Reading Time: < 1 minute Last spring, I got to talk with Tory Roberg, the then Director of Government Affairs for Secular Arizona, about secular activism. The following is the interview that transpired. Secular activism at the state capitol in Arizona They need to hear from their constituents who are not Christian because we should be living in a government […]
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Interview: Andy Hall on secularism and comedy
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week we’re debuting ONP:Breakpoint, an evolution of my show “An Ongoing and Necessary Pursuit”. I did two seasons of over at The Satanic Temple TV. This premiere episode features OnlySky’s own resident funnyman Andy Hall. Andy Hall: Secularism Satirist OnlySky columnist Andy Hall (also YouTube’s Laughing in Disbelief) discusses using satire to short-circuit fallacious […]
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Taylor Tomlinson on her religious dad and adulting
Reading Time: 4 minutes Taylor Tomlinson has a lot to say about how it felt to grow up in a religious household. Part advice, part philosophy, and all funny, she speaks her truth in this slice of stand-up awesome. I love my parents because I am an adult. I’m a grown up. Yeah, I have friends, grown up, men […]
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Bo Burnham is FaceTiming with his mom
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you haven’t seen Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside, then you are missing out on one of the most innovative, touching, and funny comedy shows of all time. Filmed during the dark days of 2020, Bo explores what it’s like to be doing the best he can in a world gone mad. Inside isn’t your […]
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Monty Python and the sacred seed
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are no holy books of comedy. There is no Moses, Jesus, or Muhammad who brought us the Law of LOL. No adherent of laughter can pick up a book and say “This is the final revelation of jokes.” But comedy does have history. Trailblazing comedians mapped the way for generations. Today’s professional funny people […]
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Anthony Jeselnik and the Bible
Reading Time: 3 minutes Comedian Anthony Jeselnik’s style of humor can be summed up as I’m going to think of the most horrible thing and make it funny. The man is a comedian’s comedian. While that august title is typically reserved for talented jokesmiths who aren’t successful, Jeselnik is. He’s been able to thread the needle. He doesn’t compromise […]
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Leighann Lord wants you to know murder dating isn’t the answer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Leighann Lord is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and author. She’s performed on Comedy Central, Lifetime, and recently appeared on Showtime’s Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age. Her books include Dict Jokes, Real Women Do It Standing Up, and Happy Black Men. She’s smart. She’s successful. And like most of us, she finds dating […]
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Journey through the mind of an artist | Dustin Yellin (TED)
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Dustin Yellin makes mesmerizing artwork that tells complex, myth-inspired stories. How did he develop his style? In this disarming talk, he shares the journey of an artist — starting from age 8 — and his idiosyncratic way of thinking and seeing.”
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Perspective: Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’
Reading Time: < 1 minute It was not part of the plan. On February 14, 1990, the Voyager I spacecraft was beyond Neptune, 3.7 billion miles from the Sun, when it turned and took a series of photos of the planets of our Solar System. Known as the Family Portrait series, the images were not part of the original mission […]
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Why is US healthcare so expensive?
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s common knowledge that the US healthcare system is deeply broken. But this explainer video by Vox drills down on the details in one painful area: the outrageous difference in cost compared not only to other countries, but to other regions of the US—and even different providers in the same hospital.