Chris Worfolk's Podcast

Chris and guests look bad at the good times and the bad times, the big events and the little events of 2008.

The guests discuss what a load of crap the idea of new year's resolutions are - and then make some.

This was going to be an episode dedicated to discussing the origins and current state of Christmas and how it really isn't a Christian holiday.

However because of certain events the show was instead dedicated to the recent Leeds University Union proposed motion to stop stocking Halal and Kosher meat because of the ethical considerations of religious slaughter.

When Dr. Moz notes that the Christian Union run an event named Jazz Cafe, the guests begin considering what alternative events Leeds Atheist Society could host.

A strongly contested issue, some consider Humanism just to be another religion others say it contains none of the BS of a religion. The discussion also covers whether we would want Humanism to be a religion or not.

Sorry about the awful, awful sound levels. We tried to fix it in post production but it's very hard to record a live show when you don't have a mixing deck or a decent microphone.

Anyway, this show was recorded live at Weekend Away 2008 in London and features many contributors from Leeds Atheist Society.

With the recent LUU referendum motion to remove Halal and Kosher meat for ethical reasons, the show discusses both religious and secular slaughter of animals for food.

This episode was specially recorded at the November 2008 conference of the National Union of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies which is why there are a lot of random people in it. And why the audio levels suck. But it's entertaining none the less.

The world economy seems to be disappearing down the toilet, banks are going bust, prices are going up and everyone is panicing. But has the slide towards recession really altered our lifestyles?

Vegetarianism is a big issue in the free thinking community. With Chris and Gijsbert both being vegetarians it made for some interesting debate with Nicola the kebab fiend.