My guests again today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette,…
Brilliant and profound speech by everyone’s favourite comedian-pianist-actor (and the best thing about the woeful most-recent season of Californication), Tim Minchin. “Searching for meaning is like searching for…
For those interested in such matters, I just put up a new post on The Three Illusions site. One obvious answer is that we wake up from dreams…
Stories that have grabbed my attention over the last day or so. Curing Religious Feelings It’s all about the brain. One day we should be able to use…
If a conversation about sin between a Jew and members of the Westboro Baptist Church can result in two members of the church totally re-thinking their ideology and…
An ex-Mormon bishop using the nick “monomor” did an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on reddit today. His answers are fascinating and, sometimes, quite heartbreaking. Worth a read, especially…
Mr Deity (aka Brian Dalton) has a laugh at the expense of the Book Of Mormon in the latest episode of Mr Deity. Close to his heart –…
I’ve been wondering lately about why we are so deeply affected by stories about religious martyrs. I’m guessing it goes back to worshipping bronze age gods and deciding…
My guest today is Brad Heitmann. Brad lives in Utah, has a background in investment banking and start-up strategy and loves history. Today, however, he joins me to…
I caught up with a guy for a cigar last night and, as usual, we ended up talking about politics and philosophy. I mentioned that I believe Australians…