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Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Originally a livestream from June 23 (2024), in this episode Jerry is joined by Steve Mers and John Armstrong. In June of 2024 there was suddenly a bunch of stories in the news about religion and we decided to dissect them and also make fun of them. Some of the stories covered included Louisiana adding the 10 commandments to classrooms and several states allowing students to skip school for bible study, amongst others. Please enjoi.
Visit John on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012674684191
Visit Steve on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.mers
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/05/ohio-public-schools-are-releasing-kids-for-religious-instruction-during-the-school-day-soon-they-could-be-required-to-do-it.html
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Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
Show notes:
In early May of 2024, I spent a week in the beautiful country of Iceland! I had the opportunity to wrangle myself on to some local stand-up comedy shows there, where I met a bunch of people from the local scene. After one show I sat down in a pub with two of the country’s leading professional comics, Eggert Smári Sigurðsson and Þórhallur Þórhallsson. They gave me the lowdown on Icelandic comedy—which I share with you in today’s episode of the Comical Heathen podcast. This show also includes guest cohost Jeff Gedert. We talk a little about my time in Iceland (including the puffins!) as well as setting up some of the background to the interview. This episode includes a special PSA on the subject of cults.
Eggert Smári’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eggert.sigurdsson
Þórhallur Þórhallsson (aka Thor) on X: https://twitter.com/thorhallur83
Comedy in Iceland website: https://comedyiniceland.com/
Former Mayor Jón Gnarr on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Gnarr
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Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
In October of 2023, I had the pleasure of doing a livestream about anti-science conspiracy theories with science commuicator AND comedian Brian Malow. We were joined by Lake Erie College Professor of Biology Dr. Zane Johnson. On a personal note, let me add that Dr. Johnson is a colleague of mine, and he is not only erudite and well-read, he is sardonic and one of the most hilarious people to sit with during a faculty senate meeting! Here is the slightly edited version for your enjoyment.
Please follow Brian on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sciencecomedian
Here is Brian's website: https://sciencecomedian.com/
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Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
In September of 2023, I had the pleasure of doing a livestream about Conspiracy theories with professional skeptic and author Ben Radford and professional magician and comedy club owner Bobby Borgia. Here is the slightly edited version for your enjoyment.
Ben's website: http://benjaminradford.com/
Ben's podcast, Squaring the Strange: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/squaring-the-strange/id1226273233
Bobby's website: https://www.bobbyborgia.com/
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Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Originally recorded in August or 2023, my interview with Prof Jeremy Dauber. Prof Dauber is the Atran Professor of Yiddish Language at Columbia University, specializing in Yiddish and Jewish literature, American Jewish culture, and American studies
Find Jeremy's books on his website: https://www.jeremydauber.com/books
Jeremy's X: https://twitter.com/JeremyDauber
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Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Show Notes
Welcome to our most recent Live Q&A episode! With special guests Marv Connor and Dan Crowder, and guest co-host John Hensler, we tackle fan and social media comments and questions. This episode originally broadcast one week after the Nov 8 2022 US elections, so we focus on fall out and questions from the time. Included topics are Donald Trump running again, the importance of appointing judges, redistricting in Ohio and elsewhere, and whether or not Mitch McConnell is fucking the dead corpse of Congress.
Original broadcast live November 15 (2022). Slightly edited for clarity.
Joh Hensler is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.hensler.10
Marv Connor’s new podcast Unsuitable Language: https://unsuitablelanguage.wordpress.com/
Marv in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marv.conner1
Dan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008416596788
Dan’s suggested social agencies to consider supporting this holiday season:
Extended Housing: https://extendedhousing.org
Greater Cleveland Food Bank:
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Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Show Notes
Welcome to our most recent Live Q&A episode! With special guest Bill Boronkay and guest co-host Jim Hagan, we tackle fan and social media comments and questions. Included topics are recent SCOTUS decisions, flopping in sports, and "is cheating at board games ever justified?" We receive a phone call form Toledo-based friend-of-the-show David who asks how we interact with friends/family who are politically/religiously opposed to ourselves. And hey, What advice would you give your younger self?
Original broadcast live June 25 (2022). Slightly edited for clarity.
Bill Boronkay. "You get sick of beauty"
website: https://www.billboro.com/
Jim Hagan " Nothing is as important as you think it is"
board games on TikTok: mhgn.games
Columbus Crew twitter: OnThisDayCrew96
"When Faith and Football Teamed Up Against American Democracy" by Greg Bishop
"The Film that Launched a Thousand Court Cases" by Niv Elis
(https://momentmag.com/the-film-that-launched-a-thousand-court-cases/)
--Ghost Hunters investigate the Collingwood Arts Center in Toledo, Ohio (https://popculture.com/category/the-shadow-man/)
--Stepin Fetchit Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit)
--"How Did Colonel Sanders Become Japan’s Santa?" By Steve Burgess
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Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Heathen Highlights is a new feature here at The Comical Heathen. We share some of our favorite clips from the past 2 seasons.
Today's episode features a previously unpublished outtake from my Season 2 episode with Ben Radford. Along with guest co-host Aaron Kozbial, we talk horror movies!
Full episode here: https://comicalheathen.podbean.com/e/the-comical-heathen-s2-e11-talking-ghosts-w-ben-radford/
Ben's website: http://benjaminradford.com/
Ben's podcast, Squaring the Strange: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/squaring-the-strange/id1226273233
Aaron's website: https://professorofcomedy.com/
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Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Heathen Highlights is a new feature here at The Comical Heathen. We share some of our favorite clips from the past 2 seasons.
Today's episode features a clip from my Season 1 interview with PZ Myers. He explains what makes Creationism so objectionable.
Full episode here: https://comicalheathen.podbean.com/e/the-comical-heathen-episode-sixteen-pz-myers/
PZ Myer’s Blog Pharyngula: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/
His Book: The Happy Atheist: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Atheist-PZ-Myers/dp/0307739805
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Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Heathen Highlights are a new feature here at The Comical Heathen. We share some of our favorite clips from the past 2 seasons.
Today's feature features my Season 1 rant about the reaction from some Maori leaders towards Playboy model Jaylene Cook posing topless on a sacred mountain in New Zealand.
Full episode here: https://comicalheathen.podbean.com/e/the-comical-heathen-episode-nine-chad-zumock/
The Jaylene Cook story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/03/playboy-model-angers-maori-community-nude-shoot-sacred-new-zealand/
The Malaysia story: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/malaysia-earthquake-british-woman-arrested-for-stripping-naked-and-causing-quake-on-mount-kinabalu-10309866.html
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