Appreciate Your Mind

Appreciate Your Mind


Latest Episodes

Appreciate Your Mind - Nov. 25, 2013
November 25, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the federal court ruling that tax exemptions for homes occupied by preachers is unconstitutional; the Operation Christmas Child proselytizing efforts involving public schools; the lies and bad information easily beli

Appreciate Your Mind - Nov. 18, 2013
November 18, 2013

For the program this week I talk about evangelical sexist nonsense being presented to high school students with permission from school administrators; the misguided idea that natural disasters are a "test from god"; the high number of Americans who actual

Appreciate Your Mind - Nov. 11, 2013
November 11, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the way the Supreme Court seemed to mishandle questions in oral arguments on a case about government prayer; the "atheist church" phenomenon called The Sunday Assembly ; new atheist radio ad campaign for godlessgroup

Appreciate Your Mind - Nov. 4, 2013
November 04, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the pending Supreme Court case concerning government prayer; the "so help me god" myth as an example of how easily myths are made; the increasingly divided American public on issues of race, gender, religion and poli

Appreciate Your Mind - Oct. 14, 2013
October 14, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the evangelical motivations driving the government shutdown and Tea Party (non)action; how cheating has a positive affect for many people; scientific journals caught publishing bad information; the false "balance" jo

Appreciate Your Mind - Oct. 7, 2013
October 07, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the government shutdown and insights into the thinking of those who support it; changing the name of the Washington Redskins; Bayes' Theorem; conspiracy theories; and more! I play music from Ensomniak, Ani DiFranco

Appreciate Your Mind - Sept. 23, 2013
September 23, 2013

For the program this week I talk about The Sunday Assembly "atheist church" phenomenon; the new Freethought Equality Fund PAC; a poll on exorcism and belief in the devil; the "reproducibility crisis" in science; the growth in income inequality; and more!

Appreciate Your Mind - Sept. 16, 2013
September 16, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the Washington, DC shooting and a new study linking gun ownership to gun violence; the continuing attack on science by lawmakers; how being poor changes the way one thinks; atheists being bullied; and more! I play m

Appreciate Your Mind - Sept. 9, 2013
September 09, 2013

For the program this week I talk about the case in Massachusetts challenging "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance used in public schools; the believers of "end times" prophecies and their perceived connections to Syria; a new claim that disputes we are

Appreciate Your Mind - Sept. 2, 2013
September 02, 2013

Given that it's Labor Day, for this week's program I talk about labor statistics; how poverty negatively effects the brain; the positive effects of listening to music; religion in the workplace; the "nullification" movement and it's similarities to the "s