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Ep. 75: The Awakening – Joseph Lyttleton

February 23, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

Faith seems to have been a part of the human experience for as long as we have existed. But what would happen if all belief in God disappeared over night? How would the behavior of believers change after their faith was stripped away? This…
Ep. 74: Humanism and Neurodiversity – Alastair Lichten

July 2, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

In this episode, we are joined again by Alastair Lichten, a humanist community builder and the author of the blog, Humanist Dad. We discuss his recent work in community organizing and the importance of creating welcoming, inclusive…
Ep. 73: Unbelief in Iran, Past and Present – Arash Ghajarjazi

May 27, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

In this episode, we’re joined by Arash Ghajarjazi, a scholar of Iranian Studies at Utrecht University and author of the new book, Remembering Khayyam: Episodes of Unbelief in the Reception Histories of Persian Quatrains. We delve into the…
Ep. 72: The Omega Course – Paul Clark

March 4, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Clark, author of The Omega Course, a coming-of-age novel about guilt, redemption, and loss of faith. We learn about the central plot of the book, where 17-year-old Ross kills another driver in a car…
Ep. 71: What is a Humanist Celebrant? – Sarah Ray

December 30, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min

In this episode, we’re joined by Sarah Ray, the President of the Humanist Society and an Endorsed Humanist Celebrant and Invocator. We learn about how these roles are secularizing, the deep roots they have to humanism, as well as (because…

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Ep. 70: How to Build a Secular Country – Maggie Ardiente

October 25, 2024 · 1 hr 13 min

In this episode, we talk with Maggie Ardiente, the board president of the Secular Coalition for America. In a wide ranging discussion, we learn how joining a small freethinkers group at university led to a lifelong career in secular…
Ep. 69: What is a Humanist Parent? – Alastair Lichten

August 2, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min

In this episode, we are joined by Alastair Lichten, a humanist community builder with Humanists UK, and the author of the blog, Humanist Dad. Alastair has been using the blog to explore how his humanist worldview informs the challenging…
Ep. 68: Why Do We Have a Bible? – Jacob L. Wright

April 3, 2024 · 1 hr 33 min

In this episode, we’re joined by Jacob L. Wright, Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and the author of Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins. Jacob explains how…
Ep. 67: Lessons from the Atheists of Interwar Canada – Elliot Hanowski

February 19, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min

In this episode, we’re joined by Elliot Hanowski, a Canadian historian and author of Towards a Godless Dominion: Unbelief in Interwar Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023). We discuss the small but vocal atheist and secular…
Ep. 66: Heresy, Philosophy, and Hope – David Newheiser

July 19, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min

In this episode, we’re joined by David Newheiser, a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, and the editor of the book, The Varieties of Atheism (2022). We learn about…
Ep. 65: When Clergy No Longer Believe – Alexandr Zamușinski

June 14, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min

In this episode, we talk with Alex Zamușinski, a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Riverside. Alex stops by to tell us about his research on the Clergy Project, an organization which provides peer support for clergy members…
Ep. 64: What is a Humanist Chaplain? – Srishti Hukku

May 3, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min

In this episode, we talk with Srishti Hukku, a humanist chaplain at the University of Ottawa (Canada). We learn about Srishti’s journey out of religion and her winding path to becoming a humanist chaplain. She explains what a chaplain…

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The Beyond Atheism Podcast moves beyond questions of God’s existence to ask: what now? What should atheists and other nonreligious people be doing next in a godless world? What does it mean to be an atheist today? Is there an atheist worldview? Is there an atheist politics? Hosted by Nathan Alexander, a historian of atheism and author of Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850-1914, and Todd Tavares, a political science scholar and atheist organizer, the podcast asks big questions and aims to discover answers through discussion and debate. Join us!