Back from hiatus and reasonabler and riskier than ever! My guest this week is Stephany Rose Spaulding, Democratic candidate for Colorado's Congressional District 5. We talk about civility in discourse, the power of knowing your neighbors, and running as a progressive Democrat in a district known as the home of Focus on the Family.

This week the audio quality is poor and the non-interview material is short, because I'm moving and it sucks all the life.  Natalie Newell and Chad Hayes of Parenthetical Science join me to discuss woo and anti-intellectualism in health and medicine.

This week it’s just you and me, listeners.  I would call this a deep dive, but I’m not sure that quite covers it.  More of a primer.  Yes, we’re talking about real estate.  No, it won’t suck if you have no interest in property.  Come on, you folks know me better than that.  We’ll have some fun.  Also, this dive will be slightly shallower in terms of volume of content.  Yes, it’s going to be a shorter episode that usual.  For reasons.

Scientific skepticism advocate, anti-cult activist, and YouTube creator of Holy Koolaid Thomas Westbrook joins me for the conversation.  Plus, when childrens' theatre forgets who their customer is.

Mike Cameron is a speaker and author out of Edmonton, Canada, who has worked to bring awareness to the understanding of the emotions that drive our decisions, and to address those emotions and decisions in a healthier way. 

Plus, I recommend the best network TV comedy in years, which has a decidedly philosophical bent, and we see the effects of an alleged MLM style "business" that went full-on cult.  Allegedly.

Amy and Ami, the self-described "Delightful Bitches" of the Secular Soup podcast join me to talk about parenting styles and helicopter parenting.  Oh and to snark mercilessly.  Plus, should Best Buy and other retailers be tracking your returns?  And how the F do you find a goddamn place to live?

Robert Stanley went to the ridiculously named Bob Jones University.  He shares his political science knowledge along with an insider's view of evangelical Trumpers.  Plus, why do ulterior motives get such a bad rap?  And cannibalism.

Neville Johnson has been called a "Hollywood Power Attorney" by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.  The LA Times called him "One of the most feared litigators in Hollywood".  He's taken on the studios and guilds in class actions on the side of creative talent. That's not all, he's a recording and touring musician, and an author.  Plus, Michael was wrong, and just in time for Easter...a recommendation involving a second coming.

Alix Jules, humanist activist and a leader of Black Nonbelievers of Dallas, has just about had it with all of you. Alix took to Facebook with a novel twist on the facebook friend purge, in an effort to highlight and bring into the light hidden racism in atheist circles and elsewhere.  Plus, were the school walkouts for gun control meaningful?  In a new segment, I'm completely stumped by a company that appears to be using a cloak of religion to egregiously mark up prices - but is that the whole story?

Aaron Rabi, philosopher/podcaster from Embrace the Void and the new show Philosophers in Space is my guest.  Do you think philosophy is esoteric and irrelevant to real life?  You're wrong.  Plus, are radical protesters rational?