Why science calls for a new agnosticism ... Consciousness seems more mysterious than ever ... The intellectual hubris of the “New Atheists” ... The holy war against religion ... Cognitive biases that fuel tribalism ... Questions from the audience ...

The roots of Unitarian Universalism ... Who are the Unitarian Universalists today? ... How a Christian church became "post-Christian" ... Belief in God is analog not digital ... The search for a universal religion ... Does embracing all beliefs mean holding no beliefs? ... Providing pastoral care to people who have no god ...

The Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta ... The nature of reality according to the Upanishads ... Anant explains "not-two is not one," the subtitle of his book ... Is “unity” in Hinduism the same as “emptiness” in Buddhism? ... Comparing Hindu and Buddhist views of suffering ... The meaning of "liberation" ... Caste in India as an example of religion gone wrong ...

The delog: Himalayan Buddhists who return from the dead ... The horrors of Buddhist hell realms ... Telling stories about the Buddhist afterlife can be dangerous ... Why most delog are women ... How a delog death experience changes your life ... What Alyson learned while living among delog ...

A few theories about climate science skeptics ... Troy’s “solution aversion” theory ... Testing beliefs in the lab ... Ideology as identity ... How do you convince people that your cause is right? ... When you should get aggressive with your message ...

Is willpower a limited resource? ... When scientific results can't be replicated ... “The bigger the idea, the less I trust it" ... Where has science gone wrong? ... The legacy of bad ideas ... Separating good science from bad ...

How does it feel to be a problem? ... In praise of discomfort ... Empathy isn't enough ... Confronting difference ... Confronting power ... "To love well is to risk" ...

The road to scientific study of psilocybin ... The dark side of psilocybin use ... Spiritual experience is difficult to define—or miss ... Flavors of unity and sacredness ... Using psilocybin to give up smoking ...

The diversity of Pagan beliefs ... What happens during a Pagan ritual? ... Magic! ... Putting the Irish in Irish Paganism ... Environmentalism as a spiritual practice ... Why study Paganism? ...

New Atheists focus on belief, religious humanists on behavior ... Origins of the Ethical Culture movement ... Why do atheists and agnostics join congregations? ... What does a non-theistic Sunday service look like? ... What is the demographic of humanist churches? ... Filling the void of lost religion ...