Thu, 22 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. On the ninth, and final, day, musician and comedian Mitch Benn explains the true meaning of Christmas. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_9_Mitch_Benn.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 6:00 AM |
Wed, 21 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. On day eight, we give you Jo Neary with some handy Christmas gift ideas. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_8_Jo_Neary.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM |
Tue, 20 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. On the seventh day, Al Murray's Pub Landlord offers the audience an English myth that they can all believe in. (Contains some swearing) Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_7_Al_Murray.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 6:00 AM |
Fri, 16 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_6_Helen_Arney.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 6:00 AM |
Thu, 15 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_5_Ed_Byrne.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 8:00 AM |
Wed, 14 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual rationalist shows Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's show, available now for £12 from gofasterstripe.com. Day 4 features a lovely rendition of Impossible Dream by the former Unstoppable Sex Machine Jim Bob. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_4_Jim_Bob.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 1:01 PM |
Tue, 13 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our annual christmas rationalist show Nine Lesson and Carols for Godless People, and the release of the 20-track CD of last year's shows, we bring you nine of the best bits from 2010 over nine days leading up to Christmas. Day 3, features science writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, who went on the Alpha Course, so you don't have to. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_3_Adam_Rutherford.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 12:02 PM |
Mon, 12 December 2011
A special podcast series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our rationalist Christmas show Nine Lesson and Carols for Godless People (and the release of the 20-track CD of last years's show) we bring you the nine best bits from last year's show, over nine days leading up to Christmas. Day 2 - Comedian Nick Doody with his tribute to the Messiah's titfer Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_2_Nick_Doody.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 2:15 PM |
Fri, 9 December 2011
A special pod series from New Humanist to mark the fourth year of our Rationalist show Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People (and the release of the CD Ten Lessons and Carols, with 20 sets from last year's shows) we bring you nine of the best bits from the 2010 shows, over nine days leading up to Christmas. Day 1 features comedian and compere of the shows Robin Ince, reading from one of the patron saints of rationalism, physicist Richard Feynman. Direct download: Nine_Days_of_Godless_Christmas_Day_1_Robin_Ince.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 8:00 AM |
Wed, 23 November 2011
Length: 31:11
In our bumper November podcast, we bring you interviews with three of the contributors to our November/December issue, plus a discussion of the runners and riders in the compelling contest for our 2011 Bad Faith Award.
In the first segment (00:58), news editor Paul Sims talks to journalist Alice Onwordi, who writes in our current issue about the horrific scandal of girls from Britain being taken abroad to undergo Female Genital Mutilation. Alice explains what the practice entails, why it is considered necessary within certain African and Asian cultures, and why more needs to be done to prevent it (taking a girl abroad for FGM is illegal in Britain, but no one has ever been prosecuted for it).
Next, comedian Rob Deering tells Caspar Melville why he's frustrated by the lazy default Christianity being taught at his kids' primary school (08:37). The school is secular and non-religious, yet Rob has found that the teachers seem to frequently fall back on religious answers to some of the children's questions, usually, he suspects, simply as a way of sidestepping the need to offer a more complex answer.
In the third part, Caspar speaks to Royal Navy Petty Officer Chris Holden, who recently returned from a six-month posting with the Commandos in Afghanistan (16:30). During his time there, Chris says he lost count of the number of religious memorial services to fallen colleagues that he attended, and he tells us about the complex questions and emotions these services prompted for an atheist such as himself.
Next, Paul and Caspar discuss the race for our 2011 Bad Faith Award (23:00). After running through the shortlist, they explain why the Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has stormed into the lead with a staggering 52 per cent of the vote, having taken note of her nomination and gone public with her views on the matter. There's still time to vote in the poll until 28 November - you can do that over on our blog.
Finally (29:46), we end this podcast with a sneak preview of the newly-released audio CD of last year's Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, which is available for a mere £12 from the excellent mirth-merchants at Go Faster Stripe (the perfect Christmas present for those special heathens in your life, surely?). Sit back and listen to the incomparable Stewart Lee, a 3-year veteran of the shows, explains why he has actually grown to hate them... |
Wed, 28 September 2011
We're currently putting the finishing touches to the November podcast, and it should be available to download here from 18 November. Duration: 22:58 |
Mon, 11 July 2011
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Wed, 1 June 2011
Duration: 19:43 |
Tue, 8 March 2011
Duration: 19:13
In the return of the New Humanist podcast, editor Caspar Melville and news editor Paul Sims talk you through the latest news from the world of faith and faithfulness.
We speak to science journalist Angela Saini, author of the new book Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World, about the meeting of science and religion in a booming India (0:54), discuss the case of a Derby couple turned down as foster carers on account of their views on homosexuality with the BHA's Naomi Phillips (5:59), and consult psychologist and ghostbuster Richard Wiseman for some help tackling a pesky poltergeist (10:35).
There's also music from Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People star Helen Arney, as we bring you an excluisve preview of the new hip-hop remix of her song Animals, produced by Mr Simmonds, featuring vocals from Professor Elemental (16.39).
Orginal music © Andrea Rocca for New Humanist |
Fri, 19 June 2009
In the first of a regular series, New Humanist editor Caspar Melville talks to three of the contributors to our May/June 2009 issue. He talks GM food science with Angela Saini, new economy hype with Kevin Doogan and internet porn and classical theory with Michael Bywater. |
Wed, 24 December 2008
Richard Dawkins delivers the New Humanist Advent Podcast, 24 December 2008 |
Tue, 23 December 2008
Dara O Briain in the Advent Podcast, 23 December 2008 |
Mon, 22 December 2008
Philip Jeays' song Death Bed, for the Advent Podcast, 22 December 2008 |
Sun, 21 December 2008
Tim Minchin in the New Humanist Advent Podcast, 21 December 2008 |
Sat, 20 December 2008
Josie Long in the New Humanist Advent Podcast, 20 December 2008 |
Fri, 19 December 2008
Ann Druyan in the New Humanist Advent Podcast, 19 December 2008 |
Thu, 18 December 2008
Mark Steel in the New Humanist Advent Podcast, 18 December 2008 |
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Fri, 17 October 2008
Comedian Robin Ince explains what led him to launch his rational Christmas celebration, Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, in 2008. The shows return for a third annual run at London's Bloomsbury Theatre on 15 December 2010. |
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