Podcasts about trav mamone

This is the audio feed for the hangout portion of Jeremiah's YouTube channel, Jerb the Humanist. In it, Jeremiah talks to activists and other folks doing important work online and in meatspace.In this episode, I talk to Callie Wright, Trav Mamone, and Ari Stillman about where Humanism can go from here, IF they can go on from here, and why nonreligious folks can engage in just as much nonsense as religious folks.The Gaytheist Manifesto-http://www.thegaytheistmanifesto.com/Bi Any Means-https://www.spreaker.com/show/bi-any-means-podcastBiskeptical Podcast-https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcastThe Cis Are Getting Out Of Hand-https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-cis-are-getting-out-of-hand

Oh lawdy do I have a good one for y'all today! Patron and friend of the show Trav Mamone is joining me alongside returning guest Bethany Turner! Today we've got a man who is a bit too friendly with horses, a woman who used the microwave at a 7-11 in an unorthodox manner, and I can't even tell you what happens in my last story! Bi Any Means Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/tmamone/overviewBiskeptical Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/biskepticalpodcast/overviewEon's Comic:http://eonscomic.kitmyth.net/archives/display/1.1.htmStories Used: https://nypost.com/2018/04/26/man-confesses-to-sex-with-horse-using-overturned-bucket/ https://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-cited-after-urine-explodes-in-7-Eleven-12890792.php3. https://nypost.com/2018/05/03/extremely-drunk-man-tried-to-have-sex-with-car-tailpipe-cops/ https://heavy.com/news/2018/05/sarah-braasch/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-nominating-dr-oz-presidential-council-sport-fitness-nutrition/

Oh lawdy do I have a good one for y'all today! Patron and friend of the show Trav Mamone is joining me alongside returning guest Bethany Turner! Today we've got a man who is a bit too friendly with horses, a woman who used the microwave at a 7-11 in an unorthodox manner, and I can't even tell you what happens in my last story! Bi Any Means Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/tmamone/overviewBiskeptical Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/biskepticalpodcast/overviewEon's Comic:http://eonscomic.kitmyth.net/archives/display/1.1.htmStories Used: https://nypost.com/2018/04/26/man-confesses-to-sex-with-horse-using-overturned-bucket/ https://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-cited-after-urine-explodes-in-7-Eleven-12890792.php3. https://nypost.com/2018/05/03/extremely-drunk-man-tried-to-have-sex-with-car-tailpipe-cops/ https://heavy.com/news/2018/05/sarah-braasch/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-nominating-dr-oz-presidential-council-sport-fitness-nutrition/

Trav hosts the Bi Any Means and co-hosts the Biskeptical podcast. That’s right, they get around, podcast wise. Trav will be presenting at the Nashville Nones conference. They will speak on activist burnout, and I’ll probably need some of that healing after talking about #metoo comment on Twitter.   Trav links:   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bi-any-means-podcast/id961398871?mt=2 https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS%20Full%20Report%20-%20FINAL%201.6.17.pdf https://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-biskeptical-podcast/id1103024274?mt=2 https://www.smartrecovery.org/   Nashville Nones https://nashvillenones.com/ https://twitter.com/nashvillenones https://www.facebook.com/NashvilleNones/ Support me on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/zachrilege Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/zachrilege-cast/id996785602?mt=2 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/zachrilege

With special guest from the Bi Any Means podcast, Trav Mamone, we talk about the Myth of Sisyphus. No, not just the Greek tale of Sisyphus, the guy who's eternal damnation was to push a rock up a hill, but the specific writing by Albert Camus. Here's a quote from the writing:I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.You can find the full text hereGuest:Trav Mamonehttps://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/Hero of the Weekhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/26/staunch-prize-launched-for-thrillers-that-avoid-sexual-violence-against-women

With special guest from the Bi Any Means podcast, Trav Mamone, we talk about the Myth of Sisyphus. No, not just the Greek tale of Sisyphus, the guy who's eternal damnation was to push a rock up a hill, but the specific writing by Albert Camus. Here's a quote from the writing:I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.You can find the full text hereGuest:Trav Mamonehttps://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/Hero of the Weekhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/26/staunch-prize-launched-for-thrillers-that-avoid-sexual-violence-against-women

Support this show at patreon.com/incitingincidentpodcast   This week on the last Inciting Incident of 2017, Rissy is joined by Zach Law of the Zachrilege Cast, then leaves on a personal note about 2017 before airing all of the thank yous from the fundraiser.   Special thank you to Callie Wright, Amy Hansmann, Bethany Futrell, Shane Charleson, Noah and Lucinda Lugeons, Tom and Cecil, Jenica and Patrick Crail, Thomas Smith, Trav Mamone, Jesse Dollemore, Brittany Page, Sarah Austin, Charone Frankel, Karen Garst, Maddy Love, Hertzey Hertz, Ari Stillman, Steve Shives, and Aiden Xavier McCool.   This show is part of the Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative.  The theme song is by Shelley Segal. The closing theme was written by Nate Myers, and is performed by Ris McCool. www.facebook.com/incitingincidentpodcast @RisMcCool, @BethanyLFutrell incitingincidentpodcast@gmail.com The Inciting Incident Podcast is owned by It's a Shameful Thing Lobsterhead LLC. Copyright 2016, All Rights Reserved

Support our efforts to #HecktheCis at patreon.com/qafThis week, Rissy and Ari heck 2017 before the second part of the thank yous to those who helped send Ted to a better school. Special thank you to Callie Wright, Amy Hansmann, Bethany Futrell, Shane Charleson, Noah and Lucinda Lugeons, Jenica and Patrick Crail, Thomas Smith, Trav Mamone, Jesse Dollemore, Brittany Page, Sarah Austin, Charone Frankel, Karen Garst, Maddy Love, Hertzey Hertz, Ari Stillman, Steve Shives, and Aiden Xavier McCool.This show is part of the Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative.

Episode 14 This week Dean is away celebrating Canada Day in Ottawa. Micheal has a great conversation with Trav Mamone. Trav is a blogger & podcaster & we discuss a variety of topics.

Ari Stillman's Internet and Zencastr's losing of files attempted to contribute to Enby erasure, ironically on the episode about Enby erasure, but we shall persevere. Trav Mamone from The Biskeptical Podcast and Bi Any Means joins Marissa Alexa McCool and Ari Stillman to talk about the very thing that various technological failures tried to prevent.Support the show at www.patreon.com/qaf

One year after the Pulse shootings, many of us from the LGBTQ community reflect on that day and what's transpired since then. Featuring an interview, clips, readings, and reflections.  Thank you to Callie Wright, Trav Mamone, and Christin Kapp for your contributions. Also thank you to Brian, Matt, Tom, and Liz who were present in the recording from episode 36, a cut of which is featured here.  Support Inciting Incident on Patreon at www.patreon.com/incitingincidentpodcast for free stuff, personalized things, and being awesome, or by rating, subscribing, and commenting! 100th Episode LIVE coming July 14th with Chris Kluwe, Scathing Atheist, Opening Arguments, and Gaytheist Manifesto. www.incitingincidentpodcast.com www.facebook.com/incitingincidentpodcast Email: incitingincidentpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @RisMcCool Instagram: @blissfulris PLEASE fill out this 30-second survey. It's super quick and helps the show. http://survey.libsyn.com/incitingincident Edited by Morgan Clarke Visit our sponsors Mind Aquarium and Warriors of the Crystal! Voiceover by Jesse Dollemore of "I Doubt It With Dollemore." Theme music by Elizabeth Drinks and Ris McCool

Today, Cass has a short conversation with Neil Carter on the struggle for ex-Christians to establish personal agency, or what he calls self-possession. After that, Cass and a clinical therapist named Jeanine interview Trav Mamone. Trav is a Bisexual genderqueer atheist blogger and podcaster, who has two podcasts: Bi Any Means and the Bi Skeptical podcast. He blogs on freethoughtblogs.com and has had articles published in many medias including Humanist.org, Splice Today, and has been featured on numerous podcasts.  The word for today’s episode is tension. And by that I mean a strained relationship between. Between gender identifications, between sexual orientations, between being selfish and selfless, between getting what you want and wanting what you got, between love and hate, between the pursuit of self and the denial of self. This episode goes out to those trying to discover what or whom they like and are giving themselves permission to like those things or people. To those who eventually, through intensive labor and self-examination, find themselves in the body and mind of what appears to be their own singular unique person and identity, mixed with weakness and strength, joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, and they say yes to it. Welcome to the community of self-lovers who, by simply being honest, make the world a better place. In so doing, we project our waning self-dislike on others less and less and own up to what it means to not only be human but to be ourselves. As a warning, you will overdo it at first and it may get ugly and even painful for those around you. You may hurt others but don’t let that stop your progress because the ones that truly lovely will take it on the chin to see you emerge and will be by your side when the smoke clears. And the others…they just may see you and your imperfectly perfect self and find the permission they need to do their own work toward self-acceptance. But if they do, they just might hurt you in the process, but you’ll recognize what’s happening and take it on the chin for their maturation.  This is part of the tension. The most honest relationship is a love/hate relationship and yes-sayers know how to abide in it and let love win.  We taped the conversation with Trav Mamone on January 28th, 2017, and February 26th with Neil Carter. We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Our show is available on most podcast platforms.  Also, you can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge one dollar per episode through Patreon; that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast, or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com. The smallest contribution is greatly appreciated. Credits: "Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson The segue music is on this episode was created our guest today, “The Barry Orchestra” found at barryorchestra.bandcamp.com Thanks for listening and be a yes-sayer to what is. http://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/ http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trav-mamone/bi-any-means-podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-biskeptical-podcast Neil Carter’s blog

Today's episode concludes our two-part look at one of your most requested questions:  what might be in Donald Trump's taxes! We begin, however, with a listener criticism from Peter Crinklaw, who thinks Andrew gave short shrift to the policy argument for educational vouchers. Next, we conclude our two-part interview Tony Di Fatta, a practicing CPA, to take a deep-dive into all the things we might -- and might not -- find in the event that Donald Trump's taxes are ever disclosed.  All of this is meant to shed some light on the question:  should Democrats be focused on finding out what's in Trump's taxes? After our main segment, we tackle another listener question; this one from our top patron Zabby, who wants to know about the recently-passed Jacksonville, Florida Human Rights Ordinance. Finally, we end with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #12 regarding witness credibility.  Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show.  Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances: Thomas was interviewed by Conatus News about the development of the atheist community on the internet, including the role played by his other podcast, Serious Inquiries Only. Andrew was a guest on the David Pakman show; you can watch the 14-minute video interview here. Andrew was also a guest on the Biskeptical Podcast, episode #19, with Trav Mamone and Morgan Stringer, discussing free speech and Milo Yiannopolous. Hall of Fame Patron Charone Frankel started her own legal comedy podcast, Habeas Humor.  Go check it out. Show Notes & Links This is the economist survey regarding vouchers mentioned by Peter. To find out more about Tony, click here for his website, or give him a call at (443) 791-5726. This is a link to Donald Trump's 2016 financial disclosures. Here's the hilarious Onion article, "You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm!" This is the text of the Jacksonville HRO. Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/law Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/ And email us at openarguments@gmail.com Direct Download

In today's episode, we take a look at one of your most requested questions:  what might be in Donald Trump's taxes! We begin, however, with a preliminary question from Jim Sabatowski, who asks us what's the big deal with Trump's tax returns, anyway?  Is there a good reason to think we can get information that's necessary to evaluate a candidate? Next, we give you part one of our two-part interview Tony Di Fatta, a practicing CPA, to take a deep-dive into all the things we might -- and might not -- find in the event that Donald Trump's taxes are ever disclosed.  All of this is meant to shed some light on the question:  should Democrats be focused on finding out what's in Trump's taxes? After our main segment, we inaugurate a new segment about how close President Trump is to impeachment with a question about 18 USC § 1001 and the prohibition against making false statements. With a bonus reference to The Price Is Right! Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #11 about the best evidence rule.  Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show.  Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances: Thomas was interviewed by Conatus News about the development of the atheist community on the internet, including the role played by his other podcast, Serious Inquiries Only. Andrew was a guest on the David Pakman show; you can watch the 14-minute video interview here. Andrew was also a guest on the Biskeptical Podcast, episode #19, with Trav Mamone and Morgan Stringer, discussing free speech and Milo Yiannopolous. Show Notes & Links To find out more about Tony, click here for his website, or give him a call at (443) 791-5726. This is a link to Donald Trump's 2016 financial disclosures. Here's the hilarious Onion article, "You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm!" This is the text of 18 USC § 1001. Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/law Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/ And email us at openarguments@gmail.com Direct Download

It's time for another exciting episode of The Podunk Polymath Podcast! This week on the pre-ramble, I talk about two Donald Trump conferences : One in which he rambles and calls the press the 'enemy of the American People', and one in which he claims that some sort of terrorist incident occurred in Sweden, when nothing in fact happened at all. I also talk about Milo's appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, and how Larry Wilmore is my hero. I also mention how Trav Mamone recorded a promo for NaNoCon 2017, and how awesome he is for doing so! On the palaver this week, I talk to Ari Stillman, William Ferguson, and Katie Quesnel about their experiences and journeys being nonbinary.We talk about the struggles they face; how and when they became aware they were 'different'; the extent to which they are 'out'; and what cis people can do to help the non-binary community. This was a learning experience for me, and I hope you will learn as much as I did, or, if you are non-binary yourself, that you realize that you are not alone.  Music by Dot Dot Dash, cdbaby.com/cd/dotdotdash

Welcome to another action-packed episode of The Podunk Polymath Podcast! This week I kick things off with a pre-ramble about a recently read book and how it has affected my thoughts on Hillary and Trump.  On the palaver, I speak to the dynamic duo from The Biskeptical Podcast, Trav Mamone and Morgan Stringer. We talk about their podcast; what subjects they've covered; and the struggles of Bi individuals have being recognized as a legitimate part of the LGBT movement. There was a lot of laughing, as well as discussion of serious topics. I hope y'all enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed recording it!  

Call the show at 612-643-1108 or email transatheistpod@outlook.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/transatheistpod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/transatheistpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transatheistpod/ Main show page is http://www.thequeerlife.org/category/transatheistpod/ The Trans Lifeline is http://www.translifeline.org/ US: (877) 565-8860 and Canada: (877) 330-6366 Quick links: 04:46  Thank you to Patreon Supporters   05:14  Interview with Trav Mamone 41:59  Music by MeanGirls My guest today is Trav Mamone, a bi-sexual genderqueer humanist whose podcast Bi-Any Means strives to show how Humanism and Social Justice intersect.  Trav has written for both Queereka and the Humanist blogs, must can now be found over on Freethought Blogs.  This interview was recorded back in March, and I want to thank Trav for being so patient with me in how long it took for this to be released.   Trav Mamone Links: Bi-Any Means podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bi-any-means-podcast/id961398871?mt=2 Listen directly to the Bi-Any Means podcast on Spreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/show/bi-any-means-podcast Read Trav's writings over on FreeThought Blogs: http://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/ Find the Bi-Any Means podcast Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast MeanGirls Links: Find MeanGirls on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meangirlsatx Purchase and stream MeanGirls music on Bandcamp: http://meangirlsatx.bandcamp.com/ Listen or watch their interview over on The Queer Life Radio Show: http://www.thequeerlife.org/ep-94-interview-meangirls/ Opening and bumper music provided courtesy of Obsidian Shell you can find their music at http://obsidianshell.com/ or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/obsidianshell Thanks again for listening and downloading. Hey, have you heard about this new invention, its called a shovel, apparently its groundbreaking! What do clouds wear under their shorts?  Thunderpants! Why was the sand wet?  Because the see-wee-d! What do you call a cow who has just given birth?  De-calf-inated!  

We are joined by Trav Mamone, host of the Bi Any Means podcast and discuss their podcast, story, non-binary gender identities, pronouns, and then kind of geek out for a bit. WebsiteFacebookTwitter This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 - US$35.00 per month* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics* Travis Megee* Frank* Darryl GoossenPlatinum Sponsor - US$8.00 - US$19.00 per month* Virginia Dawn* Paul Burkey* BT Motley* George* Hugh Mann* Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound* AlexGold Sponsor - US$4.00 - US$7.00 per month* Mark* The Flying Skeptic* Renee Davis-Pelt* Mike Price* LaTonya* Duncan* Jaded Zappa* Will* Henry* AlanBronze Sponsor - < US$4.00 per month* Mark* Peter* Heather* Shawn* Al from South Carolina * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

We are joined by Trav Mamone, host of the Bi Any Means podcast and discuss their podcast, story, non-binary gender identities, pronouns, and then kind of geek out for a bit. WebsiteFacebookTwitter This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 - US$35.00 per month* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics* Travis Megee* Frank* Darryl GoossenPlatinum Sponsor - US$8.00 - US$19.00 per month* Virginia Dawn* Paul Burkey* BT Motley* George* Hugh Mann* Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound* AlexGold Sponsor - US$4.00 - US$7.00 per month* Mark* The Flying Skeptic* Renee Davis-Pelt* Mike Price* LaTonya* Duncan* Jaded Zappa* Will* Henry* AlanBronze Sponsor - < US$4.00 per month* Mark* Peter* Heather* Shawn* Al from South Carolina * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

Trav Mamone is the host of the Bi Any Means podcast.  A humanist, bisexual, genderqueer, powerhouse of awesomeness, Trav brings such a wonderful, amazing voice to the podcasting world.  If you haven't found the treasure that is the Bi Any Means Podcast, do yourself a favor and give it a listen. Trav and I discuss their journey of self-discovery.  From diving into religion to swimming out, from always feeling like a square peg in a world of round holes, to the awesome person they are today.  Trav has a genuine quality about them that is just the best. http://www.bianymeans.com/ http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bi-any-means-podcast https://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast/ www.facebook.com/tmamone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsK2Jbpc7c  

Trav Mamone is a bisexual, genderqueer, humanist and the author of the Bi Any Means blog and podcast.Bi Any Means | www.bianymeans.comCan a Humanist Partner with Religious People for Activism? by Trav Mamone | queereka.com/2015/09/07/can-a-humanist-partner-with-religious-people-for-activismPlease support this podcast by making a donation at my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/lifeaftergodVisit our website at www.lifeaftergod.org

[CN: Biphobia, transphobia, homophobia, rape, violence] On today's episode, I chat with bisexual activist Shiri Eisner. She is the author of the book Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution. ****************************************************Transcribed by Marvin, with a little help from me: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast, a place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to BiAnyMeans.com. I’m Trav Mamone and my guest for Shiri Eisner, author of the book Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution. Shiri, thanks for joining me today. Shiri:                 Thanks for having me. Trav:                First, I want to ask you about your background. Tell us a little bit about that. Shiri:                 I have a very particular background both in terms of academics, and in terms of activism. These things came together in parallel for me. I’ve been an activist for about a decade now, which is about the amount of time that I’ve an academic like going to the university. I started doing activism in conjunction with starting to go to the university and my background in activism, the place where I started from Palestine Solidarity work, which is probably how a lot of people here get started in activism if they are left wing. I think that has a lot to do with the intersectional and radical element in my politics and my work.                         From there, from Palestine Solidarity activism I went on to doing a lot of feminist and radical, queer, transgender and eventually bisexual work. In terms of the academia, I went through a similar process where I started my first degree studying just a combination art history, film studies and gender studies for me for everyone I took that particular track. From there I had this moment both in my activist and my academic life where I realized that my sexuality was something I could do. For a lot of years I was both organizing and studying academically about a variety of subjects. Mostly feminism and radical queer politics, and I were aware of the lack discourse or action around bisexuality.                         I was talking about it with my friends about bisexual erasure and bi-phobia communities and how no one was doing anything but at no point did I think to put these things together. To put my activism, my skills as an organization to activism, and the same goes for my academic life. For years, I was studying basically feminism with some excursions into queer theory, which is very much gay and lesbian, and despite the flowery title and what happened is I reached a moment in my life where I realized that this was something I could do. I felt I found my calling. For the first in the university I was … I think I was on my fourth year of my BA, and it took me five years because I had to work while studying. For the first time I was allowed to choose my own topic for a paper and I chose bisexuality in two courses. One was a course about pornography. One was about film theory, and this happened alongside a realization that I could organize in activism around bisexuality. These things started in parallel for me. Trav:                Cool. Shiri:                 Basically, that’s the background where

On today's episode, I chat with Sincere Kirabo. His blog, Notes From an Apostate, can be found on Patheos. He is a Regional Director for American Atheists, and a Board Member with Black Nonbelievers. ****************************************************Transcribed by Marvin, with a little help from me: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast, the place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to bianymeans.com. I’m Trav Mamone, and my guest for today is Sincere Kirabo. His blog, Notes from an Apostate can be found on Patheos. He is also a regional director for American Atheists and a board member with Black Nonbelievers.                        Sincere, thanks for joining me today.Sincere:           Nice to have, I mean thank you for having me.Trav:                Sure, sure. First, I want to ask you about your background. According to your bio, you grew up Pentecostal and became born again when you were 18 but you eventually de-converted. What led you to atheism?Sincere:           Basically, it comes down to education, or autodidactic self-education, I guess you could say, like most people who are religious, I was born and raised religious. The Pentecostal faith is especially evangelical, and at least in the black tradition. It’s the faith, the dogma is so engrained, people are so convinced of it like there’s absolutely no questioning it, whatsoever. Virtually, my entire family is religious especially my mother’s side, which is quite large.                        All the confidence and enthusiasm was conditioned into me growing up so that even though I wasn’t what you would call a religious person as a teenager, when I would act out, and be a knucklehead like many teens are, the belief system was still there and I always believed to a certain extent. My faith was what you would call dormant for three years when I was a teenager but then I rededicated myself to the Christian when I was 18. Then at that point, when I rededicated myself I was really a fervent believer.                        I was what you would consider a very developed and very rigid about my religious beliefs for a few years there from between 18 to 20/21 but then I began reading more. My curiosity always gets the best of me and I suppose that’s a good thing. I wanted to know more so I began to research more about church history, the origin of the story, Stolen Bible. I acquainted myself with theological but also more so than that biblical historian content. Doubts crept in only like marginally here and there. I learned more about the formation of Christian beliefs, the Christian belief system.                         What really jolted my faith was actually reading Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code believe it or not necessarily, due to the book having anything earth shattering to say itself but due to the questions it asked, what I felt it was asking, asking in essence. It just hit me, just trying to say to me you believe all these things but have you really asked yourself why? It’s common for us to uncritically accept things where you are told or taught, and to have … to take for granted truth claims, and just assume the that yo

Today I chat with Yemisi Ilesanmi about LGBTQ rights in Africa. Ilesanmi is a feminist and an LGBT rights activist, she blogs at Freethought Blogs, and she has written a book called, Freedom to Love for All: Homosexuality is Not Un-African. ********************************************************************************* Transcript: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast, a place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to BiAnyMeans.com. I’m Trav Mamone and my guest for today is Yemisi Ilesanmi.She is a feminist and LGBT rights activist. She blog at Free Thoughts Blog, and she has written a book called Freedom To Love For ALL: Homosexuality is Not Un-African. Yemisi thank you for joining me today.Yemisi:            Thank you for having me.Trav:                First, I want to ask you about your background, tell us a little bit about your background.Yemisi:            I am a Nigerian woman. I’m a resident in the UK. I identify as feminist, bisexual and atheist. I actually am a barrister, and I hold a master’s degree in gender, sexuality and human rights. I’ve worked as a trade’s unionist for about a decade defending workers’ rights nationally and internationally and I’ve done so as a national woman leader of Nigerian Labour Congress. I’ve been the vice president of the International Trade Union Congress and been a member of some ILO committees on Freedom of Association and Rights.                         Basically, I’ve worked as a trade unionist, and right now, I’m more of an advocate and human rights campaigner. I just wrote a book Freedom To Love For ALL: Homosexuality is Not Un-African and I do a lot of campaigns around LGBT issues and atheism.Trav:                Good, good. You are an atheist now but did you grow up religious?Yemisi:            I was born and raised as a Christian in Nigeria. I was born in a religious country into a religious family. I was deeply religious myself in my early years, actually in my teenage years. I happened to be an ardent reader and always wanted to know everything about whatever I’m involved in. I always wanted to excel in my field, and since I took my Christianity seriously then I had the urge to read everything could about it, and I read my Bible, and as a child I was Bible crazy because I had read every single page of the Bible, and all the available colorful books of Bible stories.                        I enjoyed gathering other children and teaching them about the Bible and the adults just watched sometimes in awe. Really I think I was well into the Christian [inaudible 00:02:59] and my parents were members of White Garment Church, which is not your typical orthodox European Christianity. The Celestial Church of Christ was a bit more along the beliefs in prophecy, Holy Spirits, divination and cursing out demons. I would say at the age of 13, I was already a recognized celestial prophetess.                        Being versitle in Bible knowledge, and a fairly good prophetess, everyone said my calling was to be a great pastor for God. Well, funny how things turned out. I’m already working on my book on that. You just watch out for it, “From Prophetess to Ath

On today's episode, I chat with Sarah Jones. She is the Communications Associate at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and has written for NonProphet Status and Religion News Service, among others. Transcript: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast the place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion for the bianymeans.com. I’m Trav Mamone and today’s guest is Sarah. She is the communication associate at Americans United for Separation of Church & State, and has written for NonProphet Status, the New York Times, and Religion News Service among others. Sarah thanks for joining me today.Sarah:              Hi, thanks for having me.Trav:                First, I want to ask you about your background. According to your blog, you grew up in a fundamentalist household, right.Sarah:              That’s correct.Trav:                Tell us a little bit about that.Sarah:              While my parents they felt, identified as Christian fundamentalists, and from earliest years I was home schooled, and like many kids in the Christian home school movement that meant that I really didn’t have any exposure to the outside world, and my only social interactions occurred at our extremely conservative church. And later I went to a fundamentalist Christian high school, and then finally ended up at a public school for a couple of years, and then went to a very conservative Christian college. You might be sensing a theme there, and college is where I became an atheist.Trav:                You also say that for a while you were a feminist member of the emerging church. Tell us about that.Sarah:              By the time, I entered Cedarville University, that’s my Alma mater I had quite a few questions. I was very uncomfortable with what I used to call the Republicanization of Christianity because incoming equality, and women’s right, and I wouldn’t necessarily call myself, I hadn’t quite gotten to the point where I was pro-gay rights. But I was very, very uncomfortable with the position … just to leave it at that and TRO, and that’s I really started exploring political questions, and what does feminism really mean, and that meant shifting away from the churches I used to attend, and the emerging church movement has plenty of its own problems. But it offered a smaller, and I suppose less god-like in my view alternative to the churches that I grew up.Trav:                Right, I was a actually a part of the emerging church movement for a good couple of years, and first it was really liberating but then I don’t know … some parts of it weren’t just really making sense. Basically, I was deconstructing doctrine so much that eventually I came to deconstructing God, and I deconstructed Him so much that i didn’t really have anything left.Sarah:              Right, yeah, that’s kind of what happened to me where I was really exploring a lot of theological questions, and easily breaking down especially the teaching in regards to gender that I’d been raised with. And I don’t think a person necessarily have to leave the Emerging Church but for me that happens to be where it led where I was standing in church one day, and given that I really enjoyed

On today's episode, I chat with Neil Carter of Godless in Dixie about being an atheist in the Bible Belt. Transcript provided by Marvin: Trav:                Hi everyone, this is Trav Mamone, host of the Bi Any Means podcast. With this podcast, I wish to explore the intersection between social justice and secular humanism. I have a small but growing audience, and I want to attract more listeners and also readers to the blog. There’s just one problem, podcasting can cost money. Most of the technology is free but I want to expand my services beyond what I can afford right now. For example, I hired a guy from Fivver.com to do transcripts of my podcast for the deaf and hearing impaired, and I’m also thinking about getting a proper camera to make YouTube videos because right now I’m basically just making videos with iPod Touch. Anyways, I know I have a small audience so I’m not expecting to rank in millions but if you all like what I’m doing, and you want to help out you can pitch in just a buck a month and that will go a long way. Back to the show.                         Welcome to the Bi Any Means podcast, a place where social justice and humanism meet.                         Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to BiAnyMeans.com. I’m Trav Mamone and today’s guest is Neil Carter who writes the Patheos blog Godless in Dixie. In his bio he describes himself as “a school teacher, a tutor, a personal trainer, a supplement pusher, a driving instructor and a father of five.” He also helps moderate a discussion group in Mississippi for atheist. Neil thanks for joining me today. Neil:                Thanks, thanks for having me. Trav:                First I want to ask you about your background, you were raised Baptist, right? Neil:                That’s right, Southern Baptist. Trav:                Okay, what was that like growing up? Neil:                It was a positive experience. When I was young my family was marginally involved, I would say nominally involved. We attended regularly but it wasn’t a consuming occupation for us. Really the first one to get really deeply involved in church activities was me. I had a conversion experience when I was about 15, and I jumped in with both feet started teaching Sunday school, leading Bible studies, doing ministry trips, preaching tours, things like that.                         I’m the first one that got involved in the church at that level, and ironically I’m now out of the church and my family is now very involved in ministry, and I have several family members who are either on staff or have leadership positions at the church that I grew up in which was megachurch in Jackson, Mississippi. Trav:                You also say you to seminary, and you were a part of the House Church Movement, right? Neil:                That’s right and those were two pretty things. My background was Southern Baptist but the seminary that was closed to me was Reformed Theological Seminary, which is more Calvinist and Pr

In today's episode, I talk to Heina Dadabhoy about growing up Muslim, the many misconceptions of Islam, and the difference between racism and criticizing Islamic dogma. Transcription: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any means podcast, the place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to bianymeans.com. I am Trav Mamone and my guest today is Heina Dadabhoy. They are a former contributor to Skepchick, and they are currently blogging at Heinous Dealings at Free Thought Blogs. Heina, thanks for joining me today.Heina:              My pleasure.Trav:                Now for those who don’t know I previously did an email interview with Heina a few months ago on Bi Any Means but with the podcast my audience is starting to grow. For those who missed our previous conversation, can you tell us about growing up Muslim and what eventually led you to atheism? Heina:              Well, I grew up as a Muslim in sunny southern California. I was very religious. In fact, more religious than my family at points, and that also meant I read a lot of religious texts. I knew a lot of things about the religion that everyone around me claimed to believe in and follow but that they didn’t know, things that led me to doubts but never too strong. When 9/11 happened I was actually in high school. It was my second day of high school but while it didn’t make me immediately di-convert it did make me further examine my beliefs especially since so many people around me were asking me questions, and asking me to justify my beliefs and my religion.                        Then that led to several years of doubt in high school. I started reading things outside of religious texts, picked up a few autobiographies of people who were free thinkers, people who were queer, things like that. Eventually I got to college when I was 17 and I started taking different classes, and I took a philosophy class that was on the philosophy behind what’s the theology of the Catholic Church. Essentially the writings of Augustine, and I realized that a lot of what Augustine was saying was the exact same thing my family had been saying to me for years and years, and what my religious teachers had been saying to me for years and years to justify Islam.                         Yet Augustine ended up founding the Catholic Church in its modern form in a lot of ways. I realized that it was in congress that you could start with the same premises, and end up with a different conclusion. I scaled back from very religious Muslim to sort of secular deist, Muslim flavored but eventually realized through various readings of biology, and more philosophy that I didn’t really believe in a creator deity either, and I joke that I fell into a black hole for six months because I’ve always been an avid writer.                        I always kept personal journals of my thoughts that I was so afraid of my thoughts I’d stopped journaling for six months, and at the end of that I came out an atheist. Trav:                Okay. What inspired you to start blogging about Islam atheism and feminism?Heina:              I actually started blogging about being an ex-Muslim