The How-To Heretic

A User's Guide to Life Beyond Religion

Whether you're just thinking about leaving your religion, or you're a dyed-in-the-wool decades-long atheist, your audio uncles Mark and Dan are here to help. With the aid of wise friends and experts in all sorts of fields, The How-To Heretic Podcast will guide you through the scary worlds of heathen living, and make sure you have fun in your new heretical life! We're here for you, friend; so kick off your shoes and join us!

021: Jawbone of an Asshole

February 14, 2018  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Dan explains the long honored biblical prohibition against shaving babies and extols the virtues of carcass honey, Uncle Doug takes a knee like the commie pinko he is, and Andrew Seidel of the Freedom From Religion Foundation joins us to chat about the state of freedom in these United States and how we all can protect it.

Samson, Bible story, Delilah, lion, honey, genocide, foxes, animal cruelty

Pledge of allegiance, under god, in god we trust, e pluribus unum 

Andrew Seidel, Freedom From Religion Foundation, church and state, 1st amendment

https://ffrf.org/

020: Don't sleep in the (Tokyo) subway

February 07, 2018  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Dan explains a strange word and Uncle Mark sees a face in it, We meet a genocidal group of Buddhist / Hindu / Christian / other lunatics, and Andrew Copson of Humanists UK joins us to discuss his excellent new book, Secularism. 

Pareidolia - Coming to terms, psychological phenomenon, hallucination 

Meet Aum Shinrikyo - Japanese cult, sarin, nerve gas, Buddhism, terrorism 

Andrew Copson Humansist UK, secularism, Turkey, United States, India, France, government

https://humanism.org.uk/

http://andrewcopson.net/

019: Shiny Science Vagina

January 31, 2018  /  Dan

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On this week's show! Uncle Doug joins Uncle Mark and Uncle Dan to explore the fine line between prophecy and infuriating garbage, Professor Jim returns to discuss what the matter with scarecrows, and activist Marissa Alexa McCool walks us through our first day of Trans 101!

The Celestine Prophecy - Watch out for woo

The Straw man fallacy - with Professor Jim

Marissa Alexa McCool, transexual, trans 101, trans rights

Find Marissa and follow the work she is doing at:

http://www.incitingincident.libsyn.com/

https://www.spreaker.com/show/2240735

@RisMcCool on Twitter

018: How Many Cubits in a Light Year?

January 24, 2018  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Doug Joins Uncle Mark and Uncle Dan to explore Space Heaven, Uncle Dan tackles some prickly woo out for which to watch, and Dr. Christopher Stroop rejoins us for a special How-To for people who are afraid of being left behind!

Kolob - Mormon planet, space heaven, Mormon hymn, God's planet

Acupuncture - Watch out for woo

Dr. Christopher Stroop - rapture anxiety, spiritual abuse

You can follow Christopher Stroop and learn more bout the Ex-Evangelical movement here:

https://chrisstroop.com

Exevangelical Facebook group

@C_Stroop on Twitter

#EmptythePews, #RaptureAnxiety

017 - F**K Sh*t G*dd*mn!

January 17, 2018  /  Dan

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On this week's show! We meet the god of the Bronies, Uncle Doug joins Uncle Dan and Uncle Mark to see how 10 can become 30 if you don’t get your commandments fixed, and Professor Benjamin Bergen helps us understand the how and why of swearing! 

Epona - Graveyard of the gods, Celtic, Roman, horse, cavalry

The 10 Commandments - too many commandments, Exodus, Deuteronomy

Benjamin Bergen - swearing, cursing, taking the Lord's name in vein

You can see and hear more from Professor Bergen at his website:

http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~bkbergen/