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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 24

* 1861 – Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line

* 1951 – Truman declares war with Germany officially over

* 1954 – U.S. president pledges support to South Vietnam

* 1997 – Marv Albert faces sentencing in sexual assault case

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Rogue planet discovered

* Water world!

* 1.8 million year old hominid skull found

* New HIV medication prevents it from taking over T Cells!

* Herbal supplements may be harmful to your health

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POLITICS AND RELIGION

*McCarthy backs off on vaccines

*Textbook publishers refuse to bow to Texas demands

*Utah billboard companies reject American Atheists

*Utah state senator trying to bring religion into public schools

*Child sacrifice in India

*UK Boy Scouts create a secular oath

*Government Shutdown:

* Ted Cruz said the shutdown was god’s will

* 144 Republicans voted for default | Detail

* House Stenographer goes nuts as the House votes against default

*New Jersey becomes the 14th state with marriage equality

INTERVIEW – Atheist comedian Keith Lowell Jensen

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Recorded for release on 2013-10-24

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INTRO

* Light the Night | National | Dustin
* Foundation Beyond Belief

FEEDBACK

* Al from Canada
* An anonymous German
* Virginia Dawn

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 10

* 1881 – Darwin publishes work on mold and worms
* 1944 – Eight hundred children are gassed to death at Auschwitz
* 1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to African diplomat
* 1985 – Achille Lauro hijacking ends
* 1991 – Former postal worker commits mass murder

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Bionic leg controlled by brain power
* Molecules of light?
* First artificial pancreas approved
* A malaria vaccine!

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Nordic countries propose a circumcision ban
* Texas now openly demanding biblical creationism in text books
* Cops for Christ?
* USAF forcing cadets to invoke God to receive their commissions
* Freethought Equality Fund, a nontheist pack launched
* Punk band shoots a porno at the WBC
* Another conservative anti-gay senator has been outed
* Catholic bishops want the shutdown to continue unless their own demands are met

INTERVIEW – Sam Mulvey, host of Ask an Atheist and President of the Humanists of Washington

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Recorded for release on 2013-10-10

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INTRO

* Light the Night National | Dustin
* FBB

FEEDBACK

* Sean from Canada
* Stephen from Canada

SUPPORTERS

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – September 26th

* 1945 – First American soldier killed in Vietnam
* 1888 – Great American author T.S. Elliot is born
* 1960 – Nixon sweats a river during a debate
* 1969 – It’s all about Marsha Marsha Marsha! as the Brady Bunch premiers
* 2008 – Screen legend Paul Newman dies

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake creates new island in Pakistan
* Cygnus delayed
* CDC reports on antibiotic resistant infections
* Australia nixes the science minister post
* Russian Academy of Science loses independance

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Faith healing parents charged in daughter’s death
* Sexuality is apparently magnetic…
* Court rules that for-profit corporation is not a religious person
* Pope wants the Catholic Church to take it’s focus off social issues…
* …Yet still excommunicates gay and woman affirming priest…
* …meanwhile another priest caught with a boy’s pants down

INTERVIEW – Rachael Slick

Rachael Slick is the daughter of Christian apologist and CARM Founder Matt Slick and wrote about her experiences growing up on Friendly Atheist.

If you read up on TAG you can find it here.

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INTRODUCTION
* Humans take robots jobs!
* Light the Night | National | Dustin
* Foundation Beyond Belief

FEEDBACK
* Virginia Dawn

SUPPORTERS

Platinum Sponsors
* Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound
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* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics

Gold Sponsor
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 5
* 1774 – First Continental Congress convenes
* 1970 – U.S. forces launch last major American operation of the war
* 1975 – Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt
* 1972 – Arab terrorists take Israeli hostages at the Olympics

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
* Curiosity can now drive itself
* 3-D printing in space
* ALMA is OOS due to strike
* Whales burn and tan
* The East Coast bottlenose dolphin viral die off
* Google Palestine hacked

POLITICS/RELIGION
* Crucified bus drivers
* Megachurch measles outbreak in Texas
* MAJ Nidal Hasan want’s the death penalty and gets it
* North Korea executes musicians for pornography
* Zurich, Switzerland opens up prostitution drive in’s
* Artist fleas Russia after paintings of Putin in lingerie are ceased
* US Marines consider the nonreligious to be “at risk”
* FFRF wins standing in Parish Exemption case

Interview

Robert Ray, President of the Humanists of the North Puget Sound

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INTRODUCTION

• Light the Night | National | TVCoR/Dustin
• FBB

FEEDBACK

• Thanks for the support

SUPPORTERS

• New Platinum Sponsors
  • Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound
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• New Gold Sponsor
  • Vernware
• Donor
  • Gary

THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 22

• 1864 – International Red Cross founded
• 1920 – Ray Bradbury Born – Fahrenheit 451 / Martian Chronicles
• 1922 – J. Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Chief of the FBI
• 1989 – Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout
• 1992 – Incident at Ruby Ridge

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• The cause of the Near-Death Light
• Kepler repair attempts have failed
• Canada develops new animal radar
• 5000 year old board game discovered
• Using waste CO2 for more power!
• Google to test Project Loon in California’s Central Valley, begins taking participant applications

POLITICS/RELIGION

• Egypt is a mess
• World’s oldest temple may have been built to worship Sirius
• Judge forces baby Messiah’s name to be changed
• First same-sex marriage in New Zealand
• Obama back’s Greece, NY prayer

Interview

We are joined by Rebecca Vitsmun, the Oklahoma City Tornado survivor made famous after telling Wolf Blitzer she’s an atheist.

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INTRODUCTION

• Sorry for the recent delays
• Dustin’s unemployed
• EFF is saving podcasting
• Light the Night – National | Dustin
• The latest on GSOW and
• FBB

FEEDBACK

• Susan
• Christie
• Jason
• Sean
• Joseph
• Gary

SUPPORTERS

• Ray

THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 08

• 1945 – Truman signs United Nations Charter
• 1945 – Soviets declare war on Japan; invade Manchuria
• 1968 – Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination
• 1973 – Vice President Agnew under attack
• 1974 – Nixon resigns

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• NASA’s new twin study
• Happy Birthday Curiosity!
• A test tube burger
• Bezos find the Apollow 11 engines

POLITICS/RELIGION

• The National Atheist Party changes its name
• Bangladeshi Islamist found guilty of war crimes
• Buddhist temple get’s bombed
• Malala addresses UN Youth Assembly
• Federal judge issues injunction against ND abortion law
• Switzerland to adopt new godless national anthem
• Washington, D.C. Passes Law to Allow Atheists To Officiate Wedding Ceremonies
• Former Congressman Barney Frank Finally Comes Out as an Atheist

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FEEDBACK

• Rory
• Brian
• Joshie

SUPPORTERS

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – July 11th

• 1767 – John Quincy Adams is born
• 1804 – Burr slays Hamilton in duel
• 1979 – Skylab crashes to Earth

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Big Brain
• Study looks at safety and effectiveness of electronic cigarettes

POLITICS/RELIGION

• DOMA is out!
• California’s Prop 8 is out!
• The people’s filibuster in Texas
• Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan calls on Christians and governors to ignore any ruling from the Supreme Court that supports marriage equality
• House GOP will introduce an amendment to define marriage
• Hobby Lobby is a person?
• The views on the growing number of nones

INTERVIEW

We are continuing the interview with Joshie Berger. For part 1, see Episode 30.

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Introduction

• Boise Pride, with the Boy Scouts!
• Happy Birthday GSoW!
• Wesley and Sam

Feedback

• Rory on 3D printed food
• Charles on E29
• Mike on Miranda

Supporters

• Randall
• Rus

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – June 27

• 1829 – Smithson dies and leaves an odd will
• 1844 – Joseph Smith killed by mob
• 1880 – Helen Keller is born
• 2003 – National Do Not Call Registry started

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Bioengineered blood vessel used in first trial
• FDA asserts authority to regulate fecal transplants
• Using silver with antibiotics
• HPV Vaccine has reduced infection rates in teens by 56% in 4 years

POLITICS/RELIGION

• Syria…
• Atheist pacifist get’s her citizenship application approved with the help of FFRF, the AHA, and a Texas Republican
• Supreme Court shoots down naturally occurring human gene patents
• Second attempt for atheist chaplains get’s 150 votes, still fails

Interview

For the last half of the show, we are joined by Joshie Berger, the OTD (former Hasidic Jew) of Food Network and SGU fame. We went long and it was just too good to cut, so for the last half of the interview, you will just have to wait for episode 31.

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Recorded on 2013-06-23 (news) and 2013-06-24 (interview) for release on 2013-06-27…Sorry it’s so late.

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Intro

• Welcome Vance!
• Help Teresa MacBain be a part of the Freethinker Panel at the Religious News Writers Conference
• FBB’s Humanist Crisis Response raises more than $44,000 for OK tornado victims

Feedback

• Charles’ art
• Amy
• Dominic
• Richard – citations required for corrections
• Rory

History June 13th

• 1966 – Miranda rights are established
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
• 1983 – Pioneer 10 departs solar system

Science/Technology

• The sensitive robot
• 120,000 year old Neanderthal tumor found
• Oldest bird fossil found
• Even with flaws, graphene is the strongest substance in the world
• The moon’s uneven gravity explained

Politics/Religion

• Update on Kaitlyn Hunt
• Non-theistic invocation doesn’t fly with one AZ lawmaker
• House Armed Services Committee rejects humanist chaplains
• Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced a bill that encourages school board prayer

Music – Brother Jake Presents – True Believing Mormon Dude

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Interview

David Fitzgerald comes back on the show to talk about his new book: The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion Book One: The Mormons. Buy it now for Kindle for $6.66.

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Recorded for release on 2013-06-13

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INTRO
One year down! New theme music is on its way. We are joined by Eli and Lamar of Chariots of Iron.

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FEEDBACK – Oh so much

THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 30

• 1431 – Joan of Arc martyred
• 1806 – Andrew Jackson wins duel
• 1922 – Former President Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial
• 1971 – Mariner 9 departs for Mars
• 2008 – Sex and the City movie released – People around the world discover the sound of one hand clapping

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• The robot bartender
• 3D printing food
• Stem-cell therapy restores sight to a blind man
• New study assesses consensus for anthropogenic global warming
• Kepler’s exoplanet search may be over

POLITICS AND RELIGION

• John Kerry speaks out in favor of the right to not believe
• Supreme Court to hear town board prayer case
• Texas legislature is considering “Romeo and Juliet” defense for gay teens (House | Senate)
• Lesbian Florida teen charged with felony sexual charges
• Anonymous goes on the offensive
• Texas judge rules against lesbian in custody decision
• SCALIA RESIGNS POST AS SCOUTMASTER

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Recorded 05/24/13 for release on 05/30/13