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.
For all the NPR listeners out there, I’ll be on the show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” tomorrow morning — we’ll discuss the Reason Rally, atheism, My Little Bronies, etc. It’s a live show that tapes from 10:00-11:00a (CT) and you can see where it airs in your city by going here (click on “search by program,” go to “On Point,” and find your city). There’s also a live stream here. They take callers so feel free to chime in! Read more
In case, like me, you didn’t get a chance to see the episode this morning, here it is! Links to the specific segments are below: Coalescing the atheist political movement. Atheists, God and the GOP. Atheism in the public sphere. How does God fit in with global warming? Pastor comes out as a non-believer. As always, if there are any particular clips we should pay attention to, please leave the timestamp and summary in the comments! Read more
If I’ve learned one thing about conferences over the past few years, it’s that the Skepticon model works. It’s a hell of a lot of work for the student groups (!!!) to organize, but if they can make it free and open it up to the general public, people will come in droves. This is all dependent on people donating money for the cause — to cover things like the travel/lodging costs for speakers (who tend to come for free)… Read more