Equal Time For Freethought

Jessica Schab interviews the inventor of ISmell – entrepreneur, Joel Bellenson. Bellenson has been at the frontier of technology innovations. Among his many pursuits, he has studied genetics, molecular biology and was the first to annotate the human genome and he designed software that helps discover new candidate drugs against sleeping sickness and malaria. Audio …

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In anticipation of the upcoming Easter holiday, ETFF celebrates with a special look at immortality.  Featuring- an interview with the foremost advocate for radical life extension and chief science officer for the SENS foundation, Aubrey de Grey; a video essay called Why Die; our annual Jesus vs. the Easter Bunny debate; and more! Audio can be …

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What a tangled web we’ve weaved. We are in the times of neo-fascism and ramped neoliberal capitalism, and the violence, hate, anxiety and depression they induce. Some of us ‘left of center’ keep hoping that Sanders-esque progressives will move the Democratic Party leftward again – thus pulling the Republican Party out of neo-fascism – but …

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Naturalistic Xmas Special 2018! Equal Time for Freethought celebrates Xmas time as we turn 16 1/2! Arnell Dowret interviews Chief Astronomer for the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute,  Seth Shostak, as well as Santa Clause himself (with Steve DeVries). Listen to audio here!

AVOIDING THE HOLIDAY BLUES While this holiday season can bring us joy, for many it is a serious challenge. If our life isn’t picture perfect, how can we face all of the reminders of idealized lives – lives that so few people actually have – and not feel diminished? On this edition of ETFF we’ll …

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Karen Shragg on “Moving Upstream” Along with Climate Change, another potential crises for our species is Overpopulation. What are the facts? The myths? The causes? And what can we do to reduce our numbers before our numbers reduce us? Audio can be found here!

Matt Berkowitz: The the creator of the “Science Literacy” video series, a YouTube video project dedicated to improving public science literacy. A key focus is giving people the tool set to think skeptically and be able to competently evaluate scientific claims. Topics explored include science denialism and conspiracy theories, and the cognitive biases that fuel …

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Tom Clark on the State of Naturalism, 2018. A discussion hosted by Arnell Dowret What does a naturalistic worldview mean for how we treat each other, how we understand our social interactions, and what sort of society we build? One of the key elements to fostering naturalistic relations is to avoid “judgmentalism” in how we …

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Jeff Tadlock, creator of Stairway to Reason,  on De-converting from Christianity, Music, and his Personal Journey… Audio can be found here!

Arnell Dowret speaks with Fellow WBAI Producer, Rev. Cruz on religion, secular humanism and progressive politics. Audio can be found here!