Explaining Humanist values, how we can live our values to support social justice issues, and responding to science denying Christian Nationalists bent on smashing the wall between church and state. Human problems require human solutions. There will be interviews, from time to time, with Humanists and other secular people in Northwest Ohio and beyond.
Glass City Humanist
Claim This Podcastby Douglas Berger - Humanist Advocate
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Explaining Humanist values, how we can live our values to support social justice issues, and responding to science denying Christian Nationalists bent on smashing the wall between church and state. Human problems require human solutions. There will be interviews, from time to time, with Humanists and other secular people in Northwest Ohio and beyond.
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Recent Episodes
July 11, 2026
The Platner Test: Trauma vs. Accountability
<p>In this episode, we focus on how we judge political candidates using evidence rather than instinct. We look at the Graham Platner controversy in Maine, and how prior trauma, PTSD, alcoholism, and harmful behavior can shape a person’s life while still not removing the need for accountability.</p><p><br></p><p>There are limits of certainty in politics. We say that we are not clairvoyant, that we should give people the benefit of the doubt until credible information changes our view, and that our own life experiences can affect how we interpret allegations. Recent political history and campaign reporting explains why corroborated evidence matters.</p><p><br></p><p>The other big story is local. We discuss Ohio House Bill 347 and the continuing effort by Christian nationalist groups to restrict abortion despite our state’s reproductive rights amendment. Following a public records requests, we show who was involved in shaping the bill, and how the documentation revealed coordination behind the proposal between a state anti-abortion lawyer and the two representatives that introduced his copy and pasted bill.</p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/2026/the-platner-test-trauma-vs-accountability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Full Show Notes & Links Used</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/email2u" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/glasscityshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Check out our merch</strong></a></p>
June 25, 2026
Why Our Best Defense Is a Bold, Joyful Positive Humanism
<p>Even with all the struggles in protecting our religious liberty, we need to remind ourselves how progressive and positive Humanism is. We do have to focus on negative aspects of the world in order to highlight how Humanism is a better, bold, and joyful way.</p><p><br></p><p>We highlight a book by Roy Speckhardt and and essay by Fred Edwards to define humanism as a philosophy grounded in reason, science, empathy, compassion, fairness, civil liberties, and human rights. We also note that humanism is open-ended, forward-looking, and focused on life in the present rather than supernatural authority.</p><p><br></p><p>We then look at three current religious liberty issues. One is the end of the biased Trump Religious Liberty Commission and a lawsuit filed by progressive groups. We talk about Pete Hegseth removing many religions off the official Department of Defense list and Douglas points out how an agency of the Federal government shouldn't be passing judgement on what is and what isn't an approved religion.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, we mention a Supreme Court decision the pushed aside a lawsuit involving a Rastafarian prisoner and the violation of his religious liberty. Religious liberty seems to only apply to Christian Nationalists</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/2026/why-our-best-defense-is-a-bold-joyful-positive-humanism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Full Show Notes & Links Used</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/email2u" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Subscribe to our free newsletter</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/glasscityshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Check out our merch</strong></a></p>
June 12, 2026
We Were There When the Shots Rang Out: More Guns, Same Excuses
<p>We start off talking about an informational booth we staffed at the Old West End Festival in Toledo and how the event was affected by gun violence. The festival is an important outreach opportunity for our small humanist group. All our volunteers were safe, and we were glad with the festival's decision to cancel the Sunday schedule. We discuss our concerns about desperation of young people in the city, the limits of police response, and the broader problem of easy access to guns.</p><p><br></p><p>Next we reflect on changing cultural norms by looking back at older films and music we enjoyed in our youth. We discuss how some works now feel dated or offensive, including films Airport 75, Valley Girl, Gone with the Wind, Birth of a Nation, and some early Eddie Murphy comedy material. Culture does change over time and people should be treated with basic worth and dignity.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/2026/we-were-there-when-the-shots-rang-out-more-guns-same-excuses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Full Show Notes & Links</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/email2u" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Subscribe to our free newsletter</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/glasscityshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Check out our merch</strong></a></p>
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