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Deon and Brian discuss current events from a skeptical, atheist, feminist, leftist point of view.

Primordial Soup Podcast


    • Jun 30, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Episode 84: Veganism and Ghostly partners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 50:12


    In this week's episode: 1. Veganism is not that good for you according to some christians. 2. Engaged to a Ghost 3. Outspoken anti homosexual pastor, out on bail for child abuse 4. Israel Folau's  Go Fund Me initiative under the spotlight  

    Episode 83: Penis Exorcism and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 54:59


    On this weeks podcast: 1. Penis Exorcism 2. Pakistan kidnapping young girls and forcing them to renounce their religion in order to marry into another. 3. Climate change - Greta Thunberg

    Episode 82: EU Elections and universal basic income

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 68:32


    In this episode: 1. The recent EU election results 2. Would a basic universal income work? What would it mean for you?

    Episode 81: Your vote counts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 57:03


    On this weeks episode: 1. Discuss the voting in South Africa and the EU voting 2. The pope declares a new law! 3. Israel plan to send a bible into space and much more    

    Episode 80: What in the world is going on?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 56:03


    On tonights show: Brian and Deon catch up on life and current affairs taking place all over.  What is happening where and why? 

    Episode 79 : Bring and share with Philip Viljoen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 54:43


    On tonights show:   1. A quick update on the state of Brexit. 2. Philip shares a report on the MMR vaccine and Autism.   3. Brian speaks about China's detention centres for Muslims.

    Episode 78 - Kenyans reject the mark of beast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 45:27


    On tonight's show we’ll: Discover that Kenyans are not so happy to just unquestioningly accept the mark of the beast Consider the plight of Iraqi atheists Find out how America are going to make God great again, in the Democratic party… Ask ourselves why Polish Christians are burning our precious Harry Potter books And in its not that bad: Celebrate the glory of Norwegian electric car usage

    Episode 77: A few more good stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 46:45


    On tonights show: 1. Brexit - what is happening? 2. Mother drowns her daughter 3. Catholic Priests, feminism and the youth 4. A few more good stories .... 

    Episode 76: Bring and Share with Salma Kagee

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 56:43


    On tonight's show: 1.  Deon Barnard, speaks about feminism and  2.  Brian, discusses a bit about the events that unfolded in Christchurch, New Zealand this week. 3. Salma Kagee explores equal pay across the genders

    Episode 75: Atheists can fellowship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 55:43


    On tonights show: 1. We revisit the Catholic Child Rape Scandal 2. We'll see that atheists can fellowship 3. Have we seen the last of ISIS? 4. There is good news : 99 Good news stories you probably didn't hear about in 2018 https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-good-news-stories-you-probably-didnt-hear-about-in-2018-cc3c65f8ebd0?fbclid=IwAR2sCleradGW6o0qOSxsKqsTwZSWz_OnRU9rXNsnheNMqKNDSfbYThI5AlY

    Primordial Soup Episode 74

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 43:34


    On tonight’s show: We’ll wonder if South Africa could teach America a thing or two about taxing religious people. We’ll discover that when people die, they really do stay dead. We’ll ask ourselves why the hell a group of witches would want to waste their time casting spells on Donald Trump 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. And in it's not all that bad tonight:And We’ll geek out about Nasa’s Dragon 2 docking with the international space station!

    Episode 73: Bring and Share with Charles Webster

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 68:15


    On tonight's show we try a new format we want to use occasionally - Bring and Share. Each of the hosts brings a topic currently on their mind and we discuss the shit out of it. This week we discussed: (Charles) White South Africans should learn a black language (Brian) Sending our industry to space on a giant cable (Deon) Dick Atheism vs. Humanism

    Episode 72: Interview with Philip Viljoen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 56:17


    On tonight’s show we’ll: We’ll be talking to Phillip about autism, vaccinations and his transition from woo to atheism We’ll be super disappointed in DC comics for giving in to fundamentalist pressure We’ll consider the upcoming insect apocalypse We’ll ask ourselves why Prophet Bushiri’s daughter isn’t being employed by the national health service And We’ll remind ourselves why we all want to live in Europe

    Episode 71. Measles and Plastic free shopping

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 51:46


    On tonight’s show we’ll: Try work out why God loves money laundering criminals with private jets Find out why Russia is unplugging themselves from the internet Consider the harm of not immunizing children against measles And consider the wet grossness of the Hindu KUMBH MELA FESTIVAL And in “it’s not that bad” tonight, we’ll look at the rise of plastic-free grocery shopping

    Episode 70. Contraception, Death by circumcision & politics in SA

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 40:33


    On tonight’s show we’ll: Find out why the Pope might be a little unhappy about the new guidelines around the contraceptive pill… because, that is of course something he has read a lot about and is a real expert on... Hear about Germany’s plans to cut back on fossil fuel mining... And remind ourselves “what’s the harm” about religion as we consider the death of a child due to circumcision rituals. And we consider the horror of yet another theocratic political party in the south african electoral landscape. And finally, we’ll find out that it's not all that bad! No really, it isn’t. There’s a whole book dedicated to the subject of not that badness...

    Episode 69. An interview with SASS, Brexit, and free transport for all!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019 54:02


    In this episode we: Interview the South African Secular Society Discover Jesus Christ the comic book superhero Rant about Brexit Celebrate free transport in Luxembourg

    Episode 68. Primordial Soup relaunches!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 40:00


    Deon and Brian have brushed off their pc's and relaunched Primordial Soup after a three year sabbatical. In this episode we  are not so surprised by the Link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism discuss Elon Musk’s stainless-steel rocket find out about a Saudi teen looking for asylum in Australia introduce our new segments, “It’s not all bad”, “Just for laughs”, and “Thought of the week”  We really want to take Primordial Soup to the next level this year. Please add your comments ands feedback to the bottom of this show. Please share the RSS feed or this link with your friends and help us build the Primordial Soup community.  

    Episode 67. Traditional leaders, religious boundaries and wage slavery.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 68:46


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