"Why I Left, Why I Stayed" is a new book chronicling the dialogue between humanist Bart Campolo and his Evangelical minister father. The post The Humanist Hour #229: Bart Campolo on Why I Left, Why I Stayed appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Greaves discusses The Satanic Temple's ongoing fight against religious favoritism and pursuit of fair and equal application of the law. The post The Humanist Hour #228: Lucien Greaves on the Satanic Temple appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Using emotional appeals to help people align their politics with their values and goals. The post The Humanist Hour #227: Gleb Tsipursky on the Rational Politics Project appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Hear from Galen Broaddus, now the first Secular Celebrant in the state of Illinois. The post The Humanist Hour #226: Galen Broaddus and Nick Little on the Illinois Secular Celebrant Victory appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Download an audio file of this podcast. Normally, a new year brings an organization new opportunities to examine and reorder its priorities, to make new commitments, and to launch new projects. In 2017, U.S. secular organizations will do all that, but they also have to reassess their missions and their strategies in the wake of […] The post The Hum…

Download an audio file of this podcast. It’s been nearly ten years since Dale McGowan’s book, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion, came out. Since then, a few things have changed about the secular landscape and about the religious landscape of the U.S. as a whole. To reflect these changes and […] The post The H…

Download an audio file of this podcast. In October, First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis put on a conference to celebrate their first hundred years as a humanist congregation. The centerpiece of this conference was a panel discussion on the future of humanism, its challenges and what humanism can do to rise to the occasion. The […] The post The H…

Listen to a panel discussion on the future of humanism, featuring William Hart, Anthony Pinn, Sonia Sarker, Chris Stedman, and Phil Zuckerman. The post The Humanist Hour #222: The Future of Humanism: New Voices for the 21st Century, Part 1 appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Ozment's new book describes the her family's "Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age." The post The Humanist Hour #221: Katherine Ozment on Grace Without God appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Listen to Peggy Knudtson's interviews from the Skeptics of Oz conference in Wichita, Kansas. The post The Humanist Hour #220: Bob Minor, Be-Asia McKerracher, and JT Eberhard at Skeptics of Oz appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Former Humanist Hour Producer Bo Bennett is back to discuss his new book, Uncomfortable Ideas! The post The Humanist Hour #219: Bo Bennett on Uncomfortable Ideas appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Vickie Stangl joins Peggy Knudtson to talk about her new book and about what we need to know to protect Etta Semple's legacy. The post The Humanist Hour #218: Vickie Stangl on Etta Semple: Kansas Freethinker and “Ideal” Woman appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Humanists of Houston leaders talk about how they've become one of the AHA's largest local chapters. The post The Humanist Hour #217: Vic Wang and Benita Malone on Humanists of Houston appeared first on TheHumanist.com.

Programming note: The Humanist Hour will be off next week, October 26th! We’ll be back on Wednesday, November 2. Download an audio file of this podcast. We tend to think of the process of converting from one religion to another as a religious experience, but how much of that reflects the outlook of the people […] The post The Humanist Hour #216: Su…

Download an audio file of this podcast. “Interfaith” is not a word that comes easily to all humanists. Even more difficult for some is the idea of partnering with religious leaders and believers to work together on the world’s problems. However, a panel composed of humanist minister Rebecca Armstrong, past American Humanist Association president Me…

Programming note: The Humanist Hour will be off next week, October 5th! We’ll be back on Wednesday, October 12. Download an audio file of this podcast. If anyone in today’s secular movement should require no introduction, it’s Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder and now co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). Fresh off a speech […]…

Download an audio file of this podcast. Today’s adolescent humanists in the U.S. aren’t the first generation of young people to be raised in a nonreligious philosophy. They are, however, the largest in modern times here – and the demographic shift means the generations that follow will likely be even larger. That means it’s time […] The post The Hu…

Download an audio file of this podcast. Skepticon is an unusual conference in several ways. It started as a student-run event that survived its founders’ graduation. It’s an independent event, run as its own nonprofit organization. It’s a free conference and vows to remain that way. In any given year, roughly half its speakers are […] The post The …

Download an audio file of this podcast. We like to say that we’re “good without a god,” but the fact of the matter is that we’re not always very organized about it. One of the good things organized religion has introduced to the world is ways to encourage giving and volunteering to help those in […] The post The Humanist Hour #211: Noelle George on…

Download an audio file of this podcast. Sex positivity sounds like a wonderful thing, but do you really know what it is? As a social movement, it’s older than you might think. It can be traced back through the Free Love movement. No, not the one in the 1960s: the Victorian Free Love movement. In […] The post The Humanist Hour #210: Miri Mogilevsky …

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. The concept of social justice is enjoying a renaissance. That doesn’t necessarily translate into action, however. Even people who support social justice may find themselves uncertain how to put their principles into practice. They may be unsure what is needed from them. At the American Humanist […] T…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. There is a significant portion of the U.S. electorate this year who seem determined to “take back their country”. It’s rare, however, that these people are willing to explicitly state who they want to take the country back from. In reality their political fears reflect a […] The post The Humanist Hou…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Kelly McCullough is a fantasy and science fiction author with twelve novels under his belt to date. Despite being raised outside religion, his work often focuses on what it means to exist in a world where gods are real. In his WebMage series, McCullough’s protagonist is […] The post The Humanist Hour…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. The 2016 U.S. presidential election has turned into something that wasn’t supposed to be able to happen anymore. We’re supposed to be past this kind of open racism, yet here we are. So much for living in a “post-racial” America. Alix Jules is a secular activist, […] The post The Humanist Hour #206: A…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Earlier this month, model and activist Qandeel Baloch was found dead in her home in Pakistan. She’d been drugged and murdered by her brother in what he claimed was an honor killing. Baloch was a feminist and a pop star who didn’t adhere to local Islamic […] The post The Humanist Hour #205: Examining …

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. When Callie Wright came out as a trans woman in 2013, there weren’t a lot of queer voices in the secular movement that focused on issues affecting queer people. She set out to change that. With her partner in crime Ari Stillman, she now runs The […] The post The Humanist Hour #204: Callie Wright on t…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Any year in which we have the first female major party presumptive nominee for president is going to be a busy one in feminist politics. Beyond Hillary Clinton, however, there’s still plenty going on in current political discourse that’s of interest to feminists. From the misogyny […] The post The Hu…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. This year, the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center celebrates a decade of service. The center provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of religious and secular minorities by directly challenging clear violations of the Establishment Clause and seeking …

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In spring of 2012, the secular movement was a different place for women. We were grossly underrepresented on stage, in print, and in the membership of our organizations. In a movement that prides itself on asking questions, the people asking why this underrepresentation was happening were […] The pos…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. So you’re an atheist. Now what? The way we deal with life—with love and sex, pleasure and death, reality and making stuff up—can change dramatically when we stop believing in gods, souls, and afterlives. When we leave religion—or if we never had it in the first […] The post The Humanist Hour #199: Gr…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Just before the American Humanist Association’s 75th Anniversary Conference a couple of weeks ago, the organization announced that it was launching a new Black Humanist Alliance and the revamped and revitalized Feminist Humanist Alliance and LGBTQ Humanist Alliance. Stephanie Zvan caught up with seve…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Art has the potential to reach people in ways no simple argument can. As such, it’s always been harnessed for activist pursuits. From design that adds impact to a message, to providing the sugar coating on an educational pill, to telling us stories we need to […] The post The Humanist Hour #197: Josi…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Of all the recent “religious freedom” legislation passed around the country, perhaps none is so restrictive as North Carolina’s “Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employ…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. David Cobb is a lawyer and co-founder of Move to Amend, a coalition dedicated to winning a constitutional amendment to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. He has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected [……

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. This year is a special one for the American Humanist Association – it marks 75 years since our founding. To celebrate, our annual conference returns to the AHA’s original home of Chicago this May 26–29 with lots to do for everyone. In addition to being AHA’s […] The post The Humanist Hour #194: Ameri…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. “We show up so you don’t have to.” That’s the tagline for the Oh No, Ross and Carrie podcast. If you’ve ever wanted to get out and experience all the world’s weirdness for yourself, this podcast might not be for you. If, however, you’ve been dying […] The post The Humanist Hour #193: Carrie Poppy and…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Gene Roddenberry was openly humanist, and his best-known creation, Star Trek, reflects his views in many ways. Our guests this week talk about how Star Trek informed their humanism and how they use the show to educate others about humanism. Susan Sackett became Roddenberry’s executive assistant […] T…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. Over the past year or so, the American Humanist Association has been making changes to reflect its commitment to social justice. These changes can be found in the pages of The Humanist magazine and the words of its leaders. Change can also be found more recently […] The post The Humanist Hour #191: S…

Click to download an audio of this podcast. On this week’s show, Stephanie Zvan interviews Dr. Bethany “SciCurious” Brookshire about effective strategies for convincing people of scientific truths, the common mistakes we make when we set out to teach people about science. Brookshire recently co-edited Science Blogging: The Essential Guide. For near…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this week’s show, Stephanie Zvan introduces interviewer Peggy Knudtson, and Peggy and Jenn Wilson talk to Justin Scott about his work to get politicians on record on the separation of church and state. As an Iowan, activist, and atheist, Justin Scott has had a unique […] The post The Humanist Hour…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Jenn Wilson introduces our new producer, Stephanie Zvan, and Kim Ellington talks to Frank Edwards, Ronald F. Murphy, Cheryl Abram, and Darrell Smith – authors who presented at the Black Nonbelievers fifth anniversary celebration in Atlanta last month. On January 16, 2016, Black […] T…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett has a conversation with Dr. Michael Britt about the genre of books and programs known as “self-help,” a roughly $11 billion industry. As Bo says, the self-help movement is not much different from many religious movements, and, like many religions, self-help […] The post Th…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Kim Ellington welcomes new Humanist Hour co-host Jenn Wilson to the podcast and they both speak with author Dr. Mark Smith about his new book, Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics. Mark A. Smith provocatively argues that religion is […] The post The Hu…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Kim Ellington speak with Associate Professor of Sociology Ryan T. Cragun about the sociology of religion. Are religious people more generous than the non-religious? Smarter? Better looking? (Actually, we don’t ask that last one) Ryan T. Cragun is a husband, […] The pos…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Kim Ellington speaks with author and activist Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson about her latest book, White Nights, Black Paradise, and the state of race in America today. Later, Peggy Knudtson speaks with Dr. Richard Carrier about the “evidence” of miracles. Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson is […] The po…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Peggy Knudtson speak with author Dr. Daniel Everett. Dr. Everett is an American author and academic best known for his study of the Amazon Basin’s Pirahã people and their language. He serves as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley […] The post The Humanist Hour #183: D…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Peggy Knudtson speak with comedian Stewart Huff about the joys and pains of performing liberal, secular comedy across the country, especially in places that aren’t so, well… liberal or secular. Stewart Huff was born in Campbellsville, Kentucky and grew up […] The post …

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Kim Ellington speak with Mark W. Gura, a Secular Buddhist, humanist, and freethinker. They talk about a “woo-free” version of mediation and spirituality. Mark W. Gura has more than 20 years of experience in practicing mindfulness meditation. He is the […] The post The …

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Peggy Knudtson speak with author James A, Lindsay about his new book, Everybody is Wrong About God. Later, Kim Ellington speaks with Derek Colanduno, director of the Skeptical track at DragonCon. James A. Lindsay is an author and outspoken atheist […] The post The Huma…

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Kim Ellington interview Dr. David Kyle Johnson about his new book, The Myths that Stole Christmas: Seven Misconceptions that Hijacked the Holiday (and How We Can Take It Back). Later, Humanist Hour correspondent Patty Traynor interviews Kevin Davis, executive director …