Another Goddamned Podcast

By AGP Crew (Babs, Chappy, Evo, Ex, OG, SI, Philly)

Society & Culture

What's Another Goddamned Podcast about?

Shake yourself a martini and join us in our Heathen Happy Hour. Dress is optional, but rationality and a sense of humor are required. Believers are welcome, too. And do try the hors d'oeuvres; there's plenty of food for thought to go around.

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02.17.2009

Evo and SI open this week's podcast with birthday greetings for Charles Darwin. The herd celebrates this event with a discussion of "Seeing and Believing," Jerry Coyne's review of books by Kenneth Miller and Karl Giberson. The question that Coyne ...

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02.17.2009 Another Goddamned Podcast #45: February 12, 2009 Evo and SI open this week's podcast with birthday greetings for Charles Darwin. The herd celebrates this event with a discussion of "Seeing and Believing," Jerry Coyne's review of books by Kenneth Miller and Karl Giberson. The question that Coyne ...
01.27.2009 Another Goddamned Podcast #44: January 22, 2009 SI and OG introduce tonight's topic, one of the Bush Administration's final gifts to the American public: a new set of U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services regulations addressing issues of freedom of conscience for health care professionals. These ...
01.20.2009 Another Goddamned Podcast #43: January 15, 2009 In keeping with the Inaugural festivities today, the Herd discusses the recent Complaint for an injunction to prevent the government from requiring president Obama to end his oath of office with words acknowledging the Christian god. Did the Plaintiffs have ...
12.24.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #42: December 18, 2008 The latest trend in the corporate work environment seems to be pandering to religion. The Chaplain's not happy about this. In fact, she's downright frosty. Isn't there a better way to foster a nurturing work environment than inserting religion? OG ...
12.09.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #41: December 4, 2008 Philly starts the discussion by pointing out a novel argument for removing the phrase, "under God," from the Pledge of Allegiance. The herd discusses this and some other rationales until OG reminds everyone of the best reason of all for ...
11.26.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #40: November 20, 2008 Ex is pissed off. So is Philly, but for a different reason. Find out what's got their dander up as the herd dissects the American Humanist Association's current bus ad. Is the campaign a stupid idea, a good idea poorly ...
11.18.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #39: November 13, 2008 This week's sitting members of the Herd find themselves on the same side as a cult, in a recent case involving the Summum. Philly feels some cults have a point, at least when they're on the same side as Pastafarians. ...
11.13.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #38: November 6, 2008 Just in case you missed last week’s headlines, the herd announces the election of a new American president. SI asks if Barack Obama’s election will have positive ramifications for freethinkers, humanists and atheists. OG and Chappy speak their minds and ...
11.05.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #37: October 30th, 2008 Why do Christians usually identify themselves as Christians first and any other identity second? Do atheists do the same thing? Are atheists less likely to talk about their non-belief due to social pressures? The Herd weighs in on whether they ...
10.28.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #36: October 23rd, 2008 A subcommittee of the Herd considers Philly’s query whether atheists should avoid language that provokes the ire of theists. Should we take pains to avoid provocation? SI wonders if we should be responsible for theists' insecurity. Chappy seems to attract ...
10.21.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #35: October 16th, 2008 The Herd gets right down to business discussing the court case of Lucero v. Texas where the foreman read a verse from the Bible and appears to have changed the jury's decision. Chappy is disappointed, but with whom? And are ...
10.14.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #34: October 9th, 2008 What's happened to half of The Herd? Are they deep undercover somewhere? Choose your Conspiracy in the poll. With all of the issues going on in the news about the US election and economic crisis, should atheist issues be put ...
10.01.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #33: September 25th, 2008 This week we have a web-exclusive interview with Eric Kampmann of Beaufort Books - the company that showed the heart we all wish Random House had. For background, listen to our discussion on how Random House caved into the fear ...
09.23.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #32: September 18th, 2008 Evo plays host this week, and everyone's invited to his anti-Republican party. He kicks off the festivities by explaining the origins of the "free market" in America, and we discuss why it's built into the nation's psyche. Does that still ...
09.16.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #31: September 11th, 2008 So the U.S. is attacked and the very first thing Congress does is sing "God Bless America." Great for freethinkers, eh? Ex wonders whether fundy political clout increased after 9/11. Did lots of people believe that our country was attacked ...
09.09.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #30: September 4th, 2008 Sarah Palin likes shooting defenseless animals. Let's see if she can handle the Herd! Does experience matter? If so, how? Philly and Evo argue that Palin used her little bit of experience in a very authoritarian way, but Ex calls ...
09.02.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #29: August 28st, 2008 Do non-theists believe their own sets of weird things? The Herd says "yes," but you don't have to take our word on faith; just listen. First of all: Does Evil exist? Chappy falls into Ex's evil trap. SI says it's ...
08.26.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #28: August 21st, 2008 Ex surprises The Herd by asking if we're happy. Find out exactly why Chappy is. What do we make of various studies "showing" a greater happiness for woo-ists than others? The first one we look at claims higher levels of ...
08.19.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #27: August 14th, 2008 We have a special guest this week: Shrike, president of his local Audubon Society chapter and an active environmentalist for more than 30 years. The Herd asks him to tell us about the new green movement among evangelical Christians. Is ...
08.12.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #26: August 7th, 2008 Islam sucks, OK? We examine Random House's decision to quash the publication of Sherry Jones's book The Jewel of Medina. Why? The publisher "learned" that the novel might infuriate Muslims. Who's Denise Spellberg, and what was she thinking when she ...
08.04.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #25: July 31st, 2008 We welcome Chappy back, and then immediately attack her. Why? Well, she's been on the warpath lately and we'd like to know what she's so angry about. It turns out that OG and SI are mad about the very same ...
07.30.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #24: July 24th, 2008 Ex doesn't need any prodding from a man down-under to get pissed off about McCain and Obama making their first joint appearance in a CHURCH! Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Rick Warren, of The Purpose-Driven Life fame, ...
07.22.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #23: July 17th, 2008 Lately, we've been avoiding having full-blown discussions about politics. But this week we can't resist looking at a few issues related to the '08 elections in the U.S. Ex wants to know if McCain has anything to offer the American ...
07.15.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #22: July 10th, 2008 Ex pulls teeth (especially with SI) to get the entire Herd to agree that we are elitists. After brow-beaten SI gives in, we discuss what, exactly, an elitist is. Is it all about greater intellect and finer taste? And what's ...
07.08.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #21: July 3rd, 2008 Philly is on a mission. He wants to stop us from being defined by a negative. The one definition commonly attributed to atheists is that we have a "lack of belief," and that really sticks in his craw. So what's ...
07.01.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #20: June 26th, 2008 The Herd "celebrates" its 20th podcast by talking a little more personally. First we look at how we manifest our atheism in our non-Internet lives. Find out which members of the Herd are surrounded by theists and how we deal ...
06.24.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #19: June 19th, 2008 Joined by regular pinch-hitter Chappy, the Herd follows up on last weeks' Evolutionary Psychology conversation by discussing psychology of the non-evolutionary kind. We wonder: Is psychoanalysis somewhat "faith-based"? Why isn't god-belief considered delusional? Or would atheism be seen as a ...
06.17.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #18: June 12th, 2008 Man: the questioning animal. Is there a psychologist in the house? No? Good. It's safe for the Herd to weigh in on evolutionary psychology. While none of us know much about the field, it doesn't stop us from discussing it ...
06.10.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #17: June 5th, 2008 Evo has a question: Do theists, particularly those on Boards of Education, knowingly use their influence to undermine the teaching of ALL science, not just evolutionary biology? Do they consciously or unconsciously work against the development of a scientific worldview ...
06.03.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #16: May 29th, 2008 Pastor John Hagee and his ilk - why would the State of Israel in general, or Jews specifically, think this blowhard is their friend? We look at the many things he (and other fundamentalist Christians) do and say. They're repulsive, ...
05.26.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #15: May 22nd, 2008 What's the responsibility of the President in accurately educating the public on matters of government policy? Or on anything, for that matter? SI states the case for a teacher-prez, but Ex takes a somewhat controversial position. The rest of the ...
05.21.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #14: May 15th, 2008 SI, thinking about conspiracy theories, brings up the topic of atheism being more about rational thinking than being "against" any particular god. He wonders why we're unable to get that message across to theists. The Herd challenges SI's notion. Can ...
05.06.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #13: May 1st, 2008 OG finds an atheist editorial in the Faith section of the Kansas City Star. It calls for an interesting response to The National Day of Prayer. Ex has problems with it, then has problems with Evo’s response, then has problems... ...
04.29.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #12: April 24th, 2008 The Herd interrogates fellow member of the Atheosphere - The Chaplain. This is our offering to any aspiring atheist who is somewhat skittish about the process of freeing himself or herself from superstition. We delve into the deconversion of the ...
04.22.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #11: April 17th, 2008 As surprising as listeners may find this, Ex is pissed off! He tears into the recent Compassion Forum (renaming it the Compulsion Forum). Although he has several beefs (or is it "beeves"?) he and Philly zero in on the candidates' ...
04.15.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #10: April 10, 2008 The Westboro Baptist Church may have to close up shop. Hooray! Or ... wait a minute. Is free speech inviolable? The Herd takes SI to task for his published position on the Fred Phelps case. More on free speech and ...
04.08.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #9: April 3, 2008 Listener Venjanz asks the Herd to explain what we mean when we say "atheist," "agnostic," or "antitheist." We begin a discussion of these terms, not in reference to their dictionary definitions, but in reference to what they mean to us ...
04.01.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #8: April 1, 2008 A listener has posed the question: "How come you guys don't believe in any gods?" The Herd discusses whether or not to respond. SI gets called to the phone. Is America a Christian nation? Most of us think not. We ...
03.18.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #7: March 13th, 2008 There are three candidates remaining in the Presidential field and (surprise, surprise) they are all down on their knees with Jesus. Obama’s pastor (and member of his campaign team) Jeremiah Wright says America is Another Goddamned Country. Hillary has a ...
03.12.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #6: March 6th, 2008 Ex is pissed off yet again. But only at himself, not at listener Yinyang, who wants to know what our atheist "cause" might be. Not surprisingly, we can’t agree. Yinny’s question has a Part 2. What’s "bad for the cause" ...
03.04.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #5: February 27th, 2008 FUCK! Shocked? Offended? You’re probably not an atheist. The Herd’s hypothesis: If you’re a freethinker, "fuck," "shit," "cunt," and all those other four-letter goodies are less likely to affect you than to rile up all those other assholes out there. ...
02.26.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #4: February 21st, 2008 Ex thinks some atheists sound irrational when discussing politics. Are we more likely to give so-called liberals an unearned pass on providing evidence for their assertions? Do we have unreasonable "faith" in them? And what about our "faith" in accepting ...
02.19.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #3: February 13th, 2008 It's ALIVE! The Chambersburg billboard, that is. Has the issue now evolved into one of "hate speech"? How can free-thinkers respond? Does the new sign subliminally accuse atheists of racial hatred? Ex (pissed off yet again) points out how Senator ...
02.12.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #2: February 5th, 2008 SI has a pleasant dream about Mike Huckabee and Ex turns it into a nightmare. The Herd adds a few wake-up calls of their own. Everyone on the panel agrees that atheists should recognize and reject evangelical buzz-phrases, including "pro-life," ...
02.06.2008 Another Goddamned Podcast #1: January 31st, 2008 Exterminator expresses outrage over Barack Obama’s "Committed Christian" flyer. Do we vote for a Democratic candidate when he or she openly panders to religious voters? OG vigorously agrees with Ex and says "no way." But Evo thinks this is not ...