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Talk Heathen

330 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 536 ratings

Talk Heathen is a weekly call-in television show in Austin, Texas geared toward long-form and on-going dialogue with theists & atheists about religion, theism, & secularism. Call 1-512-991-9242 every Sunday from 1-2pm CDT. Talk Heathen is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.

The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop & support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing & friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of government-religion separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists & to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.

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Talk Heathen 08.12 with Richard Gilliver and Phoebe Rose

March 24, 2024 20:58 - 1 hour - 126 MB

00:00 Intro 12:11 Cadence-FL | Religion Influencing Politics 32:15 Terry-(CA) | Seven Day Week Serving Is Inadequate 48:45 Luke-FL | We All Have The Same Brain 1:10:24 Miguel-(UK) | Eternal Reality Proves God 1:30:55 Buddy-MI | Friend Feeling Hopeless About Losing Faith 1:41:14 Adam-TN | Zodiac Signs Within Churches SHOW NOTES Welcome to Talk Heathen where Richard Gilliver and Phoebe Rose sort through religion influencing politics as they digest inedible seven-day-week food before di...

Talk Heathen 08.11 with Sofia Spina and Jimmy Jr.

March 17, 2024 19:22 - 1 hour - 113 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.10 with Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. and Doctor Ben

March 10, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour - 119 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.09 with Jimmy Jr. and Jamie the Blind Limey

March 03, 2024 21:40 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Talk Heathen 08.08 with Jimmy Jr. and Richard Gilliver

February 25, 2024 21:34 - 1 hour - 120 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.07 with Christy Powell and Jamie the Blind Limey

February 18, 2024 21:30 - 1 hour - 96.7 MB

Talk Heathen 08.06 with ObjectivelyDan and Sydney Davis Jr Jr

February 11, 2024 21:02 - 1 hour - 116 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.05 with Sofia Spina and Jimmy Jr

February 04, 2024 21:09 - 1 hour - 107 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.04 with Richard Gilliver and Sydney Davis Jr Jr

January 28, 2024 21:02 - 1 hour - 89.1 MB

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Talk Heathen 08.03 with Doctor Ben and Jamie the Blind Limey

January 21, 2024 21:28 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Talk Heathen 08.02 with Jimmy Jr. and Kelley Laughlin

January 14, 2024 21:34 - 1 hour - 107 MB

For our Talk Heathen episode today, Jimmy Jr. and Kelley Laughlin work through calls of objective morality while misgendering Jesus as the Branch of the Old Testament. Slavic in CO wants to discuss freelance awareness of consequences and how that applies to objective morality. How is objective morality defined? Morality can never be subjective because there are so many ways to define objective morality. We justify doing things that are considered immoral by having reasons to consider these t...

Talk Heathen 08.01 with Richard Gilliver and Jamie The Blind Limey

January 07, 2024 21:27 - 1 hour - 74.4 MB

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We Asked; You Answered

December 31, 2023 19:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

Happy New Year from The Atheist Community of Austin! This year we began a new segment called “Talk Heathen to Me” or as we generically referred to as “question of the week.” This segment is only as good as the comments we get to respond to, and you, the viewers, really rose to the challenge! Here is a compilation of our ten favorite questions and answers.

Talk Heathen's Top 5 Calls of 2023

December 24, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

Dive into this year's best, most viewed calls of Talk Heathen with 'Talk Heathen's Top 5 Calls of 2023.' Discover thought-provoking conversations that challenge beliefs and promote critical thinking, and in rare cases, change minds. We're giving our valued hosts, guests and crew this holiday season off, but we still want to be able to bring you some of the moments that have made Season 7 one of the best ones so far! So from all of us at Talk Heathen and The Atheist Community of Austin, we wi...

Talk Heathen 07.50 with Richard Gilliver and Jamie The Blind Limey

December 17, 2023 21:06 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

Talk Heathen 07.49 with Dr Ben and Syndey Davis Jr Jr

December 10, 2023 21:25 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.48 with Jimmy Jr. and Tom Benson

December 03, 2023 21:15 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen! In today’s episode of the show our host Jimmy Jr. is joined by returning guest host Tom Henson. Our first caller Phil in the Lone Star State to discuss the Plastic Reindeer Rule, a Supreme Court Case which ruled, yes you can have a nativity scene on public property, but must display other decor of the holiday season. So elves, reindeers, Santa, and extend it also to other religious symbiology associated with their holiday traditions as well. This led into further deb...

Talk Heathen 07.47 with Richard Gilliver and Jim Barrows

November 26, 2023 21:28 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Talk Heathen 07.45 with Christy Powell and Jimmy Jr

November 12, 2023 21:09 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen! This week, we have Christy Powell and Jimmy Jr. dismantle this idea that men and women parent differently so the only option is a nuclear family. Ya know, because reasons and God. Mr. Warlight from Alaska says that Islam has been overall beneficial to mankind. We don’t appreciate the tacky jokes denigrating actual tragedies. There is an important conversation to be had about the bad things that come from religions but poking fun of a religion detracts from that conv...

Talk Heathen 07.44 with Jimmy Jr. and Doctor Ben

November 06, 2023 00:46 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen our wonderful watchers!!! Your hosts for the day, Jimmy Jr. & Dr. Ben! Both veterans of the U.S. Military so please leave a comment, thank them for their service. Jonathan from the Sunshine State is first to give our veteran hosts a call to talk about different experiences he had as a Naval officer. Speaking from first hand knowledge of their lives, both the hosts and Jonathan exchange their perspectives of being members of the armed forces. Also, Jon and our hosts br...

Talk Heathen 07.43 with Christy Powell and Johnny P Angel

October 30, 2023 04:10 - 1 hour - 92.2 MB

Will from Mississippi gives us a call to work through the issues one deals with letting go of God and finding meaning without belief. Deconstruction is a tough process and Will speaks about his own experience and Johnny proposes the question: why believing in a God is a virtue? Those who are letting go of religion, this should give a believer some pause. Also, kindness is something we can all do, without the promise of a reward when we die and how the Bible’s only concern is if you are worshi...

Talk Heathen 07.42 with Jimmy Jr. and Doctor Ben

October 22, 2023 21:13 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Welcome to this week’s episode of Talk Heathen! Today Doctor Ben joins Jimmy Jr. to heathen-up your Youtube feed. Krazy Jerry in MI has been getting into the science of religion and wonders how they knew water came out of Jesus’ chest once stabbed after death. People have been stabbing other people long before Jesus, they could have known by past experience. This shouldn’t change your beliefs, pointing to something true in the bible doesn’t prove all of it is true. Throughout history, peopl...

Talk Heathen 07.41 with Richard Gilliver and Jim Barrows

October 15, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour - 93.6 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.40 with Richard Gilliver and Secular Rarity

October 09, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen! Today we have Richard Gilliver and Secular Rarity taking your calls about all things heathen. First up, VonZoom in OH doesn’t have an answer for the fine tuning argument. It’s almost always argued as fine tuning for life. The earth is nowhere near fine tuned for humans, let alone the entire universe. These are usually just hand wave arguments, they don’t give examples. When you dig into the sciences, fine tuning falls apart. Repeat caller, Otari from the country o...

Talk Heathen 07.39 with ObjectivelyDan and Jimmy Jr

October 01, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour - 97.2 MB

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Talk Heathen 07_0.38 with ObjectivelyDan and Sofia Spina

September 25, 2023 12:25 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen! One of our new hosts, Sofia Spina, joins ObjectivelyDan live in the studio! Felix in FL is first up! He claims secularism is destroying the purity of sex and that devalues monogamous marriage. Purity culture does not lead to longer lasting marriages and can lead to marrying just to have sex. You need to be skeptical of your sources of information, especially if they’re part of the manosphere. Those values can lead to dehumanizing people. Gary in NY claims religiou...

Talk Heathen 07.37 with Christy Powell and Derek Mathias

September 17, 2023 19:47 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.36 with Richard Gilliver and Jimmy Jr

September 11, 2023 01:27 - 1 hour - 85.5 MB

Welcome to Talk Heathen! Today we have the newest member of the TH hosting team, Jimmy Jr, and Richard Gilliver fielding your queries about abortion and spiritual beliefs. Michael in FL asks advice on dealing with the fear of hell. Oddly, he grew up believing in Annihilationism and is now feeling depression-like effects after a dream of going to hell. It’s just programming from religion so you don’t question your beliefs. It takes time to unlearn that. Look into Recovering from Religion and ...

Talk Heathen 07.35 with JMike and The Cross Examiner

September 03, 2023 20:25 - 1 hour - 105 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.34 with Forrest Valkai, Jmike, and Jamie The Blind Limey

August 28, 2023 05:21 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

On today’s special episode of the Talk Heathen we have three hosts! The amazing trio of Forrest Valkai, Jmike, and Jamie the Blind Limey make this an amazing episode. Kevin in OR is deconstructing his mennonite faith and is unable to shake the fear of going to hell. Religious trauma can be hard to get over, this even happens to people that haven’t believed in decades. It fades over time, you’ll realize you’re thinking about it less and less. It may help to look into the origins of the hell...

Talk Heathen 07.33 with ObjectivelyDan and Richard Gilliver

August 20, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour - 91.8 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.32 with Richard Gilliver and ObjectivelyDan

August 14, 2023 01:22 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Today’s episode of the Talk Heathen ObjectivelyDan joins Richard Gilliver to answer your (hopefully) wonderful questions. Muji in Europe asks what issues atheists have with god wanting people to do good deeds, like love one another and give to charities? It’s not all good… Non-believers don’t believe gods exist and can do all those same good deeds, sans holy book. The quran supports the owning of human beings and child marriage! That’s straight up immoral and we reject that “holy” book. Na...

Talk Heathen 07.31 with Doctor Ben and Christy Powell

August 06, 2023 20:48 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.30 with Jamie Boone and Jamie The Blind Limey

July 31, 2023 05:39 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Today’s episode of the Talk Heathen is a tag team of Jamies. Jamie Boone and Jamie The Blind Limey team up to … talk about veganism a lot. Tim from MN is disheartened by atheists going dogmatic. Claiming to see similarities of not being able to question something: citing being pro-vaccine even though the Covid-19 vaccine can be harmful. It comes down to risk management. The consensus of medical professionals says it’s best to get vaccinated. Nick from OH claims veganism is inline with secul...

Talk Heathen 07.29 with Doctor Ben and Richard Gilliver

July 24, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Doctor Ben and Richard Gilliver take calls ranging from values to the resurrection. Josh from NY claims that prayer is “incredibly helpful” and goes on to say prayer isn’t simply a cure all. Prayer is about a coin flip in terms of effectiveness. You shouldn’t accept something like prayer without evidence that it works. Get checked by a medical professional if you have any illnesses. Prayer doesn’t help, at all. Amanuel from TX asks how atheists come u...

Talk Heathen 07.28 with Christy Powell and Kenneth

July 16, 2023 23:59 - 1 hour - 81.7 MB

In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Christy Powell and Kenneth take on callers with questions of belief and truth. Chloe in PA asks how we should react if religion pushes prosocial behavior. Do you need religious beliefs to do good things? Even if you can get a positive result out of a lie or fiction, it is incredibly dangerous to do so. Why are people just fine believing things they have no evidence for? If you choose to block out evidence and science, you will be using the same broken ...

Talk Heathen with Doctor Ben and Dr. Richard Firth

July 09, 2023 20:24 - 1 hour - 99.5 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.26 with Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben

July 03, 2023 00:41 - 2 hours - 111 MB

Talk Heathen 07.24 with Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben

June 19, 2023 01:22 - 1 hour - 103 MB

In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben sort out patterns that look like creation, free will based determinism, and the reliability of Paul’s writings. Guru in India argues that god must exist because we would not be around if god did not exist. Does the creator need to be a living thing? Why do we need a living being to create us? Instead of using the term, “created”, why don’t we just use the term, “come into existence”? Where in a rock is there evidence of ...

Talk Heathen 07.23 with Doctor Ben and Jimmy Jr

June 11, 2023 20:31 - 1 hour - 91.5 MB

SHOW NOTES Hello and welcome to Talk Heathen! This week, Doctor Ben and Jimmy Jr. are here to do Satan’s work! Solomon from CA, a former Jehova’s witness, has seen the recent decline of religion by younger generations and wants to know where our hosts see religion going in the future. Felix from GA is calling to argue that Christianity is actually a progressive religion. While it's nice that certain denominations or churches are adopting progressive messaging and stances, Christianity as a wh...

Talk Heathen 07.22 with Secular Rarity and Christy Powell

June 04, 2023 19:55 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.21 with Forrest Valkai and Sofia Spina

May 29, 2023 03:41 - 1 hour - 80 MB

Today’s episode of Talk Heathen is hosted by Forrest Valkai and Sofia Spina! Charles from PA states that they asked God to change their life and claims that he answered! Dre from TX was told by an atheist that God is just a guess and has some confusion on the definition of a theory. Tommy from OR wants to discuss the historical background (in the United States specifically), or biblical infallibility. Alex from MI wants to know if our hosts believe in free will, and if so, to what extent....

Talk Heathen 07.20 with Secular Rarity and Tom Benson

May 21, 2023 20:33 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

In today’s episode of Talk Heathen, Secular Rarity is joined by Tom Benson. You can find more from Tom at https://howeverwegothere.com/ First caller is John in TX and asks why we do this show. Talking to callers like you! We want to engage in conversations to affect change. The call morphs to John claiming god is a philosophical, not scientific, conversation. Well, religion causes actual harm in the world. We just don’t have any good reasons to believe in any god. Matt in CA announces the ...

Talk Heathen 07.19 05-14-2023 with Katy Montgomerie and Sinn Sage

May 14, 2023 20:39 - 1 hour - 86.5 MB

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Talk Heathen 07.18 05-07-2023 with Richard Gilliver and ObjectivelyDan

May 07, 2023 23:39 - 1 hour - 84.6 MB

Today’s episode of Talk Heathen is hosted by Christy Powell and Student Doctor Ben. Mike from Canada claims there is reason to believe that Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is coming true. Sven from WA asks if all metaphysical beliefs are by their property of not being physically judged, are intellectually dishonest. Xavier from FL asks if the story that God stopped the sun for Israel is a claim that is falsifiable. Ummm, no. No, it isn’t. Muji from Europe claims that Islam is capable and required ...

Talk Heathen 07.17 with ObjectivelyDan and Blind Limey

May 01, 2023 03:38 - 1 hour - 85.3 MB

Blind Limey makes his live debut in the studio today with Objectively Dan! They appeal to the higher power of AI when dealing with street preachers who tell us the origin of morality while being possessed by relatives. Janet from FL knows we don’t have evidence for Christianity but believes because there has not been something that has convinced her not to. Introspection is hard and the fact that you have engaged in this already is fantastic. What does it mean to have not seen evidence to no...

Talk Heathen 07.16 04-23-2023 with Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben

April 23, 2023 20:32 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

SHOW NOTES In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben take on callers with a broad spectrum of topics. First caller is Erin in FL who views god pragmatically, does not believe Occam’s Razor is a great argument when uncovering the truth, and believes the idea of an afterlife is good. It is not always a good idea to use Occam’s Razor because we need to be aware of unlikely things. Could you see some problems with someone believing in an afterlife that doesn’t exist...

Talk Heathen 07.15 04-16-2023 with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi

April 16, 2023 20:22 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB

Today’s episode of Talk Heathen is hosted by Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi. Jon from FL wants to know how Armin would initiate a conversation between a Muslim and an Atheist. Cindi from PA has a friend who after a frightening period of being left behind in Afghanistan, he has come back with extreme anti-Afghan positions combined with PTSD. The Recovering From Religion Foundation is a great resource to consult about this subject. Erin from FL asks why falsifiability matters when assessing...

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