Atheists Talk Radio Show

Sunday August 19, 2018 This week we are joined by the hosts of the Unapologetix podcast, a skeptical atheist show out of Florida.  We talk about their religious background, and their religious differences (shhh!  Only one of them self labels as atheist). Patrons get almost an hour of bonus content! If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Sunday August 12, 2018 This Sunday Jordan, Julie, and Maddy discuss how atheists have been oppressing christians over the centuries, and how we have been doing our best to limit the religious liberties of marginalized christians in the United States. We also make fun of Jeffery Beauregard Sessions.  If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Sunday August 5, 2018 This weekend a Christian art festival was held in Greenswood, Wisconsin, Athanatos Fest.  Part of the festival included a debate between an atheist, and a long time Christian friend.  We brought the atheist on this week's show to discuss the debate, talk about himself, and because he seems like a pretty interesting fellow all around. Dan is a British public health specialist, formerly an ED nurse and aid worker for Doctors Without Borders, he has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, a masters in public health and a diploma in health & human rights. After achieving a philosophy degree (96-99) Dan decided he wanted to keep up the practice of debating, so he started visiting some very early internet discussion forums, and the most interesting ones were generally American. This led to some adversarial friendships developing with people (such as Tony, who is hosting the Christian Arts festival that he is here for) while Dan has stated he disagrees with Tony on about almost everything th

July 29, 2018 Hertzey just returned from Camp Quest North where she got the idea for this week's show whilst being slathered in apple sauce and jelly.  Light on the atheism this week, but according to homeopathic principles, that makes our atheism extra potent! Patrons of the show can enjoy an extra long episode! If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

July 22, 2018 The Problem of Evil is a philosophical discussion that traditionally is attributed to the Greek philosopher Epicurious.  While it predates the monotheistic religions that dominate many cultures today, it is still a relevant logical argument when talking to theists today. In this episode August discusses his pamphlet on the subject, which you can obtain by sending an email to info@mnatheists.org or by emailing Atheists Talk at radio@mnatheists.org Some suggested resources for further reading on the subject of The Problem of Evil: “The Problem of Evil” pamphlet – August Berkshire  The Logical Problem of Evil – https://www.iep.utm.edu/evil-log Wikipedia: Problem of Evil – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil God, Freedom, and Evil – Alvin Plantinga God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question – Why We Suffer – Bart D. Ehrman Nonbelief & Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God – Theodore M. Drange When Bad Things Happen to Good People – (Rabbi) Harold

July 15, 2018 Hertzey and Joseph are joined by Dr. Steve Ecker, a geneticist who has an amazing way of breaking down this really complicated topic into something non-geneticists can understand.   If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

July 8, 2018 This Sunday we're happy to be joined by Amy & Nadya from The Ginger Snaps podcast.  They're both skeptic and atheist redheads, one is a scientist, and one a science enthusiast.  They joke, tell personal stories, and educate themselves while they educate the audience.  Give them a listen here, and then give their podcast a listen. Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegingersnapspodcast/ Twitter: @Gingerspod Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ginger-snaps/id1202781644?mt=2 If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Sunday July 1, 2018 This week Hertzey & Maddy are joined by special guest, and stand up comedian, Elizabeth Ess.  Hertzey and Elizabeth are part of a CONvergence panel next weekend called Laughing with/at the God(s) we thought it would be fun topic to discuss this week on air. You can find Elizabeth Ess all over the social media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethesscomedy Twitter:https://twitter.com/lizdropsit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wyatt_twerk/ CONvergence: http://www.convergence-con.org/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

This weekend the Atheists Talk crew road tripped to Chicago to catch The Inciting Incident 150th episode recorded at The Den Theater in Chicago.  Guests included our very own Stephanie Zvan, Mandisa Thomas, and Alix Jules.  For this episode we break down the show, what was said, and why it was important for all of us. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Sunday June 17, 2018 David Gamut travels the world doing speaking event where he uses his skills as a mentalist to entertain as well as educate the audience on how to have empathy for one another, and how to have productive conversations with people we disagree with. You can find David on twitter at https://twitter.com/DavidGamut Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidgamut/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidgamut And stay tuned because we plan on having David back again in a couple of months, as we didn't get to everything we wanted to talk about today.  Patreons can listen to an additional 30 minutes or so of conversation. You may notice a background buzz in the intros and outros of each segment.  There was a technical problem not noticed until the end of the recording, and while we have removed the buzz for the conversation, we were unable to isolate and remove it in the musical sections, and for this we greatly apologize. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for ano

Sunday June 10, 2018 Atheism is Non-Partisan Minnesota Atheists recently hosted a candidate forum for those running for Governor, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. We invited all candidates to answer the following question at the forum, either themselves or an official campaign representative authorized to speak on their behalf: "How will your personal views on religion be separated from how you administer our secular government?" Our opening speaker was Evan Stewart, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Minnesota. His dissertation work examines the political impact of the growing non-religious population in the United States. We wanted to test the draw of the secular voter that has been on the rise in the past number of years.  We encourage candidates from across the political spectrum to attend, as atheism is non-partisan, from the most liberal of liberal to the most conservative of conservative...atheism is not tied to an

Sunday June 3, 2018 This week Hertzey and Joseph are happy to be joined via Skype by freelance writer and podcaster Nathan Dickey who has come on to discuss one of his favorite topics; the portrayal of religious apocalypses in cinema through the years. Nathan hosts the Trolling with Logic and Leap of Doubt podcasts. A Leap of Doubt is a podcast about a lot of things that orbit the central, overarching theme of secular humanism: philosophy, skepticism, atheism, science, feminism, social justice, mental health, and raw human experience. https://www.patreon.com/aleapofdoubt Trolling with Logic describes itself as: "A weekly skeptical podcast with an irreverent sense of humour. We've changed and evolved over the years in ways that would have Darwin spinning so fast in his grave angular momentum would phone in to complain. We currently focus on skepticism with a pop culture angle, looking at the science behind our favorite media. In addition, we [TWIL] also undertake movie and TV review from those sublime cinemat

Sunday May 27, 2018 We bring Marissa back again this week to discuss her newest book, Once Unspoken, A Series of Monologues From the Previously Unheard as well as discussing her upcoming live show in Chicago, featuring our very own Stephanie Zvan as a guest.  Patreon's of Atheists Talk can look forward to Marissa reading 3 of the essay's from her book, one of which was powerful, bringing the whole studio to tears. You can find Marissa at her home page: http://rismccool.com/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RisMcCool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IncitingIncidentPodcast/memberships and of course you can search your favorite podcasting service for the Inciting Incident podcast or The Cis are Getting Out of Hand, just 2 of the many projects she is involved in. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contac

Sunday May 20, 2018 This Sunday we're joined by Larry from "Man Yells at News".  Larry Yellingman and guest hosts yell at silly news stories and plug things weekly...so we decided we'd do the same.  Marissa Alexa Lennex McCool, and Priss Lennex McCool join Herzey and Maddy and extra special guest Larry Yellingman for a one of a kind Atheists Talk. The show goes beyond silly, but we all have a lot of fun, and we hope that you have as much fun listening as we did in recording. You can find Larry's podcast wherever quality podcasts are found, including Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/man-yells-at-news Or follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Larryyellingman/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarryYellingman Marissa's home page which you can use to access all of her podcasts, photography, and books: http://rismccool.com/ And find & listen to The Interesting Life of Priss: https://www.facebook.com/Prissunicorn/ or on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-interesting-life-of-priss If you

Sunday May 13th 2018 Our guest this week is Michael Moore, an Occupational Therapist from Michigan.  We discuss a variety of topics, but focus on secular approaches to the specific healthcare need's of children with diagnoses that can adversely affect a child's ability to learn alongside and participate in the activities of their peers. LINKS: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2014/are-children-overmedicated.shtml https://www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-drugs/children-on-psychiatric-drugs/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support the show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Sunday May 6th, 2018 The debate about the appropriate bounds of humor broke out again last weekend with Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, but it's been heated and ongoing for years if not decades. Who should be the target of jokes? What's off limits, if anything? If we put limits on comedy, will it die a pitiful little death or get stronger? Our guest today is Leighann Lord. She's a stand-up comedian, one of the co-hosts of the StarTalk podcast, and writer of several books, including Real Women Do It Standing Up. She was one of the faces of the African Americans for Humanism billboard campaign and has performed at several atheist conferences. She joins us today to talk about being funny without being a jerk. Leighann's website: http://www.veryfunnylady.com/ Leighann on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeighannLord Leighann on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeighannFans/

Sunday April 29th 2018 Hertzey, Scott, Maddy, and special guest Callie Wright of The Gaytheist Manifesto sit down to take a deep dive and discuss their love of Star Trek.  Callie teaches us Klingon and Scott tells us which Star Trek series won a Peabody...and the episode only gets better from there.  Patreons of the show get an extra 30 minutes where we continue the Star Trek love.  As little as $1 an episode gets you access by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk  You can find Callie's podcast, The Gaytheist Manifesto in the very same place as Atheists Talk.  Visit her showpage at http://www.thegaytheistmanifesto.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheist

Sunday April 22, 2018 Grant Haas sits down with Hertzey and Scott to discuss his time with Focus on the Family. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support the show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

April 8, 2018 Rebecca Hensler, founder of Grief Beyond Belief, joins us to discuss the founding, the purpose, and why this is such a needed community for grieving non-believers. Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of content over on the Patron RSS feed...where we will take a hard right and discuss the pros and cons of Instant Pot and delicious recipes. LINKS: Homepage: http://griefbeyondbelief.org/ Grief Beyond Belief Facebook (not closed group): https://www.facebook.com/faithfreegriefsupport/ Secular Grief Support Handbook: https://www.facebook.com/seculargriefsupporthandbook/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support the show by visiting https://www.patreon

A rational discussion on the existence of unicorns...because its Easter, April Fools Day, Skeptics Day, and because the argument for unicorns is pretty much the same argument for god. Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of content over on the Patron RSS feed. If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support the show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk