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In this week’s episode I talk to a guy from Pakistan. He had to flee Pakistan because he is a humanist.

I met him when I was in New Zealand. Due to security reasons he is anonymous.

We talk about his road to humanism, the conditions for nonbelievers in Pakistan and how Humanists International has supported him.

For information: at the time of publishing this episode the date for his interview regarding his asylum application has not been set.

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In this week’s episode I talk to 2 nonbelievers from New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists.

First I talk to Chris Cavanagh. We talk about him growing up as a roman catholic. We talk about racism, criticising apartheid and religion in politics.

Then I talk to Judy de Leeuwe. We talk about her growing up as an atheist. We talk about religious sexism in running, the Rationalist House and helping atheist refugees.

New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists: http://rationalists.nz/

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In this week’s episode I talk to 3 nonbelievers from  New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists.

First I talk to Niven Brown. We talk about him growing up as a nonbeliever. We talk about religious instructions in schools, Carl Sagan and the value of human life.

Then I talk to Gail Burrows. We talk about her growing up as a christian. We talk about the importance of belonging to a community and religious rituals.

And finally I talk to Peter Harrison. We talk about him growing up Presbyterian but not believing. We talk about science, rational thinking and artificial intelligence.

New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists: http://rationalists.nz/

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In this week’s episode I talk to Iain Middleton from Humanist Society of New Zealand.

We talk about defining yourself as an atheist when you are a kid. We talk about skepticism, humanist ideas and discrimination against nonreligious in the legislation.

Humanist Society of New Zealand: https://humanist.nz/

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In this week’s episode I talk to 2 humanists.

First I talk to Mark Honeychurch. We talk about him finding Sagan & Dawkins in a bookshop in Iran. We talk about scientific method, skepticism, and secular education.

Then I talk to Henare Parata. We talk about Maori culture, rituals, and superstition. We talk about his online group for Maori nonbelievers.

Humanist Society of New Zealand: https://humanist.nz/

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In this week’s episode I talk to 3 humanists in Wellington. It is Sara Passmore, Frank Dungey and Peter Clemerson from Humanist Society of New Zealand.

First I talk to Sara. We talk about how humanism became a big part of her identity. We talk about Maori belief, loss of traditions and religious instructions in schools.

Then I talk to Frank. We talk about growing up as a Baptist. We talk about his involvement in the euthanasia movement since the seventies.

And finally I talk to Peter. We talk about him being a Humanist with a big H. We talk about trying to influence legislation regarding euthanasia and abortion rights.

Humanist Society of New Zealand: https://humanist.nz/

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In this week’s episode I talk to Sagar Kumar from Pasific Islands Secular Association in Fiji.

We talk about him growing up as a hindu. We talk about his journey from being hindu to sceptic, to rationalist and now an agnostic atheist.

Pasific Islands Secular Association: https://pacificsecularists.wordpress.com/

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In this weeks episode I talk to Rod Bower, President of Humanists Victoria.

We talk about him becoming a humanist. We talk about religion being your whole life, how he experimented with his belief and how humanism sets the ground rules for us to live together.

Humanists Victoria: https://vichumanist.org.au/

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In this weeks episode I talk to Debbie Hoad from the Humanist Society in Canberra.

We talk about her growing up as Mormon. We talk about religion being your whole life, we talk about apostacy and buddhism.

ACT Humanist Society: https://www.canberrahumanists.org.au/

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In this week’s episode I talk to two Murray Love and John August, Humanist Society of New South Wales.

First I talk to Murray. We talk about him growing up as a Methodist and how he fell out of religion. We also talk about religious teaching in schools and same sex marriages.

Then I talk to John. We talk about science and scepticism. We talk about him being pushed away from Christianity towards humanism.

Humanist Society of New South Wales: http://www.hsnsw.asn.au/index.php

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