This week Dustin talks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, fraud, daylight savings time, and some other news.
Mar 21 2022
4 Russia, Ukraine, Misinformation, and Fraud
Mar 07 2022
3 Annabelle and Aiden face a Dragon with JR Becker
We’re joined by JR Becker author of the Annabelle and Aiden series of children’s books that promote science and critical thinking. “Big questions for little minds.” Preorders are also now available for his new book There’s a Dragon in my Garage
Annabelle and Aiden
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‘Increasingly Aggressive’ Atheists Target Children in New Evolution-Promoting Book
Feb 21 2022
2 Where do we go from here with Nadya Dutchin
In this episode we are joined by Nadya Dutchin the new Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. We talk about the work she’s been tasked with to prepare the AHA for the future and some of the big topics we really need to be paying more attention to.
Feb 10 2022
1 Terms and Conditions
It’s the rebrand/relaunch as Humanists Take on the World and we start with an overview of the names and terms that non-believers use to identify themselves or how they’re referred to by others.
Jan 27 2022
443 Burning Books in the name of Liberty
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This week we talk about banning and burning books.
Jan 20 2022
442 Where did priestly celibacy come from?
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This week we talk about what clerical celibacy is, who it applies to, how it developed, and the problems it’s causes.
Jan 13 2022
441 The Huguenot Diaspora
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This week we talk about the Huguenot Diaspora, with a personal connection for Dustin with some Huguenot ancestors.
Jan 06 2022
440 The Huguenots
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This week we talk more about the upcoming rebrand and also talk about the Huguenots, the French Calvinists probably named after a Swiss Catholic. It’s a story of dissent, religious wars, dynastic struggles, and mass exile.
Dec 30 2021
439 Puritan to Unitarian
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This week we talk about the rise of the Congregationalists, otherwise known as Puritans, Separatists, and Independents, and how that lead to the Unitarians.
Dec 23 2021
438 War on Christmas 2021
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It’s time for this year’s War on Christmas episode! Keeping with the new format, it starts with a memo from the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and opens a can of historical worms.