Episode 18 – Atheist Voices of Minnesota
This week, we were joined by Bill Lehto, editor of “Atheist Voices of Minnesota,” a collection of essays from Minnesota Atheists. The book features essays by prominent Minnesota atheists including former guest Stephanie Zvan, PZ Myers, Chris Stedman, and our very own Tim Wick! Bill talks with us about the process of producing the book and […]
Episode 17 – The Contender
Welcome to another in-depth movie episode on Geeks Without God. We decided to watch The Contender after going over the listener answers we received in Episode 13. The film stars Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater and Gary Oldman and features an atheist protagonist. While her atheism is not the central source of conflict, it […]
Episode 16 – Vote No
Our guest this week is Tony Miller, who plays Shamus the Insulter at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival (as well as other festivals around the country). He was raised in the Menonnite church but moved away from it when he was in his thirties, eventually resolving that he was an atheist. As we talked about his […]
Episode 15 – Halloween Boners
For our October Geeky Boner episode, we talked about spreadsheets, Borderlands 2 (oh boy do we talk about Borderlands 2), and Tim’s band, The Dregs. They just released a new CD (Do it Like You’re Drunk), which Molly and Nick recommend. We also spent a lot of time talking about Halloween because all three of […]
Episode 14 – Helllllllo Islam!
In this week’s episode, we talk with our friend Porter about recent protests in the Middle East. We spend a lot of time talking about Islam – the first show in which we’ve spent a lot of time talking about that particular faith. We talk about the idea of wanting to kill someone in the […]
Episode 13 – Atheism Plus
This week is an all atheism episode! We explore the difference in terminology between “atheist, non-believer,” and “skeptic.” We talk about how we self identify our own beliefs about god and then we start talking about the atheism plus movement. We get into very serious conversations about social justice and feminism as part of the […]
Episode 11 – Indiana Jones Boner
Another installment of our geeky boners! Molly geeks about the Renaissance Festival, Nick geeks about his new job and Tim geeks about Indiana Jones. We talk about the odds of aliens visiting our planet vs. the odds that god exists. Because we are geeks, we dis on George Lucas for a little while. Then we […]
Episode 9 – Inherit the Wind
In this week’s episode, we talk about the 1960 film Inherit the Wind starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly. It’s one of Tim’s favorite films and had a lot to do with shaping his attitudes about evolution and religion. Nick had never seen it so we all sat down and watched the movie and then […]
Episode 8 – Zombie Fungus
In this episode, we interview Biologist Laura Okagaki-Vraspir, who had the distinction of being our first post CONvergence guest! We talk to her about what got her interested in her specialty and the challenges of being a woman in her field. She also educates us on fungi that create zombie ants and reassures us that […]
Episode 7 – Two Year Long Mars Boner
The three of us get together to explore our most recent geeky boners including comic books, Mars Curiousity and running with zombies. Tim also talks a little about his contribution to an essay compilation. Then we turn our minds to a question a Fundamentalist Christian asked Tim on his blog – is there such a […]