Episode 230 – The Faithless Feminist
This week, we are joined my remote guest Karen Garst to discuss her book “” We had a really great conversation about why she put the book the book together and about many of the women who contributed their stories. Please note that on this particular recording, we encountered some audio issues on our end. […]
Episode 229 – Cripple Talk
For this week’s episode, we sat down with our friend Timmy Iverson, AKA “Timmy the Cripple.” We talk to him about living with a disability and how many times someone has tried to lay hands on him. It is an enlightening conversation about how one’s life experiences can be quite different when you have a […]
Episode 228 – The Atheist Delusion
Back on Sunday the 6th of November, the three of us joined Brianne Bilyeu on Atheists Talk radio to discuss Ray Comfort’s film The Atheist Delusion. You can listen to that episode here. Thing is, we couldn’t swear (full disclosure – Nick swore). And this is a movie that completely deserves some serious time devoted […]
Episode 225 – Jew-Ish
This week, we are joined by our friend Nathan Gerber to talk about how his divorced parents used religion as a tool in custody disputes. Nathan’s father was Jewish and his mother was Lutheran so he was raised both – depending on which house he was in. Although he apparently wasn’t told he couldn’t have […]
Episode 224 – Geologically Imminent
This week’s episode was recorded live at The Phoenix theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our guest was Jennifer Menken from the Bell Museum and she joined us to talk about the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. Unfortunately, she didn’t do much talking because Tim wouldn’t shut up. Hopefully we can get Jennifer back to talk […]
Episode 222 – Home Schooling
This week, we are joined by Vanessa and Jeremy Messersmith to talk about their experiences with Christian home schooling. Both of them grew up in fairly conservative Christian households and spent most of their lives being home schooled. The three of us tried to toss our pre-conceived notions of home schooling out the window but […]
Episode 221 – Revisiting Christian Privilege
This week marks our final recording from the 2016 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. We sit down in the beautiful trailer studios with our good friend Tony Miller to take another look at Christian Privilege in America. Tim spends a fair amount of time discussing the false equivalence between Tim Tebow and Colin Kaepernick. We also talk […]
Episode 220 – Arts and Crafters
This week, we are joined by regular guest Byron Miller. Byron is a crafter on the Renaissance Festival circuit and we talk to him about what he does for a living. It is interesting to listen to how much work goes into the process of selling wands, brooms and walking sticks. The next time you […]
Episode 218 – Triggered!
We have begun that time of the year where we are recording in the beautiful trailer studios! We are joined by frequent contributor Ronn Bauman to talk about the idea of Trigger Warnings. We’ve discussed this issue before and because it is a pretty big deal right now, we will no doubt discuss it again. […]
Episode 217 – Grief Without God
This week, we sit down with our friend Shea Roberts to talk about grieving as an atheist surrounded by believers. Sometimes it can be a bit of a challenge are you are expected to accept everyone else’s faith but they are not expected to give you the same consideration in return. Shea recently lost her […]