Podcast appearances and mentions of roy speckhardt

"A Brief History of Secular Buddhism For 2,500 years: Buddhist meditation was practiced by monks—these practices are older than Christianity and Islam. Meditation was not generally taught to lay people. 19th century: Buddhism came to the attention of Western intellectuals 1890's-1950's: Buddhist meditation was first taught to laypeople en-mass: Burmese monks: Ledi Sayadaw, Webu Sayadaw and Saya Thetgyi taught meditation to lay meditation teachers such as Sayaguyi U Ba Khin. 1960's: Sayagyi U Ba Khin teaches S.N. Goenka and after 1976 Goenka creates hundreds of secular meditation centers that teach Vipassana a form of mindfulness meditation and proto-Secular Buddhism. 1979: Jon Kabat-Zin founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the University of Massachusetts to treat the chronically ill. 2011: Stephen Batchelor published the book “Buddhist Atheist.” Small local and online Secular Buddhist groups form around the world 2015: Mark W. Gura co-founded the Association of Mindfulness Meditation and Secular Buddhism (AMMSB.org), the first national nonprofit dedicated to Secular Buddhism in the U.S. and he published “Atheist Meditation.” 2016: The Atheist Alliance of America started to inform the atheist community about Secular Buddhism. 2016: With the help of Peter Boghossian and Anthony Magnabosco, the AMMSB adopted the use of Street Epistemology to introduce Secular Buddhism to traditional Buddhists. 2017: With the help of Rebecca Hale and Roy Speckhardt the American Humanist Association and the AMMSB collaborated to further inform the secular humanist and atheist community about Secular Buddhism." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

Roy Speckhardt is Executive Direction of AHA and author of several books, including his most recent, titled "Justice-Centered Humanism: How (and Why) to Engage in Public Policy for Good (Humanism in Practice). We talk about atheism VS Humanism, and being forces for positive change in this crazy world. Roy's book: https://amzn.to/3lfCy3h American Humanist Association: http://www.americanhumanist.org

In this episode Douglas gives an update on upcoming activities of the Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie. Next he gives his thoughts about social justice, Humanism, and a new book about that very subject from Roy Speckhardt. Show Notes Subscribe to our free newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glasscityhumanist/message

I interview Roy Speckhardt, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association and author of Justice-Centered Humanism: How (and Why) to Engage in Public Policy for Good. We talk about how Humanists can expand their concerns from separation of church and state to current issues like race, class, gender, and sexuality; his impending retirement from AHA after 16 years; and the controversial decisions by the AHA Board to withdraw the Humanist of the Year Awards from Richard Dawkins (1996 recipient) and Lawrence Krauss (2015). [Former Humanist of the Year Award recipients Stephen Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein issued a letter of criticism against the decision on Dawkins.] For more about Roy and his work visit RoySpeckhardt.com. For more about the American Humanist Association visit AmericanHumanist.org. To buy a copy of Justice-Centered Humanism click here. Plus: I discuss the troubling pro-Trump consolidation of power within the Republican Party, and the recent "Call for American Renewal" by a group of about 100 conservatives seeking reformation of the Republican Party or (failing that) formation of a rival third party. Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow American Freethought on the intertubes: Website: AmericanFreethought.com  Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/ Libsyn Classic Feed: https://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Contact: john@americanfreethought.com Support the Podcast: PayPal funds to sniderishere@gmail.com  

On January 24th, we discussed the life and work of Thomas Paine, one of America's first, great, intellectuals. Margaret Downey of The Freethought Society and Andrew Seidel of The Freedom From Religion Foundation were our guests for this lively discussion. You will hear an important announcement by the Thomas Paine Memorial Association. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: https://www.ftsociety.org (The Freethought Society) https://www.ftsociety.org/menu/thomas-paine-memorial-committee/ (Thomas Paine Foundation/Memorial Committee) https://ffrf.org (Freedom From Religion Foundation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense (Common Sense) - Wikipedia https://www.writlarge.fm/episodes/common-sense (Common Sense) - Writ Large podcast https://religiondispatches.org/the-inaugurations-beautiful-call-for-unity-was-undermined-by-the-invocation-of-religion/ (The Inauguration's Beautiful Call for Unity was Undermined by the Invocation of Religion) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Crisis (The American Crisis) http://www.zenosfrudakis.com (Zenos Frudakis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Blumner (Robyn Blumner) https://americanhumanist.org/about/staff/speckhardt/ (Roy Speckhardt) https://ffrf.org/about/getting-acquainted/annie-laurie-gaylor (Annie Laurie Gaylor) https://ffrf.org/about/getting-acquainted/dan-barker (Dan Barker) https://www.ftsociety.org/2014/04/10/celebrate-thomas-paine-day-in-philadelphia-with-fs-and-the-aha-june-8-2014-2/ (Thomas Paine Day on June 8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll (Robert G. Ingersoll) https://andrewlseidel.com/book/ (Andrew L. Seidel's book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American) https://www.secular-celebrations.com/officiants/margaret-downey (Margaret Downey - Secular Celebrations) Support this podcast

Roy Speckhardt is the executive director of the American Humanist Association, and the author of Creating Change Through Humanism published by Humanist Press . ***** As of this podcast, something over 2,000 people have died from Corona virus infections, all but six of them in China. About 75 thousand people have been confirmed as infected, … Continue reading "CO137 Roy Speckhardt on Freedom from Religion"

Roy Speckhardt is the executive director of the American Humanist Association, and the author of Creating Change Through Humanism published by Humanist Press . ***** As of this podcast, something over 2,000 people have died from Corona virus infections, all but six of them in China. About 75 thousand people have been confirmed as infected, … Continue reading "CO137 Roy Speckhardt on Freedom from Religion"

Roy Speckhardt joins The Great Battlefield podcast to discuss how the American Humanist Association aligns with progressive values and how they're advocating for humanists, atheists and freethinkers.

“Don't mourn — organize!" Those are fitting words by freethinking labor organizer Joe Hill for discouraged secularists after another right-wing justice has joined the Supreme Court. FFRF legal fellow Colin McNamara tells us about the educational letter he helped us send to Kentucky governor Matt Bevin, who has officially encouraged all children to "bring your Bible to school." Then we talk with Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association and author of the book Creating Change Through Humanism.

Roy joins us to talk about the Humanism and the AHA. We ask him about his take on Humanism, the legal and legislative work of the organization, growing a small local chapter, and the challenges faced by the religious conservatives Trump is appointing to run the government.  

In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt about his brand new book, "Creating Change Through Humanism". Bo also speaks briefly with AHA Legal Director David Niose about his article in Psychology Today exploring anti-intellectualism and how it can be seen as a major factor in the recent church shooting tragedy. About Roy: Roy Speckhardt has served as the executive director of the American Humanist Association since 2005. He is a frequent media commentator who has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN Headline News, Fox News, and National Public Radio, among others. He writes a regular column for The Huffington Post and has written for Patheos, Washington Post's On Faith, and other publications. He has spoken at universities from Stanford to Oxford, and given speeches at national conferences across the United States. Speckhardt holds a Masters in Business Administration from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Mary Washington College.

In this episode, Bo Bennett has the honor of getting to know Maggie Ardiente and Roy Speckhardt from the American Humanist Association, when they drop by the recording studio for a live, wide-ranging discussion. Maggie Ardiente is the director of development and communications at the American Humanist Association and senior editor of TheHumanist.com. She graduated with a B.S. in sociology from James Madison University and served as Vice President of the JMU Freethinkers, a student group for atheists, agnostics, and humanists. She is a former board member of the Secular Student Alliance and a graduate (Class 15) and board member of The Humanist Institute. Roy Speckhardt has served as executive director of the American Humanist Association since 2005. He is a frequent media commentator, having appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News, and NPR, among others. He also writes a regular column for The Huffington Post, and has given speeches at colleges, conferences, and local humanist groups across the country. Speckhardt also serves on the boards of The Institute for Humanist Studies, the United Coalition of Reason, The Humanist Institute, and the Secular Coalition for America Education Fund. He served as deputy director of The Interfaith Alliance from 1995 to 2001. Speckhardt holds an M.B.A. from George Mason University and B.A. in sociology from Mary Washington College.

Last week, we had no show, because Dale had no Internet. Atheist ads are back! The Holy Land Experience Beat your Qurans into cars Who gets your donations? Recharge your soul and your car

Last week, we had no show, because Dale had no Internet. Atheist ads are back! The Holy Land Experience Beat your Qurans into cars Who gets your donations? Recharge your soul and your car