09 July 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
A year on from his deconversion from Christianity, we interview Jon Fortenbury to ask how he’s getting along without God.
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agnosticism, alcohol, alcoholism, atheism, blackmail, Christianity, conversion, dreams, ethics, faith, God, Jon Fortenbury, morality, mythology, reconversion, religion, secularism, spirituality, Stephen, Tantalus, The Atlantic, therapy, USA Today College
24 January 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Weekly Why
Local poet Marc Powell joins Stephen for some high-frequency riffing on world systems, philosophy …and each other
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activism, Adam Smith, addiction, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anarcho-Syndicalism, art, Austin, Beehive Collective, beer, bees, Capital Factory, capitalism, cartoons, celebrity, communication, conservative fusionism, culture, David Holmgren, death, EFF-Austin, environmentalism, Facebook, FarmVille, flooding, food, gentrification, Heidegger, hubris, humility, Iain McGilchrist, IMF, intellectualism, Ivan Illich, John Michael Greer, Jon Lebkowsky, language, Marc Powell, Masanobu Fukuoka, meta, mythology, Neal Postman, Neil Degrasse-Tyson, permaculture, poetry, politics, privilege, progress, reality, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roland Barthes, San Francisco, science, Silicon Valley, Socrates, somatic experience, Stephen, stereo, Taoism, technology, The Holy Mountain, The Internet, The Peripheral, The Singularity, Tony Robbins, TV, Wendell Berry, William Gibson, World Bank
22 January 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
Kevin challenges RadioLab’s aversion to exploring the issue of truth itself in a rare installment of the Weekly Why.
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Kevin, poststructuralism, RadioLab, reality, Stephen, truth
28 February 2010
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
So Kevin Saunders decided to send in this little gem of a throwback episode for this week. It’s raw, live, and mostly uncut–in other words, classic BF. So sit back, relax, and listen as Kevin reads the news of the week… This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “That’s the News of the Week” by Paul and […]
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04 October 2009
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
Yes, we’re back! I apologize for our lack of prompt, punctual posts as of late. College is back in full swing and as a good student that means I’ve got less and less time to devote to BF lately. Thankfully Kevin (who ironically has even less time than I do) took up the slack last […]
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