Beyond Atheism Podcast
The Beyond Atheism Podcast moves beyond questions of God’s existence to ask: what now? What should atheists and other nonreligious people be doing next in a godless world? What does it mean to be an atheist today? Is there an atheist worldview? Is there an atheist politics?Hosted by Nathan Alexander, a historian of atheism and author of Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850-1914, and Todd Tavares, a political science scholar and atheist organizer, the podcast asks big questions and aims to discover answers through discussion and debate. Join us!
Latest episodes
Mar 11, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 4: Understanding Secular Communities, with Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera
In this episode, Todd and Nathan are joined by their first ever guest, Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera, the Research Director and Managing Partner at Socioanalitica Research and a scholar of politics, race, and religion. We talk about his latest project, the Secular Communities Survey, and learn a lot as he details some of the remarkable findings from his past research on the politics of nonreligious people.For people in the United States who have belonged to secular communities, please fill out the Secular Communities Survey: https://secularcommunities.com/surveyFor more info on the survey: https://secularcommunities.hfa.ucsb.edu/For more on Juhem: https://juhemnr.com/home/And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuhemNRSee also Juhem’s 2020 Secular Voices Report: https://secularvoices2020.socioanalitica.com/Follow Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NathGAlexanderFollow Todd on Medium: https://todd-tavares.medium.com/
Mar 2, 2021 • 50min
Episode 3: Can Atheists Be Moral?
In this episode, Todd and Nathan discuss whether atheists can be moral. Is everything permitted without God? Where do we get our morality from? And what does jaywalking (or lack thereof) say about different societies?Secular Community Survey: https://secularcommunities.com/scs2021Follow Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NathGAlexanderFollow Todd on Medium: https://todd-tavares.medium.com/(Addendum: in the episode, Nathan mentioned research about conservatives and disgust reactions. Here is an article about this: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/the-yuck-factor/580465/ But recent research shows things might be more complicated: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/11/27/no-conservatives-dont-experience-feelings-of-disgust-any-more-than-liberals/)
Feb 19, 2021 • 54min
Episode 2: Identity Politics and Atheists
Our most controversial episode yet! In this episode, Nathan and Todd ask: what is identity politics? Is ALL politics really identity politics? Todd has some thought experiments for Nathan.Le Chiffre (atheist villain in Casino Royale): https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=62&v=J0U0oY_nqbg&feature=youtu.beSecular Community Survey: https://secularcommunities.hfa.ucsb.edu/Follow Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NathGAlexander
Feb 10, 2021 • 45min
Episode 1: Are Atheists a Voting Bloc?
In this episode, Nathan and Todd discuss atheist and other nonreligious voters and the 2020 American presidential election. We ask: why did these voters support Biden and the Democrats at such a high rate?For more, see their article: https://thehumanist.com/magazine/winter-2021/up-front/nonreligious-americans-the-key-demographic-that-no-one-is-talking-about
