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0:00:25 INTRO

0:08:13 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 11th

• 1925 – Elmore Leonard is born
• 1962 – Pope opens Vatican II
• 1975 – Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham
• 2002 – Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
• 2008 – Blind driver breaks land-speed record

0:20:55 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• A possible alluvial fan in Mars’ Gale Crater
• Snakes on a plane with lasers
• California approves driverless cars
• The Catlin Seaview Survey confirms a new seahorse species

0:30:39 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Nazis, Buddha, and meteorites
• Innocence of Muslims film maker jailed for probation violation
• Google takes down anti-candidate video in Brazil
• Ambassador Stevens’s death was orchestrated by al Queda
• Russia’s new blasphemy law (via WWJTD)

0:39:12 MUSIC – “The F You Song” by Arthur Thomas Heist (Used by Permission)

0:40:21 FEATURE – Interview with Chris Hofstader

Chris Hofstader blogs at www.hofstader.com addressing topics of skepticism and vision impairment as well as the 21st Floor blog. He’s a semi-retired freelance hacker.

I became familiar with Chris when he did a guest post on Skepchick about accessibility in the atheist/skeptic communities

Web Accessibility Initiative

1:44:14 BLOOPERS

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0:00:25 INTRODUCTION

0:12:38 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – SEPTEMBER 27TH

• 1540 – Jesuit order established
• 1938 – Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace
• 1938 – Poland Surrenders
• 1940 – The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan
• 1959 – Khrushchev ends trip to the United States

0:27:55 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Users: Apple iOS 6 maps are a mess
• SpaceX is headed back to the ISS
• Curiosity Update
  • Astronomy
  • Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS)
• The evolution of gliding

0:42:02 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• The crazy BS going on in the Middle East in protest to the “innocence of Muslims”
  • Google rejects request to remove clip
  • Summary on dwnomad
  • BBC
  • Wikipedia
  • Interactive Map
• Chase Community Giving results – Secular Student Alliance $50,000, Foundation Beyond Belief $20,000, and Camp Quest $20,000

0:52:01 MUSIC – The Existential Blues by Arthur Thomas Heist (Used by permission)

0:54:23 FEATURE – Interview with JT Eberhard
JT Eberhard blogs at What Would JT Do on Patheos and also contributes to AtheismResource.com. He is a co-founder of Skepticon, lead in the organizing of Skepticon 1, 2, and 3, and served as the Secular Student Alliance’s High School Specialist for a year and a half. Now JT is a full time writer and public speaker.

Aside from discussing his activism and writing, we discussed many topics of geeky interest.

Also joining us briefly was JT’s roommate Cambrige.

2:00:10 Poor Unfortunate Souls as performed by JT Eberhard in his operatic karaoke style. (Used by permission)

2:04:16 BLOOPERS

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0:25 INTRODUCTION
A little more on e-cigs, thanks to Skeptics with a K.

6:34 THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1814 – Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
• 1993 – Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
• 1996 – Tupac Shakur dies
• 2004 – Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars

27:26 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Google Listen is dead
• Curiosity update
• DARPA’s new 28 mph Cheetah
• Organic foods are not any healthier or better for the environment

42:19 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• The newest Popemobile is electric
• Christian monastery in Israel vandalized
• Romney moves back to the middle
• Or maybe not….
• The Democrats have added a little god to to their platform

55:23 FEATURE

Recently the Skeptics Guide to the Universe and Skeptics with a K both covered the FDA’s recent warning letter issued to British homeopathic manufacturer A. Nelson & Co, but they missed some nuances that Dustin’s experience with the FDA might help with.

• A. Nelson & Co
• Alfa Vitamin Laboratories
• Kare-N-Herbs
• Healing Ways
• Dragon Herbs

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Recorded on 08/25/12 for release on 08/30/12

After issuing a correction, covering this day in history and the latest in science and politics, we talk with Dr. Robert M. Price about the historicity of Jesus, the Q gospel, the future of Christianity, and BBQ.

INTRODUCTION

FEEDBACK
Kristi – with correction on genetic resistance to HIV

06:08 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – August 30

• 30 BCE – Cleopatra commits suicide
• 1918 CE – Vladimir Lenin shot
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice
• 1980 – Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with “Sailing”

16:46 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• A bonobo makes stone tools
• The origin of the Indo-European language group
• The Texas West-Nile outbreak

26:49 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Akin, Romney, rape, and abortion – article 1, article 2
• Obama and Romney on faith (Via Friendly Atheist)

38:55 INTERVIEW

Dr. Robert M. Price, PhD is Professor of Biblical Criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute as well as the editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism. His books include Beyond Born Again, The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts: A Feminist-Critical Scrutiny, Deconstructing Jesus, and The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man. Forthcoming titles are The Crisis of Biblical Authority, Jesus Christ Superstar: A Redactional Study of a Modern Gospel, The Da Vinci Controversy and The Amazing Colossal Apostle. He is also host of the Human Bible and the Bible Geek.

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00:00 INTRODUCTION

01:41 FEEDBACK

Kudos from Neil and mixed reviews on iTunes. If you think there’s room for improvement and we know there is, please email us at [email protected] with specifics on what we can do better.

05:27 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – August 16

• 1896 – Gold discovered in the Yukon
• 1948 – Babe Ruth dies
• 1958 – Madonna is born
• 1977 – Elvis Presley dies
• 1972 – Moroccan king survives attack by own air force

12:59 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Curiosity has landed
  • Curiosity pictures
  • OTA software upgrade
  • Only a 2MP camera?
• Two HIV patients now non-reactive
• Neolithic logging
• Size does matter, at least it does if your a rhinoceros beetle
• Ozone hole forming over the US

30:14 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Sikh temple shooting. For more information on Sikhism check out the article in Wikipedia
• Giant idol found in Turkey
• New photo of Nessie
• Taped German Olympic beach volleyball player, but not the good kind, pervert

44:33 INTERVIEW

SGT Justin Griffith, USA, is the Military Director for American Atheists and was the project lead for the original Rock Beyond Belief at Fort Brag and SSgt Christopher Herr, USMC, is the project lead for Rock Beyond Belief 2 that is being planned for Camp Pendleton.

• The official Rock Beyond Belief website
• Rock Beyond Belief on Freethought Blogs
• Facebook – Rock Beyond Belief | Justin Griffith | Chris Herr | Paul Loebe
• Rock Beyond Belief/Justin Griffith on Twitter

***The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not represent the views of the DoD, US Army, or US Marine Corp.***

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Okay, this episode was supposed to be released on 08/02/12, but life got in the way. More on that next week. Sorry about that. – Dustin

00:00 INTRODUCTION

Fun on Facebook
Shooting in Colorado

13:10 THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 02 August 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait
• 02 August 1934 – Hitler becomes the Fuhrer
• 02 August 1939 – Wes Craven of Freddy Krueger fame was born
• 02 August 1776 – Delegates sign the Declaration of Independence

25:15 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Orion parachute test
• Congress warned about hacked drones
• Mayan water management
• DARPA’s new acoustic fire suppression
• Non bruising or browning Canadian genetically modified apple might hit market soon

44:35 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Boy Scouts maintain anti-gay policy
• Washington’s Facebook voter registration – If your a Washington resident register now and vote yes on Referendum 74
• Colorado Shooting
  • Texas Republican blames Dark Knight shooting on Attacks on Christianity (Via Rock Beyond Belief)
  • Justin Griffith is investigating his DoD source
  • Only the Christian victims will go to heaven
  • It’s all because of evolution

59:59 MUSIC

To lighten the mood before the interview, we have Roy Zimmerman‘s Evolution 101 (used by permission).

64:27 FEATURE

Joining us for the second half of the show is Mike Sieber, the artist and blogger behind “The Atheist Pig” comic strip. You can find Mike on his website at theatheistpig.com and on Twitter @TheAtheistPig.

Mike’s take on the BS surrounding the Colorado shooting.

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0:00:00 INTRODUCTION

Dustin got a tattoo to commemorate the five year anniversary of his apostasy and talks about that very dark weekend leading up to his freedom.
You can find Dustin talking about some of the sexual issues he ran into on Living After Faith

0:10:04 THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 19

• 1779 – The Penobscot Expedition
• 1799 – The discovery of the Rosetta Stone
• 1884 – Arthur declares the power quarantine immigrants.

0:17:04 NEWS

• Science
  • The Boson Finding
  • Nearly complete Australopithecus sediba found
  • Giant South American reptiles
  • Pluto’s newest moon
• Politics/Religion/Culture
  • Gates and Ballmer’s support for Ref 74
  • The Catholic Church’s liability problem
  • Teresa MacBain is the new American Atheist PR Director

0:31:20 – INTERVIEW

Joining us for the feature segment is Jerry DeWitt, Executive Director of Recovering From Religion. Jerry is a former Pentecostal minister and the first graduate of the Clergy Project. We discuss the Clergy Project, Recovering from Religion, how his recovery has gone, Amerigod, and so much more.

You can follow Jerry on Twitter.

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Announcing the Treasure Valley Coalition of Reason!

Media Coverage:
Boise Weekly
KBOI 2
Christian Post

If you want to find your local coalition or start one, check out the United Coalition of Reason.

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Christian Nation or Godless Republic?

0:00 Intro

1:20 This Day in History – July 4

• 1976 – The Clash play their first gig
• 1776 – Signing of the Declaration of Independence
• 1826 – Jefferson and Adams die
• 1997 – The Pathfinder lands on Mars

7:57 News

• Flame can delete files
• Ancient Saharan dairy farmers
• China’s first manual space docking
• US sues to get tyrannosaurus fossils returned to Mongolia
• Fundamentalists use Nessie to “disprove” evolution
• EU rejects ACTA
• SOPA backers criticize netizens
• A majority of Americans would now vote for an atheist
• Vatican hires a PR guy

36:02 Is the United States a Christian nation?

55:39 Farewell

56:59 4th of July PSA

59:56 Out takes

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“I’m as mad as hell” speech taken from a clip found on YouTube and is originally from the motion picture “The Network” (1977) and is available on Amazon.com.

The music for this episode is “Stars and Stripes for Ever” by John Philip Suza and performed by the US Marine Corps Band.