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Chris Shelton was raised within the Church of Scientology, which he left a decade ago. Since then, he has dedicated his life to helping those seeking to escape coercively controlling environments. Chris explains how all cults use the same playbook to recruit and keep members, techniques to which we are all susceptible. Chris shares how…
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In December 2022, fusion researchers achieved a major accomplishment: more energy resulted from a controlled fusion reaction than was put into it. Allan explains why this is more a symbolic milestone than a sign that commercial fusion is imminent. Allan describes the current state of the art in fusion research, and the many ways fusion…
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CFIC was invited to give a presentation on Humanism in Children and Women’s Rights at the third International Humanism Conference for Social Justice in September 2022. Leslie spoke on Humanism in Children and Women’s rights. Today’s bonus episode is his speech at the conference. Podcast for Inquiry is brought to you by the Centre for…
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Dr. Joshua Bowen (@DJHammurabi1) is an Assyriology scholar and author of “The Atheist Guide to the Old Testament”. Josh describes his journey from fundamentalist evangelical Christianity to atheism, and what motivated him to write two volumes (so far!) of the Atheist Guide. He and Leslie discuss the Old Testament book of Exodus, and its correspondence…
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Ashley Esakin is passionate about plants, and provides advice about how anyone – rural, urban, even those who live in apartments – can start their own garden. She and Leslie talk about how seeds both sense and manipulate their environment, efficiency and environmental challenges in modern agriculture (and how they are being addressed), and some…
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