his efforts to replace it with the original motto, “E Pluribis Unum”, …

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Episode 126 – News for December 24, 2015

Religion and Holidays THIS DAY IN HISTORY – December 24 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned 1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning * 1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed * 1913 – …

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Episode 125 – Angry Black Rant with Ishmael Brown

We are joined by Ishmael Brown from the Angry Black Rant Podcast and discuss his podcast, Pentecostal upbringing, race issues, the death penalty, and so much more! Website Facebook Twitter This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor – US$20.00 – US$35.00 per month * Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics * Travis …

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Episode 124 – News for December 10, 2015

Cancun! Adventist Missions THIS DAY IN HISTORY – December 10 * 1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg’s Elster Gate * 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state * 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded * 2005 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, …

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Episode 123 – The Satanic Temple of Seattle with Case

Case is with The Satanic Temple of Seattle and lead their street action challenging the Jehovah’s Witnesses at a downtown Seattle transit center and their challenging of Coach Joe Kennedy’s 50 yard line prayers at Bremerton High School football games. Website Facebook Meetup This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor – US$20.00 – …

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Episode 122 – News for November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving! John Harvey Kellogg THIS DAY IN HISTORY – November 26 * It’s Thanksgiving! * 1862 – Alice in Wonderland manuscript is sent as a Christmas present * 1989 – MTV Unplugged premieres SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – PIGEONS * Compass protein found in fruit fly * Pigeons can be taught to find cancerous tissue …

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Episode 121 – Interview with Jamila Bey

Jamila Bey is a journalist and public speaker. She was host of the Sex Politics and Religion: SPAR with Jamila Bey on the Voice of Russia, wrote for the She The People blog on the Washington Post, and spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this year as as an atheist and an …

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