Episode 301 – Grief Beyond Belief
This week, we sit down in a room situated right above a loud musical act and talk with Rebecca Hensler about Grief Beyond Belief. Rebecca created the community for the secular community after the loss of a child because she realized there is no support network for those who do not believe in god. In […]
Episode 205 – The Way of the Heathen
This week, we are joined by Greta Christina, writer, blogger, and founder of The Orbit. Greta joined us to talk about her new book “The Way of the Heathen.” The book was released on June 1st and it looks at how atheists live their lives without god. Greta joined us remotely and things went pretty well. […]
Tim and Nick on Atheists Talk
In case you missed Tim and Nick’s appearance on Atheists Talk this week, we have a copy of the show so you can listen NOW! They were part of a panel of atheist and skeptic podcasters from the Twin Cities and spent most of their time talking about how Molly wasn’t there.
Episode 147 – Atheism on CNN
In case you missed it, a few weeks ago CNN aired a special report on atheists entitled Atheists: Inside the World of Nonbelievers. We watched the special report, took notes and then sat down to share a small percentage of those notes with our listeners. Parts of the report we just fine. Other parts were […]
Episode 120 – Who Speaks for Atheists?
This week we take a look at the fallout in the Atheism movement following some poorly chosen comments by “leaders” in the movement like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. The strength of the atheist movement is our combined distaste for organized leadership. It is also a weakness. We examine that dichotomy and try to figure […]
Episode 80 – Coming Out
This week on Geeks Without God, our friend Emily joins us to come out as an atheist. She talks about her exploration of religion, her growing doubts, and her eventual decision that she no longer believed in god. Tim also talks about some of the reasons he found it difficult to leave religion behind. This […]
Episode 51 – Televised Atheism
This week’s episode is a double date as Tim’s wife Patricia joins us to talk about atheist characters on television. We haven’t spent a lot of time on TV shows and this podcast covers a wide range of atheist characters from Sheldon Cooper to Temperance Brennan. Tim has something of a bug up his butt […]
Episode 38, Atheism and AA, Part 2
This week, we are joined by Zach Nyhus, who was also “background voice #1” on last week’s episode. Like last week’s guest Marc (who is our background voice this week), Zach is a recovering alcoholic and an atheist. He, however, has found a secular chapter of AA. Atheist & Agnostic AA (4A)is a new movement […]
Episode 37 – Atheism and AA, Part 1
This week we talk with Marc Baker about his experiences as a atheist who is also a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. In something new for us, we recorded with next week’s guest Zach Nyhus in the room because he is also a recovering alcoholic. Marc shares his feelings about the way AA pushes god as a […]
Episode 35 – Religulous
Inspired by our talk about asshole atheists, we decided to watch Bill Maher’s film Religulous. Maher himself is frequently referred to as an asshole atheist and he certainly does his best to rile up several believers throughout the movie. We’d all seen the movie before but it elicited strong reactions and got us to think about […]