David Silverman, president of American Atheists joins Mark and I for this weeks Athiest News Podcast. This was the first time we’ve had a guest on for a full episode and it was a lot of fun to have three people on the show. David had a lot to say about the news, the state… Continue reading »

Mark joins me this week for atheist news and letters. A big thank-you to everyone who voted for us this year for the podcast awards, and hey, it looks like it’s time to do it again! Well, sort of. This time talk about the About.com “Readers’ Choice Awards 2011.” And this time you can vote… Continue reading »

Note: I posted this show earlier this evening and, other than the opening theme, it ended up being an hour and a half of silence. The program I use to edit the show somehow corrupted the MP3 and the project file itself and the damage was unrecoverable. Long story short: I had to start again… Continue reading »

First off, if you listen to the show and enjoy what we do, take the time to go vote for us for the 6th annual Podcast Awards! If you get here today, on the 21st, you’ll still have time to nominate us under the religion category. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY, GO DO EET! Podcast… Continue reading »

Welcome to another soul warming episode of the Atheist News Podcast. I wonder what cheery delights we have in store for you this week. Let’s see… Sharia law, that’s always good for a warm-fuzzy. From the people who brought you “Women in a Bag” we have two new Sharia judgments that are sure to have… Continue reading »

Richard has returned from his speaking engagement at the Texas Freethought Convetion, which he was very excited about. It sounded like he had a whole lot of fun while he was there. We do some listener mail including relationship advice and advice for artists with church contracts. In the Atheist News this week we talk… Continue reading »

Sorry this one is late, guys n gals. I am in the process of moving the Atheist News Podcast over to a new service provider and had hoped to have it done with already so I could just post this in the new location. Unfortunately, I have had some problems importing the database from here… Continue reading »

This week, on the Atheist News Podcast, we start off talking about the whole Quran burning fiasco. All this nonsense makes me wonder: when is it OK to burn a book? Is it ever OK? Are books a bit of a “sacred cow,” or are we reticent to burn them for a good reason? Listen… Continue reading »

We start the show off with a brief and totally random introduction to who your hosts for this show are. We figured we shouldn’t always assume everyone knows who we are. At least once a year we should give a brief synopsis just to keep everyone up to speed, so this week you get one.… Continue reading »

Hey everyone! As you may have heard, my computer finally gave up the ghost and went to live with Jesus in heaven. That, combined with my vacation made for a long wait for this podcast, sorry! But here it is, and it’s packed. It was so long I had to cut out a couple listener… Continue reading »

First, and most important, Roger Scott Jackson (AKA Brother Sam Singleton: Atheist Evangelist) and his wife Cari need your help. Sam Singleton, in case you don’t already know, is a traveling Atheist Evangelist (stand-up comedian) who roams across our great nation spreading the bad news. He is a fictional persona of Roger Scott’s. Consequently, he… Continue reading »

It’s hot… I am lazy and am not going to do a long synopsis this week. But, I did promise some info during the show. First, a letter from Steve [Last Name Withheld] Hi Joe, Can you give the owners of the Empire State Building some love on the next podcast, and encourage listeners to… Continue reading »