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Author: Matt Payne

Thomas Westbrook on becoming Holy Koolaid

Posted on October 19, 2022January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Thomas Westbrook (@holykoolaid) was brought up as an evangelical Christian. Upon learning that truth should be able to withstand scrutiny, he eagerly looked at the tenets of his faith with a critical lens… and found it wanting. After realizing that science explained the world in a much more coherent manner than religion, he started his…

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Leslie’s Diatribes #1 – Covid Vaccine Patents

Posted on October 12, 2022January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Welcome to the first of an ongoing occasional series of bonus material for Podcast for Inquiry subscribers. Leslie’s Diatribes will be a sounding board for Leslie to fulminate on topics he is passionate about. Today’s topic is vaccine patents. Covid-19 vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives globally – but the decision of governments…

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Dying for Rights: Putting North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses on the Record with Dr. Sandra Fahy

Posted on October 5, 2022January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Sandra describes the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and why it is important to have them documented. Despite being considered a pariah nation by many, some defend the nation and the regime expends considerable effort to bolster its reputation internationally. Sandra and Leslie discuss the limits of national sovereignty,…

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Bonus: TDSB Trustee Candidate Matt Farrell on Merging Ontario’s Public and Catholic school boards

Posted on September 30, 2022January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Municipal council and school board elections in Ontario will take place on Monday, October 24, 2022. One Toronto District School Board (Toronto-Danforth) Trustee candidate, Matt Farrell (@Matt4TO_Trustee), will do something that no other public school trustee has promised – if he wins, he will initiate a process “culminating in a formal request by the TDSB…

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The Christian Destruction of the Classical World with Catherine Nixey

Posted on September 21, 2022January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Catherine Nixey is the author of The Darkening Age, which documents how early Christians burned texts, defaced or demolished statues, and became increasingly intolerant of any thought or behaviour that deviated from their interpretation of Scripture. Catherine and Leslie discuss religious pluralism in the Roman Empire and how it changed after the Emperor Constantine’s conversion…

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