In this month’s podcast, Todd Stiefel’s co-host is Amanda K. Metskas. Together they interview Julia Galef, the president of the Center for Applied Rationality.

Amanda K. Metskas, co-host

Amanda K. Metskas is the executive director of Camp Quest, Inc. She has been involved with Camp Quest since 2003, and served on the board of directors from 2004-2007. Amanda became executive director when Camp Quest, Inc. hired her as its first staff person in January 2008. As executive director, Amanda focuses on providing coordination and support services to all of the Camp Quest programs, and helps launch new Camp Quest camps across North America.

In addition to her work with Camp Quest, Amanda is the vice president of the Secular Coalition for America.  She co-authored Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief with Dale McGowan, Molleen Matsumura and Jan Devor. Amanda holds an M.A. in political science from Ohio State University, and a B.A. in international relations and psychology from Brown University. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband August E. Brunsman IV and their two cats.

Julia Galef

Julia is the president and co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality. She is also a writer, blogger, and public speaker focusing on science and rationality, and the co-host of the official podcast of the New York City Skeptics, “Rationally Speaking.” She holds a degree in statistics from Columbia University.

Listen as Todd and Amanda talk with Julia about everything from using Harry Potter to learn about rationality to the Vulcan straw man problem! (You know you need to find out about that one.) Learn about some of the different types of rationality and where they intersect with humanism. It would be tough to hear a conversation about rationality that’s more fun and uplifting than this one!

Todd and Amanda also give an update about what’s going on at Camp Quest this year, including their participation in the upcoming American Humanist Association annual conference, May 30-June 2 in San Diego.

Links from this month’s episode:

• The Center for Applied Rationality
• Camp Quest
• Book: Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief
• Measure of Doubt
• Humanist magazine article, “Uncertainty in Science: It’s a Feature, Not a Bug,” by Julia Galef

Other Links:

• American Humanist Association Annual Conference

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by BILL
• “Love is a Good Thing” by Sheryl Crow

In this month’s podcast, Todd Stiefel’s co-host is Kim Ellington. Together they interview A. C. Grayling, the author of The God Argument – The Case Against Religion and For Humanism.

Kim Ellington, co-host

Kim is a secular activist and lifelong atheist originally from New Hampshire. She now lives in North Carolina working to separate church and state. She is in her second year as a board member of the Triangle Freethought Society and has been a member for about four years. She is also on the board of Camp Quest South Carolina, a member of the American Humanist Association and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and a mother of an 8-year-old daughter. The work she does in the freethought and civil rights movement is to make the world a more reasonable place for her daughter and all future generations.

A. C. Grayling

Professor Anthony Grayling is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and other subjects. His newest book is The God Argument – The Case Against Religion and For Humanism. He publishes under the name A. C. Grayling.

Co-hosts Todd Stiefel and Kim Ellington talk to A. C. about his new book, which takes a look at the kinds of reasons someone would have for not holding a religious commitment in the first half and the arguments in favor of humanism in the second half.

Grayling describes a humanist in several ways during the interview, including those who think that our ethical outlook has to be premised on our best understanding of human experience.

“Fundamentally, humanism is not a doctrine,” Grayling says. “It’s not a set of prescriptions or instructions about how to live. Rather, it’s an attitude. And the attitude is, we have to think for ourselves; we’ve got to take responsibility for ourselves, and in taking that responsibility we have to think how relate to, to care for, be good neighbors to our fellows in the human story,” adding, “Generous really is the word, generous and kind.”

He also outlines his reasons why we should not see The Golden Rule as ideal.”We can’t, each of us, think that we’re the standard or the benchmark for what tastes, interests and desires other people have,” Grayling points out. “We have to allow them to make those choices, of course within negotiated limits about the parameters of communal living, but in a way that really does allow people to make meaning in their lives because that’s where meaning comes from.”

Trivia Contest Winners

Congratulations to Toure Jaxsyn and Marie Bradshaw for winning a copy of The God Argument – The Case Against Religion and For Humanism in our Humanist Network News Trivia Contest!

Links from this month’s episode:

• A. C. Grayling personal website
• Triangle Freethought Society
• Camp Quest South Carolina
• Book: The God Argument – The Case Against Religion and For Humanism, by A. C. Grayling
• The Secular Coalition for North Carolina
• Houston Oasis

Other Links:

• American Humanist Association Annual Conference

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by BILL
• “Skies on Fire” by AC/DC

A new episode of the Humanist Hour is available for listening. Keep reading to find out about the guest on this month’s show.

In this month’s podcast, Todd Stiefel’s co-host is Margaret Downey. Together they interview three representatives of the Clergy Project, acting Executive Director Catherine Dunphy, Jerry Dewitt and Teresa MacBain.

The Clergy Project

The Clergy Project is an online home that provides “a safe haven for active and former clergy who do not hold supernatural beliefs.” Catherine, Jerry and Teresa are just three of more than 400 members of this growing community that just marked its two-year anniversary on March 21. In order to maintain anonymity, membership is only available to those who have been invited.

The resources of the Clergy Project include not only offering a way for clergy members (and former members) to communicate with and support one another, but also a program to help members find secular employment, as well as a quick path to become a humanist celebrant through the AHA’s Humanist Society.

Listen as Catherine, Teresa and Jerry tell their very personal stories to Todd and Margaret, revealing the joys and hardships of making the transition from a religious believer preaching from behind the pulpit to a nonbelieving secular citizen making a new path for themselves.

Also listen when Todd and Margaret fill you in on the incredible success of the partnership between the Foundation Beyond Belief and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, raising $430,000 through last year’s Light the Night Walk program. Those looking to help with this continuing effort, visit the Foundation Beyond Belief’s LLS web page.

Margaret Downey, co-host

Margaret Downey is the founder of the Freethought Society, the Anti-Discrimination Support Network and the Thomas Paine Memorial Committee. She owns Secular Celebrations, a company offering secular celebrant services, has been published in two books, Parenting Beyond Belief and 50 Voices of Disbelief, and is a past board member of the AHA, the Humanist Institute, and the Thomas Paine National Historical Association. She served as president of Atheist Alliance International for two years and is a current board member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Scouting for All and the Advisory Board of the Robert Green Ingersoll Museum. In 2007, Margaret designed the Tree of Knowledge. Margaret has been a guest on NPR, ABC’s “Nightline,” PBS and Fox News.

Catherine Dunphy

Catherine Dunphy is the acting Executive Director for the Clergy Project. She is a former Roman Catholic chaplain who left the church when she recognized that she was no longer a believer. Catherine completed both an undergraduate and master’s degree in theology. As one of the original 52 members of the project, Catherine has been volunteering to help organize The Clergy Project from the beginning. She is a screener and a member of the volunteer Board of Directors and she is actively working on projects to benefit Clergy Project members. Catherine is a communications professional who never looked back once she left the church.

Teresa MacBain

Teresa MacBain, who will be speaking at the AHA’s 72^nd Annual Conference, holds the distinction of being the first female graduate of The Clergy Project, an invitation-only “safe house” of current and former ministers who no longer hold the supernatural beliefs of their religious traditions. She became a non-believer after more than 20 years of ministry. Teresa is currently serving as acting executive director for the Humanists of Florida Association and sits on the board of the Clergy Project. Teresa’s media appearances include CNN’s “Sunday Morning,” NPR, “The Alan Colmes Show,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” USA Today and the Washington Post. Her first book is due to be released this year.

Jerry Dewitt

Jerry Dewitt’s ministry began at age seventeen. He began his career as an evangelist and assistant pastor in three Pentecostal churches. Later he held the pastorate of two fundamentalist congregations. After more than twenty-five years of ministry he realized he had become an atheist. Jerry is the executive director of Recovering from Religion and is also the first graduate of the Clergy Project. Jerry volunteers his time with the Clergy Project as a screener, committee and board member.

Links from this month’s episode:

• The Clergy Project
• Foundation Beyond Belief support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walk fundraising effort
• Secular Celebrations
• Book: Hope After Faith, by Jerry Dewitt and Ethan Brown

Other Links:

• American Humanist Association Annual Conference

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by BILL
• “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles

In this month’s podcast, Todd Stiefel interviews Rebecca Hale, the newly elected president of the American Humanist Association.

Rebecca Hale

On Jan. 1, 2013, Rebecca “Becky” Hale became the 20th president of the American Humanist Association. She is the 4th woman to serve in the role. The last female president of the AHA was Suzanne Paul of Farmington, Michigan, whose term completed in 1992. Hale will preside over the current AHA board of directors, which is comprised of six women and six men.

She has been an advocate for secularism and humanism for many years as co-owner of EvolveFISH.com, the largest online store of freethought merchandise. She is also the co-founder of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs, a local affiliate of the American Humanist Association, and serves on its board of directors. She is a Humanist Celebrant certified by the Humanist Society of the American Humanist Association.

Todd talks to Becky about her background, including growing up as a Unitarian Universalist and why she has moved away from the church while still strongly embracing humanism. Becky reveals her desire to see more attention paid to the younger generation while maintaining and strengthening the AHA’s existing relationships.

Listen to this month’s podcast to find out more about new AHA President Rebecca Hale!

We also bid farewell to podcast co-host Jes Constantine, as she accepts a new position working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We will miss you, Jes!

Links from this month’s episode:

• EvolveFISH
• Freethinkers of Colorado Springs

Other Links:

• American Humanist Association Annual Conference

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by BILL
• “It All Made So Much Sense” by Drew Stedman

In this THH Web Speical, Todd and Jes speak with Cecil Bothwell about his experience as an atheist politician in Asheville, NC.

Cecil Bothwell

Cecil Bothwell currently serves on the Asheville City Council. Bothwell has had two other careers, the first as a green builder, the second as a writer and editor. He has employed up to 22 people in the building trades both as a masonry and general contractor, building homes and commercial projects over a 25 year period. Later he phased into writing and editing, becoming the founding editor of the Warren Wilson College environmental journal, Heartstone, and managing editor of Asheville’s Mountain Xpress. He served for several years on the national editorial board of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and has eight books in print.

A 32-year resident of Buncombe County, he has lectured widely on environmental and ethical issues, speaking from college lecterns and church pulpits across the WNC region and the nation. He started and participates in a 6-year old jail ministry through his church, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, and works on homeless initiatives and alternative sentencing projects. He has tutored in Asheville’s public schools, and serves on the boards of two nonprofit groups which build libraries in rural Bolivia, and elementary schools in rural Guatemala.

Links from this month’s episode:

• Cecil Bothwell: Bothwell’s Blog
• Cecil Bothwell: Bothwell 2012

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill

In this month’s podcast, Todd and Jes speak with comedians Ian Harris and Jason Resler about their show, the Evolution of Comedy: Intelligently Designed Humor.

Evolution of Comedy

America’s Top rationalist comedians delivering scathing commentary on taboo subjects such as religion and politics, skewering commonly held beliefs, myths, and superstitions. If you are a fan of ‘reason’ you will need no other to love this show!

Ian Harris

Originally a San Francisco Bay Area comic, was a top headliner for years, touring nationally as well as a staple on the L.A. comedy scene, winner of many major comedy competitions, seen on Comedy Central. He was on several Top 100 Comeidans lists, ranking as high as #25, before moving into writing and directing films and music videos for the past 6 years. Ian will be taping his first hour special in December 2012, (coinciding with the much publicized Mayan Apocalypse) called Ian Harris: Live From The Apocalypse. A skeptic take on religion and common beliefs, the show promises to be very charged and cutting edge.

Jason Resler

For a father of two, decorated veteran of Desert Storm and avid baseball fan, Jason is often as dark as a comedian can be, with a sharp tongue and hard edge. Another of the comedians on The Evolution of Comedy Tour, Jason also has been headlining nationally for years and was ranked on Entertainment Journal’s Top 100 comedians twice! Jason’s CD is also a regular on RawDog Radio on SiriusXM. Jason can deliver dead-pan cynicism, one-liners and harsh social commentary.

Maurice Northup

Born on a remote island, Maurice traveled the world too young to appreciate it and gained wisdom too late to use it. Relegated to the abyss of comedy, he is honored to be part of a project with veteran comics that are among the strongest cutting edge voices of reason and truth working clubs today.

Links from this month’s episode:

• The Evolution of Comedy Official website: TheEvolutionOfComedy.com
• Ian Harris: facebook | Twitter | youTube
• Jason Reslerfacebook | Twitter | youTube

Other Links:

• Brick Bible: Amazon.com

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill
• “Intro” by The xx
]]> http://podcast.thehumanist.org/2012/12/the-humanist-hour-79-the-evolution-of-comedy/feed/ 0 http://podcast.thehumanist.org/2012/09/the-humanist-hour-78-gloria-steinem-2012-humanist-of-the-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-humanist-hour-78-gloria-steinem-2012-humanist-of-the-year http://podcast.thehumanist.org/2012/09/the-humanist-hour-78-gloria-steinem-2012-humanist-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:20:09 +0000 admin http://podcast.thehumanist.org/?p=676 Humanist, interviews world famous author and activist Gloria Steinem. “It’s not about not believing,” says the 2012 Humanist of the Year. “It’s about rejecting a god who looks like the ruling class.” More →]]> A new episode of the Humanist Hour is available for listening. Keep reading to find out about the guests on this month’s show.

In this month’s podcast, Jennifer Bardi, editor of the Humanist, interviews world famous author and activist Gloria Steinem. “It’s not about not believing,” says the 2012 Humanist of the Year. “It’s about rejecting a god who looks like the ruling class.”

You can read a transcript of this interview in the September / October edition of the Humanist magazine online.

Gloria Steinem, 2012 Humanist of the Year

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. She now lives in New York City, and is currently at work on Road to the Heart: America As if Everyone Mattered, a book about her more than thirty years on the road as a feminist organizer.



Here’s a bit more about Gloria’s career:

In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for fifteen years. She continues to serve as a consulting editor for Ms., and was instrumental in the magazine’s move to join and be published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1968, she had helped to found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she was published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and women’s magazines as well as for publications in other countries. She has produced a documentary on child abuse for HBO, a feature film about the death penalty for Lifetime, and been the subject of profiles on Lifetime and Showtime.

Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean, on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Her writing also appears in many anthologies and textbooks, and she was an editor of Houghton Mifflin’s The Reader’s Companion to U.S. Women’s History.

Ms. Steinem helped to found the Women’s Action Alliance, a pioneering national information center that specialized in nonsexist, multiracial children’s education, and the National Women’s Political Caucus, a group that continues to work to advance the numbers of pro-equality women in elected and appointed office at a national and state level. She also co-founded the Women’s Media Center in 2004. She was president and co-founder of Voters for Choice, a pro-choice political action committee for twenty-five years, then with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund when it merged with VFC for the 2004 elections. She was also co-founder and serves on the board of Choice USA, a national organization that supports young pro-choice leadership and works to preserve comprehensive sex education in schools. She was the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a national multi-racial, multi-issue fund that supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls, and also a founder of its Take Our Daughters to Work Day, a first national day devoted to girls that has now become an institution here and in other countries.She was a member of the Beyond Racism Initiative, a three-year effort on the part of activists and experts from South Africa, Brazil and the United States to compare the racial patterns of those three countries and to learn cross-nationally. Now, she is working with the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College on a project to document the grassroots origins of the U.S. women’s movement.

As a writer, Ms. Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, National Magazine awards, an Emmy Citation for excellence in television writing, the Women’s Sports Journalism Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, and most recently, the University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism.

Ms. Steinem graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College in 1956, and then spent two years in India on a Chester Bowles Fellowship. She wrote for Indian publications, and was influenced by Gandhian activism. She also received the first Doctorate of Human Justice awarded by Simmons College, the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the National Gay Rights Advocates Award, the Liberty award of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Ceres Medal from the United Nations, and a number of honorary degrees. Parenting magazine selected her for its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 for her work in promoting girls’ self-esteem, and Biography magazine listed her as one of the 25 most influential women in America. In 1993, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. She has been the subject of two biographical television documentaries, and The Education of a Woman, a biography written by Carolyn Heilbrun.

In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce and narrate an Emmy Award winning TV documentary for HBO, “Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories.” With Rosilyn Heller, she also co-produced an original 1993 TV movie for Lifetime, “Better Off Dead,” which examined the parallel forces that both oppose abortion and support the death penalty.

Links from this month’s episode:

Gloria Steinem

• Official website: GloriaSteinem.com
• Ms. Magazine online: MsMagazine.com
• Women’s Media Center: WomensMediaCenter.com

Other Links:

• LLS Light the Night: FoundationBeyondBelief.org
• American Humanist Association Conference: Save the Date!

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill
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In this month’s podcast, Jes and Todd interview AHA President, freethought activist, blogger and author David Niose, about his book, Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans.

Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans

Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers – a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers – and they are flexing their muscles like never before. Yet we still see almost none of them openly serving in elected office, while Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and many others continue to loudly proclaim the myth of America as a Christian nation.

In Nonbeliever Nation, leading secular advocate David Niose explores what this new force in politics means for the unchallenged dominance of the Religious Right. Hitting on all the hot-button issues that divide the country – from gay marriage to education policy to contentious church-state battles – he shows how this movement is gaining traction, and fighting for its rights. Now, Secular Americans—a group comprised not just of atheists and agnostics, but lapsed Catholics, secular Jews, and millions of others who have walked away from religion—are mobilizing and forming groups all over the country (even atheist clubs in Bible-belt high schools) to challenge the exaltation of religion in American politics and public life.

This is a timely and important look at how growing numbers of nonbelievers, disenchanted at how far America has wandered from its secular roots, are emerging to fight for equality and rational public policy.

David Niose

David Niose’s background includes experience in law and mass communication. Having practiced law in Massachusetts since 1990, Niose has also worked in print and broadcast media, taught both history and law, and written extensively on a wide array of issues. Upon joining the AHA board in 2005, Niose initiated and helped develop the AHA’s media campaign. Niose has appeared in national media and spoken to groups around the country, emphasizing the importance of utilizing mass media to inject humanist ideas into the public dialogue, improve the public image of humanists, and sway public opinion away from the religious right. As an attorney, Niose has advocated for church/state separation and the rights of humanists and other nontheists, and he is currently involved in implementing a legal strategy to enforce the rights of humanists and other nontheists via the avenue of equal protection law. He has worked with the Secular Coalition for America in various positions to help advocate for the rights of Secular Americans, and has served on the boards of Greater Worcester Humanists and Greater Boston Humanists.

Links from this month’s episode:

Nonbeliever Nation

• Get the book: Amazon.com
• Dave’s Book Tour: AmericanHumanist.org

Other Links:

• LLS Light the Night: FoundationBeyondBelief.org
• American Humanist Association Conference: Save the Date!

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill
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In this month’s podcast, Jes and Todd interview the Young Turks main host and co-founder Cenk Uygur about the relationship between humanism, the media, and politics. Cenk was awarded with the Humanist Media Award at the AHA’s 71st Annual Conference this past June.

Segment 1: Summer fun at Camp Quest

Camp Quest provides an educational adventure shaped by fun, friends and freethought, featuring science, natural wonder and humanist values. Activities vary from year to year and location to location of Camp Quest; however, all of our camps offer a mix of traditional summer camp activities and educational activities related to the Camp Quest mission. Each Camp Quest focuses on the same mission, and there are many similarities from camp to camp. At the same time, each location has its own feel — with different activities, facilities, and people.

Segment 2: Interview with Cenk Uygur

Cenk Uygur is host of The Young Turks on Current TV as well as the host and co-founder of The Young Turks online which is the largest news show on the Internet. The Young Turks on Current TV features Uygur and a group of progressive, outspoken journalists and commentators discussing politics and pop culture in an unscripted, no-holds-barred atmosphere that breaks the mold of traditional cable news programming.

The Young Turks (TYT) online has a verified global audience of more than 30 million views a month and over half a billion total video views of The Young Turks YouTube Channel, making it one of the most watched online news shows covering politics, pop culture and lifestyle.

The Young Turks premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in the first quarter of 2002 as the platform’s first original program before moving to XM Satellite Radio in 2006. The Young Turks is the flagship show of the TYT Network. TYT Network channels include What the Flick?!, TYT Sports, TYT University and TwenTYTwelve, among others. TYT has also recently launched a show called The Point on a new online-only channel, Town Square, as part of YouTube’s new original channels initiative.

Uygur is the former host of MSNBC Live and has appeared numerous times on CNN, CNN Headline News, E! Entertainment Channel, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Voice of America, NPR and even Fox News Channel. He is one of the most popular bloggers on The Huffington Post, and also a contributor to Daily Kos and Politico.
Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before co-founding The Young Turks.

Segment 3: Humanist Media Award

Photo by: Leslie Zukor

Listen to a clip of Cenk’s acceptance speech from the AHA 71st Annual Conference, where he received the Humanist Media Award.

Links from this month’s episode:

Cenk Uygur / The Young Turks

• Official Website: Current.com
• The Young Turks Network: TYTNetwork.com

Other Links:

• Camp Quest: CampQuest.org
• LLS Light the Night: FoundationBeyondBelief.org
• American Humanist Association Conference: Save the Date!

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill
• “Habibi” by Balqis:
  
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In this month’s podcast, Jes and Todd interview Marty Klein, Ph.D., who suggests a humanist approach to healthy sexuality.

America’s War on Sex with Marty Klein Ph.D.

Dr. Marty Klein has been a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist for 31 years. He has aimed his entire career toward a single set of goals: telling the truth about sexuality, helping people feel sexually adequate & powerful, and supporting the healthy sexual expression and exploration of women and men.

Marty pursues his goal of a sexually enlightened world through therapy, lectures, writing, lobbying, media, and forensic (courtroom) work.

Marty has authored over 100 articles in publications such as Parents, New Woman, and Playboy, as well as San Francisco Medicine, the California Therapist, and the Journal of Homosexuality. He is a former contributing editor to The New Physician, American Baby, and Modern Bride, and he is quoted every year in dozens of national publications and websites, such as The New Yorker and Huffington Post.

Links from this month’s episode:

Marty Klein

• Official Website: SexEd.org
• America’s War on Sex: get it on Amazon.com

Todd’s been busy online:

• Todd on the Blaze
• Todd’s guest post on the Friendly Atheist blog

Music from this month’s episode (in order of appearance):

• Theme Song: “Sound Scientist” by Bill
• “Uncomfortable” by SIRSY: iTunes | lyrics
  
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