The Godless Spellchecker Podcast

This week on The #GSPodcast Dr. James Lindsay (@GodDoesnt) returns to talk about the controversial paper he co-authored with Peter Boghossian (@PeterBoghossian) titled 'The Conceptual Penis As A Social Construct'. Intended as a hoax, it's been celebrated and criticised widely. I'll be putting some of the criticism to him as well as touching on the Sokal affair, the peer review process, gender studies, transphobia, social justice and more!

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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss the big topics. We talk about The Stockholm attacks, Islam and dogs, Mashal Khan, Dina Ali, Shelly Asquith trying to whip up a blasphemy mob, the Dortmund attack, Tommy Robinson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's cancelled Australia/NZ speaking tour, Mike Pence, The Far-right, Tesco’s ‘controversial’ Easter promotion, Chechnyan gay concentration camps and more! And the ASLAN Awards!

Recorded on Tues 28th March 2017.

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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss the big topics. We talk about the Secularist Of The Year Awards, the European Court ruling on religious dress, the laptop ban, Westminster terror, Blasphemy, Andy Kindler, BBC Asian Network and much, much more! And the ASLAN Awards return!

Recorded on Tues 28th March 2017.

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This week on The #GSPodcast I bring you some coverage from the Secularist Of The Year Awards in central London, hosted by The National Secular Society. The main prize went to Yasmin Rehman. You can support the National Secular Society at http://www.secularism.org.uk

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Information on speakers:

03:15 - Terry Sanderson:

Terry Sanderson is the President Of The National Secular Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Sanderson_(writer)

04:34 - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a British Journalist and Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Alibhai-Brown

11:28 - Scott Moore

Scott Moore and Let Pupils Choose, a Northern Ireland Humanists campaign,for challenging compulsory worship and religious privilege in Northern Ireland’s schools. http://strabanechronicle.com/2017/03/teenager-shortlisted-top-secularist-award/

15:35 - Houzan Mahmoud

Houzan Mahmoud and the Kurdish Culture project, for their initiative to provide a platform for Kurdish writers, feminists, artists and activists to advance gender equality, freedom and universal rights. http://kurdishcultureproject.org/author/houzanm/

22:40 – Barry Duke

Barry Duke is a journalist and gay rights activist. Barry currently edits The Freethinker magazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Duke

31:00 - Yasmin Rehman – Winner Of Secularist Of The Year 2017

From the NSS website: 'Yasmin has spent much of the past two years working to get the Government to recognise the dangers faced by ex-Muslims and Ahmadi Muslims from Islamic extremists. She has used her own home as a shelter for women at risk of domestic abuse' http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2017/03/yasmin-rehman-named-secularist-of-the-year-2017

It’s a great pleasure to welcome Ella Whelan (@Ella_M_Whelan) to The #GSPodcast. Ella is the Assistant Editor at Spiked. We talk about fake news, the future of Twitter, internet trolling, UK hate speech laws, Brexit, the UK left, the Labour party, campus speech codes, cultural appropriation and much, much more!

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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss the big topics. We talk about Donald Trump overload, children at political protests, the Muslim Ban, Milo Yiannopoulos's child abuse comments, Ronald Fiddler, Oldham Trojan Horse plot, integration, Piers Morgan V Jim Jefferies, FGM prosecutions and much, much more!

Recorded on Wed 22nd Feb 2017.

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It’s a great pleasure to welcome Macer Gifford (@MacerGifford) to The #GSPodcast. Macer is a British activist and anti-ISIS campaigner who left England to fight alongside the Kurdish Defence Force. We talk about ISIS, The Kurds, Islamist Ideology, atheism, the government and much more!

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It’s a great pleasure to welcome the return of Matt Dillahunty (@Matt_Dillahunty) to The #GSPodcast. We talk about the ethics of punching Nazis, free speech, violent protests at UC Berkeley, Donald Trump, trigger warnings, safe spaces, racism, labels, Milo Yiannopoulos and much, much more!

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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss the big topics. We talk about the Amazon 'Allah doormat' controversy, Cryogenics, 'Muslims like Us' TV show, Berlin and Ankara terrorism, the case of ex-Marine Alexander Blackman and much, much more!

Recorded on Tues 21st December 2016.

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It's a great pleasure to welcome the return of author Ali Rizvi (@AliAmjadRizvi) to The #GSPodcast. Ali will be talking about his excellent new book 'The Atheist Muslim'. We also discuss Donald Trump, liberal complacency, the left/right divide and much, more!

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