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Retired Minister, Friend Of Reason, Lover Of Life
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This week I'm happy to have Scott Mellor back to co-host and take a break from the topic of Religion. But not before discussing what I think are some serious problems with the four most important texts to the Christian faith. The Bible is a cultural artifact to me, and I accordingly have a [...]
This week I'm joined by Scott Mellor as a co-host to talk about the value of confession. Owning up to one's failures is a vestige of the religious life I think is valuable. Scott was kind of enough to let me open up about some really embarrassing parts of my life, and finally put them [...]
After a break the show is back, and I've brought on two Bible experts who spend their free time visiting Sunday Schools to engage the faithful in meaningful conversation. They also happen to be non-believers. While talking about the Bible is something that even some believers find unpleasant, this is not that kind of episode. [...]
This week comedian Steve Cantwell comes on to talk about his experiences in Mormonism, as well as solving a murder case and finding a hawaiian storage locker filled with women's underwear. Steve has been one of my favorite guests to record with, this episode being considerably more ribald than the rest. Follow Steve at [...]
This week Darrel Ray, author of "The God Virus" and "Sex And God" joins the podcast to talk about his work in ministry, thoughts on his books, as well as his work with Recovering From Religion.
This week I am joined by Anthony Magnabosco, who is well known for his Youtube series Street Epistemology. He discusses how he came to start his video series and what inspires him to continue approaching people and asking them how they know if their beliefs are indeed true.
Daniel King (KingMinistries.com) is a Christian evangelist who recently visited the American Atheist Convention in Oklahoma City to see what he could learn about skeptics to understand them, as well as to better evangelize to them. His sincerity in this pursuit was so charming, and so similar to my friend Rex's, who regularly visits Sunday Schools as an atheist to engage in dialogue, that I had to invite him on.
Rex, a fellow skeptic and friend of the show, also happened to attend the same convention, so I had him on to talk about his experience as well.
This week I'm happy to have Rex Burks on to talk about his adventures visiting Sunday Schools of every stripe to engage believers in conversation. As a non-believer, Rex and I are both fascinated by religion and the congregations surrounding them.
Ray Hill returns this week to discuss his experience as a teenage evangelist and what led him away from faith and a career in ministry (the two are very separate enterprises). Ray is an activist, speaker, and friend whose encouragement has been instrumental in my work on this site.
Michael Paras is a born and bred Houston comedian and winner of the 2015 Beta Bracket Stand Up Comedy Competition. In addition to stand-up he also does improv, sketch comedy, and is on the Performance Company at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
Topics include theories of comedy and non-concluding thoughts on Judaism and Michael's experience growing up in that tradition. Also Michael discusses circumcision in the Bible and why my genitals are apart of his comedy act.
This week Rick from the Secular Barbershop joins me to remember our recently passed friend Bruce Horst. Bruce was involved with both our shows, and a someone I considered a close friend. His warmth will be missed, and his loss is something that Rick and I felt merited a discussion.
This week, Warren Wright stops by to talk about performing as a comedian and the Philosophy that lays beneath the jokes. While a Socialist, Warren can be forgiven this misstep (only kidding) in light of his wit and sincerity. An avid skateboarder, Warren can be found in Houston's skate parks, and every Monday at Rudyard's.
Recovering From Religion is a non-profit dedicated to helping those who are questioning their views about religion, and those who are leaving religion. They offer support, live chats and a hotline for those who need someone to talk to, and Scott Smith joins me to talk about RFR.
After a hurricane hiatus, we return this week with a guest who serves Houston much needed relief in the form of intoxicating libations and banh mi sandwiches. Olay, who works at an undisclosed dive bar in the West Houston area, shares his story of working a normal gig as an accountant and transitioning to what he considers a much more fulfilling career as a bartender.
This week Brian David Foss, a real deal NASA employee, stops through to talk about his work with NASA and how we can really know that man has indeed landed on the moon.
This week my friend Verena Kalhoff joins the show to talk about her life and work in Science, the importance of Science in daily life. She also shares her experience living the first half of her life as a German citizen before coming America. Verena is a friend of mine and her keen wit always makes for interesting conversation.
This week, the podcast returns with author Steve Ebling calling in to talk about his book, "Holy Bible - Best God Damned Version". This work is an effort in translating the Bible into vernacular and vulgarities that will appeal to the common man. If you were wondering, yes, the biblical texts do indeed have vulgarities, and a great deal of explicit content (Ezekiel 23:20, Judges 19 anyone?).
This week, Uber 47 AKA Rick AKA Head Barber of the Secular Barbershop Podcast stops by to talk about minority voices and the non-white secular community. This has been one of my favorite episodes to record so far. The Secular Barbershop is a podcast you should be checking out: http://www.thesecularbarbershop.com,
This week artist Julia Claire Wallace stops by to talk about Performance Art, the scene it has in Houston, and her role setting up the Experimental Action festival I was invited to earlier this year. We talked about the functions of Art, and what makes Performance Art stand out from performing arts such as music and theater.
Debi Jackson is the founder of Gender Inc, and the mother of Avery Jackson, who is the first transgender person to appear on the cover of National Geographic. She is an advocate for the trans community, and the recipient of a lot of nasty threatening emails condemning her and her family.
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