Episode 084a Where-in Greg Interviews Everything at Skepticon

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00:01:07 Micah Weiss Skepticon Program Director
00:05:07 Ken and Maria Myrbach Skeptical Entrepeneurs
http://foliumoils.com/        
and
http://www.apopheniacandies.com/
00:11:20 Phil Ferguson Skepticmoney.com
00:17:08 Teresa McBain American Atheists PR Director
00:21:08 Darrel Ray Author Sex and God and The God Virus
00:21:39 Lauren Lane MC and Founder of Skepticon
00:27:49 Jeffrey Markus Executive Director of Skepticon
00:33:55 Keith Lowell Jensen Comedian
httP://rockass.net
00:44:10 George Hrab Musician and Podcaster
http://about.me/georgehrab

And noises in the background make for an interesting listening experience. Bonus points for identifying people and inanimate objects.

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The Big Board no Big Board for this, so here is a random play bill from the 1920's

Episode 081 Texas Freethought Convention Interviews and stuff

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00:01:31 Kathleen Johnson, Vice President, American Atheists
http://www.atheists.org/
00:05:25 Steven Joseph Arauza, Founder "Godless Patriots"
http://godlesspatriots.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/godlesspatriots/godless-patriots-american-atheist-shirts
00:14:00 Kevin Butler, Regional Campus Organizer For Texas, Secular Student Alliance
https://www.secularstudents.org/
00:20:15 Emily Davis - freethinking musician
http://emilydavis.bandcamp.com/
http://www.youtube.com/2hamsters1couple
00:28:00 Darrel Ray
http://ipcpress.com/index.php?id=1
http://thegodvirus.net/
00:34:45 Weekend Recap
Special thanks to State Legislators who supported us being on the Capitol steps
00:39:10 Magic Sandwich Show
00:41:10 The big Debate
First version of abortion debate with Matt Dillahunty and Kristine Kruszelnicki (give it a few days and a better version with clean audio and video will be available):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCg8Kb2qpg0
00:50:10 Atheism+

And no dogs at the convention, on the Capitol grounds, or in the car so who the hell knows what they were doing. Probably barking at something.

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And here is a picture of the shadow of an atom.

My thoughts: Reason Rally

I'm finally getting around to writing up my take on the Reason Rally. See, I attempted to have a life while I was in the DC area so I was unavailable for the recording of last week's Skeptic Wire podcast. For the record, I did have a life. It was nice to get away from the day job and spend some much needed time with my sister.

Reason Rally was pretty amazing. This is not my first rally/convention/gathering but it was by far the most energetic. And I'll echo what most everyone else said: it was a young crowd. Despite the rain, everyone was happy and ready for each speaker/act. Jamie Killstein killed the crowd with his irreverent humor and Bad Religion rocked it like they were still in their 20s. Additionally Shelly Segal (I hope I spelled that right) was just beautiful and kind. Jessica Ahlquist was awarded her scholarship (+$60,000) for standing up for our constitution. Despite being a teenager, she held her stand with poise and conviction. She also didn't hesitate or stutter during her remarks. And Jamilla Bey!

The day was not without its low points. The rain was definitely a low point. I think it took me a good two days to finally feel dry again. And there were some asshats in the crowd who felt that the semi crowded quarters meant that it was okay to grab my ass. I know this happens in any large crowd and while I don't hold it against the atheist community, I did hate that it happened.

But I got to see old friends (Looking at you Karen, and Richard and Jeorgia and Gary and of course, David!). Got to meet Thinking Atheist and Nate Phelps. Speaking of Nate Phelps, he gave one of the more uplifting and powerful speeches I heard. This is a man who left his entire family behind because he couldn't stand their radical religious adherence. In case you are not familiar, Nate Phelps is the son of Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church-God hates f@gs.Thank God for IEDs fame.



And hey, I got my boobs signed by Dr. Darrel Ray... I'm currently reading his book Sex and God! It is a book that the anthropologist in me, absolutely adores and finds incredibly sexy.

Episode 041 ask questions coyly but with great vigor

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This Week:

We skyped it in this week, so there are some audio issues: we're fixing them if we ever happen to do this again.

00:02:30 Skeptical Birthdays

00:07:00 Jennifer Ahlquist update

http://jesusfetusfajitafishsticks.blogspot.com/

00:12:00 SOPA, PIPA, ACTA

00:21:50 Darel Ray INterview for his new book

"Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality" available here:

http://ipcpress.com/

or get it at Amazon.com

01:18:17 Lightning Round

And the dogs wonder where all the voices are coming from even though nobody else is in the house. "Hmmmm," they ponder, "this is odd."

http://www.reasonrally.org

http://recoveringfromreligion.org/

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Not the big board at all.