The Street Epistemology Podcast

Ep 065: David | You're Asking Me to Doubt | Street Epistemology San Antonio, TX 14 March 2015 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA David is a pastor traveling with his family and several other street preachers to spread the word of God to college students partying in South Padre Island for Spring Break and stopped in front of the Alamo to pass out tracts. In conversation we discover that the things David uses to arrive at his belief in Jesus (prophesies, miracles, prayer) are not testable or falsifiable in any way. Faith is briefly discussed as well. Looking back at this encounter, it may be the last time I conduct an intervention with so much background activity going on. I can hear my voice change as I get more excited by all the activity, and I think this anxiety will be noticeable to regular viewers of my work. I also wish I could have spent more time helping David examine the difference between the process of re-examining a belief, and doubt. David is most certainly not comfortable doubting-it's against his core belief. "Why must someone never doubt a belief?" or "Can you see any potential harm from never doubting a belief?" would have been good questions. It would also be neat to see if the footage taken from David's daughter (?) will ever surface, as many people have asked for a different angle to observe my body language and camera setup. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: I'll probably never suggest falsifying prophesy again. In the future, I have another, more effective approach that I will use to have the interlocutor re-evaluate their position on the reliability of prophesy. I missed an opportunity at the very end when David was explaining what he would accept to falsify his inability to accept evolution. I should have pointed out that, while he was willing to do this for evolution, he was unwilling to do it for his God belief. "Why does this cherished belief of yours get a pass?" would have been a great question. 17 March 2015: I just now realized that David said at the very start of the video that he used to see and then believe (back when he was a "sinner") and now with a God in his life he is comfortable believing without seeing. But his new approach is NOT used with regards to his position on evolution, as David claims that he doesn't accept it because evolution cannot be seen in a lab. Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 064: Krystal | Good Things Happen to Me | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 21 October 2016 More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of Street Epi_stemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Krystal was 60 percent confident karma works. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 063: Katie | A Change of Plans | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 17 October 2016 More details about this talk below. Resources: A great organization for doubting believers (and for those at all stages of belief) that I highly recommend is Recovering from Religion, which offers a text-based chat and phone line where you can talk to a trained agent who will respectfully listen and provide resources: http://www.recoveringfromreligion.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Katie has been questioning her God belief lately, and we examine if her reasons for holding on to the belief can be tested in any way. Resources: A great organization for doubting believers (and for those at all stages of belief) that I highly recommend is Recovering from Religion, which offers a text-based chat and phone line where you can talk to a trained agent who will respectfully listen and provide resources: http://www.recoveringfromreligion.org Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 062: Garey | Sold Out for Christ | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 1 June 2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Reverend Garey Mullins is a Christian was street preaching a little further down from where the action usually takes place. Garey said that he also trains young adults how to become street preachers, but admitted that he is still working on improving his apologetics. I got the sense that Garey may have been agreeing to what I was saying just to get rid of me near the end of our conversation, but hopefully some of the concepts that we discussed stick with him. I would be very interested to see how Garey conducts his street preaching training sessions to young adults. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 061: Street Epistemology Tutorial 4: Outsider Test for Islam San Antonio, TX 14 November 2014 Original Upload Date: 14 November 2014 Statistics: 25,808 views, 428 Likes, 10 Dislikes, 221 Comments. Re-Upload Date: 18 October 2016 (re-released with blurred face and censored name). The comments from the original video (sans interlocutor name) can be found here: http://anthonymagnabosco.com/street-epistemology-muslim-woman-video-two-comments/ My sincere thanks to an ideal viewer for salvaging and redacting the original YouTube comments. ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 This fourth Street Epistemology tutorial analyzes a discussion I had with a young Muslim woman who was working a booth during Women's Week for the Muslim Student Association on a university campus. My objective is to teach others how to conduct similar conversations with believers—regardless of the religion they subscribe to—based on techniques from Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, “A Manual for Creating Atheists”. I also want to encourage others to build off of these techniques and conduct similar conversations with believers in their own, unique style. Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-INT-PRE Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Initial Muslim Woman Interview: https://youtu.be/p_YRlZTmUio Resources: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 060: Joseph | Contemplating Mimicry | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 10 October 2016 More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Shortly after his Christian baptism, Joseph found himself speaking in tongues, and uses that experience to justify his belief in a God. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 059: Nancy | Unwavering Faith | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 9 October 2016 More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA In this talk I experimented with the response "Like a sports team?" when Nancy said she was raised with the belief. Very shortly after, the reason for the belief was "unwavering faith". I would have liked to have spent more time discussing the difference between belief and knowledge, and why a person would want other people to believe something that could not be known, but her husband was waiting and we ran out of time. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 058: Street Epistemology Tutorial 3 | Avoiding Counter-Apologetics San Antonio, TX 25 October 2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 In my third Street Epistemology tutorial, I dissect a five-minute talk with Seth, a friendly Christian who was heading off to get a cup of coffee before a class. The goal of this video is to explain how to conduct Street Epistemology, as explained in Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'. I also hope to encourage other people to use these techniques when they converse with theists, or anyone else that holds to supernatural beliefs, and help them reconsider the ways they arrived at those conclusions in either face-to-face or written discussions. Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-INT-PRE Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Transcript & Caption files: http://tinyurl.com/SEBD-FILES Initial Seth Interview: https://youtu.be/kB0rZ2zeEKI Resources: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 057: Street Epistemology Tutorial 2 | Atheist Examines Karma San Antonio, TX 16 October 2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 In this second Street Epistemology tutorial, I deconstruct my encounter with Tyler, a young atheist woman who believes in karma, with the objective of providing an overview on how to conduct Street Epistemology, as explained in Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'. It is also my goal to inspire others to perform similar discussions with folks who hold supernatural beliefs and help them reflect on the methodologies they used to arrive at those positions in either face-to-face, verbal, or social media conversations. Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-INT-PRE Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Playlist of Tyler: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TYLER Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Resources: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

Ep 056: Larry | A Belief Revisited | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 28 September 2016 More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Larry agreed to discuss why he is 50-75 confidence that a God exists. I experiment with referring to Larry in the 3rd person during this talk to see how this approach is perceived and received. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210