My guest for today is Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson. She’s the author of many books, including Moral Combat, Godless Americana, and the new novel White Nights, Black Paradise, which is a fictional account of the Jonestown massacre. She also contributes to the blog Black Skeptics, which can be found on FreethoughtBlogs. Today we’re gonna talk about her life, her books, and her work. Links:·         Sikivu Hutchinson’s website: http://sikivuhutchinson.com/   ·         Black Fem Lens: http://blackfemlens.org/   ·         Black Skeptics Los Angeles: http://blackskepticsla.org/   ·         Black Skeptics blog on Freethought Blogs: http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/   ·         Ashley F. Miller’s Reason Rally blog post: http://freethoughtblogs.com/ashleymiller/2016/01/15/reason-rally-2016-71-minority-and-89-white/   ·         Promoting Secular Feminism: http://www.promotingsecularfeminism.com/   ·         Shift to Reason conference: http://lanyrd.com/2016/shifttoreason/   ·         Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   ·         Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   ·         Listener line: 410-690-3558   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means Blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guest for today is Tracey Moody. She contributes to Friendly Atheist, and as a second generation atheist, she’s currently visiting different churches every week to get a first-hand account of Christian culture and why people believe what they believe. So I invited her on the show to share her journey so far. I also start the show with a short tribute to David Bowie, who was a huge inspiration to me when I was trying to figure out my sexuality and gender. Links:·         Tracey Moody on Friendly Atheist: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/author/tracey/   ·         Tracey on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/themoodyatheist   ·         Tracey on Twitter: http://twitter.com/themoodyatheist   ·         The (Secular Barbershop) Podcast: http://thesecularbarbershop.podbean.com/   ·         The Atheist in the Trailer Park: http://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/   ·         Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   ·         Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means Blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guest for today is Ishmael Brown, the HNIC (Google it) and host of the Angry Black Rant podcast. Angry Black Rant is hands down one of my favorite podcasts, so I’m really excited to have him on the show. Today we’re going talk about his journey, the podcast, and why he’s so darn angry. Links:·         Angry Black Rant: http://angryblackrant.com/   ·         ABR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AngryBlackRant/   ·         ABR on Twitter: http://twitter.com/angryblackrant   ·         No Religion Required: http://www.spreaker.com/user/noreligionrequiredpod   ·         Atheist Nomads: http://www.atheistnomads.com/   ·         Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means Blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

Welcome to a special bonus episode! Instead of an interview, I’m going to post the audio from the video I made for this past Saturday’s Atheists of Facebook online convention. The topic was “The Dangers of Dogmatism,” and it got a lot of positive feedback, so I guess I did an alright job? I’ll let you be the judge. I edited out the flubbed lines and pauses, so this won’t be the full ten minutes. I also included a link to the full video in the show notes if you want to see my pretty face. Links:·         The Dangers of Dogmatism video: https://youtu.be/ZAsK2Jbpc7c   ·         Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   ·         Unbuckling the Bible Belt: http://unbucklingblog.wordpress.com/   ·         Token Skeptic: http://tokenskeptic.org/   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means Blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

I’m starting off 2016 with Evan Clark, one of the co-hosts of the Humanist Experience podcast. The Humanist Experience is different from most podcasts I listen to. Instead of either talking about the news or interviewing a different guest each episode, the Humanist Experience is more like This American Life, using journalism and first-person narrative to explore different themes. Today I’ll be chatting with Evan about the podcast, the kind of stories they cover, and a little about his background. Originally I wanted to interview both Evan and his co-host Serah Blain, but she was sick during the time of recording, so I just interviewed Evan. But we still had a great conversation. Links:·         Humanist Experience: http://www.humanistexperience.com/   ·         Evan Clark’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/evansaysblah   ·         Serah Blain’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/SerahBlain   ·         Spectrum Experience: http://www.spectrumexperience.com/   ·         Fox Twin Trilogy: http://www.facebook.com/foxtwintrilogy   ·         Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   ·         Atheists of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/1502826883380207/   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means Blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

Welcome a special Christmas episode of the Bi Any Means Podcast! Joining me once again today is Stephanie Guttormson. Today we’re going to talk about Christmas as two transgender atheists, so it should be fun! I’ll also be playing Christmas music by local group and personal friends of mine Fox Twin Trilogy, and I’ll be sharing holiday greetings from my fellow atheist podcasters. So fix yourself some eggnog and enjoy! Links:Think Stephtically: http://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically   Fox Twin Trilogy: http://www.facebook.com/FoxTwinTrilogy/   SeculaRadio: http://secularadio.com/   Promoting Secular Feminism: http://promotingsecularfeminism.com/   No Religion Required: http://noreligionrequired.secularmediagroup.com/   Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast   My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone  Bi Any Means blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guests for today are Miss Bea Haven and Demanda Wright from the podcast Promoting Secular Feminism. Today we’re going to talk about the podcast, feminism, and whether or not feminism and atheism are compatible. Links:Promoting Secular Feminism:  http://promotingsecularfeminism.com/PSF Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/PromotingSecularFeminism/PSF on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SecularFeminismThink Stephtically: http://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephticallyUnbuckling the Bible Belt: http://unbucklingblog.wordpress.com/  Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   My Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/tmamone   Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travismamonewriter   My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   Bi Any Means blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guest for today is Adam Collins, the founder and organizer of the Atheists of Facebook online convention. You may remember me plugging the first Atheists of Facebook online convention last month, and it was such a blast that Adam’s doing it again on January 2, 2016. So today we’re gonna talk about that, plus Adam’s story. Links:Adam Collins’ Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/adam.collins.984Atheists of Facebook website: http://atheistsoffbcon.org/Atheists of Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/1502826883380207/Atheists of Facebook YouTube page: http://youtube.com/atheistsoffacebookUnbuckling the Bible Belt: http://unbucklingblog.wordpress.com/Brainstorm podcast: http://www.brainstormblog.net/Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.comMy Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcastMy Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone Bi Any Means blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guest for today is Rabbi Jeffrey Falick, who serves at the Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and who blogs at the Atheist Rabbi on Patheos. Today we’re gonna talk about Humanistic Judaism, what it means, whether or not an atheist can still identify as Jewish, and what the upcoming Hanukkah holiday means to a secular Jew. Links:The Atheist Rabbi: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theatheistrabbi/   The Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism: http://www.birminghamtemple.com/   The Atheist Nomads: http://www.atheistnomads.com/   Unbuckling the Bible Belt: http://unbucklingblog.wordpress.com/   Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com   My Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/tmamone   Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travismamonewriter   My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone  Bi Any Means blog: http://www.bianymeans.com

My guest for today is Kiran Opal. She is one of the co-founders of the Ex-Muslims of North America, and she has written for several websites, including The Ex-Muslim and Ex-Communications. Today we’ll be chatting about her life, her work, and of course, Islam. Enjoy! Links:·         Kiran’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/KiranOpal   ·         Ex-Muslims of North America: http://www.exmna.org/   ·         Council of Ex-Muslims Forum: http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/   ·         The Ex-Muslim: http://www.theexmuslim.com/   ·         Ex-Communications: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/excommunications/   ·         No Religion Required: http://noreligionrequired.com/   ·         Utah Outcasts: http://podhell.com/category/utah-outcasts/   ·         My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travismamonewriter   ·         My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone   ·         Bi Any Means blog: http://www.bianymeans.com