EV - 237 Defining "religion" with Chris Kavanagh
My returning guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), a cultural anthropologist and co-host of the Decoding the Gurus pod. We discuss competing accounts of how to define "religion" and their i...
21 Apr 20221h 6min
EV - 236 Reengaging LGBTQ nonbelievers with Callie Wright
My guest this week is Callie Wright (@calliegetsit). We discuss the recent history of movement secularism and why it's struggling with a reputation issue amongst LGBTQ communities.Callie's podcast: ht...
7 Apr 20221h 12min
EV - 235 Grand Unified Theory of Bullshit with Tom and Cecil
My guest this week are Tom and Cecil of the Cognitive Dissonance podcast (@dissonance_pod). We discuss their new book, The Grand Unified Theory of Bullshit, and how to apply their GUT check approach t...
31 Mars 20221h 6min
EV - 234 Navigating Gender Criticism with Corrina Cohn
My guest this week is Corinna Cohn (@heterodorx), a gender critical activist, self identifying transsexual and cohost of the Heterodorx podcast. We discuss her views on gender and policies regarding b...
24 Mars 20221h 7min
EV - 233 Nonbeliever Community Organizing with Hemant Mehta
My guest this week is Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta), co-host of the Friendly Atheist and host of the friendly atheist youtube channel. Hemant is also a contributor at OnlySky, a news and commentary webs...
10 Mars 20221h 6min
EV - 232 Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves with Jeff Sebo
My guest this week is Jeff Sebo (@jeffrsebo), director of the NYU animal studies MA program and author of Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves. We discuss his new book, what sort of progress non-human ani...
3 Mars 20221h 2min
EV - 231 Questioning The Placebo Effect with Mike Hall
My guest this week is Mike Hall (@mikehall314), co-host of Skeptics with a K and one of the directors of the UK skeptic magazine. We discuss common misconceptions about the placebo effect, the possibi...
24 Feb 20221h 2min
EV - 230 Solidarity in Conflict with Rochelle DuFord
My guest this week is Rochelle DuFord (@rochellehd) assistant professor of philosophy at university of Hartford and author of Solidarity in Conflict. We discuss her new book and the implications for o...
17 Feb 20221h 2min
