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
06 October 2011
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Backwards thinking is the name of the game this week as Kevin, Kiki and Stephen dive into the religious symbology of Hollywood.
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ASL, Boing Boing, Christianity, Dan Savage, Dolly Parton, Dune, Epic of Gilgamesh, Fred Figglehorn, Gladiator, God, Harry Potter, ion, Joan of Arc, Jonathan Coulton, Kevin, Kiki, Logan's Run, love, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, mythology, Penn and Teller, pie, religion, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rome, Soylent Green, spoilers, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen, symbology, The Island, theology, World of Warcraft