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Author: Matt Payne

Chris Shelton on Scientology and destructive cults

Posted on March 1, 2023January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

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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Allan Offenberger on Fusion Research: What We’ve Achieved, What Remains to be Solved

Posted on February 15, 2023January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

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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Bonus: Leslie Rosenblood on Humanism in Children and Women’s Rights

Posted on February 8, 2023January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

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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What does history say about the accuracy of Bible stories? With Dr. Joshua Bowen

Posted on February 1, 2023January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

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 explains how you – yes, you! – can be a gardener

Posted on January 18, 2023January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

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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