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Live speech at Eastern Illinois University, 04/19/2012, less than a week after the Global Atheist Convention. 30 minute speech with a half hour QnA included.   All original content by Aron Ra. Visit his YouTube channel at youtube.com/aronra to watch the original video content. To support Aron Ra and his work, consider becoming a patron […]

Weand're talking to the City Bible Forum about the cancellation of next years Global Atheist Convention ... due to lack of interest. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Answers to the previous day’s exercise can be found here. The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and a returning presenter is Richard Dawkins. Professor Richard Dawkins is the founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Honorary Vice President of Humanists UK, and is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. He is an internationally recognised best-selling author, with titles including The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion and The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True. This is the talk he gave in 2010, called Giving Thanks In A Vacuum.

The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and a returning presenters at the forthcoming convention is Jason Ball. Jason Ball is the 2017 Young Australian of the Year for Victoria, honouring his work as a passionate community advocate for LGBTI equality and mental health. Since coming out publicly in 2012, Jason has become a national figurehead on combating homophobia in sport and highlighting the damaging impact of homophobia on the mental health and wellbeing of the LGBTI community. This leadership has seen Jason take up ambassadorial roles at beyondblue and the Safe Schools Coalition, sharing his story of coming out with thousands of people in schools, workplaces and sporting clubs. In 2016 Jason stood as a candidate for the Greens in the Federal seat of Higgins, where he increased the Greens vote by almost 9%. His campaign focused on climate change, asylum seekers, science, mental health and marriage equality. Jason has come a long way since working as part of the Committee for the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism. This is the talk he gave at that event.

The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and two presenters at the forthcoming convention are Richard Dawkins and Robin Ince.  Robin Ince is a multiple award winning comedian best known for co-hosting the international smash hit, BBC Radio 4 and podcast series, The Infinite Monkey Cage, with Professor Brian Cox. He has been the curator and host of some of the most acclaimed live science shows and tours in the UK including Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, Uncaged Monkeys and currently hosts the acclaimed Book Shambles podcast with Josie Long.  Professor Richard Dawkins is the founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Honorary Vice President of Humanists UK, and is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. He is an internationally recognised best-selling author, with titles including The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion and The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True.

The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and one of the speakers who spoke at a previous convention is returning — this is the talk he gave called “How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists”. Dan Barker is a former evangelical preacher, now Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He became a teenage evangelist at age 15, and received a degree in Religion from Azusa Pacific University and was ordained to the ministry by the Standard Community Church, California, in 1975. He preached for 19 years and maintained an ongoing touring musical ministry, including eight years of full-time, cross-country evangelism.  Following five years of reading, Dan gradually outgrew his religious beliefs. He was elected Co-President of the Foundation with Annie Laurie Gaylor in 2004, with whom he is co-host of Freethought Radio, a national weekly talkshow on the Air America network. 

The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and one of the speakers who spoke at a previous convention is returning. Jane Caro is an author, novelist, lecturer, mentor, social commentator, columnist, workshop facilitator, speaker, broadcaster and award winning advertising writer — with the common thread being a delight in words and a talent for using them to connect with other people . Jane’s books include For God’s Sake! An atheist, Christian, Jew and Muslim battle it out co-authored with Antony Lowenstein, Simon Smart and Rachel Woodlock. Other books include The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education co-authored with Chris Bonnor, The F Word. How we learned to swear by feminism co-authored with Catherine Fox, Just a Girl, What Makes a Good School? co-authored with Chris Bonnor, Just a Queen and plain-speaking jane. This is the talk she gave at the 2010 convention, called The Evil On My Mind.

The Global Atheist Convention is returning in 2018 and one of the speakers who spoke at a previous convention is returning — this is the talk she gave called “Atheism or Secularism? Picking our Fights and Watching our Backs”.  Dr Leslie Cannold is a bio-ethicist, researcher, writer, commentator and an Honorary Fellow at the School of Philosophy, Anthropology, & Social Inquiry at the University of Melbourne, and lecturer at the Centre for Gender and Medicine at Monash University. She is author of the award-winning The Abortion Myth : Feminism, morality and the hard choices women make and the novel The Book of Rachael. This presentation was made at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention.

Former advertising copywriter turned social commentator turned novelist Jane Caro is filled with wisdom. If you suffer anxiety or insecurity and want to turn your life around – then listen in. I first came across Jane on what used to be The Gruen Transfer, then invited her to be on Agony, and was immediately bowled over by her clear thinking and the effortless way she gets her points across. For those wanting to hear Jane speak beyond this interview and her regular spot on Sunrise can check her out when she MCs the Global Atheist Convention in February next year. There, she’ll be speaking alongside Salman Rushdie and Richard Dawkins. More information - http://atheistconvention.org.au/   10 Questions with Adam Zwar is produced by Nearly. On the web -10questionswithadamzwar.com   Socials Twitter - Adam Zwar / Jane Caro  Facebook - Adam Zwar / Jane Caro

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Welcome to episode 8 of the Atheist Aus Podcast. Can you help build the World's Largest Skeptic & Atheist Community Center? United Church of Bacon wants to save Magician Penn Jillette's former home...The Slammer ...and create The Nevatican! Penn is the vocal half of the Las Vegas magic act Penn & Teller and for 20 years, his former home The Slammer has been a retreat of reason in the desert - and the United Church of Bacon wants to keep it that way. They've begun a Indiegogo, with a goal of half a million dollars, to save the building and make it a venue for all the faithless, for events, weddings and meetups. To find out more, I spoke to John Whiteside - he's the Founder and Bacon Prophet of the United Church of Bacon, an advisory board member of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and an advisory board member of the Secular Policy Institute. Head to the site at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-s-largest-skeptic-atheist-community-center/x/8728766#/story ******* Paul Fidalgo is our international correspondent on the show; he is the communications director for the skeptic and humanist organization the Center for Inquiry, where he writes the daily news roundup The Morning Heresy, among a bazillion other things. He blogs at iMortal over on the Patheos network and podcasts with Brian Hogg at www.thinkerypodcast.com. *Jeffrey Tayler at Salon looks at the political landscape, with some troubling polling on Americans' feelings about being a "Christian nation" * A psychic sues New York state for not giving him the reward money he says he deserves for allegedly helping to catch the two prison escapees earlier this year. * This may not be surprising, but research shows that a fearful disposition and belief in the paranormal are closely associated. Ugh, and 41.4% of Americans think ghosts are real. * Ensaf Haidar is reporting that floggings might very soon resume for her husband, Raif Badawi. We've not confirmed this, and as you might know, it's very hard to know exactly what's going on within the Saudi legal and penal systems. He's also been awarded the Sakharov Human Rights Prize! ***** In January, 2016, Think Inc. are bringing to Australia An Evening with Sam Harris. Audiences will be engaged with this most celebrated of critical thinkers on the matters of science, spirituality, and secularisation in an age where their conflict with religion is as amplified as ever. With big thanks to Think Inc, I spoke to Sam Harris about what it's been like since he was last here for the Global Atheist Convention. Get your tickets for the shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney at http://thinkinc.org.au/events/samharris. ***** In Australian and AFA forum board news – our correspondent GoldenMane gives us the lowdown on what’s happened this month on the boards. Join him and the lively crowd at atheistfoundation.org.au/forums. For more information visit: atheistfoundation.org.au/podcast/ All Atheist Aus Podcast episodes are under the Creative Commons license. You are free to distribute unedited versions of the episodes for non-commercial purposes. If you would like to edit the episode please contact us. The views expressed are not necessarily representative of the Atheist Foundation of Australia, its affiliates, sponsors or advertisers. Continue the conversation with atheists, the like-minded and the not-so-like minded at the AFA forums, found at atheistfoundation.org.au/forums or tweet us at twitter.com/atheistaus. Contact the show at atheistauspodcast@gmail.com. “Backed Vibes Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Base Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ You can find all the previous episodes of Atheist Aus over on the SoundCloud site and on iTunes!

Michael Boyd took over as the President of the Atheist Foundation of Australia in 2013. Yet not many people might know about him! He’s been working with the team to produce press releases, has spoken out in the media, appeared on television and has represented the Australian atheist viewpoint at conferences in Australia - and now in Asia. Kylie Sturgess caught up with Michael after the Philippines Atheists’ PATAS Conference, held at the end of May. He’s even got some news about the much-awaited Global Atheist Convention 3… For more information visit: atheistfoundation.org.au/podcast/ All Atheist Aus Podcast episodes are under the Creative Commons license. You are free to distribute unedited versions of the episodes for non-commercial purposes. If you would like to edit the episode please contact us. The views expressed are not necessarily representative of the Atheist Foundation of Australia, its affiliates, sponsors or advertisers. Continue the conversation with atheists, the like-minded and the not-so-like minded at the AFA forums, found at atheistfoundation.org.au/forums or tweet us at twitter.com/atheistaus. Contact the show at atheistauspodcast@gmail.com. “Backed Vibes Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Base Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

One of the events we talked about in depth last year was the Global Atheist Convention. It was staged in Melbourne and triggered a group of Victorian Christians to respond with the highly successful ‘Reason for Faith Festivaland'. We spoke to the festivaland's national spokesperson Dr Greg Clarke for a debrief after the festival to discuss the level of participation and excitement about the meaty topics highlighted during the festival. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is faith by definition irrational? Can it be rational to believe in God? With the second Global Atheist Convention around the corner, Simon Smart and Justine Toh take some time to discuss the relationship between reason and belief.

The Sydney Atheists Podcast is back, with a very special interview with comedian Jamie Kilstein. Download the show here Jamie is a stand-up comedian from New York who co-hosts the Citizen Radio podcast, featuring political comedy and stellar interviews. He is currently starring in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Sydney Atheists members often organise group trips to see Jamie's shows when he visits Sydney. This episode was recorded in Melbourne the day after Jamie's frenetic set at the Rise of Atheism: 2010 Global Atheist Convention. Performing before Dan Barker and Richard Dawkins, the set split sides and raised eyebrows. In an hilarious interview, Jamie shares his experience of gigging at the largest ever gathering of nonbelievers, his own path to atheism, his thoughts on the movement of organised atheists, the reception of his material in Australia, his tattoos and much, much more. This unmissable interview was recorded by Dave The Happy Singer for the Skeptic Zone podcast, who released an edited version in Skeptic Zone episode 76. The full uncut interview was too good to go unreleased so we're proud to release it here at Sydney Atheists by kind permission of the 'Zone. Find out more about interviewing Jamie Kilstein at the Global Atheist Convention on Dave's blog. Shownotes Jamie Kilstein at Citizen Radio Dave The Happy Singer The Skeptic Zone The Rise of Atheism: 2010 Global Atheist Convention AC Grayling PZ Myers on Jamie Kilstein Citizen Radio interview Peter Singer Allison Kilkenny Francis Collins ...and his three waterfalls Alcoholics Anonymous and their 'higher power' Allison Kilkenny 'ripping the vatican' Jamie Kilstein at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival