Humanist Experience

Humanist Experience


Latest Episodes

20 - Dualism: Arguments without Substance
November 11, 2016

Forrest and Spencer are joined by Peter Whitehead for a discussion about dualism. The team covers several arguments for substance dualism and evaluates their merits. Peter is a psychology student at Arizona State University where he works in an EEG lab

19 - Moral Ontology and the Nature of Values
November 11, 2016

This week, Spencer and Forrest discuss moral ontology and the nature of values and how they are grounded. They cover Euthyphro's dilemma, and unpack the problems and implications that both Christians and secularists have when grounding their moral...

18 - Distrust of Humanity
November 11, 2016

Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share the creation story of Adam and Eve and the doctrine of original sin as central to their theology. Conservative Evangelicals in America especially harp on this doctrine of ‘the Fall of man’ as a way to shoehorn...

17 - The Argument from Incredulity
November 11, 2016

Forrest and Spencer discuss the all to commonly employed "Argument from Incredulity".

S1E5 - Disaster, Resilience, and Art
August 04, 2016

Evan and Seráh visit a small town in California where hundreds of residents lost their homes in a recent fire. We explore the role art is playing in this community’s resilience, economic growth, and sustainability.

S1E4 - Our Naked Bodies
August 04, 2016

Seráh and Evan spend the weekend at a nudist resort and explore issues of body shame and nudity taboos. They confront anxieties about their own bodies and look for ways to align their emotions with their values around body positivity.

S1E3 - Helping Women Access Abortion
August 04, 2016

Evan and Seráh volunteer as patient escorts at an abortion clinic, helping women avoid harassment by protesters. We get a glimpse of what it’s like outside clinics for women who decide they need abortion services.

S1E2 - What is a Humanist Experience
August 04, 2016

We explore our definition of a Humanist Experience—and what makes it different from an ordinary experience. By following the life-changing stories of a veterans’ advocate, a pro-abortion lobbyist, a businesswoman, and a poet, we’ll learn about...

27 - Follow-up to "Defining Atheism"
February 01, 2015

Spencer is joined by Andre and Carlos Alfaro to discuss the definition of "atheist". Andre had some disagreement with the previous episode and was invited on to have a reasoned chat about it. While the definition may be more mottled after this...