The Atheist News Podcast

I am sick and high on cold medicine for this show, Richard is… well, Richard. We had a spot of technical difficulty, but we soldiered through it. I am still sick and high on cold medicine as I post this, so I am going to keep it short. Don’t forget to check out the new poll I just put up! Oh, and here is the picture I promised in the show: Atheist News this week: Christian group utilizes gross misrepresentation to dodge hot lesbians, hate crimes are now belief systems, Jenny McCarthy... more

This is pretty-much the “Haiti Show.” When disaster strikes, so–apparently–do the disingenuous and the mentally unsound. We talk a lot about the atheist “identity” and toss around some ideas and opinions about the place where charity and the nebulous identity of atheism meet. Not that we actually reach any conclusions, mind you. And hey, I promised on this show that I’d paste in a link to the official form for complaining to the IRS about the abuse of tax... more

Richard is back from the “Heads VI” meeting and we talk a bit about what went on during this pow-wow of the high muckity-mucks of atheism. We didn’t have a whole lot of time to spend on it during the show, but I promise we’ll get Richard either on the Chariots of Iron podcast or on a special “extra” edition of the Atheist News Podcast to talk more about the meeting. As an extra-special treat during our closing credits, ALROmega agreed to let us turn you out with... more

I have the Rev Dr. Mark Esq. IV (R-FLA) (known in some circles as the FIFTH RIDER OF THE ATHEIST APOCALYPSE) with me on the show this week. He is a very important man as can be demonstrated by the absurd number of titles I have appended to his name. While they may not all be technically “true,” it’s the thought that counts; isn’t it? We talk a bit about what we did for Christmas and at some point I think I even talk Mark into being the first atheist to attend Patriot University. Atheist... more

Well, I finally got off my lazy ass and did it… sort of. I can’t get Zazzle to integrate quite the way I want it to, but screw it, you’re smart enough to figure it out on your own I’m sure. I added a Swag! link at the top so you can always get to the store and buy some AN goodies. I added in some other designs that aren’t quite as overt as a giant ATHEIST NEWS logo on your chest and will be adding more in the future I expect.  Read More →

First the good news. Last Tuesday the Washington DC city council for the second time voted in favor of a measure that would legalize and recognize same sex marriage in the District of Columbia. All that stands before this becoming law is the signature of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (he has affirmed that he will sign) and a 30 day legislative review period. By next Spring, Washington DC will legalize same-sex marriage, and the peasants rejoiced. Now the bad: This has sparked the ire of the local Catholic... more

It’s the Atheist News Podcast with Me and “Bro-Ro” again this week. Did you know that Snoop Dogg was going to be fronting for his own brand of GPS? I didn’t. Richard really does have his finger on the pulse of America. Well, Christmas is coming, so inevitably, we talk about that a bit–as well as all the rest of the Holidays. Things sure do get sticky for us non-believers this time of year, don’t they? Christmas and atheism are not good bedfellows. Oh well, I like... more

After this week’s atheist news, I look forward to the day when I, Joe Prova, must come to you and say that religious people haven’t done enough loony shit in the last week to justify me bothering with a news podcast. Alas, that week is not this week. Brother Richard joins me so that I have someone to listen to me rant like a madman for an hour. I also subject him (and you) to almost three minutes of christian rap music. Thank me later. Speaking of thanks: Lord Scarab rocks my socks.... more

So it’s getting to that time of year where we start seeing the spaces in stores previously occupied by pumpkins and turkeys being filled with holly leaves and all sorts of trinkets that hearken the year’s end. No one can be bothered by the fact the health care bill limped out of the house as a crippled shell of itself or that tens of thousands of additional troops will be shipping to try to stabilize a part of the world to which the Mongols, Soviets, the Greeks, and the British have all... more

Even in relatively civilized societies, we are sometimes confronted with physically violent situations. Everyone at some point in their life has to decide what circumstances, if any, would lead them to assault another person. Violence can be for some a simple solution, a last resort, or not even an option. These differing philosophies give us characters ranging from the passive who cannot imagine harming another person under any circumstances to the bully who will physically antagonize others merely... more

Richard joins me for another fabulously entertaining episode of the Atheist News Podcast. This week we start the show off with a candid discussion about why Dragon Age is likely to ruin my life. We also talk a bit about my printing misadventure as well. In the news this week: The Catholic Church is apparently bursting at the seams with uninsured gay couples, unrepentant fetus defenders, doing God’s work, mamby-pamby Muslims, bankrupting the baby-boffers one diocese at a time and PRAYNAPPING®... more

As an atheist in America, there are a lot of religious ideas my country communicates that I disagree with. Ideally, the constitutional separation of church and state should make this a non-issue, but in a similar fashion to Iggy Pop not being recognized as the true king of rock and roll, there is often a large disparity between what should be, and what is. How this impacts us at home is important, but what fascinates me more is how religion in America informs the perception of our nation abroad.... more

But I don’t want to leave up a notice that says that there is no show this week when there is a show this week. So uh… Hi.  Read More →

Happy belated Halloween everybody! Halloween is a favorite holiday of mine, and of course–because it’s fun and there is no Jesus involved–it’s under fire from the loonies. Richard joins me for a SPOOOOKTACULAR Atheist News Podcast show in which we discuss topics such as DEMONCANDY, God naming rights, the terminally credulous (some dead, some only sweaty), Michael Beeheeatch, the thwarting of political tomfoolery and which days of the week it is and is not acceptable to pick... more

I am a filthy deceiver. A falsifier, a prevaricator, a misleader and also, a guy who is fond of the thesaurus. My computer really did die, but then, miraculously, it came back from the dead for no apparent reason. An atheist holiday miracle? Who’s to say. This week, Brother Richard joins me as we talk about books we like, movies we like and also we manage to squeeze in some news as ill prepared as we were. Brother Richard sings again, but what else is new? In the news: Book burnin’,... more