Atheists Talk

Science Blogger and outspoken Atheist Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist affiliated with the University of Chester. He is the managing editor of Fornvännen, Sweden's foremost archaeological journal. Yusie Chou is a journalist and broadcaster. She was raised in Mao's China and came to Sweden at age seven with her family.

 

Rundkvist and Chou live and work in Sweden;  a culture and a country in which atheism is the norm and the mention of god or Jesus by a politician is frowned upon.

 

On the show, Dr. Greg Laden and  our guests will discuss atheism from this perspective, and contrast what it is like to live in a primarily atheist vs. a primarily theist society.

 

We will also discuss how atheism and atheists interface with the society in which they are embedded can be very different depending on context. In addition, we can find out if a nation transforming over to atheism actually does experience the doomsday scenario painted by many outspoken American religious leaders. We may also talk a bit about our guests' reaction to Nordic culture in Minnesota and Swedish archaeology.

 

Greg Laden is a frequent guest and interviewer on our show.  He is a biological anthropologist with field work experience in Africa.

 

Aardvarchaeology, Martin Rundkvist's Blog

 

 

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota and the generous support of our members and donors.  We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Today's show is produced and hosted by Mike Haubrich.

 

 

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Listen to AM 950 KTNF on Sunday at 9 a.m. Central to hear Atheists Talk, produced by Minnesota Atheists. Stream live online.  Call in to the studio  952-946-6205, or send an e-mail to radio@mnatheists.org  during the live show.

 

Neil deCrasse Tyson is one of the leading science communicators of our generation.  As the host of Nova Science Now , Dr. Tyson conveys his enthusiasm and excitement for science and his presentation, nixed with wit and humor bring excitement to a variety of topics.  Tyson is the  Frederick P. Rose Director and astrophysicist at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.  He hosts the Star Talk radio show.  He is a frequent guest on the Colbert Report for whenever Colbert needs science to augment truthiness.  Dr. Tyson is the author of several science books for the lay reader.

 

Greg Laden is a frequent guest and interviewer for Atheists Talk.  Dr. Laden is a biological anthropologist and lecturer at the University of Minnesota, and will talk to Tyson about science communication, science education and the role of magnetism in astrophysics (which is Tyson's specialty.)  

 

 Neil deGrasse Tyson's home page at The Hayden Planetarium.

 

 

 

 

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota and the generous support of our members and donors.  We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Today's show is produced and hosted by Mike Haubrich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our guest this week will be Monica Meyer, executive director of OutFront Minnesota.  She will discuss their upcoming Lobby Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on April 14, 2011.  She will also discuss the threat of the Minnesota State Legislature putting a State Constitutional Amendment on the ballot that would specifically ban same-sex marriage.

 

 

 

 

Atheists Talk is produced with funding fom the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota and the generous support of our members and donors.  We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Today's show is produced and hosted by Mike Haubrich.

 

 

 

 

John W. Loftus was a preacher and scholar under theologist William Lane Craig who left his church and then Christianity altogether. As an elder of his church he was involved in a discussion on how to handle a situation between a youth counselor and an elder; and members of the board were using the same bible verses to justify their positions on how to approach a resolution. He questioned a scripture that could be adaptive to whatever point was being made by a person who quoted them as to find different conclusions as to what was being taught by God.

 

Since then, Loftus has written one book and edited two others on the subject of Atheism and Christianity.  I read Why I Became an Atheist in 2008 and have now read the book he edited The Christian Delusion .  I look forward to reading The  End of Christianity.

 

This show takes a look at Loftus' version of the "Outsider Test of Faith," which invites believers to look at their own religious beliefs from the standpoint of someone who doesn't cling to the faith aspect.  Can their religion survive rational scrutiny?

 

 

 

 

 

Atheists Talk is produced with funding fom the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota and the generous support of our members and donors.  We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Today's show is produced by Mike Haubrich and hosted by Scott Lohman.