Episode 270 – Atheists Talk Radio
This week, we have a conversation with Hertzy Hertz, the producer of Atheists Talk Radio. If you are from Minnesota, you can listen Sunday Mornings on AM 950. If you aren’t from around here, you can listen online by following this link! You can also find past episodes on iTunes and Google Play. Hertzey tells […]
Episode 269 – Total Eclipse
This week, we talk to our friend Melissa Kaercher and Laurie Richardson Sweep about their trip to Wyoming to watch the recent solar eclipse. We learn all about their experiences at a truck stop with extra eclipse glasses, some eclipse scalpers, and pie. If you didn’t manage to experience the totality for yourself, you can […]
Episode 268 – John Dick Winters
For this week’s episode, we are joined by Pittsburgh comedian John Dick Winters. He was on tour and contacted us about appearing on our podcast. We said yes because it meant we didn’t have to do nearly as much work. John talks to us about how he came to atheism and his twin daughters, who […]
Episode 266 – God and Evolutionary Psychology
This week’s episode features guest Matthew Kessen. Matt is a monster expert so naturally, he came on the podcast to talk about evolutionary psychology and how that ties into the possible benefits of religion. We spend the podcast mostly listening to Matt talk about all the reasons humans are kind of wired to believe in […]
Episode 263 – Life After Death and Austria
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 for our fifth birthday! We are joined by frequent guest Joseph Scrimshaw who tells us all about his work with a video game company in Austria. We also talk about the idea of what we’d like to see in an afterlife and our concerns with the concept […]
Episode 262 – Death with Doctor LOV
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 with our good friend Laura Okagaki-Vraspir or, as we call her because of her initials, Doctor Lov! You might remember her as one of our first guests way back on episode 8 when she talked about zombie fungus. She’s back to talk to us about cancer! Specifically, […]
Episode 261 – Collectable Cards and Cookies
This week we are joined by Philadelphia comedian and podcaster Brain Durkin. Brian was in town for a little while and we sat down with him to talk about his history making money playing collectable card games, his thoughts on religion, and his podcast Full Belly Laughs. We had a great conversation with him and […]
Episode 259 – Mooks is in the House!
This week, our guest is Saymoukda Vongsay, the Refugenius! She is a poet and playwright who is going to be a Guest of Honor at CONvergence 2017. We have a far ranging conversation with her that covers her experiences as a refugee, her buddhist roots, her play “Kung-Fu Zombies” and just about everything else! If […]
Episode 258 – Luke Cage & Iron Fist
This week, we take a look at the latest original Marvel series on Netflix – Luke Cage and Iron Fist. We are joined by our favorite Marvel expert, Mark Sherman. Luke Cage, we all agree, isn’t perfect but is still pretty darn good. Iron Fist, however, is a series about which none of us could […]
Episode 255 – Murmurs of Doubt
For this week’s episode, we got a sneak preview at the new graphic novella, Murmurs of Doubt, by writer/artists Rebecca Fox. The book will be out the middle of June and available for purchase via Rebecca’s web page and also on Amazon. It is twelve explorations of the moment when someone first experiences that moment […]