Scott Lohman will be talking to Jen Hancock, the author of Handy Humanism Handbook.

Jen blogs at Happiness Through Humanism. She is an author,  blogger and humanist activist. Her website is at Jen-Hancock.com. Scott is the president of the Humanists of Minnesota.

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota, and the generous support of our members and donors. We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

 {podcast "Handy Humanism Handbook" Jen Hancock on Atheists Talk #135, Sunday, October 2, 2011}

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Carl Hancock and Steve Petersen will interview David Silverman, President of American Atheists. We will discuss their current activities, including public campaigns to gain attention for atheists with billboards, aerial banners, appearances on television and radio.

We'll examine why American Atheists filed suit to keep a surviving fragmented I-beam from becoming a Christian religious symbol at the world Trade Center tragedy. Additionally, we will spend some time discussing the Reason Rally convention 2012 and a host of other subjects in the news.

• http://atheists.org/
• http://atheists.org/law/Ground_Zero
• http://www.atheists.org/events/National_Convention
• http://www.atheists.org/video
• Atheist Billboard to Challenge the Christian Monopoly on Christmas

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota, and the generous support of our members and donors. We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Read more: American Atheists David Silverman on Atheists Talk #134 Sunday, September 25, 2011

Religion has plenty to say about sex. Scriptures and religious leaders tell us who to have sex with, who not to have sex with, what forms and outcomes of sex are acceptable or unacceptable in what sorts of relationships. But does it help? How well can ancient religious texts address sexual ethics in a world that only recently has reliable contraception, recognizes that full emotional maturity lags sexual maturity by a number of years, and concedes that women have a legal right to say, "No,"--and"Yes"?

Join us as we talk with writer and erotica editor Greta Christina about how we negotiate sexual ethics in a secular world and what we gain when we let go of the notion that sex should be "transcendent" and allow it to be earthy. Maybe even dirty.

Read more: Good Sex Without God - Greta Christina on Atheists Talk #133, September 18, 2011