Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
It doesn’t matter how great your public high school music program is, the choir shouldn’t be performing at a religious service. And yet people are acting like some travesty has occurred now that a Massachusetts choir will not get to perform during Easter Sunday Mass at St. Anthony’s Basilica when they take a spring break trip to Italy and Croatia. Read more
The creators of the Cicret bracelet promised to display a working smartphone on your skin and raised more than $600,000 to do it. Captain Disillusion ordered one last year, while making a video showing us why the product was likely a hoax, and we finally have an update. Is the product as useless as we suspected? Read more
It was just over a year ago that Larry T. Decker, a self-described “unaffiliated Christian” at the time, became the new Executive Director for the Secular Coalition for America, a lobbying group representing atheists on Capitol Hill. I spoke with him about the organization, what he’s learned, and what lies ahead for atheists interested in having a seat at the table in politics. Read more