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The Atheist in the Trailer Park

Aug 31, 2015

Show notes will be up tomorrow evening.  In this episode I talk about Josh Duggar's latest scandal (and how it probably won't be the last), arrests in the case of a murdered blogger in Bangladesh, the death of an archbishop who had a large child porn collection, the discovery of an ancient Spartan palace, our ancestors...


Aug 24, 2015

Show notes are here.  A bit shorter episode than usual, because the chapter didn't quite fill out the hour.  In this chapter, Doane reveals the Christian church copied the idea for Christmas from other religions, and that similar such celebrations are found on Dec. 25th in even societies which never heard...


Aug 15, 2015

Show notes for this episode.  This week I interview the lovely and charming Callie Wright from the Gaytheist Manifesto podcast.  We talked about some of the issues facing those in the trans community, such as the high rate of suicide, discrimination, and the struggle for recognition.  I also got Callie to open up about...


Aug 10, 2015

Show notes can be found here. This finishes up the chapter on Christian symbols, with Doane talking about the cross in pre-Columbian Americas, the XP symbol in Constantine's standard, the trefoil, triangle, the shamrock, the fish, and the serpent(!).  Since its a shorter section, I also cover two news stories.  One on...


Aug 4, 2015

The guys who're getting ready to launch the Atheist Apocalypse podcast had asked me to insert their promo into one of my episodes, but like an idiot, I kept forgetting to do that, so here's the podcast, along with an update on Beth's GoFundMe campaign, to help her take care of her bills in the wake of her having had a...