Primordial Soup

Deon and Brian discuss current events from a skeptical, atheist, feminist, leftist point of view.

Episode 84: Veganism and Ghostly partners

In this week's episode: 1. Veganism is not that good for you according to some christians. 2. Engaged to a Ghost 3. Outspoken anti homosexual pastor, out on bail for child abuse 4. Israel Folau's  Go Fund Me initiative under the spotlight  

06-30
50:12

Episode 83: Penis Exorcism and more

On this weeks podcast: 1. Penis Exorcism 2. Pakistan kidnapping young girls and forcing them to renounce their religion in order to marry into another. 3. Climate change - Greta Thunberg

06-17
54:59

Episode 82: EU Elections and universal basic income

In this episode: 1. The recent EU election results 2. Would a basic universal income work? What would it mean for you?

06-05
01:08:32

Episode 81: Your vote counts

On this weeks episode: 1. Discuss the voting in South Africa and the EU voting 2. The pope declares a new law! 3. Israel plan to send a bible into space and much more    

05-15
57:03

Episode 80: What in the world is going on?

On tonights show: Brian and Deon catch up on life and current affairs taking place all over.  What is happening where and why? 

05-01
56:03

Episode 79 : Bring and share with Philip Viljoen

On tonights show:   1. A quick update on the state of Brexit. 2. Philip shares a report on the MMR vaccine and Autism.   3. Brian speaks about China's detention centres for Muslims.

04-17
54:43

Episode 78 - Kenyans reject the mark of beast

On tonight's show we’ll: Discover that Kenyans are not so happy to just unquestioningly accept the mark of the beast Consider the plight of Iraqi atheists Find out how America are going to make God great again, in the Democratic party… Ask ourselves why Polish Christians are burning our precious Harry Potter books And in its not that bad: Celebrate the glory of Norwegian electric car usage

04-11
45:27

Episode 77: A few more good stories

On tonights show: 1. Brexit - what is happening? 2. Mother drowns her daughter 3. Catholic Priests, feminism and the youth 4. A few more good stories .... 

04-07
46:45

Episode 76: Bring and Share with Salma Kagee

On tonight's show: 1.  Deon Barnard, speaks about feminism and  2.  Brian, discusses a bit about the events that unfolded in Christchurch, New Zealand this week. 3. Salma Kagee explores equal pay across the genders

03-22
56:43

Episode 75: Atheists can fellowship

On tonights show: 1. We revisit the Catholic Child Rape Scandal 2. We'll see that atheists can fellowship 3. Have we seen the last of ISIS? 4. There is good news : 99 Good news stories you probably didn't hear about in 2018 https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-good-news-stories-you-probably-didnt-hear-about-in-2018-cc3c65f8ebd0?fbclid=IwAR2sCleradGW6o0qOSxsKqsTwZSWz_OnRU9rXNsnheNMqKNDSfbYThI5AlY

03-12
55:43

Primordial Soup Episode 74

On tonight’s show: We’ll wonder if South Africa could teach America a thing or two about taxing religious people. We’ll discover that when people die, they really do stay dead. We’ll ask ourselves why the hell a group of witches would want to waste their time casting spells on Donald Trump 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. And in it's not all that bad tonight:And We’ll geek out about Nasa’s Dragon 2 docking with the international space station!

03-08
43:34

Episode 73: Bring and Share with Charles Webster

On tonight's show we try a new format we want to use occasionally - Bring and Share. Each of the hosts brings a topic currently on their mind and we discuss the shit out of it. This week we discussed: (Charles) White South Africans should learn a black language (Brian) Sending our industry to space on a giant cable (Deon) Dick Atheism vs. Humanism

02-26
01:08:15

Episode 72: Interview with Philip Viljoen

On tonight’s show we’ll: We’ll be talking to Phillip about autism, vaccinations and his transition from woo to atheism We’ll be super disappointed in DC comics for giving in to fundamentalist pressure We’ll consider the upcoming insect apocalypse We’ll ask ourselves why Prophet Bushiri’s daughter isn’t being employed by the national health service And We’ll remind ourselves why we all want to live in Europe

02-22
56:17

Episode 71. Measles and Plastic free shopping

On tonight’s show we’ll: Try work out why God loves money laundering criminals with private jets Find out why Russia is unplugging themselves from the internet Consider the harm of not immunizing children against measles And consider the wet grossness of the Hindu KUMBH MELA FESTIVAL And in “it’s not that bad” tonight, we’ll look at the rise of plastic-free grocery shopping

02-14
51:46

Episode 70. Contraception, Death by circumcision & politics in SA

On tonight’s show we’ll: Find out why the Pope might be a little unhappy about the new guidelines around the contraceptive pill… because, that is of course something he has read a lot about and is a real expert on... Hear about Germany’s plans to cut back on fossil fuel mining... And remind ourselves “what’s the harm” about religion as we consider the death of a child due to circumcision rituals. And we consider the horror of yet another theocratic political party in the south african electoral landscape. And finally, we’ll find out that it's not all that bad! No really, it isn’t. There’s a whole book dedicated to the subject of not that badness...

02-05
40:33

Episode 69. An interview with SASS, Brexit, and free transport for all!

In this episode we: Interview the South African Secular Society Discover Jesus Christ the comic book superhero Rant about Brexit Celebrate free transport in Luxembourg

02-01
54:02

Episode 68. Primordial Soup relaunches!

Deon and Brian have brushed off their pc's and relaunched Primordial Soup after a three year sabbatical. In this episode we  are not so surprised by the Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism discuss Elon Musk’s stainless-steel rocket find out about a Saudi teen looking for asylum in Australia introduce our new segments, “It’s not all bad”, “Just for laughs”, and “Thought of the week”  We really want to take Primordial Soup to the next level this year. Please add your comments ands feedback to the bottom of this show. Please share the RSS feed or this link with your friends and help us build the Primordial Soup community.  

01-16
40:00

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