Graceful Atheist Podcast

Clearly Written By Boys

Karis Burkowski and ​David Fitzgerald have written an amazing book called Clearly Written by Boys: A Woman’s Guide to the Bible. The book takes this question seriously:

Steve Ghikadis: Humanism From the Heart

Steve Ghikadis is the author of Humanism From the Heart: Building Bridges Beyond Belief. Steve Ghikadis is a Humanist Officiant, who conducts secular marriages, memorial

Julia: Deconstructing JWs and Suburbia

Julia tells her story of deconstructing the Jehovah's Witnesses and the expected life of suburbia. Julia was torn between two grandmothers: an evangelical and a Jehovah'

Humanism and AI

The Consciousness DelusionIn this solo episode I discuss Artificial Intelligence. Should we agree with Richard Dawkins that Claude is conscious? Probably not, for several

Liam: A friend and a Friend

Liam is a friend and a colleague of many years. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends often called Quakers. Liam and I have shared deep conversations before

Doubt is Antimemetic

I recently read Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading by Nadia Asparouhova and it blew my mind. Just reading the intro I knew I needed to do an episode on the sub

Friends and Family: Mark Anthony Diaz

Mark Anthony Diaz is the author of Reedkeeper's Journey and one of my best friends. Mark and I grew up together. We had the same sarcastic friend group in high school. We

Colin Ryan: Epic Tiny Victories

Welcome back Colin Ryan, author, storyteller, comedian and survivor of Bipolar 2, OCD and ADHD. Colin has written Epic Tiny Victories: A hopeful story about depression an

10 Year Deconversion Anniversary

Reflections on ten years of deconversion. I re-tell my deconversion story and reflect on what has changed and what has stayed the same. Links Apostate: Stories of Dec

Matthew Taylor: Why We Podcast

Mathew Taylor, co-host of Still Unbelievable!, returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast.Links Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vteclimey Confessions

Sara: Christian Humanism

This week's guest is Sara. Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived.

Beth: Deconstruction from the Moral Majority

This week's guest is Beth. Beth grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that revered James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and all those who created the "Moral Majority." Her fa

Andrew: Dino Dad Reviews

Arline interviews this week's guest, Andrew. Andrew is a self-named atheist "paleo-nerd." He grew up home-schooled in a fundamentalist church in southern California. His

Racquelle: Deconstruction from SDA and Conspiracy Theories

Arline interviews this week's guest, Racquelle. Racquelle grew up in Canada in the Seventh Day Adventist church. Conspiracy theories were common in her household. Some of

Andy Neal: Andy Films and Hikes

Arline interviews this week's guest, Andy Neal of Andy Films And Hikes fame. He is self described as a "plus size hiking influencer." Andy tells his story of deconstru

Natalie: Pentecostal to Mormon to Atheist

Natalie from New Zealand tells Arlene here story. She grew up Pentecostal participating in church. In her young adulthood she converted to Mormonism. She saw that as w

Jeff: Deconstruction of a Southern Baptist Minister

Jeff grew up in his words "a very religious household." He attended a large Southern Baptist church. In college he fell in love with the seriousness of Calvinism after

Megan: Catholic to Evangelical to Athiest

This week's guest is Megan. Megan grew up in a fundamentalist Catholic home with an irrationally religious mother and an absent father. As a teen, she was invited to an e

Kris: Former Christian Leader to the Least of These

This week's guest is Kris. Kris grew up in a home with much wounding and suffering, an irreligious home that would shape her desire for God as a young adult. She became a

Jeremy Schumacher: Wellness with Jer

This week's guest is Jeremy Schumacher. Jeremy's story begins in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and it was as culty as it sounds. He started questioning the bel