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A Leap of Doubt#020: Zerin Firoze, Ex-Muslim Atheist and Asylum SeekerOn this episode, I speak with Zerin Firoze, a courageous young woman and ex-Muslim from Bangladesh, a country where many atheist and agnostic bloggers have been murdered by fundamentalist Muslims in recent years. She is currently living in the US as an asylum-seeker and describes herself as an atheist, feminist, NASA geek, and aspiring doctor.
Zerin has talked and written about her transition from Muslim to atheist feminist in other places. From a young age, she started questioning the Islamic faith of her community and school. When she first learned in school about the Battle of Badr...2018-08-0100 minA Leap of Doubt#017: End-of-the-World Blues in Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" (feat. Niels Nothdurft)This week’s episode is a review/analysis of Melancholia, a 2011 film written and directed by the controversial Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. My guest for this discussion is my Danish friend and fellow Von Trier enthusiast Niels Böge Nothdurft.
We discuss Melancholia as an apocalyptic end-of-the-world movie in both a physical and a psychological sense. The movie follows the lives of two sisters, Justine and Claire, living in the final days and hours of planet Earth as it faces imminent collision with a giant rogue planet, dubbed “Melancholia,” that has emerged from behind the sun. Melancho...2018-07-0900 min
Atheists Talk Radio ShowReligious Apocalypse in CinemaSunday June 3, 2018 This week Hertzey and Joseph are happy to be joined via Skype by freelance writer and podcaster Nathan Dickey who has come on to discuss one of his favorite topics; the portrayal of religious apocalypses in cinema through the years. Nathan hosts the Trolling with Logic and Leap of Doubt podcasts. A Leap of Doubt is a podcast about a lot of things that orbit the central, overarching theme of secular humanism: philosophy, skepticism, atheism, science, feminism, social justice, mental health, and raw human experience. https://www.patreon.com/al...2018-06-0334 min
Atheists Talk Radio ShowReligious Apocalypse in CinemaSunday June 3, 2018 This week Hertzey and Joseph are happy to be joined via Skype by freelance writer and podcaster Nathan Dickey who has come on to discuss one of his favorite topics; the portrayal of religious apocalypses in cinema through the years. Nathan hosts the Trolling with Logic and Leap of Doubt podcasts. A Leap of Doubt is a podcast about a lot of things that orbit the central, overarching theme of secular humanism: philosophy, skepticism, atheism, science, feminism, social justice, mental health, and raw human experience. https://www.patreon.com/al...2018-06-0334 minA Leap of Doubt#008: Science-Based Politics (And a Better Way to Elect Presidents)What could possibly explain the astonishing phenomenon of a candidate as inexperienced and manifestly unqualified as Donald Trump sweeping first the Republican nomination and then the general election? Joining me on this episode to muse on this question is John C. Wathey, an author and computational biologist whose research interests include protein folding, evolutionary algorithms, and the biological forces behind religion. He joins me on this episode to discuss the death of the Republican Party, what went wrong and what’s not working in our current political systems (including his own perspective as an expert on algorithms about what po...2018-04-0200 minA Leap of Doubt#004: I Was a Teenage Apologist: My Journey from Christianity to AtheismIn this episode, I perform a reading of an autobiographical essay I wrote a just a little over a year ago on my blog, Skeptical Inquests. This essay is entitled, “I Was a Teenage Apologist: My Journey from Christianity to Atheism.” As the title suggests, this essay tells the story of my deconversion; how I went from devout Christian believer and aspiring “defender of the faith” to the godless heathen and skeptic of the supernatural that I am today.
Thanks to Jeanne Ikerd, “Amy with a Why” (of the Secular Soup podcast), Charone Frankel (of the Habeas Humor podcas...2018-02-1200 min
Trolling With Logic#051 - Prometheus ReviewIn this episode, the Trolling with Logic crew reviews the 2012 sci-fi travesty “Prometheus,” aka “Erich von Däniken’s Wet Dream.” It’s the prequel to the classic sci-fi horror “Alien” franchise, but this time it’s not a wonderful Lovecraftian tale of blood, terror, entropy, and female empowerment. Instead, “Prometheus” is about an over-expository, scientifically-illiterate mess of a movie that features a spaceship full of god-botherers who don’t understand how carbon-dating works and a misanthropic android who embark on a voyage to a distant planet to unravel the mystery of where humans came from.
To discover the answer, which would make...2017-10-1447 minTrolling With Logic#50 - Mission to Mars reviewMission to Mars
In this episode, the Trolling with Logic crew reviews “Mission to Don Cheadle's Tent,” aka “Skittles on Mars,” aka Brian De Palma’s 2000 fantasy film “Mission to Mars.” This movie tells the story of a band of scientific illiterates who are exiled to Mars on an ill-fated mission sponsored by Mars Inc. and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. On the voyage there, the crew succeeds in demonstrating their utter incompetence, yet still somehow manage to land on the red planet unscathed so they can plant an American flag and fail at science even more.
“Mission to Mars” IMDb: http://www.i...2017-10-071h 04
Trolling With Logic#045 - Christine (2016) Review Content Warning: In this episode there are lengthy discussions about suicide, mental illness and specifically, depression.
In this episode we review the 2016 movie "Christine" and the issues arising from the film. Christine is a biographical look at the life and tragic suicide of the news reporter, Christine Chubbuck. Christine infamously shot herself live on air in 1974.
Film synopsis "In Sarasota, Fla., circa 1974, an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the '70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a...2017-08-121h 10
Trolling With Logic#041 - Fake News & Post Truth with Gleb TsipurskyAre we living in a post-truth era? What is “fake news,” and what problems does it pose to critical thinkers and reason-oriented activists? What is the alternative to “alternative facts”? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, a consultant, speaker, and author who specializes in behavioral science and the psychology of decision-making. Dr. Tsipursky is the President of the non-profit organization Intentional Insights, dedicated to advocating for truth and reason in politics. He is the author and organizer of the Pro-Truth Pledge, part of a movement designed to reverse the tide of lies and fake news in politics...2017-07-151h 11
Trolling With Logic#039 - Satanism with Magister Bill MAbout the church of satan "Founded on April 30, 1966 c.e. by Anton Szandor LaVey, we are the first above-ground organization in history openly dedicated to the acceptance of Man’s true nature—that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos that is indifferent to our existence. To us, Satan is the symbol that best suits the nature of we who are carnal by birth—people who feel no battles raging between our thoughts and feelings, we who do not embrace the concept of a soul imprisoned in a body. He represents pride, liberty, and individualism—qualities often defined as Evil...2017-06-241h 06
Trolling With Logic#038 Dental Quackery with Grant RtcheyOpening quote from "Dr. Strangelove" (Columbia Pictures, 1964)
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Grant Ritchey, Jr.'s writings on Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/auth...
Grant Ritchey, Jr. on The League of Nerds podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOs1...
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Trolling With Logic#035 - Alien Autopsy ReviewIn this episode Nathan, Jenn & Cal take a look at the infamous mid-90's documentary "Alien Autopsy - Fact or Fiction". Produced by Fox at the height of X-Files the influenced UFO/conspiracy craze and hosted by number one himself, AKA Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek Next Generation's Will Riker).
Alien Autopsy focuses on the alleged footage of the US Army performing an autopsy on an apparent alien being, whose body was extracted from the Roswell "UFO" Crash.
This documentary whilst not in anyway remarkable serves as an interesting historical artefact, showing how in the pre-internet age memes...2017-04-221h 08
Trolling With Logic#034 - Vaxxed Vs Facts with Dr David GorskiIn this episode we take a look at the now infamous "Vaxxed" documentary directed by none other than Mr Andrew Wakefield.
Special guest is Dr David Gorksi
David H. Gorski is an American surgical oncologist, Professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, specializing in breast cancer surgery. He is an outspoken skeptic. He is also a critic of alternative medicine and the anti-vaccination movement. He is the author of a blog, Respectful Insolence, and is the managing editor of the website Science-Based Medicine.
David Gorski's...2017-04-081h 01
Trolling With Logic#029 - Mission to Mars with Astronaut AbbyWe talk possible missions to mars in addition to general space travel topics with special guest Abby Harrison AKA Astronaut Abby.
Abigail Harrison is a girl with a dream. She aspires to be a scientist and dreams of becoming a NASA astronaut. But it doesn’t stop there–she also dreams of becoming the first astronaut to Mars. With a dreams this big, it takes setting goals and working hard each day to make them a reality. She is one step closer, having completed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity–traveling to Russia in May 2013 as a special guest of Italian Astronaut Luca Parmit...2017-01-281h 12
Trolling With Logic#028 - Secret Space ProgramLike the show? Support us on patreon :- http://www.patreon.com/trollingwithlogic
We take a look at the "documentary" Space Program
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Host: Nathan @thenatheist
CoHosts:
Michael "The Kitch" Kitching : @Bio_insipiration
Genetic Julia : @GeneticJulia
Jenn : @PhotoJennBo
Cal : @ZuluCal
Martymer: youtube.com/c/martymer81
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Trolling With Logic#027 - Skeptical Parenting with Natalie Newell
We talk skpetical parenting and the mommy blogger movement with our friend at the Science Enthusiasts podcasts, Natalie Newell.
Skeptical Prenting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatalieCNewell/
Science Enthusiast Podcast:
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Science Moms documentary:
http://www.sciencemomsdoc.com/
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Trolling With Logic#026 - Eco-Modernism with Rauli Partanen & Vance Crowe#026 - Eco Modernism
We take a look at the Eco-Modernist movement.
With Special guests:
Rauli Partanen (BBA) is an author, an entrepreneur and a father of three. His first book Suomi öljyn jälkeen(with Harri Paloheimo and Heikki Waris) got shortlisted for both of Finlands large national non-fiction book awards. Its adapted translation The World After Cheap Oil was published by Routledge in late 2014, with a German translation (self-published) Die Welt nach dem billigen Öl following in early 2015. Rauli also writes articles on different papers and magazines and gives frequent lectures, presentations and interviews on the subjects of his...2016-12-171h 16
Trolling With Logic#025 - Cancer Cures?We talk about the various claims for the cure for Cancer. Joining us for this one are our guests:
League of Nerds co-host JimTheEvo
https://www.youtube.com/user/JimtheEvo
MicroBlogganism:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MicroBlogganism
Your team for this episode:
Host: Nathan @thenatheist
CoHosts:
Michael "The Kitch" Kitching : @Bio_insipiration
Genetic Julia : @GeneticJulia
Jenn : @PhotoJennBo
Cal : @ZuluCal
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Trolling With Logic#023 - Rebooted New Team's Chick Tract of Monsanto's Alternative MediaShow has returned, all new team. All new tech issues! please enjoy.
Jenn: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jennaralize
Julia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCOCu3T6InzOZ826l8ryFzA
Jack Chick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Chick
Monsanto Tribunal: http://www.monsanto-tribunal.org/
Maddox's article: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=alt_news_sucks
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Trolling With Logic#021 - Politics & Science with Shawn OttoHere we discuss politics and science with Shawn Otto.
http://bit.ly/1s11QU7
http://www.shawnotto.com/
Shawn Otto is an award-winning science advocate, writer, teacher, and speaker. He is the cofounder of ScienceDebate.org and the producer of the first US Presidential Science Debates, for which he received the IEEE-USA’s National Distinguished Public Service Award. He has advised science debate efforts in several countries. He is also a novelist and filmmaker. His novel Sins of Our Fathers, a literary thriller, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his film House of Sand and Fo...2016-05-161h 30
Trolling With Logic#020 - Contagion! With c0nc0rdanceUploaded on 11 Apr 2016
We talk about the facts and myths behind viruses and helath scares with the always awesome c0nc0rdance.
c0nc0rdance on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/C0nc0rdance
c0nc0rdance on Twitter:
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From RationalWiki
C0nc0rdance is a vlogger with (as of February 2016) over 45,000 subscribers and 6.3 million views. He came to YouTube with the goal of "show[ing] through the use of solid evidence and rational argument what is junk science, and what is real." In so doing,
C0nc0rdance made dozens of vid...2016-04-161h 27
Trolling With Logic#019 - Who's Afraid of Biotech? With CS PrakashLike the show? Support us on patreon :- http://www.patreon.com/trollingwithlogic
Our guest is CS Prakash
Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash is Dean, College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University. He has served at Tuskegee University since 1989. Globally renowned for his advocacy and outreach on agriculture and science issues, his current research interest is on genomics of crop plants. His group has earlier studied transgenic plants, gene expression, tissue culture and plant genomics and also led the development and biosafety testing of transgenic sweetpotato plants, establishment of biosafety guidelines in Ghana (with Dr. Egnin), first to identify genomic...2016-04-041h 27
Trolling With Logic#018 - "How do you Solve a Problem like #Monsanto ?" with Vance CroweLike the show? Support us on patreon :- http://www.patreon.com/trollingwithlogic
As part of our #GMMarch season we take a look the agriculture corporation Monsanto with special guest Vance Crowe, Director of Millennial Engagement. How do you engage the public and communicate effectively about a company like Monsanto?
Vance is a former Communications Strategist for the World Bank Group, a returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer stationed in Kenya, a former communications coordinator at a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Northern California and was a deckhand on an eco-tourism ship that traveled in the Western Hemisphere. Vance hol...2016-03-161h 24
Trolling With Logic016a - Let's Watch House of Numbers with The League of NerdsJames and Myles from the League of Nerds join us as we watch the AIDs denialist "documentary" House of Numbers
The League of Nerds (TLoN for short) came into existence around october 2013 when long time Youtubers Myles Power (powerm1985) and James Gurney (jimtheevo) decided to set up their own podcast.
Check out LoN:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LeagueOf... Myles and James The League of Nerds
About Myles.
For those of you who are just tuning in, my name is Myles Power and I run the educational YouTube channel powerm1985. I am originally from a small town in the North E...2016-02-181h 38
Trolling With Logic#014 - Vaccines and You with Dr Paul OffitIn a change to our schedule, Dr Paul Offit will be our guest to discuss Vaccine myth and fact as well as the prevalence of the Anti-Vax movement.
Paul A. Offit, MD is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics from the University of Maryland Medical School, the Young Investigator Aw...2015-09-1355 min
Apostasy Now Podcast – Apostasy NowApostasy Now Ep 25: Real World Feminism – Spanning 9 Time Zones with Anton A Hill, Zoe Jen, and Sheila BlackadderI invited three rational online personalities that identify as feminist to explore the positive side of what that word and ideas connected to it can mean. Too often the word comes up in reference to raging ideologues with little interest in conversation and this episode is a refreshing change of focus to open discourse and positive attitudes.
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Apostasy NowApostasy Now Ep 25: Real World Feminism – Spanning 9 Time Zones with Anton A Hill, Zoe Jen, and Sheila BlackadderI invited three rational online personalities that identify as feminist to explore the positive side of what that word and ideas connected to it can mean. Too often the word comes up in reference to raging ideologues with little interest in conversation and this episode is a refreshing change of focus to open discourse and positive attitudes.
http://archive.org/download/ANPEp25RealWorldFeminism/ANP%20ep25%20Real%20World%20Feminism.mp3
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Sheila Blackadder
Shela Blackadder
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@SheilaBlackadde2014-10-1400 min