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In this episode we are joined by Ali Rizvi, a writer, musician, and physician who is an ex-Muslim of Pakistani birth. We discuss his background and vision for the future of the Islamic world, among other things. TwitterHuffington PostDead Shyre

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY - November 13 * 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson is born* 1953 - Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communistic* 1974 - Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * 

Jen Chadbourne is an Iraq war veteran, military justice advocate, author, artist, ex-Wiccan, atheist, vegetarian, firearms enthusiast, and self-professed not an asshole. She blogs at Happy Heresy. You can find her at:@JL_ChadbournHappy Heathen BlogYouTube She also recommends Kevin McGil an advocate to stop sexual assualt in the military

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 30* 1918 - Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies* 1938 - Welles scares nation* 1953 - Eisenhower approves NSC 162/2 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* Man with severed spine walks* Ebola litmus test POLITICS AND RELIGION* The right wing backlash on same sex marriage- Hitching Post Lawsuit- Otter appeals again- Idaho state senator thinking about getting rid of marriage- NC Magistrate quits- Legislator wants to allow discrimination* Minnesota atheists sue to be able to officiate weddings* Oklahoma 10 Commandments statue destroyed* Maryland father angry his daughter is being taught about Islam* Woman says Jesus will pick up her tab FEEDBACK*Travis via Voicemail*Jennifer via the website Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 per month or US$10.00 per episode* Travis Megee* Christie Anderson* Renee Davis-Pelt* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics* Jason Platinum Sponsor – US$10.00 per month or U

We are joined by Chase, a former Jehovah's Witness Pioneer who shares with us his story, JW history and doctrine, and his recovery. JWR

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY - October 16 * 1793 - Marie-Antoinette is beheaded * 1814 ~ The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 | Fun London Tours | * 1964 - China joins A-bomb club * 1976 - "Disco Duck" hits the #1 spot on the U.S. pop chart | YouTube SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Pentagon declares climate change an immediate national security threat * Orcas can learn dolphin languages * Brain/computer interface allows stroke victim to speak POLITICS AND RELIGION * Major wins for marriage equality and the right wing goes wild! 30 states now, five soon to come, the rest on their way | Cruze | Huckabee | Butch Otter * Ark Encounter must hire atheists or lose tax perks * Satanic Temple preparing for Christmas * Atheist family in Louisiana get’s threatening messages * Alabama pastor had sex with members knowing he had AIDS * Mom tried to kill daughters because the world is ending * YOLO is an atheist conspiracy FEEDBACK * @jccford via Twitter * Travis Megee via email Thank you @NacyDrewPI, @SteveHayes, @tyranightmuse, @qur

We are joined by Paul, host of the Quranify Me podcast, his satirical examination of the Quran and amazing interviews with ex-Muslims.

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY - October 2 * 1789 - George Washington forwards parchments to states for ratification * 1836 - Darwin returns to England* 1919 ~ Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke | History.com | Washington Post | Wikipedia* 1971 - Rod Stewart earns his first #1 hit with "Maggie May" SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Mt Ontake erupts, but not in a predictable fashion* E coli used to synthesize propane and diesel* National Institute of Health’s BRAIN Initiative releases awards POLITICS AND RELIGION * Texas judge refuses lesbian couple’s divorce request* County Commissioner walks out over pagan invocation* Clergy on patrol in Rochester | HuffingtonPost | Friendly Atheist* Archbishop arrested and found to have over 100,000 child images* Priest arrested for “mission” trip activities* Another Muslim beheading, in Oklahoma* Stephen Hawking came out as an atheist FEEDBACK * Susan Gerbic via email Monterey County Skeptics: Operation Bumblebee* @jccford via Twitter* @AngryTxn via Twitter* @quranifyme via Twitter Email u

We are joined by Mike Aus, Executive Director of the Houston Oasis. He is also a former pastor who came out as an atheist on MSNBC in March 2012. Houston Oasis Kansas City Oasis This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 per month or US$10.00 per episode* Travis Megee* Christie Anderson* Renee Davis-Pelt* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics Platinum Sponsor – US$10.00 per month or US$5.00 per episode* Virginia Dawn* Mark Gold Sponsor – US$5.00 per month* Vernware* Gary from Idaho Atheists* Robert Ray, Humanists of the North Puget Sound Bronze Sponsor - US$10.00 per year* Mark Kickass Patron - US$1.00 per episode* The Flying Skeptic* Kevin * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us a

INTRO*Change in format THIS DAY IN HISTORY * Federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed* Fidel Castro comes to New York SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Artificial spleen cleans pathogens from blood* The government is finally taking on agricultural antibiotic use* Prayer increases risk of complications after surgery POLITICS AND RELIGION * Dress codes violating religious freedom of students | Rastafarian | Navajo* Hobby Lobby get’s FLDS member out of testifying* According to Bryan Fischer Bacon proves we’re a Christian Nation* Airman denied reenlistment over oath***UPDATE - The policy has been change and reenlistment processed****Tenn Supreme Court takes on Faith Healing Case FEEDBACK * Miisa via Facebook* @puneit via Twitter* From Travis via email Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. Sponsor Dustin for:* Light the Night* See Spot Walk This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 per month or US$10.00 per episode* Travis Megee* Christie Anderson* Renee Davis-Pelt* Ru

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY - September 4th * 476 - Western Roman Empire falls | History.com | Wikipedia* 1951 - President Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast* 1957 - Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* Robot swarms!* Ebola Patient Zero has been identified* Tick bite can make you allergic to mammalian meat POLITICS AND RELIGION* It’s now illegal to like us in India* ISIS forces mass Yazidi conversion* Louisiana judicial candidate plans to put up a 10 commandment monument* Georgia pastor openly breaks the law with church sign* Adventist church reaffirms creation, yet again INTERVIEW - Ian Harris | Shows | 2 Tone Productions | Twitter FEEDBACK Missa on Facebook Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS Travis went Nuclear!Robert Ray is back in Gold!$50 Anonymous donation This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor – US$20.00 per month* Travis Megee* Christie Anderson* Renee Davis-Pelt* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnos

In this episode we go off topic and delve in the current geopolitical issues of Ferguson, MO, Ukraine, Iraq, Gaza, and Rick Perry. Our normal programming will be back next time. FEEDBACK Travis via voicemail Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS New Gold Sponsor - Travis Megee New Bronze Sponsor - Mark This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor – US$20.00 per month or US$10.00 per episode* Christie Anderson* Renee Davis-Pelt* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics Platinum Sponsor – US$10.00 per month or US$5.00 per episode* Virginia Dawn* Mark Gold Sponsor – US$5.00 per month* Vernware* Gary from Idaho Atheists* Travis Megee Kickass Patron – US$1.00 per episode*Kevin*The Flying Skeptic * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnoma

INTRO THIS DAY IN HISTORY - August 7th * 1789 - The United States Department of War is established * 1869 - Astronomer impresses Indians with eclipse * 1990 - Bush orders Operation Desert Shield * 2005 - Trapped Russian sub rescued SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Rosetta reaches comet * Ken Ham’s not a fan of NASA * The Vitamin K shot is the latest target of the antivaxers POLITICS AND RELIGION * IRS settles with FFRF * Ebola is a plague from God * Clive Bundy was just doing what God told him to do * KKK is Christian, not a hate group INTERVIEW - Hemant Mehta from the Friendly Athiest FEEDBACK Russ via voicemail Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 per month or US$10.00 per episode * Renee Davis-Pelt * Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics * Robert Ray, Humanists of the North Puget Sound Platinum Sponsor – US$10.00 per month or US$5.00 per episode * Virginia Dawn * Mark Gold Sponsor – US$5.00 pe

Full shownotes available at http://www.atheistnomads.com/56 CALL TO ACTION! * Petition to remove Idaho’s child welfare faith healing exemptions INTRO 0:09:01 THIS DAY IN HISTORY - July 24 * 1487 - City sacked due to foreign beer ban* 1959 - Nixon and Khrushchev have a "kitchen debate"* 1982 - "Eye Of The Tiger" from Rocky III tops the U.S. pop charts* 2005 - Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France 0:20:32 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Solar sails are on their way* Voyager I hit by another solar tsunami* Yellowstone roads melting* Ohio Amish are getting vaccinated 0:33:05 POLITICS AND RELIGION * Ted Cruz thinks Democrats are at war with Catholics * Abstinence only Louisiana senate candidate will be a grandpa* Colorado’s free contraceptives program results* Iraqi Christians ordered to convert, pay up, or die* Kentucky church knowingly hired a convicted sex offender for a pastor and guess what, he raped a 14 year old boy* Study shows that religious children are more credulous 0:50:15 INTERVIEW - Teresa MacBain 1:

For the interview we are joined by David Silverman from American Atheists CALL TO ACTION * American Humanist Association to brief congress on need for humanist chaplains* Secular Humanists of Everett homeless care kits Vote Goddamnit! INTRO *Changing the format a bit 0:03:57 THIS DAY IN HISTORY - July 10 * 1925 - Scopes Monkey Trial* 1962 - US Patent 3 point seatbelt* 1985 - French Agents Sink Greenpeace Boat 0:15:04 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Off switch discovered for human consciousness* Psychotropic drugs affect men and women differently* Woman has nasal growth on back from stem cell treatment* McCarthy and Shepherd fired from The View 0:24:57 POLITICS AND RELIGION * Update - Rev Schaefer reinstated by Methodist Church* Update - Meriam Ibrahim released The Good in Recent US Jurisprudence: * Anti-vaxers lose in court* 9th Circuit rules that gays and lesbians require special protections The Bad: * Florida judge faces suspension for promoting ministry from the bench* Greece comes home to roost The Ugly: * Hobby

INTRO FEEDBACK * Sophie from New Zealand via email* Matthew on Facebook Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS * Robert Ray is now a Patron! THIS DAY IN HISTORY - * 1807 - Lightning strikes in Luxembourg* 1911 - Babe Didrikson born* 1949 - U.S. begins Berlin Airlift* 1975 - Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes final* 2003 - Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Developing ethical robots* Chimps gave us herpes* UK bans teaching creationism in any publicly funded school* GM Mosquitoes could wipe out malaria* Leukemia drug surprisingly inhibits other cancers too* Recreating the 1918 Spanish Flu POLITICS AND RELIGION * Gay fathers in Texas denied being listed on their children’s birth certificates* US’s largest Presbyterian denomination accepts gay marriage* Pagan “church” denied permits once identified* Atheism growing in Saudi Arabia* Spain’s secular coronation* Mars Hill want’s members to stay off the internet* Mormons issue statement on the approp

INTRO * Feed changes* Full archives in all feeds* iTunes is/has updated* RSS redirect one week after release FEEDBACK * Ben from Iowa City via voice mail* Goran via email* Richard via Facebook* Jason via Twitter Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. THIS DAY IN HISTORY - June 12 * 1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York* 1963 - Medgar Evers assassinated* 1975 - Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud* 1987 - Reagan challenges Gorbachev SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Plastic rocks in Hawaii* Telporting data* Evolution silences crickets* Poll shows that 42% of Americans are creationists* Regrowing teeth with lasers!* CDC blames anti-vaxxers for 20 year high in measles cases POLITICS AND RELIGION * Update - Beliefs are admissible in faith healing trial* Court officiant refuses to marry atheists* Navy rejects humanist chaplain application* Texas County approves 10 Commandment monument US - Religion * Utah tax-shelter church loses appeal* Woman takes sermon serious

INTRO Religion at GraduationsFeed changes coming soon* Regular MP3 and Ogg feed will have last 10 episodes only* Premium feed will have extended interviews, deleted news stories, the entire back catalogue, and other premium content if and when it’s created FEEDBACK From Rowan on the website Rocco Facebook page Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666 SUPPORT THE SHOW THIS DAY IN HISTORY - May 29 * 1886 - The Pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in The Atlanta Journal* 1942 - Jews in Paris are forced to sew a yellow star on their coats* 1953 - Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit* 1979 - Woody Harrelson's father is arrested for murder* 2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * The origin of flightless birds* SC girl wins in state fossil battle!* Acupuncture and sepsis?* Gluten sensitivity may not be a thing at all | Study 1 | Study 2 P

INTRO* Two new how-tos on the website* Upcoming changes* Tails is out of beta, be safe, please FEEDBACK * From Peter Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS THIS DAY IN HISTORY - May 15 *1756 - The Seven Years War begins*1800 - President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C.*1937 - Madeleine Albright is born*1972 - Governor George Wallace shot SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY *20% of Brits would have sex with a robot*Scientists create new DNA base pairs*Tree rings show how bad Western US droughts can be*WHO warns about antibiotic resistance*Study shows autism to be half genetic POLITICS AND RELIGION * Sectarian Prayers okayed by the SCOTUS | Rawstory |Americans United | Thomas going off the deepend* Texas student suspended for refusing to stand for the pledge* Florida atheist monument rejected for the second time* NC Clergy sue for same-sex marriage due to religious liberty* Saudi activist sentenced to 10 years and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam* UN anti-tortu

INTRO *FDA’s new tobacco regulations | CASAA | FDA | Reuters | Dimishpre FEEDBACK Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS * New Nuclear Sponsor – Christy Anderson * New Patron – Miranda THIS DAY IN HISTORY – May 1 * 1926 – Ford factory workers get 40-hour week * 1933 – Humanist Manifesto I * 1960 – American U-2 spy plane shot down * 2003 – Record-breaking tornado wave begins * 1776 – Illuminati SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Powdered Alcohol! * Monkey Math * Tweaking genes to restore hearing * WHO speaks out against anti-vaxers POLITICS AND RELIGION * Missouri GOP seeks to impeach governor over gay joint tax filings * AFA thinks “Homosexual aggression” has banned Christians from seven jobs * Crucifix for John Paul II kills a man ahead of canonisation * Oregon couple doesn’t want jury to know about their faith-healing beliefs * Warlock coerced kids into sex for magical healing * Parent’s were cool with minister’s sexual exploitation of their children INTERVIEW – DJ Grothe, Pres