National Day of Reason

On May 7, 2015 the Treasure Valley Coalition of Reason hosted a National Day of Reason rally on the front steps of the Idaho State Capitol building in Boise, Idaho. About 40 people gathered in the middle of a Thursday in the rain.

The speakers, in order of appearance were:

  • Dustin Williams, Coordinator, TVCoR
  • Colin Fenello, Boise State University Secular Student Alliance
  • Rabbi Dan Fink, Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel
  • Lauren Studley, Vice President, Idaho Atheists
  • Susan Harrington, Treasure, Idaho Atheists
  • Geoffrey Schroeder, Mountain Home City Counsel Member
  • Dr. Richard Carrier, author, blogger, speaker
  • Gary Mitchell, President, Idaho Atheists

Episode 93 – The Satanic Temple with Lucien Greaves

We are joined by Lucien Greaves of the Satanic Temple and discuss Satanism, atheistic religion, and their legal battles, among other things.

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Episode 92 – News for April 30, 2015

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

* 1803 – Louisiana Purchase Finished
* 1927 – First female federal prison
* 1945 – Hitler Commits Suicide (Maybe)

SCIENCE AND SKEPTICISM

* Chinese scientists genetically modified human embryos
* Australian wellness blogger admits she never had cancer
* UPDATE: Australia to drop religious exemptions for vaccination
* Teen smoking rate at record low, yet the media is freaking out

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Teachers claim that Australian Islamic school barred girls from running
* Cochran, GA has a Christian flag flying over city hall
* 12 year old kicked out of Catholic school for missing too much school because of her leukemia
* Gay Atlanta student beat by 20 students while principal does nothing

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Episode 91 – My Book of Mormon with David Michael

We are joined by David Michael of the My Book of Mormon podcast. We discussed his podcast, the attention he’s gotten from the ex-Mormon and liberal Mormon communities, his upbringing as a missionary pastor’s kid in the USSR, geopolitics, drinking games, etc.

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Episode 90 – News for April 16, 2015

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – April 16

* 1889 – Charlie Chaplin was born
* 1947 – Grandcamp explosion kills hundreds
* 1972 – Apollo 16 departs for moon This is the 5th of 6 lunar landings
* 2007 – Virginia Tech Massacre

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* The bird phylogenetic tree get’s a needed makeover
* Brontosaurus is back!
* California Senate vaccination bill passes first committee
* Ottawa mom defects from anti-vax movement after all seven children get whooping cough

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* South Carolina says the 14th Amendment doesn’t apply to gays because it didn’t apply to women
* Florida House passes bill to legalize all kinds of religiously motivated adoption discrimination
* Alabama Senate passes bill to affirm right to display religious symbols
* Indiana backs down on religious
* Iowa representative turns back on Wiccan invocation
* At mormon conference some openly opposed the leadership
* NRA seminar claims there are Sharia no-go zones in the US
* Texas church members starve two year old to death then try to resurrect him

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Episode 89 – Bar Room Atheist with Bill and Suzy Robbins

We are joined by Bill and Suzy Robbins of the Bar Room Atheist podcast.

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Episode 88 – Sealnado with Sam, Paul, and Rich

Recorded from Ask An Atheist Studios in Tacoma, WA with:
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* Paul from Quranify Me
* Rich from Living After Faith

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Young cape fur seal caught eating shark guts
Curiosity finds nitrogen on Mars
Chemists come one step closer to solving abiogenesis

POLITICS AND RELIGION

Phil Robertson’s sadistic atheist fantasy
Ted Cruz’s wife is an Adventist
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Episode 87 – That’s My Name, part 2 with Nick Morgan-Moore

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Episode 86 – Parental Advisory

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* Update on Ada County’s Invocations

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – March 19

* 1916 – First plane missions flown
* 1931 – Nevada legalizes gambling
* 2003 – Iraq War Begins

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Ted Cruz vs. NASA
* Florida’s ban on climate change
* California’s dwindling water supply
* Measles skeptic ordered to pay up
* Seven year old get’s an Iron Man arm from Robert Downey, Jr

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* American blogger butchered in Bangladesh
* Charges filed in murder of atheist blogger murdered in 2003 in Bangladesh
* Muslim extremists attack museum in Tunisia
* Andrews University refuses to allow unofficial club from raising funds for homeless LGBT youth
* Pastor tried to raise $65 million for new jet, then backed down over backlash
* Arkansas republican gives adopted daughters to child molester because they were demon possessed | Raw Story

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Episode 85 – That’s My Name with Nick Morgan-Moore

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