Episode 78 – New Year 2014

This week’s episode closes out 2013 with a look back at the last year and a look forward to what has us excited about 2014.  Tim talks about a major life change that is coming up in the New Year.  In addition, we talk about the geek movie landscape in 2013, the finale of Breaking […]

Episode 77 – Religion and Weddings

This week we are joined by our friends Jeemy and Amy, who have been frequently mentioned on our podcast but never featured.  At least we’ve talked about Jeremy a lot.  We’ve been fairly silent about Amy, which is probably OK with her.  We start by addressing the Holiday elephant in the room (Christmas is tomorrow […]

Episode 76 – Mini Boners

It’s time for another Geeky Boner episode!  This week, Tim talks about the 2013 version of Butt-Numb-a-Thon in Austin (he’s talked about it before).  As usual, he claims his favorite movie was some obscure old movie instead of one of the big name premieres.  Nick gets all excited about a new comic by Darwyn Cooke. […]

Episode 75 – Seeking Answers

This week our guest is Carr Hagerman, speaker and Artistic Director of the Minnesota Renaissance festival.  We start with talking to Carr about his journey to atheism and then he tells us a remarkable story that changes the direction of the entire conversation.  We start to explore the ideas of sexual abuse and religion failing […]

Episode 74 – Too Soon?

Returning guest Ronn Bauman joins us for a discussion of comic theory!  We ask the question, how soon is too soon and we also talk about topics that are comedic minefields.  Do you stay away from certain types of jokes all together or do you work to craft the right kind of joke?  Is laughter […]

Episode 73 – Geography Class

This week we are once again live at Omegacon 2013! We talk with our friend The Captain (not his real name) about his work as a Geography teacher and how that relates to evolution and atheism.  We also talk a little bit about how he sometimes finds himself dealing with students who want to use […]

Episode 72 – DragonRaid

This week’s very special episode was recorded live at OmegaCon 2013 and features guests Brianne Bilyeu and Ceitius of the Xtreme Tasting League helping us play the Christian Role Playing game “DragonRaid!”  It’s not actually a role playing game, mind you, as that leads to Satan worship.  It is officially a fantasy simulation. It is […]

Episode 71 – Growing up Without God

This week, we are joined by Tim’s son Alex.  Alex is 14 years old and has been an atheist since he was nine.  Or earlier.  He doesn’t really remember.  We talked to Alex about why he doesn’t believe in god and what impact that has on his day to day life.  He also had some […]

Episode 70 – Atheism and Parenting

This week we are joined by Tim’s wife Pat and we have a conversation about raising kids in an atheist/secular household.  That’s how it starts, anyway.  We follow a whole lot of tangents along the way including a conversation about how atheists feel compelled to keep their opinions to themselves in situations where theists feel […]

Episode 69 – Star Trek Humanism

This week we are joined by guest Scott Lohman, President of the Humanists of Minnesota and big “Star Trek” fan.  We talk about Gene Roddenberry and his beliefs and then get deeply entrenched in how those beliefs about god found their way into “Star Trek” continuity.  There is a little bit of time spent talking […]