Episode 11: Free Speech and Cancel Culture
In this episode, Todd and Nathan discuss Nathan’s recent article, “Reading John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty in the Age of ‘Cancel Culture’ and ‘Fake News’.” We discuss Mill’s famous defense of free speec...
14 Maj 20211h
Episode 10: The Seven Types of Atheism
In this episode, Nathan and Todd discuss the book, The Seven Types of Atheism, by John Gray. We talk about the seven types and offer comments and criticism along the way. Among the questions we raise ...
7 Maj 20211h
Episode 9: Politics, Atheism, and Secularism in France, with Dr. Charles Devellennes
In this episode, Todd and Nathan talk with Dr. Charles Devellennes about atheism in the French Enlightenment, the recent gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests in France, next year’s French presidentia...
29 Apr 20211h 5min
Episode 8: The Limits and Possibilities of Escapism, with Dr. Greg Sharzer
In this episode, Todd and Nathan talk with Dr. Greg Sharzer about his new book, Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism: Alienation, Work and Utopia (Routledge). We talk about religion as a means...
26 Apr 202158min
Episode 7: Sex, Suffrage, and Secularism, with Dr. Kimberly Hamlin
In this episode, Nathan and Todd talk with Dr. Kimberly Hamlin about her new book, Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener. Gardener (1853-1925) lived a fasc...
19 Apr 20211h
Episode 6: Atheists and Freethinkers, Past and Present
In this episode, Todd and Nathan discuss the history of atheism and its lessons for the present. How have atheists in the past lived? What barriers did they face? What values and politics did they esp...
29 Mars 202152min
Episode 5: Doing Secular Activism, with Andrew Grossen
In this episode, Nathan and Todd talk with Andrew Grossen, the Communications Manager at Secular Coalition for America. Among other things, we talk about the referendum campaigns Andrew worked on whil...
22 Mars 202146min
Episode 4: Understanding Secular Communities, with Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera
In this episode, Todd and Nathan are joined by their first ever guest, Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera, the Research Director and Managing Partner at Socioanalitica Research and a scholar of politics, race, ...
11 Mars 20211h 1min
