Geeks Without God is a podcast by three atheist/comedian/geeks. We'll talk about geeky stuff, atheist issues and make jokes. Mostly jokes. We know where our bread is buttered.
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Episode 639 – The Rise of Christofacism
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This week’s episode takes a look at the rise of Christofacism in America. It started before the 1980’s but everyone’s favorite President got that thing going and – well – here we are. Guest Jeff Grapevine joins us to discuss the growth of the Christian right as a political movement in the US.Bởi Geeks Without God
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Episode 638 – Halloween Candy Smackdown
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Time for some fun! Nick put together a bracket of 32 different Halloween treats and we debate which ones are the best! One by one, inferior contestants are relegated to the “trade” pile until a final victor is crowned! Will you agree with our ultimate choice or will you flip tables in sugar fueled rage?…
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This week is the deadline for voting pre registration in Minnesota so it seems like a good time to talk about voting and why we still do it and think it is important. Believe it or not, we have our reasons and we are going to tell you all about them! If you need help figuring out how to vote, hit us up! We are here to help!…
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It’s a Geeky Boners episode! This week we are taking a look and some of our new favorite things or, in the cast of Molly and Nick, old favorite things. Tim reminds all of you to get some of those sweet sweet D & D stamps from the post office!Bởi Geeks Without God
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Episode 635 – The Ark Encounter with Ronn
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One of our favorite guests returns! Ronn Bauman is back to tell us about his experience at The Ark Encounter where we learn all about how Noah’s Ark is actually possible and what dinosaurs were on the ark. There is, of course, biblical evidence to back all of this up (no there isn’t)! Ronn also catches us up on other parts of his life, including hi…
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This week we take a look at Mental Health issues and specifically OCD with our friend Jen Rogachevsky. We all have a lot of misconceptions around mental health and OCD is often used as a punchline by those who don’t really understand how difficult it can be to live with the symptoms. This episode is a great opportunity to understand the challenges …
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Episode 633 – The Tolerance Paradox
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This week, we are joined by one of our favorite guests as Tony Miller returns to talk about the Tolerance Paradox. The question before us is does being tolerant of intolerable opinions actually help or does it do more damage? It’s about a lot more than just punching Nazis. Which is totally OK, by the way.…
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Episode 632 – Catholicism to Antitheism
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This week we are joined by our friend Fes Works to talk about his journey from Catholicism all the way to antitheism. As with several of our ex Catholic listeners (and hosts), he had a stop at Paganism on the way! It’s always nice to listen to how people arrive at their non belief because it reminds us we aren’t alone.…
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This week, we are joined by our friend Maren Aalgaard who has something in common with Nick! Both of them have parents who came out as gay while they were growing up. We talk about that experience and how it shaped the two of them.Bởi Geeks Without God
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This week we take a look at the most recent Star Wars series to hit Disney Plus – The Acolyte! There will be all sorts of spoilers and while the show doesn’t have a lot of very deep secrets, if you’d like to find them out for yourself, be warned! We are a little bit split on our opinion of the show but we actually waited to watch the show before we…
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There will be spoilers a-plenty as we discuss the movie that officially makes Deadpool and Wolverine part of the MCU! Does Disney ruin Deadpool? You will have to watch the film to find out! Or you could listen to this episode but maybe you should watch the movie first.Bởi Geeks Without God
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Two weeks ago, we posted an episode recorded right after someone took a shot at Donald Trump and by the time the episode aired, the news was woefully out of date. Well we are trying it again! We are specifically looking at some news items that popped up seemingly as a direct result of Kamala Harris entering the race for US President after Joe Biden…
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It’s time for another episode of Geeky Boners! For those new to the podcast, our Geeky Boner episodes allow us to talk about whatever cool things have excited at the moment. This week, we take a look at a TV show that is as old as Tim is as well as some physical media Molly is trying to preserve. Nick also got a new birthday present he’s very excit…
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This week we talk about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump (or whatever that was). More importantly, we talk about the question of whether or not it is OK to make jokes about that event. Apparently Jack Black doesn’t think so. We aren’t sure we agree so we talk about what makes it OK to joke about something. Also please note: We recorded t…
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This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2024. We invited the audience to submit ideas for an episode and selected Nikki Armstrong, who wanted to talk about Sizeism in Cosplay. Nikki spent the weekend engaging in self described “fat girl does skinny” cosplay with costumes that included Leeloo from “The Fifth Element” and Kim Possible. S…
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question mark 3d illustration isolated on white backgroundThis week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2024! We had a great turnout for our recording and we decided to so a sort of ask us anything episode where we answered any question our audience members gave us. The questions were all over the place but there were definitely a lot about …
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It’s summer and we are back with a This or That episode that is summer themed! Our This or that episodes are basically a bunch of binary questions with quick fire answers. So what summer questions did we have for each other? Find out!Bởi Geeks Without God
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This week, we are talking about the latest film in the Mad Max series – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anya Taylor Joy takes over the role of Furiosa in this prequel to Fury Road and we spoil the shit out of the movie. Granted, it’s a Mad Max movie so spoilers may not matter much to you. Aside from the ones on the cars. Listen in if you’d like to know ou…
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This week, Tim is going to tell us about his recent trip to Europe and the way the Catholicism is pretty much everywhere. He visited a lot of churches and didn’t get struck by lightning in any of them. What were his impressions of these places? And what is a reliquary?Bởi Geeks Without God
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Episode 620 – CONvergence 2024 Preview
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This week we are previewing our CONvergence 2024 weekend! For those unaware, CONvergence is a science fiction convention in Minnesota and it is where our podcast got our start lo so many years and episodes ago. If you are going to be there, come find us!Bởi Geeks Without God
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One last Nick & Molly episode: this week we talk about the HBO show, Hacks! It’s a bit of a comedy about comedy, and worth watching! Enjoy!Bởi Geeks Without God
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This week, Molly and Nick are going rogue and doing an episode about their local “field trip” style event, Doors Open Minneapolis!Bởi Geeks Without God
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It’s time for a boners episode! For those unfamiliar, this is an episode where we talk about the stuff that has our geeky hearts excited. Maybe some of you will be excited as well! We sure hope so.Bởi Geeks Without God
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This week we are taking look at common superstitions. Where did they come from? Do we, as non believers still hold on to some of those superstitions or do we gleefully shout “Macbeth” in a theater every chance we get?Bởi Geeks Without God
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This week, we talk about Dune Part II! A sprawling, beautiful film about how great messiahs are and how much better they make everything and how religious leaders never ever use fundamentalism for personal gain! A perfect topic for an atheist podcast. We do spoil it so if you don’t know the story, maybe go watch the movie first.…
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