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Since episodes 9 and 10 appeared, a couple of critics have emerged to question the team. So in this episode, we discuss and respond to our critics.
Download episode 11 here
First, jokes: What constitutes acceptable subject matter for a joke? An anglican minister from Neutral Bay takes exception to a joke posted on twitter by Jason, and the whole team respond, with hilarious results
Second, nuclear medicine: Are the Australian greens pro or anti-nuclear medicine? Does their policy mean what a candidate from QLD says it means? Ian has done the research.
Note: The Greens were approached for an interview on this subject but were unresponsive
If you're offended by jokes, or have a dogmatic position on nuclear policy, you may want to go listen to another podcast, just until the next episode emerges.
As ever, the opinions expressed by the team do not reflect the opinions of Sydney Atheists Inc, a non-profit body registered in NSW.
Links:
George Carlin: Rape can be funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcFryjunIjw
The vagina joke:
http://kiplange.com/2010/05/the-p-s-your-vaginas-in-the-sink-joke.html
Greens nuclear policy:
http://greens.org.au/policies/climate-change-and-energy/nuclear
ANSTO
http://www.ansto.gov.au/
Download the episode here
This week, The Sydney Atheists' Podcast takes on the knotty subject of Circumcision, with a hearty helping of "stuff you don't need to know about your hosts". This podcast discusses a sensitive issue in an irreverent style. Bring your sense of humour. Also, We should probably apologise to Cormack Murphy O'Connor for Jason mixing him up with Bishop Casey. Cormack, you better not turn out to have a secret family in the US, or this apology will be for naught.
Links:
For this episode, we're giving you a diet of wikipedia reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_of_Christ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_cutting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce
Please follow the references from each article to get the complete picture.
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Hosted By Dave The Happy Singer, with Jason Brown and Ian Woolf
Produced by Jason Brown
Many of the books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from Embiggen Books
www.embiggenbooks.com
http://twitter.com/embiggenbooks
Books we mentioned and topics we discussed in this episode:
The God Delusion (Dawkins)
http://embiggenbooks.com/god-delusion-the.html
God Is Not Great (Hitchens)
http://embiggenbooks.com/god-is-not-great-how-religion-poisons-everything.html
50 reasons people give for believing in a god (Guy P. Harrison)
http://embiggenbooks.com/50-reasons-people-give-for-believing-in-a-god.html
Godless (Dan Barker)
http://embiggenbooks.com/godless-how-an-evangelical-preacher-became-one-of-america-s-leading-atheists.html
His Dark Materials trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
The Heaven Election, starring Dave The Happy Singer as Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKFWQXL5uU
The infamous NOMA essay can be read in "Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms" by Stephen Jay Gould
The Australian Book Of Atheism (ed. Warren Bonnett)
http://embiggenbooks.com/australian-book-of-atheism-the.html
Jason is probably mistaken about the background of convicts on the first fleet, though details are incomplete
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicts_on_the_First_Fleet
Primary Ethics
http://www.primaryethics.com.au/index.html
The High Price Of Heaven (David Marr)
Marrickville Council joins Israeli Boycott
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/suburb-joins-israeli-boycott-20101220-1935z.html
ANSTO and the Lucas Heights reactor
http://www.ansto.gov.au/
The Demon Haunted World (Sagan)
http://embiggenbooks.com/demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark.html
The Blind Watchmaker
The Greatest Show On Earth (Dawkins)
Why People Believe Weird Things (Shermer)
http://embiggenbooks.com/index.php/why-people-believe-weird-things.html
Everything You Know About God Is Wrong (Neil Gaiman)
Good Omens (Pratchett/Gaiman)
Jesus Potter, Harry Christ (pub. Holy Blasphemy)
Too bad they never made any sequels to The Matrix
http://xkcd.com/566/
Watchmen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
The Science Of Discworld series
Small Gods (Pratchett)
A podcast from the archives while we re-engineer the show: Alan Conradi, Ian Woolf, Fleur Dickinson, Jason Brown and Dave the Happy Singer discuss Jesus All About Life and the NSW Chaplains programme.
Download the show here Show notes/links: Jesus All About Life: http://www.jesusallaboutlife.com/ Not Being Silenced By JAAL: http://www.facebook.com/censoredforjesus?ref=ts Skeptics Annotated Bible: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/ Ramadan Salami Sandwich: http://www.news.com.au/national/parents-say-son-was-tormented-for-eating-salami-sandwich-during-ramadan/story-e6frfkvr-1225797140592
Download the show here
Ian Woolf discusses research into the neurology of religious faith,
Alan Conradi describes the Western Sydney Freethinkers,
Wise thoughts from Jason Brown,
Hosted by Dave the Happy Singer,
produced by Ian Woolf
Show Notes:
"God is in the Wattles" by Peter Watts
Western Sydney Freethinkers
Ian Woolf
Alan Conradi
Dave The Happy Singer
Jason Brown
The Sydney Atheists Podcast is back, with a very special interview with comedian Jamie Kilstein.
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Jamie is a stand-up comedian from New York who co-hosts the Citizen Radio podcast, featuring political comedy and stellar interviews. He is currently starring in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Sydney Atheists members often organise group trips to see Jamie's shows when he visits Sydney.
This episode was recorded in Melbourne the day after Jamie's frenetic set at the Rise of Atheism: 2010 Global Atheist Convention. Performing before Dan Barker and Richard Dawkins, the set split sides and raised eyebrows.
In an hilarious interview, Jamie shares his experience of gigging at the largest ever gathering of nonbelievers, his own path to atheism, his thoughts on the movement of organised atheists, the reception of his material in Australia, his tattoos and much, much more.
This unmissable interview was recorded by Dave The Happy Singer for the Skeptic Zone podcast, who released an edited version in Skeptic Zone episode 76. The full uncut interview was too good to go unreleased so we're proud to release it here at Sydney Atheists by kind permission of the 'Zone.
Find out more about interviewing Jamie Kilstein at the Global Atheist Convention on Dave's blog.
Shownotes * Jamie Kilstein at Citizen Radio * Dave The Happy Singer * The Skeptic Zone * The Rise of Atheism: 2010 Global Atheist Convention * AC Grayling * PZ Myers on Jamie Kilstein * Citizen Radio interview Peter Singer * Allison Kilkenny * Francis Collins ...and his three waterfalls * Alcoholics Anonymous and their 'higher power' * Allison Kilkenny 'ripping the vatican' * Jamie Kilstein at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Critical Mass Podcast #6 is out!
Hosted by Ian Woolf and featuring Jason Brown, Dave The Happy Singer and Anthony Englund.
Topics include
- Religion and the Law
- Pope, Pell, Condoms and AIDS
- A lighter look at Pesach and Easter
Plus theme music by Dave The Happy Singer and a music interlude from Baby Hammer Death.
Show notes and links: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
http://www.mardigras.org.au/
HREOC: Religion and belief in the 21st Century
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/frb/index.html
Papal Statement on Condoms and AIDS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7947460.stm
Pell Agrees with Pope's Condom Claim
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1015108/Pell-agrees-with-Pope%27s-con...
Rape Row Sparks Excommunications
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7926694.stm
The Kosher Phone
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359851870&pagename=JPost%...
Ann Holmes Redding, the Muslim Episcopalian
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/02/muslim.minister.defrocked/index.html
John Safran Crucified
http://www.smh.com.au/world/john-safran-crucified-for-religion-report-20...
ABC Fora on the licence to offend
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/fora/stories/2009/04/03/2534072.htm
Critical Mass Podcast episode 5 is out!
Hosted by Dave The Happy Singer, this hilarious episode features Ian Woolf, Jason Brown and special guest Fleur Dickinson.
Topics include:
- Our enlightening visit to Hillsong Church
- Creationism in the Sydney Morning Herald
- Sydney Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen at Abbotsleigh School
- The Collect 09 Connect 09 conversion campaign
- Useful things to do with a former church.
Plus music from Dave The Happy Singer and Baby Hammer Death.
Show notes and links Separation of church and state in Australia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia#Constitutional_Status
Hillsong Church:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsong
Hypnotoad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_robot_characters_from_Fut...
Hell in Matthew's gospel:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/Mt/cr_list.html
Lot and his daughters:
http://www.thebricktestament.com/genesis/the_seduction_of_lot/gn19_30.html
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/jn/14.html#5
Collect 09:
http://www.connect09.com
Epicurus and the problem of Evil:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil#Epicurus
SydneyAnglicans.net Posting Policy:
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/help/posting_policy
Muhammad's nine-year-old bride:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%27s_wives#Al-Hijrah
Johann Hari on the Islamic Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=1439
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a link to Pope Awesome XII's Prostitute Races. Sorry about that.
Critical Mass podcast episode 4 is out now!
This episode is hosted by Ian Woolf, with Alan Conradi, Jason Brown and Dave The Happy Singer.
Topics include:
- Toongabbie Anglican Church on the existence of God
- The ethics of food, vegetarianism and veganism
- The Mad Mullah of Melbourne Samir Abu Hamza and his right to freedom of speech
- Nancy Cartwright's Scientology robocall in the voice of Bart Simpson.
Music from Dave The Happy Singer, Baby Hammer Death and Boxxy!
Critical Mass podcast #3
In the next installment of Critical Mass, Jason Brown, Alan Conradi, Anthony England, Dave the Happy Singer and Ian Woolf discuss:
Exorcism in Sydney,
Internet censorship in Australia,
Calvinist neurology,
Prayer in Parliament,
and Sydney Atheist News.
Presented by Dave the Happy Singer, produced by Jason Brown, with technical support from Ian Woolf.
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Alan Conradi, Rachel Macalpine, Dave the Happy Singer and Ian Woolf talk about religion and psychopathology.
Atheist news about Newtown festival, Parody religions, Atheist advertising, and blessed oil.
Critical Mass podcast #2
Critical Mass podcast MP3
On the show are Anthony, Ian, Dave and Alan
We talk about
- What the Sydney Atheists have been up to
- What we're all about
- Religion invading schools
- Kevin Rudd's argument from design
- The London buses
Also, Dave does the topical song, 'On the buses'
Check it out now!