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.
If you’ve ever watched YouTube videos by Aron Ra, you may be familiar with his series on the major problems with Creationism. He’s finally turned those videos into a book in which he expands on those ideas. It’s appropriately called Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (Pitchstone Publishing, 2016). Read more
Leah Remini, the King of Queens actress who is currently starring in a series on A&E about her time inside the Church of Scientology, just did a Reddit Ask Me Anything in which she answered questions about her time inside the organization. While most of the responses won’t surprise people familiar with the group, it’s a reminder of just how much control Scientology exerts over the life of its members. Read more