Another interview from the Atheist Alliance International Convention in beautiful Burbank, California.  This time with Australian author and philosopher Russell Blackford, speaking to us about freedom of expression.

Rob discusses raising children in a mixed secular/religious household.

The show has been "nominated" for an "award."  You can vote for us once a day between now and the end of November.  Category:  Religious inspiration.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Israel over an Intel chip plant's desecration of the sabbath.

Belief in mediums speaking to the dead is a protected religious belief in the UK.

Victory in South Carolina.

Arrest for praying without a license in Egypt.

The Greek Orthodox Church protests a European court's ruling in Italy about crosses in classrooms.

Christian lamb for sale in New Zealand.

Your emails.

And much, much more.

 

Interview with Michael Shermer. President of the Skeptics Society and Editor of Skeptic magazine.

Flynn and Rich discuss some crazy dogma, including:

Two Bishops in Ireland speak out against visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A German Buddhist goes to court to force the authorities to allow him to gets visits from his dead mother in prison.

Controversy in Italy over plans to allow people to spread ashes in Turin.

More controversy in Italy over a court decision awarding a woman 5,000 Euros for a crucifix in her children's classroom.

More good news from Somalia. 

Interview with Brother Richard, the founder of Atheist Nexus and the creator of the Life Without Faith blog. 

We talk about his life as a "Charismatic" Christian Minister and his journey from the ministry to being the creator of an atheist social networking website and  about organized atheism.

Jamye returns and picks a Jackass of the Week.

Rich announces a listener contest--have Worst Christmas Ever!

Update on cheerleader Bible signs at high-school games in Georgia. Man fired for wearing a religious button in Georgia, USA.

More UN free speech follies. In the UK, efforts to repeal the crime of religious libel in Northern Ireland and to remove references to Christianity in the written constitution of British overseas territories.

A replica of Stonehenge in Texas faces criticism. Your emails.

And much, much more.

Interview with Arab Atheists Network founder "Alpharabius"
CORRECTION from the show: Alpharabius is not the founder of the AAN, but a member.

Interview with Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition For America. 

Rob picks the Jackass Of The Week (but you have to wait until the end to find out who it is).

A defeat for Freedom Of Speech at the UN Human Rights Council as the U.S. Government sponsors a resolution to give cover to regimes that want to criminalize blasphemy.

Women are forbidden from being passengers on motorcycles and scooters in Gaza.

An unusual lawsuit over prayer.

A city council in California wastes precious time on deciding what kinds of prayer to allow to open up city council meetings.

And some really interesting emails.

Interview with Stuart Bechman, President of Atheist Alliance International.

Interview with Dr. Ed Buckner, president to American Atheists.  Recorded from the floor of the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank, CA.

PZ Myers brief interview from the floor of the AAI Convention in Burbank, CA.

The WBC wins an appeal.

Two hotel owners in England are arrested and charged for hurting the feelings of a Muslim guest.

A school district makes a strange decision regarding religious signs at a football game.

Flynn attends religious services with none other than Artemis Orman.

A minister in charge of a school makes (allegedly) some strange employment decisions.

If you want to watch the live podcast on Friday October 2 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, go tohttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/dogma-free-america  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dogma-free-america

Rob returns to talk about some Dogma.

Sharia law enacted in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and now adulterers are subject to death by stoning.

Trial date set for the blasphemy trial for dutch MP Geert Wilders..

Some kids allegedly kicked out of a minor league baseball game in New Jersey for refusing to stand for the song "God Bless America."

The Banana Sex Cult in Papua New Guinea.

Your emails.

And some info about our upcoming live show in Burbank, CA.  If you want to watch our live podcast on Oct 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, here is the link. 

The Swine Flu Episode (not because there is any swine flu dogma discussed, but because Rich recorded it when he had swine flu).

Very good news on the freedom of speech front in Canada.

Very bad news on the freedom on speech front in Finland.

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church thinks that God killed 15 innocent boaters because Madonna held a concert in Bulgaria.

The Mayor Of London wants everyone--EVERYONE--to fast at least one day during Ramadan.

In Israel, a government agency considers Jews who marry outside of the religion to be "missing persons."

Your emails.

And more.

Jamye returns as co-host.

Of all the Jackass comments we have ever quoted on this show, this week's Jackass Of The Week is has said the worst--hands down.

Good news from lawsuits in Kentucky and Colorado.

One of the funniest ranting emails we have reported on in quite some time.

News from Pakistan, and it isn't good.

The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem are at it again.

No more blue jeans for school girls in Gaza.

Your emails.

And much, much more.

Episode 100!

For the first time in 50 episodes, we are joined by both Flynn and Rob simultaneously. 

We play a special game where I give five stories about Flynn, only one of which is true, and Rob has to guess the real Flynn story, plus stories of crazy dogma from around the world, including:

Public swimming pools in the UK requiring burkinis during special Muslim swimming sessions.

Yale University Press cowardly declining to put the famous Danish cartoons of Mohammad in a scholarly book about the . . .  Danish Mohammad cartoons.

An artist in India gets threats for portraying the god Ganesh in non-traditional form.

A man sentenced to seven years in prison in Syria for blasphemy. 

A candidate for the Mayor to Tulsa has a strange election platform.

Episode 99--Our Last Two Digit Episode!

Flynn joins Rich to talk about some crazy dogma.

Praying for Glaciers in Switzerland.

Praying on a specially chartered airplane flight over Israel.

Controversy over prayers at City Council meetings in California.

Controversy over adding "In God We Trust" to a city logo in Florida.

Is it okay for the government to impose regulations on who has the authority to say what "kosher" means?  I think you already know the answer to that one.

And a bunch of emails.

For more information on the AAI October convention, go to atheistconvention.org

Welcome special guest co-host Jamye Johnston.  Jamye is an "out" Atheist and Skeptic and a Texas public school teacher.  You can find her podcast at  www.underfiendradio.com.

Also, dear listeners, please remember to give us ratings and reviews on Itunes--it supposedly helps with our page rankings over there.  You can check out our new "beta" website at dogmafreeamerica.org, and don't forget to join our new online forum--you can find a link at the new beta website. 

And then some news of crazy dogma and other stuff:

A UK police force issues hijabs to female officers so that they avoid offense if their official duties take them into mosques.

The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the province of Alberta can require religious people to have photo driver's licenses if they want to drive.

A U.S. federal court rules that Michigan's plan to track cattle is constitutional, even if some think that the tracking technology represents the number of the beast from the Book Of Revelation.

Lashes for adultery in the Maldives.

And much, much more.

Flynn joins us and complains of sitting through interminable production meetings.

Someone thinks that we need more overt displays of religion in sporting events.

The Catholic prelate for Mexico City talks about the Devil to a conference for exorcists.

Sunday Ferry Follies in Scotland.

The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem riot because social services takes starving 3 year old child weighing about 14.5 pounds into protective custody.

A state government website in Connecticut forced to take down links to "open and affirming" churches.

9 plaques of the 10 commandments removed from a courthouse in Kentucky, USA.

Your emails.

Rob comes back after more than a month long hiatus.

Rich tells some stories of his time at The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas

Controversy and lawsuits over religious messages at the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.

FIFA calls out the Brazilian soccer team on religious t-shirts.

A new role for the Russian Orthodox Church in government.

The Irish blasphemy law (again)

A bizarre court decision in Australia.

And more (not much more, but more nonetheless).

As part of our continuing efforts to find a female co-host to fill in for Flynn and Rob, we welcome Jamilla Bey. A "victory" for women in Syria. Blasphemy in Ireland. Money for Koran schools in Gaza. Your emails. And a special treat at the end.

First of all, you can find Rich on Twitter here. 

Good news from Minnesota.

Strange doings in Detroit area city hall.

The human right to have apartment building without motion sensor lights in the hallway.

An Australian former priest has an strange defense to sexual assault on a child.

Oklahoma musings.

And much, much more.

Jackass of the Year (So Far) Mini Special. Featuring South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R). Back in a few days with a new full episode.

Vacation Special. Interview with Michael Goudeau, Executive Producer of Penn and Teller's Bullshit on Showtime (in the U.S.). You can find out more about Michael at http://www.mikegoudeau.com/

Vacation Special. Interview with Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.

We finally try Flynn on a true Skype feed (as opposed to a Skype Out phone call, which is what we have previously done).  The result--unmitigated disaster.  For the first 23 or so minutes, Flynn's track is totally FUBAR.  After that, it is merely awful.  We may, or may not, try this experiment in the future, but for now I was not very happy with the results, but we are going to distribute the episode anyway.

Child neglect in Minnesota averted.

Child neglect in Wisconsin punished.

A jackass of the week worthy of the name.

The Dogma of hatred in Canada.

Lunacy in Bangladesh.

Geert Wilders back in the news.

The proper definition of the word "bemused."

Emails.

And more.

Rob decides that it is time for accent-a-polluza 2009!

A sad and crazy update from Minnesota.

A "bemusing" criticism of plans for an anti-blasphemy law in the Republic Of Ireland.

More Atheist bus ad news.

More religious license plate news.

A new Jackass Of The Week.

Your Emails, and much, much more.

Accents are back!

Does the government of Pakistan listen to this program? (extremely doubtful).  Pakistan launches what they call a major offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

The legislature of Hawai'i are our Jackasses Of The Week for passing a resolution calling for the celebration of "Islam Day."

A mother in Minnesota wants to deprive her son of cancer treatment because that is what her religion says to do.

Please explain to me why people keep inviting ministers to give prayers for non-religius events.  Really. Please.  Explain.

Good and bad witchcraft news.

Lots and Lots of your emails.

And much, much more.

Let's all wish Rob a happy and healthy 40th birthday!

Also, if you live in the Denver area, please consider coming to Skepticamp!

Strange doings in Alberta, Canada where the government is looking at legislation that would allow parents to withdraw their chilren from public school classes on evolution and homosexuality.

Cases where courts are deciding whether Muslim witnesses can testify wearing a veil.

Good news from Saudia Arabia!

A teacher gets in trouble for criticizing creationism in California.

Really creepy behavior in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A fake popemobile in Australia.

A really, really bad new law proposed in Ireland.

All this and much, much more.

Flynn lodges a protest, and then provides us with some legal analysis about a recent case out of Baltimore Maryland.

Rich tells his favorite DFA story ever--about convicted Oklahoma City Bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' attempts to use religion to argue in favor of getting a prison diet high in whole grains and insoluble fiber.

More sad, sad news out of the Swat Valley in Pakistan.

A mother argues that her daughter should be allowed to attend classes at her school in Texas with her shirt untucked--all in the name of religion.

A blasphamy prosecution in Finland, of all places.

An update from Florida.

And a bunch of your emails.

Rob joines Rich and invites listeners to take a look (and listen) to his new cycling video.

Husband of murder suspect alleges that taking and releasing her mugshot is an insult to their religion.

Rich tries a Kiwi accent while he discusses a new poll from New Zealand.

Some crazy Buddist dogma.

A photoshoped ad showing Pope John Paul II dancing with a comely lass is banned in the UK because it insults the Catholic religion.

Passover dogma in Israel.

Your emails.

And much, much, more.

Interview with Darrel Ray, author of the book, The God Virus.

Flynn is excited after DFA is mentioned in a column in a newspaper from Moose Jaw, SK.

Rich announces that he will be participating in the Nothing Sacred blog--the official blog of the Mile High Skeptics (scheduled to go live on April First, 2009).

Rich and Flynn discuss some news, including:

The UN Human Rights Council (sigh) passes an anti-blasphamy resoluation.

Polling once again confirms no increase in religion or church attendence during the economic downturn.

Geert Wilders again in the news, this time in France.

Religious speech at high school graduations.

And your emails.

Rob joins Rich in person at the Dogma Free America Media Complex.

Good news as the United Nations.

The dogma of sewage.

An outrage from Texas as a 13 year old girl is murdered, allegedly as part on exorcism.

Another outrage from Saudi Arabia.

Interesting survey news.

Our new jackass of the week.

Your emails.

And much, much, more.

 

 

Join Rich as he addresses the monthly meeting of the Colorado Humanists in Denver, CO to discuss podcasting in general, and what we talk about in particular. Note, Rich lost his audio recorder in his recent move and was forced to use a new ap for his Iphone to do the recording. Since Rich was not familiar with the app, it was hard to get the sound level perfect and there are some places where the audio pegs out.

Interview with David Silverman of Amercan Atheists and author of the No God Blog about the mass blasphem-me event planned for the American Atheists annual convention in April.

Also, join Rich and Flynn for news of crazy dogma, including:

Marketing "Chistian Blessed Salt."

Good news from Virginia and Washington.

His Excellency the President begins his "town meetings" with prayers.

The Gold Base Protection Act of 2009 rears its head again in Riverside County, California.

Your emails.

And much, much more.

Another mini-cast!  Join Rich and Flynn as they discuss the recent United States Supreme Court case of Cedar Grove City vs. Summum, which has been the talk of atheisphere in the past few days.  Flynn provides clear and concise analysis of this potentially important decision.

Be sure to check out our new merchandise.  Just click where it says "Dogma Free Stuff."

Rich and Rob discuss some dogma, plus

Our new feature--Schmuck Of The Week.  If you have a better idea for the name of this new feature, please let us know.  It is the subject of great debate within the confines of the Dogma Free America Media Complex.

Also, welcome to Crystal Yates-White of the Fund For Thought and Felice Ford, who are trying out their co-host chops.

Some of the stories on this week's show:

Christ in a potato chip.

Appeasement in Swat.

Three (count 'em) stories from India.

For some reason, legislators in Virginia think that it is a good use of their time to pass unconstitutional laws allowing for sectarian Christian prayers at official police meetings.

Geert Wilders denied entry into the UK (and then they threw in the WBC to boot).

All this, your emails, and much, much more.

If you want to mail your pink panties to Lord Ram's Army, here is the address:

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India.

If you are interested in more information about the Consortium of Pub-Going, Loose and Forward Women, here is the facebook link.  Here is another link to find out more.

 

Another Mini-Cast.  This time, and interview with Justin Trottier of the Freethought Alliance of Canada about atheist bus ads in Toronto.

Note:  The audio quality of this podcast is not up to our normal standards.  Skype, the utility we normally use to record remote interviews was not working very well the day of the recording.

The most religious and least religious states in the USA.

A not-so surprising poll of UK attitudes towards evolution.

The Taliban in Pakistan's Swat Valley think of something new to kill people for.

The police in Nigeria arrest a very unusual suspect for robbery.

Can a Muslim woman wear a veil while testifying in court in Canada?

Your emails

And much, much more.

Our new email address is dogmafreeamerica@q.com

 

 

A sad, sad day for freedom of speech in Holland, as conservative politician Gert Wilders is to be prosecuted for insulting the feelings of Muslims.  He is pictured in these show notes.  For an in depth analysis of the case, I suggest you see what Ezra Levant wrote about it.

The Taliban are taking over the Swat Vally in Pakistan, and forcing schools for girls to close and men to grow beards.

Atheist bus ads in the UK get the A-OK from the Advertising Standards Authority.

A brief note on the inauguration.

Riverside County backs off on what I will call the Scientology Gold Base Protection Act of 2009, and suspend the ordinance.

And much, much more!

Join Rich and Flynn, as they discuss:

Atheist bus follies.

Now they are anointing doors with oil in Washington, D.C.

Where does the U.S. rank on a list of countries polled on what percentage of the population think that atheists are unfit for high public office.

An unbelievable new law in Riverside County, CA fast tracked by the Board of Supervisors, with the sole purpose of making it almost impossible to protest the Church of Scientology's Gold Base.

A dancer killed by the Taliban in Northwest Pakistan.

Two men stoned to death in Iran for adultery.

A suspected witch burned at the stake in Papua New Guinea.

And much, much more.

Rich announces that he his happy that his dire predictions of disaster in New Mexico have not come to pass.

"Cult leader" Wayne Bents gets 10 year in the pokey.

Speaking of the Pokey, some religious leaders and politicians in Scotland want to get the Hokey Pokey (or as they call it there, the Hokey Cokey) banned, and people who sing the song arrested.  No kidding.

A lawsuit to ban "so help me god" from being added to the presidential oath of office.

Some hard core crazy dogma from Congo and Uganda.

Rich's experience with a Catholic Church annulment.

Your emails.

And much, much more.

Our last episode of 2008!

Join Rich and Flynn as they discuss some recent news of religion and dogma, including:

The verdict and status of a "cult leader" on trial in New Mexico for improper sexual contact with teenage girls.

Does Sharia discriminate against women?  A UK Muslim think-tank comes up with a surprising conclusion.

A government commission in Pakistan has something to say about gender equailty.

Has church attendance actually been skyrocketing as a result of the financial crisis?

Your emails.

And more!

Join Rich and Rob as they discuss the War On Christmas and news of other religious dogma from around the world.

Stories include:

A substitute teacher fired for telling her seven year old students the truth.

More hijinx from Olympia, Washington.

A lawsuit to stop a U.S. government owned insurance company from selling "shariah compliant" financial and insurance products.

A surprising number of medical doctors in the U.S. believe in miracles.

The result of Rob's practical joke.

And much, much more.

Join Rich and Rob as they discuss news of crazy dogma from around the world.

A lawsuit is born in Rancho Cuchamonga about a city employee getting a nonthiest billboard taken down.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has its own answer to a nativity scene that a man puts up at the Washington State Capitol Building.

Kentucky's wacky homeland security statute, and another new lawsuit by American Athiests, Inc to get them to put actual security before praising God.

Somone doesn't like the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.

An unusal excuse for reckless driving--God told me to drive that way.

And much, much, more.