It's beginning to look a lot like Atheist Christmas. We start the episode with a story about the Tooth Fairy, and then we talk with Betsy DeVille about her book, Christmas for Atheists, and what to think about when celebrating as a secular family. Listen to the end for some amazing gingerbread house tips.

Now to links:

• Betsy DeVille (https://www.betsydeville.com/)

• Betsy DeVille on Etsy

• Christmas for Atheists

• Christmas Tree Memories by Aliki

• Santa Claus and His Elves by Mauri Kunnas (the Korvatunturi book!)

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We start out talking about our new Halloween tradition. Then we get into Trump's latest anti-atheist activity and end up talking about him more generally. If you'd rather skip it and ignore his existence for a bit, honestly, I get it. That segment runs from 14:55 - 37:50. Then we talk about forgiveness. Are we forgiving? Does religion help to be forgiving? I think I needed this conversation more than I knew.

Now the links:

• American Atheists (get on their email lists for news updates)

• Thank God I'm An Atheists's Episode: When Faith and Cruelty Collide with the story of the Mormon fundraiser

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Episode: The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail (And why is this season getting so much hate? We're really enjoying it.)

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Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

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We begin the episode discussing Alex Jones's epic facial hair fail. Then we discuss Ryan Walters's exit from Oklahoma schools. And we finish up talking about weirdos, and how to think about what to do when your kid is trending weird.

Now the links:

• Our episode, Battle of the O States

• Professor Neil's Video

• Of Montreal

The Family Skeptical: We're a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you're any stripe of non-believer who's involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.

Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

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This episode became one big family update somehow. We start out discussing our new pronoun situation. Then we get into Moms's current mental health or lack thereof. And we finish off with a discussion about Go's thoughts on death and how we've discussed death more generally. (And if you want to see the picture we discuss at the end, check out our social media.)

Now the links:

• I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World

• Subculture Vulture

• Our episode on the move: I'll Take My Coping Mechanisms From Skepticism Not Religion, Thank You Very Much

• Our episode, How To Get Over a Fear of Hell

• The Handsome Podcast: Ilana Glazer Asks About God

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Oh brains are fun. This was a bit of a hodge podge. We started out the episode discussing the great time the kids had at Camp Quest and how it's led into a family Dungeons & Dragons game. Then we talked about the new Catholic AI chatbot, Catholic Answers. And we finished up with a discussion of how we did and did not teach the kids about religion.

Now the links (so many links):

• Camp Quest

• The episode about my disastrous religious camp experience

• An Atheist Debates Catholic Answers

• Our episode about whether or not your kids should be able to pick Jesus out of a lineup

• The Scathing Atheist

• Atheist Bible Study

• Data / Dogma

• Dan McClellan on Instagram

• Good Omens - I totally get it if you're avoiding Neil Gaiman properties right now.

• Exploding Kittens

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We start out talking about the kids being away at Camp Quest. Then we discuss the new Superman film. And we finish up observing how complex it can be leaving the house.

Now the links:

• Camp Quest

• The Speech Prof on Superman

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Moms begins the episode talking about her mental health, and a question she has about communicating with Reader's therapist. Then we dive into a particularly bad argument made on Alisa Childer's podcast, and finish up discussing a response in Slate's Dear Prudence that might have missed some big questions about a kid attending his friend's church.

Now the links:

• Calling Out False Teachers: What Does the Bible Say? with Christopher Yuan

• Dear Prudence: Help! My Son Wants to Go to Church. Uh, I'm Not Sure I Can Support This. He's going to be the odd one out. (Apologies if this is behind a paywall. But also, Slate is great, and if you can, it's worth supporting them for the extra segments on Care and Feeding alone.)

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Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

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We start out talking about everything that has happened in the last few weeks. Then Pops gives an update on his evolving thoughts on guns. Moms talks about a time when her skepticism briefly abandoned her. And we finish up discussing how saying that secular parenting is "hard" might not be the best description. If you want to skip the discussion of We're Here, go to 46:48.

Now the links:

• Everytown for Gun Safety: "Research shows that having access to a firearm triples one's risk of death by suicide."

• Alastair Lichten: A Humanist Dad

• Nikki McClure

• Ian's YouTube Channel

• Ian vs Jordan Peterson

• Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists (the whole video)

• American Humanist Association: Fostering Healthy Masculinity In Our Kids

• Our episode about how heaven falls short: Heaven for Climate?

• We're Here

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Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

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In our first conversation we learn that we might have very different feelings about the boys and guns. Then we discuss why the manosphere may have done a better job than other media at reaching young men. And we finish up talking about Netflix's Adolescence. If you want to skip the discussion of Thunderbolts, go to 24:30.

Now the links:

• Support for Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: Findings from PRRI's 2023 American Values Atlas

• Dear Old Dads Episode: Does Society Tell Boys They're Bad?

• Queer Black Canon Podcast

• The Speech Prof

• Professor Neil

• More Perfect Union

• Adolescence

• Alastair Lichten: A Humanist Dad

The Family Skeptical: We're a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you're any stripe of non-believer who's involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.

Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9!), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

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We start by discussing the fact that Go feels like he's been stalked by Christianity. Then we try to define Christian Nationalism. And we finish talking about why we call ourselves atheists and are even talking about this topic.

Now the links:

• Our Interview on Under the Influence: Raising Good Humans Without God: A Secular Parenting Survival Guide

• The Satanic Temple's Seven Tenets

• Data / Dogma

• God Makes Dog Breeds

• God creating animals

• The Tim & April Show from The New Evangelicals: Exposing the Christian Nationalist Network Fueling Trump

• Our episode on How to Get Over a Fear of Hell

• Humanists UK's article on What Kind of Atheist Are You that does a good job defining some of the terms we used.

The Family Skeptical: We're a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you're any stripe of non-believer who's involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.

Our kids are Reader (11) and Go (9!), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.

Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.

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