We lost the great cosmologist and science educator Carl Sagan in the month of December...way back in 1996. His words resonate and inspire as much as ever.

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Don't let the "Jesus is Love" crowd fool you. The biblical god is pretty terrifying.

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Post-election, it seems more critical than ever to ask how humans think...and why.

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Articles on trigger warnings:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/do-trigger-warnings-work-intended
https://bigthink.com/thinking/trigger-warnings-pointless-anxiety/

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On October 27, 2024 in Knoxville, Seth Andrews gave a speech about beliefs, brains, and why data often doesn't make a dent. Here's the audio of that presentation.

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Your humble host has been having dark post-election thoughts. We explore those thoughts and hear from plenty of callers.

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Dan Barker is an ex-pastor, co-president of Freedom From Religion Foundation, and author of a new book which turns apologetics literally on its ear.

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Seth Andrews has thoughts on the 2024 presidential election.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mDAabvMH3uQ

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Let's wrap up October with a bonus show loaded with host rants and listener calls!

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Educator, podcaster, and columnist Aaron Rabinowitz recently published an article on "high weirdness." What does he mean?

ARTICLE LINK: https://bit.ly/3BXsuGi


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They often LOOK like real haunted houses. In reality, they are torture-porn mission fields designed to scare people into Heaven.

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