Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s the world we want to live in, and there’s the world we have. In many conversations here on OnlySky, I’ve noticed that one of the biggest mental blocks in activist discourse is our frustration that people won’t think or do differently right now. Why should we cater to their ignorance, or their obstinacy? There’s […]
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Wellness is systemic: A podcast episode for mental health
Reading Time: 4 minutes When I first recorded episodes for Global Humanist Shoptalk last year, I had no idea what 2022 was going to hold. I did suspect that far-right legislation would continue to pose problems, and that pandemic wouldn’t be over so easily after all. But I certainly wouldn’t have put money on a full-on war in Ukraine […]
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Podcast launch: Global Humanist Shoptalk, audio edition, takes off!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Launch day at last, Shoptalkers! Every other Friday, I’ll be posting episodes of Global Humanist Shoptalk, a podcast meant to offer an alternative to knee-jerk commentary about the world. Every episode, I invite you to share in exploring how an everyday item or seemingly straightforward topic can serve as an intricate site of worldly action. […]
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Chasing false wonder | Captain Cassidy
From the time she was young, Captain Cassidy heard promises of wonder. If she did this, or believed that, or avoided a long list of temptations, she would find herself smack in the middle of a world of wonder. She chased that promise from Catholic Maryland to Baptist Alabama to Waco Texas, finally landing in […]
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The Measurable Morality of Atheists [podcast]
Reading Time: 2 minutes We talked about morality, BYU, aliens, what goes on in your basement when you have teenagers, atheist chaplains, and more!
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Podcast ep. 388: The modern legacy of the Spanish Inquisition
Reading Time: < 1 minute We talked about the Inquisition, Joshua Harris, Cardinal Burke, the Disney Channel, and more!
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YouTuber Steve Shives Talks Star Trek, Atheism, And Politics
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Naked Diner is changing! Cohost Jack Matirko engineered a system where our conversations with our awesome guests will be seen and not just heard. We’re placing the episodes on Naked Diner’s YouTube channel. Don’t worry, you will still be able to hear the audio only version wherever you get your podcast fix. YouTuber Steve […]
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Help Me Do What I Do
Reading Time: 2 minutes The school year is fast approaching, and for my day job I teach high school Algebra. Then I write in my “spare time” when I probably should be doing something else to help pay the bills (have you ever seen what teachers in Mississippi make?). Aside from a full panel of Daddy duties, I try […]
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Atheists On High
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hey, everybody, I was a guest on the Atheists on High podcast and the episode just came out. Skeptic Bret is the host, and we chatted about atheism, the election, comedy, and marijuana. I initially told him I could only talk for an hour, but we went long. Even though this was the first time […]
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Adam Conover, Marijuana, And Atheists On High
Reading Time: < 1 minute I was a guest on the Atheists On High podcast last night. You may be thinking that the show is about the intersection of godlessness and marijuana, but it isn’t. Rather, the guys on the podcast are from Colorado and live at a very high elevation. We talked about a variety of topics (politics, weaponized […]