Writer and speaker, Ryan Bell, of A Year Without God, shares insightful commentary on religion and irreligion in North America and engaging interviews with believers, heretics and the uncertain.
095 - Secular American Voices, feat. Juhem Navarro-Rivera
In this episode Ryan shares a few thoughts about the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential election, followed by an interview with Juhem Navarro-Rivera of Socioanalítica Research about the political views and values of secular Americans as compared to all Americans. These results are revealed in a new report by Socioanalítica Research entitled, Secular Voices Survey.
LINKS
Download the Secular Voices Survey | https://secularvoices2020.socioanalitica.com (https://secularvoices2020.socioanalitica.com)
Socioanalítica Research website | https://socioanaliticaresearch.com (https://socioanaliticaresearch.com)
Friendly Atheist guest post | https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/10/08/pay-attention-democrats-research-shows-secular-americans-are-a-voting-bloc (https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/10/08/pay-attention-democrats-research-shows-secular-americans-are-a-voting-bloc)
"NoneDecision 2020" (The Humanist) | https://thehumanist.com/commentary/nonedecision-2020-secular-voters-disagree-on-more-than-candidates (https://thehumanist.com/commentary/nonedecision-2020-secular-voters-disagree-on-more-than-candidates)
Socioanalítica Blog (Medium) | https://medium.com/storias/how-secular-voters-can-decide-the-election-f45d72b0285f (https://medium.com/storias/how-secular-voters-can-decide-the-election-f45d72b0285f)
Follow Juhem on Facebook and Instagram, @Socioanalitica
Follow Juhem on Twitter @JuhemNR
29 Oct 2020
094 - Secular Day of the Dead, feat. Victoria de la Torre & Margaret Downey
On this episode I speak with Victoria de la Torre and Margaret Downey about Secular Day of the Dead, a secularized celebration of an ancient pre-Columbian Mesoamerican celebration that goes back some 3,000 years.
This year the Freethought Society is hosting International Secular Day of the Dead on Zoom, due to the pandemic. All are invited to join in this celebration of the lives of our dead loved ones and pets.
Learn more about Secular Day of the Dead and register to attend at http://www.ftsociety.org (http://www.ftsociety.org).
Reserve a 3-5-minute time slot to speak in celebration of your dead loved one by sending an email to SecularDayoftheDead@FtSociety.org (mailto:SecularDayoftheDead@FtSociety.org).
KPCC coverage of the first Secular Day of the Dead in 2018—https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/11/02/86926/angelenos-celebrate-first-secular-day-of-the-dead (https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/11/02/86926/angelenos-celebrate-first-secular-day-of-the-dead)
19 Oct 2020
093 - Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives, feat. Chris Stedman
On this episode I speak with Chris Stedman. Chris is a writer, speaker, and community organizer living in Minneapolis. His new book, out tomorrow from Broadleaf Books, is called "IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives." The IRL in the title refers to the internet shorthand for “in real life,” in contrast to our online lives. But Chris thinks this designation is a mistake.
Much of the time, Chris says, we don’t think of our time on the internet as “real” and therefore don’t approach it with the same critical analysis that we might a different kind of engagement. How much thought do you put into an activity you don’t think is real? Chris argues that while our lives online are different than other relational spaces, it is no less real. As such he invites us to think deeply and critically about how we engage with the internet, how it is shaping us, and what it’s telling us about what is real and what is important.
::LINKS::
Visit Chris Stedman's website | https://chrisstedmanwriter.com (https://chrisstedmanwriter.com)
Buy the book | https://bookshop.org/books/irl-finding-realness-meaning-and-belonging-in-our-digital-lives/9781506463513 (https://bookshop.org/books/irl-finding-realness-meaning-and-belonging-in-our-digital-lives/9781506463513)
Follow Chris on Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/ChrisDStedman (http://www.twitter.com/ChrisDStedman)
Read “The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation” | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/magazine/free-speech.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/magazine/free-speech.html)
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