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IRF 2024 #3: Ex-Muslims of North America
Crossing Faiths - February 07, 2024 05:15 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAysha discusses her journey leaving Islam and becoming an atheist. She introducts the Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) organization, where she began as a volunteer and now serves as Director of Operations. Aysha explains the restrictions she faced as a Muslim woman growing up in a traditional ...
SIO425: Can Science Be Spiritual?
Serious Inquiries Only - February 06, 2024 08:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsDr. Jesse Preston, Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Warwick, joins to discuss a recent paper she published regarding whether or not science may serve as a spiritual experience for nonbelievers. Could loving science offer similar psychological benefits that the literatur...
Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett
Crossing Faiths - February 05, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIRF Month begins with an interview with Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. Afterward, John and Elliot discuss youth involvement in the IRF movement. Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and J...
#108 Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow
American Forked Podcast - February 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJeff hosted. Phil, Trent and Jake were there, too. We tried to make this a musical. It didn’t land. As always, we try to bring America together. Here's what's happening in the world: American Fork: Two duck hunters saved a canoist’s life near the #AmericanFork boat harbor who fell into the fre...
SIO424: Semen Caught Violating Newton's 3rd Law? (the one about cum)
Serious Inquiries Only - February 01, 2024 07:22 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsAstrophysicist Dr. Bryan Gillis is back! And here's here to talk about... sperm? Well, when a science headline claims that sperm is violating Newton's 3rd Law, that's when the science police have to lay down the law, no matter how weird the topic. But before you think this is just a bad journ...
America (still) has a SPEECH CODE problem 😳
BASED Politics - January 31, 2024 17:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsAmerica has a serious problem with "speech codes," if a bombshell report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is anything to by. Brad Polumbo and Hannah Cox break it down on this episode of the BASED Politics podcast. Then, they analyze Biden's new anti-fossil-fu...
SIO423: Bill Maher Gets Owned By Peter Griffin On COVID Nonsense
Serious Inquiries Only - January 31, 2024 08:27 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsFor the Bonus this month, Dr. Rick Sullivan, SIO's resident synthetic biologist, joined me to comment on the recent "debate" between Bill Maher and Seth MacFarlane on the COVID vaccine. The right says Bill pWnEd Seth, but what do you all think? Will Dr. Rick's PhD in immunology be enough to st...
SIO422: Tucker Carlson, Space Genius
Serious Inquiries Only - January 30, 2024 07:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsOn a recent episode of Tucker Carlson's show, fossil fuel shill Dr. Willie Soon came on to discuss ... friggen... dinosaurs on Saturn's moon. I mean, not quite but close. It's nonsense. Too bad for Tucker, cause we have a resident expert on space resource acquisition over here on SIO! J.D. Meng...
Adjudicating Islamic Law for Muslim Americans
Crossing Faiths - January 29, 2024 20:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJohn Pinna interviews Sayyid M.B. Kashmiri, who represents the Grand Ayatollah Sistani in America. They discuss Sayyid's family lineage tracing back to Prophet Muhammad; his experience migrating from Iraq to Iran, Lebanon, and finally the U.S.; and his role leading the Imam Mahdi Association, whi...
Compassion Collides with City Laws in the Case of Dad's Place
Secular Left - January 27, 2024 17:00 - 44 minutesFormer evangelical minister Bruce Gerencser joins us to unravel a legal tangle where religious freedom clashes with municipal zoning laws. We dissect the contentious situation surrounding Pastor Chris Avell, a friend of Bruce's, who's currently embroiled in a federal lawsuit against the city of ...
IRF 2024 #2: The IRF Industrial Complex?
Crossing Faiths - January 26, 2024 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this discussion, Pinna continues sharing his perspective on issues with the international religious freedom (IRF) movement. He argues that IRF advocacy has become an "industry" dominated by a small group of organizations and leaders who control narratives and funding. Pinna questions the impac...
IRF 2024 #1: The Story So Far
Crossing Faiths - January 26, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn conversation with Fr. John Anderson, John Pinna discusses his extensive experience in the field of international religious freedom (IRF), beginning with the origins and impact of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act. He details his past advocacy work with the American Islamic Congress,...
SIO421: More Technological Anti-Solutions
Serious Inquiries Only - January 26, 2024 09:59 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingshe 2nd half of my conversation with Alejandro Ruiz! We get deeper into examples of technological anti-solutions. If you work for a self-driving car company, should you quit? Also why are people burying trees to save the planet? Alejandro's experience in the tech industry, including his ti...
SIO420: Technological Anti-Solutions
Serious Inquiries Only - January 25, 2024 09:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsWe have a guest expert today! Alejandro Ruiz, a graduate of MIT, joins us to discuss a topic that he refers to as "technology anti-solutions." It's a really useful and fascinating framework that explains a lot about today's world, including why Substack sucks, for example. Or Patreon. And even...
Nikki Haley sparks RACISM debate on the Right!
BASED Politics - January 24, 2024 15:14 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsGOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is getting DRAGGED right now for claims she recently made about her experience with racism and race in America. Is she right or is she a wannabe victim? Brad Polumbo & Hannah Cox break it down in this episode of the BASED Politics podcast. Then, they ...
103: Ambassador Akiva Tor
Crossing Faiths - January 22, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAkiva Tor is the Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Korea. In their wide-ranging discussion, Pinna and Tor touch on Israel's ongoing engagement efforts with Jewish communities worldwide, grappling with issues of pluralism and anti-Semitism, while also navigating complex relationships with t...
The Political Perils of Biblical Archeology
Crossing Faiths - January 20, 2024 14:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this podcast conversation, host John Pinna interviews journalist and documentarian Simcha Jacobovici (https://www.simchajtv.com/) about his investigations into biblical archaeology and how he uses an investigative journalism approach to explore issues related to faith and history. They discuss...
SIO419: Men Are From App and Women Are From Browser
Serious Inquiries Only - January 18, 2024 09:06 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsLydia Smith of Where There's Woke joins us to break down a fascinating online dating study that featured an experiment in which men and women viewed online dating profiles on either a mobile device or standard PC and rated the individual's attractiveness. The findings are very interesting! We di...
Extremists are openly anti-MLK now 😳
BASED Politics - January 17, 2024 18:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsEverybody agrees on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s message. Or, at least, we used to. Extremists on both sides are now turning against MLK's message of colorblind equality, Brad Polumbo and Hannah Cox explain in this episode of the BASED Politics podcast. Then, they discuss a new law...
SIO418: The Polarization Express
Serious Inquiries Only - January 15, 2024 09:28 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsJoe Magestro is back! First we get an update with what's going on in Wisconsin, and then we pick up where we left off in SIO405 to walk through why polarization happens, and what, if anything, we can do to reduce it. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Pleas...
Public Martyrdom
Crossing Faiths - January 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJohn and Elliot discuss American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's public confession of sin in the late 1980s, exploring ideas around repentance, forgiveness, and redemption in the evangelical Christian tradition. This leads to a broader discussion of theological perspectives on Christ's crucifixion...
SIO417: Does Our Evolutionary History Doom Us To Failure?
Serious Inquiries Only - January 11, 2024 23:10 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsWhen it comes to climate change, for example, it can certainly feel that way. Dr. Timothy Waring from The University of Maine has written a paper exploring these ideas. He's an expert in Cultural Evolution, and he believes that new lens may give us a clearer picture of our mysterious inability...
#107 At the movies with the Epstein files
American Forked Podcast - January 11, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJake hosted. Phil, Jeff, Tyler and Trent were there, too. It’s the year of the Dragon! 2024 will be a mythical year. What better way to start it off than by drinking a pre-workout at 8 pm? What’s your favorite Ghost drink flavor? As always, we try to bring America together. Here's what's happen...
100: Burma and the Rohingya Genocide
Crossing Faiths - January 10, 2024 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJohn Pinna engages in an illuminating discussion with Simon Billenness and Lucky Karim regarding the persecution faced by the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Simon provides historical context about the oppression and genocide endured by the Rohingya minority, while Lucky shares poignant personal anec...
The mainstream media's race baiting gets exposed 👀
BASED Politics - January 10, 2024 13:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsGOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy just had a viral CLASH with reporters that perfectly exposed the bias of woke media. Brad Polumbo and Hannah Cox break it down in this episode of the BASED Politics podcast. Then, they discuss a viral clip of AOC discussing immigration that Republ...
SIO416: What Is A Living Wage?
Serious Inquiries Only - January 08, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsAnd how does that differ from the minimum wage? Or, for that matter, the federal poverty line?California has mandated a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers starting April 1st. As far as I'm concerned, those folks are saints and deserve the world. But Glenn Beck and other conservatives strongl...
Countering Bad Faith Religious Freedom Protection
Secular Left - January 06, 2024 15:00 - 53 minutesHumanists International just released their 2023 Freedom of Thought Report that documents the efforts to protect or not protect religious freedom in all the countries in the world. The US government created the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom in 1998 to call out count...
Right-wing civil war breaks out over 'sexy' conservative calendar?!
BASED Politics - January 03, 2024 14:39 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsIn the first episode of 2024, Hannah Cox is joined by special guest host Jack Hunter as they discuss a raging war between “trad” conservatives and… ”trad” conservatives where it seems the objective is to determine who hates women’s bodies more. Hannah and Jack examine the impact this kind ...
SIO415: We Don't Live In A Simulation
Serious Inquiries Only - January 02, 2024 23:59 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsTHE SIMULATION SERIES FINALE! After much philosophy and physics reading, and after the excellent breakdown of the physics and computing aspects by Dr. Bryan Gillis, here is an episode on why I don't think we live in a simulation. I'm hoping this will be an accessible final episode to sum ...
98: The Technology of Religion
Crossing Faiths - January 01, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJohn and Elliot have a wide-ranging conversation touching on technology, cultural change, politics, education, immigration, religion, and more. They discuss how modern cars and devices constantly "ping" people with notifications and alerts, creating a sense of anxiety, versus the simplicity yet r...
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