Bi Any Means Podcast

My guest for today is Stephanie Zvan. She’s a blogger whose blog, Almost Diamonds, can be found on The Orbit. She’s also one of the organizers for Minnesota Atheists, and one of the hosts of the Atheist Talk radio show. Today we’re going to talk about a recent blog post she wrote about “divisiveness” in the atheist movement.The post was written in response to Dogma Debate host David Smalley’s recent talk at this year’s Gateway to Reason conference (the link to which I’ll put in the show notes). As I tell Stephanie in the interview, at first I thought he did a good job talking about how not to let different opinions divide the movement. But as Stephanie explained, when people in the atheist movement talk about divisiveness, they’re not talking about the “Everyone I don’t like is Hitler” meme.Links:•Almost Diamonds: https://the-orbit.net/almostdiamonds/ •Stephanie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/szvan•David Smalley’s Gateway to Reason talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M7-CnIztzs&t=0s •Steve Shives’ vide

My guest for today is Armin Navabi, ex-Muslim and founder of Atheist Republic. He’s also the author of the book “Why There is No God,” and co-host of the Secular Jihadists from the Middle East podcast. Today we’re going to talk about his backstory, the Atheist Republic, and the blacklash they’ve received.Links:•Atheist Republic: http://www.atheistrepublic.com/ •Armin Navabi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArminNavabi •Secular Jihadists from the Middle East: http://secularjihadists.libsyn.com/ •Anthony Magnabosco’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/magnabosco210 •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •My

Because I already booked this week’s guest before the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, I took a page from Marissa McCool’s book and decided to do a special bonus episode, free of charge to the patrons, to talk about what happened.

My guest for today is writer and activist Greta Christina. She’s the author of several books including “Why are You Atheists So Angry?”, “Coming Out Atheist,” “Comforting Thoughts about Death that Have Nothing to Do with God,” and “The Way of the Heathen.” She’s also a blogger who currently blogs at The Orbit. Today we’re going to talk about her writing, feminism, and humanist sexual ethics.Links:•Greta Christina’s Blog: https://the-orbit.net/greta/ •Greta’s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greta-Christina/e/B00DVZY8K4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1502219438&sr=8-1 •Greta on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretachristina •Greta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GretaChristina •Think Stephtically: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymean

Today’s the day you’ve all be waiting for. The American Humanist Association finally released the video for my “WTF is Genderqueer” talk, and today’s episode is the audio from that. I’ll include a link in the show notes for those who want to see the video as well.Links:•The video for my “WTF is Genderqueer” talk: https://youtu.be/7lneXOa7cyE •The SciBabe: http://scibabe.com/ •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast/Spin Off Fans Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/

Returning to the show today is Marissa Alexa McCool. She’s the host of the Inciting Incident podcast, and co-host of the Cis Are Getting Out Of Hand and Doubting Dogma. She’s also the author of several books, including her latest one “Voice in the Dark.” A lot has happened since Marissa was last on the show back in February, so today we’re going to find out what she’s been up to.Links:•Marissa’s website: http://rismccool.com/ •The Inciting Incident: http://incitingincident.libsyn.com/ •Ris’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RisMcCool •Ris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RisMcCool •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast/Spin Off Fans Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listen

My guest for today is my Facebook friend Charlotte Butler Salafia, who volunteered to be on the show. According to a brief bio she sent me, she’s 52, lives in Orlando, a military brat, and has a son and two stepdaughters, one of which is a lesbian. She works part-time for a contractor, went to a Christian liberal arts college, has worked in all types of business, and has lived in England, Florida, Atlanta, Washington DC, and Phoenix. So today we’re going to hear her story in this Everyone’s Agnostic-styled episode.Links:•Charlotte’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/charlotte.salafia •The Secular Barbershop: http://www.thesecularbarbershop.com/ •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast/Spin Off Fans Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/gr

Due to the lack of a guest this week, I just turned on the recorder and talked about a few things on my mind for about 22 minutes. Hopefully it's not too boring.•Inciting Incident’s 100th Episode Live: https://www.facebook.com/events/1221281897948394/ •Secular Saturday: https://www.secularsaturday.com/ •Gateway to Reason: https://www.gatewaytoreason.com/ •I Doubt It with Dollemore: https://dollemore.com/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•The Spin Off: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-spin-off •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast/Spin Off Fans Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •My Patreon page: http://ww

My guest for today is journalist and activist Desiree Kane. She’s is a Miwok woman, multi-media journalist, and a live-media event producer. Her body of journalistic work ranges widely, including a short form documentary on coal on the Navajo Nation for VICE News, photojournalism and writing for Yes! Magazine, her travel + tech column for nearly 3 years at Creative Loafing, reporting on an Indigenous Women's Treaty Signing in Paris during the COP21 in Earth Island Journal, and writing and producing a multi-media exposé detailing immigrant detention in Aurora, CO for Shadowproof. She also spent 7 months at Standing Rock, so today we’re going to hear all about it.Links:•Desiree Kane’s website: http://desireekane.com/ •Desiree on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/desiree.kane •Desiree on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dbirdy •Atheist Nomads: http://www.atheistnomads.com/ •Skeptic’s Brewpub: http://skepticsbrewpub.com/ •Secular Yakking: http://secularyakking.com/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org

My guest for today is Rajani Gudlavalleti, racial equity trainer and board member of the Foundation Beyond Belief. Here’s what her bio says: “Rajani Gudlavalleti is a second-generation, South Indian-American queer humanist woman residing in Baltimore, MD. Rajani works at the intersections of social justice, public health, and the legal system, providing contract and consulting services as an organizer, evaluator, trainer and writer. Currently, she is a community organizer for the BRIDGES Coalition for safe drug consumption spaces in Baltimore City, and a facilitator with Baltimore Racial Justice Action. Rajani co-founded Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity in February 2015, and explores her multiple intersecting identities on her website, charmingly-hyphenated.comIn March 2016, Rajani joined the board of Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB) bringing with her over a decade of experience in social justice work. FBB provides humanists opportunities to engage in service work, such as volunteerism and giving, and a

My guest for today is Ian Bushfield, executive director of the British Columbia Humanist Association. According to his bio, “Ian Bushfield was the first Executive Director for the BC Humanist Association and lived for two years in the UK where he worked on campaigns with Sense About Science. He has a background in physics and non-profit management and grew up in Alberta. In 2017 he joined the BC Civil Liberties Association's Board of Directors.” So today we’re going to talk about Ian’s background and find out everything the BC Humanist Association is doing.Links:•BC Humanist Association: http://www.bchumanist.ca/ •Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ibushfield •4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Bringing the White Tears: http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/white-people-emotions-tears/ •The Podunk Polymath Podcast: https://thepodunkpolymath.com/ •Unbuckling the Bible Belt: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzq5cXYaLevSZ4EnQRsTwiA •Cellar Door Skeptics: https://cellardoorskeptics.com/ •Freedo

Returning to the show today is Ashton P. Woods. He is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Houston, and is the co-chair of the Black Humanists Alliance, which we talked about the last time he was on the show. Today we’re going to talk about some recent stuff going on with tone policing, free speech, and racism.Links:•Ashton’s website: http://www.ashtonpwoods.com/ •Ashton’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apwactivist/ •Ashton’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshtonPWoods •The Gaytheist Manifesto: http://gaytheistmanifesto.secularmediagroup.com/ •Godless Rebelution: https://godlessrebelution.podbean.com/ •The Podunk Polymath Podcast: https://thepodunkpolymath.com/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •The Token Skeptic: http://tokenskeptic.org/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•The Spin Off: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-spin-off •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://tw

My guest for today is Aaron Rabinowitz, co-host of the new podcast Embrace the Void. Here’s what the official description of the show says: “Welcome friends, to a podcast for a darker timeline. Maybe the darkest of all timelines. Definitely not one of the good timelines. Maybe it’s always been a dark timeline, maybe the Hadron collider screwed us over. Science may never know. What we do know is that we live in the void. The void, a place where a chittering mass of void crabs can infest a person suit and win the presidency. The void, a place where we're just clever enough to know that climate change is happening, but not quite clever enough to do anything about it. The void seems terrible and cruel, but it loves you, in its own ironic way.” So today we’re going to talk about philosophy, religion, and what it means to embrace the Void.Links:•Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com •ETV on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmbraceTheVoidPod/ •ETV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ETVPod •Ashton P. Woods on the Nazi

My guest for today Charone Frankel, host of the new podcast Habeas Humor. Habeas Humor combines comedy and law to both entertain and enlighten listeners, along with interviews. Today we’re going to talk about her work, her podcast, and if the law can be funny.Links:•Habeas Humor: http://habhumor.libsyn.com/ •HH on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/habeashumor •HH on Twitter: https://twitter.com/habeashumor •Charone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharoneF •Anthony Magnabosco’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/magnabosco210 •The Atheist in the Trailer Park: http://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/ •The Brainstorm Podcast: https://www.brainstormblog.net/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •Skeptic’s Brewpub: http://skepticsbrewpub.com/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•The Spin Off: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-spin-off •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://t

This is the 100th episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, and to celebrate I’ve invited Callie Wright from the Gaytheist Manifesto to join me today to talk about our adventures in podcasting since we both started our shows around the same time. We’re going to talk about all the ups and downs of podcast, and how it’s changed both of our lives.Links:•The Gaytheist Manifesto: http://gaytheistmanifesto.secularmediagroup.com/ •Queery: http://www.queeryshow.com/ •Think Stephtically: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically •Cellar Door Skeptics: https://cellardoorskeptics.com/ •Utah Outcasts: http://utahoutcasts.com/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •Atheist Nomads: http://www.atheistnomads.com/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Faceboo

My guest for today is author and podcaster Matthew O’Neil. He received his MA in Theology from Saint Michael's College and is a certified Humanist chaplain and celebrant. He is the author of "What the Bible Really Does (and Doesn't) Say About Sex," "After Life," and "You Say That I Am." And he also hosts the For God’s Sake podcast with Natalie Newall. Today we’re going to talk about his life, his work, and what God really thinks about what consenting adults do in the bedroom.Links:•Matthew O’Neil’s website: https://www.matthewoneil.org/ •Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mwoneiI •For God’s Sake Podcast: http://for-god-s-sake.madewithopinion.com/ •FGS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForGodsSakePodcast/ •SciBabe: http://scibabe.com/ •Token Skeptic: http://tokenskeptic.org/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •The Podunk Polymath Podcast: https://thepodunkpolymath.com/ •Unbuckling the Bible Belt: http://www.spreaker.com/show/unbuckling-the-bible-belt_1 •The Biskeptical Podcast: http:/

My guest for today is Noah Lugeons, host of the Scathing Atheist, Skepticrat, and God Awful Movies podcasts. He also has a new podcast coming out with the rest of the Scathing Atheist crew and Tom and Cecil from Cognitive Dissonance called Citation Needed which should be coming out within the next couple of weeks. Today we’re going to talk about his life, his work, and how podcasting touches lives.Links:•Scathing Atheist: https://audioboom.com/channel/scathing-atheist •The Skepticrat: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat •God Awful Movies: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies •The DnD Classes of SJWs: http://imgur.com/gallery/P1yXa •The Atheist Experience: http://www.atheist-experience.com/ •TDTFPod: https://soundcloud.com/tdtfpod •The Gaytheist Manifesto: http://gaytheistmanifesto.secularmediagroup.com/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •Godless Rebelution: https://godlessrebelution.podbean.com/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•

Today’s episode is a collection of short interviews I did with some of the speakers and attendees of last week’s ReasonCon3 conference in Hickory, NC. First up is Gene Elliott, who helped organize the event. Then I chat with Matt Dillahunty, one of the speakers. Then we hear from friend of the show, Louis Mendez, followed by Heath and Eli from God Awful Movies. And finally I chat with Callie Wright from the Gaytheist Manifesto, who pretty much stole the show, and you’ll soon find out why.Links:•ReasonCon: http://reasonnc.com/ •The Atheist Experience: http://www.atheist-experience.com/ •Louis Mendez’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/the.louis.mendez •God Awful Movies: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies •The Gaytheist Manifesto: http://gaytheistmanifesto.secularmediagroup.com/ •The Original Motto Project: http://originalmotto.us/ •Skeptic’s Brewpub: http://skepticsbrewpub.com/ •Freedom from Religion Foundation: http://ffrf.org •Secular Yakking: http://secularyakking.com/ •The Biskeptical Pod

My guest for today is Mel Rice, operations manager for the Normalize Atheism Campaign. The Normalize Atheism Campaign was created by Mark Nebo of Be Secular as a way to destigmatize atheism back in 2014, but recently joined forces with Sincere Kirabo and Steve Shives to reinvigorate it. So today we’re going to talk to Mel about the campaign, her role there, and her backstory.As a head’s up, part of Mel’s story involves being a domestic violence survivor, so listener discretion is advised. See? I issued a trigger warning, and nobody’s free speech got taken away. Maybe I’m not doing it right.Links:•NormalizeAtheism.com: https://normalizeatheism.com/ •Mel’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/melonie.rosedale •Mel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paleo_Diva •Adamant Atheism: http://www.spreaker.com/show/adam-collinss-tracks_1 •Utah Outcasts: http://utahoutcasts.com/ •Atheist Nomads: http://www.atheistnomads.com/ •Freedom From Religion Foundation: https://ffrf.org/ •The Atheist in the Trailer Park: http://trai

My guest for today is David Fitzgerald. He’s the author of the books “Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All,” “The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion Book One: The Mormons,” and the new three volume “Jesus: Mything in Action.” Today we’re going to talk about his life, his work, and why there probably isn’t a historical Jesus.Links:•David Fitzgerald’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/David-Fitzgerald/e/B004ASD9M4/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1491870431&sr=8-2-ent •David on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.fitzgerald.33633 •The Token Skeptic: http://tokenskeptic.org/ •ReasonCon 3: http://reasonnc.com/ •Freedom From Religion Foundation: https://ffrf.org/ •Unbuckling the Bible Belt: http://www.spreaker.com/show/unbuckling-the-bible-belt_1 •Cellar Door Skeptics: https://cellardoorskeptics.com/ •The Biskeptical Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast•Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twi