Episode 19 – Charity, the JW’s, and Black Atheism with Bridget Gaudette
By Dustin
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0:00:25 INTRO
- Wesley was on Just Skeptics
- Register now for the Northwest Freethought Alliance Conference
FEEDBACK – None this time around 0:04:39 THIS DAY IN HISTORY
- 1908 – Boy Scouts movement begins
- 1935 – First canned beer goes on sale
- 1943 – Von Paulus to Hitler: Let us surrender
- 1965 – Winston Churchill Dies
0:21:23 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
- The cost of big brains
- Climate change:
- New federal report on climate change with dire predictions
- Could impact volcanism
- Higher sea level increases than earlier thought
- Record temps in the US in 2012
- 4 billion light year wide quasar group found
- The ISON comet is coming
0:37:33 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE
- The 2013 flu outbreak and vaccination
- Rock Beyond Belief 2 rejected by Camp Pendleton
- Reverend Giglio withdraws from the Inauguration
- Hemant’s take on the initial announcement
0:52:05 MUSIC – “Invisible Light” by Josh Woodward (Creative Commons – By) 0:56:45 FEATURE – Interview with Bridget Gaudette Bridget is the Development Coordinator at Foundation Beyond Belief. She’s also an ex-Jehovah’s Witness with a focus on Black atheism, humanism, and sex-positive dialogue. She writes for Friendly Atheist, Skeptic Money, and emilyhasbooks and you can also find her on Twitter and Facebook. Religious “Toys” discussed in the interview 1:56:58 BLOOPERS
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