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Buckle up. This week's show is proof that truth may be stranger than fiction.True Stories PodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support. 

Science communicator Dave Farina is back to talk about the charlatans and idiots. Buckle up.VIDEO of this conversationBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support. 

Let's talk about the Jimmy Kimmel thing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support. 

Today the Pugs discuss a provocative essay in the English publication, AirMail by Tara Isabella Burton. In this article she explores a new and very self-conscious religious disposition that is taking hold among tech elites in Silicon Valley. While there has been some buzz about a ... Show More

If a spirit walked past you, would you even know? In this week’s episode, I’ll be sharing stories from real people who encountered entities pretending to be something else. [This episode originally aired 6/12/2023] Listen to the Dinky Podcast - https://dinkypod.com/ Learn more ab ... Show More

Today we talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the duck-rabbit as a metaphor that may have something useful to teach us about the way we experience reality. We talk about the enormous difficulty of fully addressing the question: what is religi ... Show More

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the world of Greco-Roman Mystery Cults. What exactly were the Mysteries and how did they factor into religious practices of the day? Find out…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

hello sweet pumpkins, this week we're talking about the ways that secularism has failed us. we talk about the utility of religion and the implications of its absence. we imagine what a new religion might look like, and where the future of spirituality is headed. 

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the world of Greco-Roman Mystery Cults. What exactly were the Mysteries and how did they factor into religious practices of the day? Find out…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Harry ad Meghan weren't even there (not invited/) and yet the Golden Globes still made fun of them. Meghan is said to be left off the Suits group chat...but not for the reason you might guess. The Queen's podcast is out and nobody cares. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Ne ... Show More

If you’ve ever met a kid who could knit a scarf before they could read, you might already be familiar with this week's "cult." With their dreamy, arts-infused approach to education (think: seasonal festivals, storytelling over standardized testing), Waldorf schools promise a ~hol ... Show More

Very rarely does a culty news topic compel us to the mic as urgently as this week’s subject, a nerdy literature fandom turned…collective traumatic experience? In the wake of a bombshell Vulture exposé that straight-up reads like a Sounds Like A Cult script, Reese and Amanda are u ... Show More

Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who specializes in Catholic history and the intersection of religion, technology, and UFO beliefs. Pasulka's research focuses on how belief in UFOs and extraterrestrial life has ... Show More