Episode 227

This week, Sadly Dean is away. Luckily…we have a guest….because as we know…I’m NO good on my own.

SO, joining us today for a second time is educator, author, critical thinking communicator & advocate and the creator of Thinking Is Power, Melanie Trecek-King.

Melanie Chats with us about critical thinking and what can get in the way of that. Micheal asks about a couple of things he was sure is real….and we also discuss Melanie’s upcoming BOOK!

Please be sure to check out the links below for ALL of Melanie’s content as well as one for the talk she gave in SoCal for The Humanist Society of Santa Barbara.

Much fun was had, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingPowers

https://www.instagram.com/thinkingpowers/

https://www.patreon.com/ThinkingIsPower

Episode 226

Micheal & Dean are joined today by fellow heathen & science educator, Aron Ra. Aron has been with us many times before but it’s always a treat because he’s SO damned knowledgeable around science and specifically around cladistics, phylogenetics & evolution.

Aron is a full time activist…and as you can imagine, that isn’t easy. Please visit his channel (linked below) and also his Patreon. The volume of videos and the length, depth of knowledge and prolific number of them is truly staggering…seriously, check out the playlists and number of videos!

Much fun was had…as always, enjoy!

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/aronra

PayPal https://www.paypal.me/AronRa

Episode 224

This week, Micheal & Dean are joined by the incomparable duo from Digital Hammurabi, Assyriologists, Dr. Josh Bowen & his amazing wife, Megan Lewis!

They’re here to talk about their new book linked below. I say “their” because if ever there was a team, it’s these two!

Be sure to check out all the links below including a pre-order link and ALL of their social media.

Josh and Megan are family & as always SO much fun was had…enjoy!

Megan Lewis and Joshua Bowen

Digital Hammurabi

Website: www.digitalhammurabi.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitalhammurabi

Twitter: @digi_hammurabi

Patreon: www.patreon.com/digitalhammurabi

Episode 223

Well, we are actually back! Sorry for being away SO long! Micheal & Dean attack the thing they’ve not done in TOO long……news.

Lots of topics to cover including the incredibly ethical and moral believers stealing from the churches and attacking fellow parishioners…We learn how bad women are from Joel Webbon and we also get more answers about the afterlife from Kat Kerr.

It’s great to be back & we promise it won’t be too long before we drop another episode.

Enjoy!

Episode 222

One third of the way to “666”….. Maybe we go “poof”, unlikely!

This week, Micheal & Dean are joined by John Gleason, The Godless Engineer! It’s a great way to come back after sadly, too long a hiatus. They have a great conversation discussing John’s early life as a Catholic, his de-conversion and what he’s up to now. Yes, yes….as John is an American there is also the obligatory, WTF? in the USA right now as well.

Please be sure to check out the links below to his YouTube and Facebook. He produces lots of content. Not only does he release videos on his own channel but he’s also a regular on The Line & The Atheist Experience and more.

Towards the end of the convom, we delve into Jesus & the mythicism topic, that can be highly contentious. Round two will be needed for us to discuss this more.

As always, much fun was had….enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/@godlessengineer

https://www.facebook.com/godlessengineering

Episode 221

This week, Micheal is all alone….well…not quite. We know he’s no good on his own & while Dean is off doing family stuff (during summer which is a good thing)….we have a guest!

Joining us today is Dr. Joshua Bowen. He brought his PhD & unreal language knowledge to discuss how we can learn to get ourselves better equipped to deal with difficult conversations online & in real life. How, you ask? Well, He & his amazing wife Megan Lewis (also a trained Assyriologist) through Digital Hammurabi are offering language courses! This is not JUST for the atheist or the skeptic. Any of our Christian listeners can benefit from this information as well.

Be sure to check out the links below to get all the information you need to learn from actual experts ib the field.

As always, much fun was had!

Enjoy.

https://www.digitalhammurabi.com/

https://digitalhammurabi.thrivecart.com/akkadian1/

https://digitalhammurabi.thrivecart.com/hebrew-i/

Episode 220

This week, Micheal & Dean are once again joined by the dynamic duo of Stacie & Dee. They are favourites…and rightly so…they are awesome. We do the news, which we haven’t done in a long while. A wide range of topics are discussed and we even sneak in Canuck news!

Be sure to check out the social links below to follow Stacie & dee…well worth your time!

SO much fun was had, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/@thestaciesmompodcast

https://www.facebook.com/stacie.marie.3701

https://www.facebook.com/deneen.murphycook

Episode 219

BAHACON 2025

This week, Micheal & Dean welcome Jason Freer & Jeff Brooks from BAHACON to talk about THE atheist/secular conference of 2025. The ONE you do not want to miss.

We talk about the exciting line up of speakers and the value of community, fellowship & diversity that makes up was has become truly, the premier conference for atheists, skeptics, agnostics & humanists of the year.

Please be sure to visit the website to get more info & to buy your tickets! For those who you that will attend…I’ve been told you are to bring your favourite board games!

http://www.bahacon.com

Episode 218

This week we welcome back Melanie Trecek-King. We had such amazing response to Melanie’s first appearance that we knew a round two was needed & here it is! Today, we take a deeper dive into critical thinking, why it’s important and some of the barriers (even within ourselves) to its success. We also discuss Melanie’s upcoming book (which she’ll be back to talk more about as it gets closer).

Please be sure to check out all the links below. Melanie has a crazy-cool social media game. All the platforms….she’s on all the platforms! Also, you can check out her Patreon if you’d like to directly support the work she does. We’re a small, tight knit community…so whatever we can do to help each other is a good thing.

Much fun was had, enjoy!

https://www.patreon.com/ThinkingIsPower?utm_source=search

https://www.facebook.com/ThinkingPowers

http://www.thinkingispower.com

Episode 217

This week, sadly Dean is away…but we have a guest. Aron Ra is back. This time we talk politics. A few years back, Aron was on….we asked him a question regarding politics & he said, “we’d need a lot longer to talk….” and so we have this episode. Topics range from the current state if things in the US, how we in Canada differ a little bit & a whole lot more!

Folks, Aron is a full time activist. Please visit the links below to see his content & also where you can support him if you see value in what he does. Every bit helps!

Much fun was had!

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa

https://www.patreon.com/aronra

https://www.aronra.com/