Synopsis
The Atheist Experience is a weekly show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist and atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism.
Episodes
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#833: Religion and Depression
30/09/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Jen Peeples with guest Dave Silverman. Religion and Depression. Dave Silverman pimps the American Atheist Conv. Jen examines a study correlating religious belief and depression.
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#832: Indoctrination
23/09/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Tracie Harris. Indoctrination. Tracie talks about how children get indoctrinated into Christianity and other religions and its harmful effects.
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#831: God's Mistakes
16/09/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Don Baker. God's Mistakes. Don talks about the mistakes the god of the Bible makes.
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#830: Christian Extended Universe
09/09/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Lynnea Glasser. Christian Extended Universe. Lynnea talks about how Christianity (as fiction) has extended the basic story in various directions.
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#829: Viewer Calls
02/09/2013 Duration: 57minRussell Glasser and Martin Wagner. Viewer Calls. Russell and Martin take viewer calls.
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#828: Ad Hominem Attacks
26/08/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Jen Peeples. Ad Hominem Attacks. Jenn clarifies what an ad hominem attack is and isn't.
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#827: Interview with Rob Poole
19/08/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Tracie Harris with guest Rob Poole. Interview with Rob Poole. Tracie interviews Rob Poole, Professor of Social Psychiatry, Bangor University, North Wales
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#826: Viewer Calls
12/08/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Jeff Dee. Viewer Calls. Matt and Jeff take callers.
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#824: The Failure of Scripture
29/07/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Don Baker. The Failure of Scripture. Don talks about founder Thomas Paine and how he nailed most of the problems with the Bible.
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#823: Viewer Calls
22/07/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Martin Wagner. Viewer Calls. Matt and Martin take viewer calls.
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#822: Polls about Non-Belief
15/07/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Jen Peeples. Polls about Non-Belief. Jenn describes a new poll about what people think about the rise of non-belief in the US.
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#821: Treatment of Gays in Iraq
08/07/2013 Duration: 57minRussell Glasser and Tracie Harris. Treatment of Gays in Iraq. Russell gives some atheist news and Tracie reads a letter concerning treatment of gays in Iraq.
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#819: The Failure of Faith
24/06/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Don Baker. The Failure of Faith. Don discusses how faith is a path to harm and why chuch-state separation is so important.
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#818: Viewer Calls
17/06/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Jeff Dee. Viewer Calls. Matt and Jeff take callers.
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#817: Objective Morality
10/06/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Martin Wagner with guest Dan Fincke. Objective Morality. Russell and Martin talk with atheist Dan Fincke about objective morality.
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#816: Westpoint Religious Graduation
03/06/2013 Duration: 58minRussell Glasser and Jen Peeples. Westpoint Religious Graduation. Jen describes the experience of an atheist officer at his Westpoint graduation.
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#815: The Failure of TRUTH
27/05/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Don Baker. The Failure of TRUTH. Don talks about how various religions/sects claims of TRUTH are obvious falsehoods.
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#814: What's Possible?
20/05/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris. What's Possible?. Tracie shows how, even with some uncertainty, some things are known to be impossible.
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#813: Peer Review
13/05/2013 Duration: 58minMatt Dillahunty and Russell Glasser. Peer Review. Russell talks about the peer review process and how it helps to benefit scientific knowledge.
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#812: Viewer Calls
06/05/2013 Duration: 57minJeff Dee and Martin Wagner. Viewer Calls. In a rare pairing, Jeff and Martin take calls.