Episode 324 – Are We Losing?
This week, we sit down in the luxurious trailer studios with Riki Robinson and frequent returning guest Ronn Bauman. The question before our panel – are we losing? Is the secular movement falling further and further behind because of the rise of things like Donald Trump? The answer, like the question itself, is complex. And […]
Episode 323 – Prop Guns Real Guns
This week, our guest is Sean McArdle, a prop designer and builder who works for the Guthrie Theater. Ooooooo! Sean recently created a Fringe show where he talked about gun safety in theaters and how we might be able to use the safety protocols around fake guns to think about safety protocols around real guns. […]
Episode 322 – Digging up the Cyprus Problem
This week, we chat with friend of the show Bob Alberti and Valerie Woelfel about their work at the Idalion site on Cyprus. We learn a little bit about the political issues in the region (the Cyprus problem) and a lot about the archaeological history of Cyprus including some stuff about pygmy hippos and elephants! […]
Episode 321 – Inside Scientology
This week, we peek behind the curtain of Scientology with former cult member Shelby LaFreniere! She was deeply involved in Scientology until her parents left the “church.” Listening to her stories of life from the inside are fascinating we have nowhere near enough time to delve deeply into her experiences. Hopefully, we can bring her […]
Episode 320 – A Farewell to Fest
Ever since we started this podcast, we’ve talked about the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, where all three of us have worked. Well some stuff has gone down this year and Nick and Molly are calling it quits after this season. We have a really frank discussion about the realities of working for the Festival. We’ll all […]
Episode 319 – Luke Cage Season 2
This week, we are joined by our regular Neflix Marvel binge buddy Mark Sherman to talk about season 2 of Luke Cage! The episode definitely includes spoilers for the season to you shouldn’t listen if you care about such things. We all agree this is another strong outing for Cage and they even managed to […]
Episode 318 – A Muslim’s Perspective
This week, we talk with Commarrah Bashar about Islam. The twist is that Commarah is a practicing Muslim! After having talked about Islam a few times in the past, we thought it might be a good idea to bring in someone who actually knows what they are talking about. The conversation covers a lot but nowhere near […]
Episode 317 – Atheist in a Foxhole
This week, we are joined by our friend Chelsea Okey, who served in the US Army for several years. Her reason for joining, by the way, has to be one of the best reasons ever. While she was in the Army, she became and atheist and she was a non believer while serving in Afghanistan. […]
Episode 316 – Ant Man & The Wasp
The newest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in theaters and we have some thoughts! While the movie lacks the punch of Black Panther or Infinity War, we all thought it was…not bad. We talk over what we thought worked and what we thought could have been better and also the connotations the film […]
Episode 315 – Audience Member Roulette
This week’s episode of Geeks Without God was recorded live at CONvergence 2018. Our guest, Wade, was selected randomly from members of the audience who wished to be featured on an episode of our podcast. Wade is a theist and philosopher who is also a big fan of “Star Trek.” Fortunately, Melinda Snodgrass stuck around […]