Point of Inquiry In Studio: Chris Mooney Talks to Jamie Kilstein, Ed Brayton, and More

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For the 7/2/2012 episode of the Point of Inquiry podcast, we tried a little experiment. From Center for Inquiry headquarters in Amherst, NY, we filmed a special hour long program with multiple in-studio guests, including the famed atheist comedian Jamie Kilstein.

This show features:

3:43 When Doubt is a Crime: Michael De Dora, director of the Center for Inquiry Office of Public Policy in Washington, D.C., discusses the disturbing case of an Indonesian man who was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison, just for questioning whether God exists.

10:50 Fox News Bashing, Redux: Chris Mooney responds to recent listener comments, some of them complimentary, some... not so much.

14:17 From the Culture Wars to... Chuck Norris: We talk with Ed Brayton, the blogger behind Dispatches from the Culture Wars and owner of the FreethoughtBlogs network, about recent church state issues—and his steady monitoring of everyone's favorite right wing karate menace.

28:38 Gotta Keep 'em Separated: We interview Jessica Ahlquist, the high school freethought activist who was recently victorious in her Rhode Island church-state lawsuit over a prayer banner displayed in her high school auditorium.

32:47 Jamie Kilstein: The hilarious atheist comedian and host of Citizen Radio discusses how he became an atheist, the future of the 99 percent, mixed martial arts, and his fighting challenge to right wing pundit Jonah Goldberg.

Produced by Adam Isaak
Special thanks to Ed Beck

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[5ecular4umanist]

This new video alternative to the podcast is a great addition. Hope the experiment becomes a regular thing.

I actually listened to the whole audio podcast first and came here to see what's what. It would be useful to have time markers in the video description for each part of the show.

[centerforinquiry]

Very glad you liked the show! And thanks for the time markers comment—I just added them to the description.

[RhondaH]

I really enjoyed being able to see the pod cast rather than just listening. There were great interviews here. Thanks for doing the YouTube video.

[Carl-Fredrik L]

...on speaking of sam harris.

[Carl-Fredrik L]

check out "the partially examined life"-podcasts. heard something about neo-atheists and hatebloggers who thinks that everyone that call themselves religious basically are society-hating idiots.

[sailorcozmoz]

MOAR PLZ - podcasts are great but being able to see the speakers really adds value. Looked really good, please continue in this endeavor ^_^

[k9a2g6]

Oh, I almost forgot, GREAT SHOW ! KEEP ON TRUCKIN'

[k9a2g6]

Well.., in my humble opinion, (was a amateur boxer), MMA fights are cool, except when they hit the ground, and then pound away, as they hold their opponent, plus these elbow strike are just crazy, there ain't no talent when you hold someone down and hit them, its kind of a sign of our times, brutal MMA fights and brutal Politics, it kind of goes hand in hand.