The Humanist Hour

The Humanist Hour #218: Vickie Stangl on Etta Semple

We act sometimes as though we think women are new to the freethought movement, to atheist and humanist leadership. We're not. We've been here all along, and we've never g

The Humanist Hour #217: Vic Wang and Benita Malone on Humanists of Houston

The Humanists of Houston are American Humanist Association's largest local chapter and they're on pace to become the largest secular movement Meetup group very shortly. T

The Humanist Hour #216: Susan Jacoby on "Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion"

We tend to think of the process of converting from one religion to another as a religious experience, but how much of that reflects the outlook of the people who usually

The Humanist Hour #215: What Humanists Can Bring to Interfaith Dialogue?

"Interfaith" is not a word that comes easily to all humanists. Even more difficult for some is the idea of partnering with religious leaders and believers to work togethe

The Humanist Hour #214: Annie Laurie Gaylor on Anne Nicol Gaylor and FFRF

If anyone in today's secular movement should require no introduction, it's Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder and now co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (F

The Humanist Hour #213: Growing Up Humanist

Today's adolescent humanists in the U.S. aren't the first generation of young people to be raised in a nonreligious philosophy. They are, however, the largest in modern t

The Humanist Hour #212: Lauren Lane on Skepticon and Rethinking Conferences

Skepticon is an unusual conference in several ways. It started as a student-run event that survived its founders' graduation. It's an independent event, run as its own no

The Humanist Hour #211: Noelle George on Foundation Beyond Belief

We like to say that we’re “good without a god,” but the fact of the matter is that we’re not always very organized about it. One of the good things organized religion has

The Humanist Hour #210: Miri Mogilevsky on Sex Positivity and Teaching Consent

Sex positivity sounds like a wonderful thing, but do you really know what it is? As a social movement, it's older than you might think. It can be traced back through the

The Humanist Hour #209: The Intersection of Humanism and Social Justice Work

The concept of social justice is enjoying a renaissance. That doesn't necessarily translate into action, however. Even people who support social justice may find themselv

The Humanist Hour #208: Juhem Navarro-Rivera on Changing Demographics and Changing Politics

There is a significant portion of the U.S. electorate this year who seem determined to "take back their country". It's rare, however, that these people are willing to exp

The Humanist Hour #207: Kelly McCullough on Building Religion through Stories

Kelly McCullough is a fantasy and science fiction author with twelve novels under his belt to date. Despite being raised outside religion, his work often focuses on what

The Humanist Hour #206: Alix Jules on the Politics of Racial Resentment

The 2016 U.S. presidential election has turned into something that wasn't supposed to be able to happen anymore. We’re supposed to be past this kind of open racism, yet h

The Humanist Hour #205: Examining Honor Culture and Violence in Islam

Earlier this month, model and activist Qandeel Baloch was found dead in her home in Pakistan. She'd been drugged and murdered by her brother in what he claimed was an hon

The Humanist Hour #204: Callie Wright on the “Gaytheist Manifesto”

When Callie Wright came out as a trans woman in 2013, there weren't a lot of queer voices in the secular movement that focused on issues affecting queer people. She set o

The Humanist Hour #202: Amanda Marcotte on Feminist Topics in Current Politics

Any year in which we have the first female major party presumptive nominee for president is going to be a busy one in feminist politics. Beyond Hillary Clinton, however,

The Humanist Hour #201: David Niose & Monica Miller on the Appignani Humanist Legal Center

This year, the American Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center celebrates a decade of service. The center provides legal assistance to defend the constitu

The Humanist Hour #200: Women in Secularism & Secular Woman

In spring of 2012, the secular movement was a different place for women. We were grossly underrepresented on stage, in print, and in the membership of our organizations.

The Humanist Hour #199: Greta Christina on "The Way of the Heathen"

"So you're an atheist. Now what? The way we deal with life—with love and sex, pleasure and death, reality and making stuff up—can change dramatically when we stop believi

The Humanist Hour #198: Humanist Alliance Advisor Interviews, Part 1

Just before the American Humanist Association's 75th Anniversary Conference a couple of weeks ago, the organization announced that it was launching a new Black Humanist A