Oklahoma Atheists Casting gods out into the harsh light of reason Damion Reinhardt podcast@OklahomaAtheists.com http://www.OklahomaAtheists.com An audio expression of the Oklahoma Atheists online en-us (C) 2012 Oklahoma Atheists Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:23:45 CST podcast@OklahomaAtheists.com Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, AOK Outreach Chair Red McCall discusses how to deal with common questions and arguments from theists. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:45:00 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month's topic is Quantum Fact and Fiction with Dr. Isaac Hall. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:45:00 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:45:01 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:45:04 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Zach abnd Philip of Camp Quest Texas sharing the mission and nature of Camp Quest. Tue, 17 May 2011 23:45:01 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Zach abnd Philip of Camp Quest Texas sharing the mission and nature of Camp Quest. Tue, 17 May 2011 23:45:02 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Zach abnd Philip of Camp Quest Texas sharing the mission and nature of Camp Quest. Tue, 17 May 2011 23:45:03 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Dana Gray discussing various issues having to do with feminism and gender equality. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:00:02 CST yes Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Dana Gray discussing various issues having to do with feminism and gender equality. We solemnly affirm this talk was slated to happen well before Elevatorgate erupted on the internets. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:00:12 CST yes Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Brian Wayne Collins analyzing the role of religious feeling and belief in mainstream contemporary country music. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:00:02 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This week we heard from Jerry DeWitt, a former Pentecostal minister turned evangelist of reason, who is also Executive Director of Recovering From Religion. Please visit http://recoveringfromreligion.org/ for more on their mission and activities. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:45:01 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This week we heard from Jerry DeWitt, a former Pentecostal minister turned evangelist of reason, who is also Executive Director of Recovering From Religion. Please visit http://recoveringfromreligion.org/ for more on their mission and activities. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:45:02 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This week we heard from Jerry DeWitt, a former Pentecostal minister turned evangelist of reason, who is also Executive Director of Recovering From Religion. Please visit http://recoveringfromreligion.org/ for more on their mission and activities. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:45:03 CST no Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Fallon Brooks speaking on gender, sex, and AIS. Be warned that some of the slides contain explicit photographs or diagrams. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:02 CST yes Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Travis Nance telling us how to tell medicine from quackery. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:00:02 CST yes Disbelief Discourses is a series of lectures on various topics of interest to freethinkers. This month, we have Dr. Caleb Lack speaking on various ways that the human mind tends to fail at reasoning well. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:00:02 CST no AOK's roving reporter Sophia Hernandez took this footage of a creationist lecture held in an Oklahoma high school auditorium. If you watch closely, you might be able to see hope for a better future fading slowly away. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:04:12 CST no AOK's roving reporter Sophia Hernandez took this footage of a separationist lecture held in an Oklahoma public library. Thanks to Katherine Stewart for visiting Oklahoma and for raising the alarm over the religious right's stealth assault on our public schools. Available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCPt-2LYq9c reproduced here by permission. Sun, 06 May 2012 12:34:56 CST no AOK's roving reporter Brian Collins took this footage of a Christian worship service inside the State Capitol, featuring top state officials. If you watch closely, you might be able to see hope for a better future fading slowly away. Sun, 13 May 2012 22:04:12 CST no Chas and Damion discuss the feasability of a fairly foreshortened feedback forum for freethinkers. Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:04:12 CST yes Two Baptist pastors square off on the question of whether the U.S. was Constitutionally founded to be a Christian Nation. This debate originally took place on 24 Feb 2011, between Bruce Prescott of Mainstream Baptists and Steve Kern of Olivet Baptist OKC. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:16:16 CST no Science blogger Abbie Smith debates creation 'scientist' Charles Jackson in Yukon, OK. This debate originally took place on March 26th, 2009. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:16:16 CST no Thanks to the annual student symposium at the UCO College of Liberal Arts, we have here a very short debate between Sam Merchant and Danny Joseph over the whether ethics are grounded in theism or not. Enjoy! Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:16:16 CST no Thanks to the annual student symposium at the UCO College of Liberal Arts, we have here a very short debate between Sam Merchant and Danny Joseph over the whether ethics are grounded in theism or not. Enjoy! Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:16:16 CST no Science blogger and Ph.D. candidate Abbie Smith debates Pastor Steve Kern at OCCC. This debate originally took place on March 15th, 2012. This video does not include Q&A at the end. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:16:16 CST no Science blogger and Ph.D. candidate Abbie Smith debates Pastor Steve Kern at OCCC. This debate originally took place on March 15th, 2012. This is the complete and unexpurgated debate. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:20:20 CST no CJ expounds on one of America's only native religious movements Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:45:00 CST yes A few comments on the impropriety of the National Day of Prayer Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:45:00 CST no Talking with campers and parents about the Camp Quest experience Fri, 13 May 2011 12:34:56 CST no Talking with student activists and those who support them Fri, 27 May 2011 12:34:56 CST no Richard Carrier discusses design arguments and Bayesian inference Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:34:56 CST yes Rhonda and William talk about atheist activism in Tulsa and the upcoming statewide freethought conference Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:07:07 CST no Once again the AOK visits Wilmont Place Baptist Church for a chilling tale of eternal torture at the hands of White Jesus Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:16:16 CST yes The godcasters discuss their experiences in Springfield, MO Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:16:16 CST yes The godcasters discuss various bills making their way through the state legislature Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:16:16 CST yes The godcasters take on the Kalam Cosmological Argument Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:16:16 CST yes The first annual audio food fight tackles the difficult issue of whether freethought communities should embrace or reject pork products and their associated memes. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:16:16 CST yes Damion interviews Eric on his anti-New Atheist book entitled "Is God a Delusion?" Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:01:01 CST no Damion interviews Eric on his anti-New Atheist book entitled "Is God a Delusion?" Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:02:02 CST no Spoken word artist speaks out on science, religion, and race Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:16:16 CST yes Chas, Abbie, Shelly, and Damion check their privilege Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:16:16 CST yes The KJV gang takes a break from Bible podding for a bit of scandalous gossip and consideration of the ongoing relationship between feminism and skepticism Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:16:16 CST yes Chas, Damion, and CJ analyze the new movement from both sides. Trigger warning for offensive slurs. Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:16:16 CST yes James Morrow discusses some of his more recent novels Sun, 09 Sep 2012 01:01:01 CST no James Morrow discusses some of his earlier novels Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:01:01 CST no CJ and Damion reply to Eric Reitan's reply to religion's cultured despisers. Book info here: http://www.amazon.com/Is-God-Delusion-Religions-Despisers/dp/1405183616 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:16:16 CST yes Chas interviews Ed on the launch of a new network of skeptical bloggers Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Damion and Chas talk to Justin about atheist activism and the skeptical movement Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Every year Wilmont Place Baptist reaches out to the local community by putting on a morality play designed to demonstrate how religious belief is the only choice that really matters, and the local atheists send a delegation. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Every year Wilmont Place Baptist reaches out to the local community by putting on a morality play designed to demonstrate how religious belief is the only choice that really matters, and the local atheists send a delegation. Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Chas and Aimee talk to Matt Dillahunty, president of the Atheist Community of Austin. Matt hosts the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin-based public-access television show "The Atheist Experience" and he was one of the inaugural speakers at the first annual FreeOK. Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Chas and Aimee talk to Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus: How Religion Affects Our Lives and Culture (2009), Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality (2012), and founder of "Recovering Religionists" a national self-help group for those leaving their religious indoctrination Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Chas and Aimee talk to James Croft on a number of disparate topics. James is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he studies the arts, human development, philosophy, and the humanities. He blogs at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/templeofthefuture/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:01:01 CST yes Chas and Damion talk to a man who fights for freedom overseas and then gets back to the States and keeps right on fighting for freedom. Justin Griffith is the Military Director for American Atheists, and is the driving force behind Fort Bragg's 'Rock Beyond Belief' atheist festival. He blogs at http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondbelief/ Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:01:01 CST no Chas and Damion talk to DJ Grothe, President of the JREF. He explains about about himself and the role of skepticism within the overall rationalist movement. Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:45:00 CST no Chas and Damion talk with Skeptic Ink bloggers Justin Vacula and Nothung Schwert about their time in the slime pits (www.SlymePit.com) and the limits of self-restraint in online dialogue. Please be warned that there is some fairly harsh language and more than a few delicate topics in this episode, it is not for the faint of heart. Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:45:00 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with Dan Fincke: philosopher, humanist, Nietzsche enthusiast, and the freethought movement's last best hope for transcending Deep Rifts by engaging one another with open minds. Please be warned that there is some taboo language and a few delicate topics in this episode. This episode is part one of two. Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:22:22 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with Dan Fincke: philosopher, humanist, Nietzsche enthusiast, and the freethought movement's last best hope for transcending Deep Rifts by engaging one another with open minds. Please be warned that there is some taboo language and a few delicate topics in this episode. This episode is part two of two. Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:45:00 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with science writer John Horgan. They discuss the ongoing war of ideas between opposing camps in the field of anthropology, lethal wars between tribes and nations, and all manner of conflicts in between. Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:34:00 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with science writer Razib Khan. They discuss the ongoing war of ideas between opposing camps in the field of anthropology, lethal wars between tribes and nations, and all manner of conflicts in between. They also meander off-topic for about 45 minutes, but it's usually well worth it. Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:34:00 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with Aimee and Kai, the women responsible for planning the first ever freethought conference in Oklahoma City. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:23:45 CST yes Chas and Damion in conversation with Emily Boyer, who has channeled her passion for an evidence-based approach into a career of promoting and providing comprehensive sexual health education that is medically accurate, sex positive, and judgment free. She will also be speaking at FreeOK next month. Sun, 12 May 2013 06:16:16 CST yes