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Wed October 29 2008
In this installment of the Humanist Network News podcast, we boldly go where we've never gone before: to the cosmos and the land down under.Humanist N...
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In this installment of the Humanist Network News podcast, we boldly go where we've never gone before: to the cosmos and the land down under.Humanist Network News #36 Show Notes Announcement: HNN is
Award Finalist The Humanist Network News podcast is a finalist in the 2008 Podcast Awards. Please vote for our program once per day until Nov. 6 at http://podcastawards.com Segment 1: Science as a
Sourc...
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In this installment of the Humanist Network News podcast, we boldly go where we've never gone before: to the cosmos and the land down under.Humanist Network News #36 Show Notes Announcement: HNN is
Award Finalist The Humanist Network News podcast is a finalist in the 2008 Podcast Awards. Please vote for our program once per day until Nov. 6 at http://podcastawards.com Segment 1: Science as a
Source of Wonder Speech: Planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco explains how her journey as a thinker and a seeker brought her to astronomy. This is a recording of Dr. Porco's June 2008 acceptance
speech for the American Humanist Association's Isaac Asimov Science Award. End:29 mins Segment 2: Humanism Down Under Humanist StoryCorps: Humanist activists from Australia talk with each other about
their work to promote secularism. End:47:11 Songs: Earth & Flesh by Anji Bee Courtesy of: PodsafeAudio.com "Bouncing to the Morgue (are you ready? let's begin)" By Devin Anderson Courtesy of
PodsafeAudio.com Juliana Hatfield "Shining On" (mp3) from "How to Walk Away" (Ye Olde Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Napster Buy at Puretracks Buy at mTraks More On This Album Call the HNN
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Wed September 24 2008
Summary: In this month's audio podcast we've got celebrities and the media on the brain this program. First we interview 60 Minutes Commentator Andy R...
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Summary: In this month's audio podcast we've got celebrities and the media on the brain this program. First we interview 60 Minutes Commentator Andy Rooney about his atheist beliefs, then we record a
"Humanist StoryCorps" with the National Secular Society of U.K. about their work promoting secularism in the media.Segment 1: Andy Rooney on Atheism Andy Rooney is America's favorite curmudgeon,
known...
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Summary: In this month's audio podcast we've got celebrities and the media on the brain this program. First we interview 60 Minutes Commentator Andy Rooney about his atheist beliefs, then we record a
"Humanist StoryCorps" with the National Secular Society of U.K. about their work promoting secularism in the media.Segment 1: Andy Rooney on Atheism Andy Rooney is America's favorite curmudgeon,
known for his commentaries on the CBS news program 60 Minutes and for his syndicated newspaper column. Most people know Rooney for his lighthearted, somewhat perplexed observations about everyday
things. But in this short interview with HNN, Rooney gets serious about his atheism. He also shares his views on all the faith talk coming from the candidates in the presidential election. End: 5:15
Segment 2: Spokesmen for Secularism in the U.K. Terry Sanderson is the president of the London-based National Secular Society. Keith Porteous Wood is the executive director of the National Secular
Society. In this segment, the two secular activists swap humorous stories about appearing in the national media spotlight. They also explain their recent victory in seeing the blasphemy laws repealed
in Britain. As part of the celebration of the repeal of these laws, they convince a famous Shakespearean actor (who also appeared in the Lord of The Rings) to read one of the blasphemous poems that
had been subject to prosecution under the blasphemy laws. Not the most dignified role this famous actor has played, but one that he accepted enthusiastically nonetheless. End: 26:26 Links: Andy
Rooney's Wikipedia page National Secular Society Podcast Awards Songs: Curumin "Compacto" (mp3) from "JapanPopShow" (Quannum Projects) Buy at Pre-order from Insound More On This Album Curumin
"Sambito (Totaru Shock)" (mp3) from "JapanPopShow" (Quannum Projects) Buy at Pre-order from Insound More On This Album Call the HNN listener Comment line: (877) 659-1515.
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Wed August 27 2008
Summary: Topics covered in this program include: feminism, Chinese literature, learning about other cultures, globalization, technology, human labor, ...
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Summary: Topics covered in this program include: feminism, Chinese literature, learning about other cultures, globalization, technology, human labor, culture clash, consumerism, communications and
business. Special Announcement We have big news about the future of the Humanist Network News podcast. End: 4:23 Segment 1: Chinese Women Warriors in Literature Interview: Jes Constantine and Ruth N.
Gel...
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Summary: Topics covered in this program include: feminism, Chinese literature, learning about other cultures, globalization, technology, human labor, culture clash, consumerism, communications and
business. Special Announcement We have big news about the future of the Humanist Network News podcast. End: 4:23 Segment 1: Chinese Women Warriors in Literature Interview: Jes Constantine and Ruth N.
Geller speak with Prof. Fan Pen Li Chen about the tradition of the Chinese woman warrior in legend and the role of women and feminism in China today. Fan Pen Li Chen is an assistant professor of
Chinese Studies in the University of Albany's East Asian Studies Department. She has a Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Columbia University. She is the author of Chinese Shadow Theatre: Its History,
Relation to Popular Religion, and Portrayal of Women Warriors, 2007, and Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays, 2004. End: 37:05 Segment 2: Calling America Interview: Gurinder Singh Azad is a
humanist activist in India by day and an American call center sales person by night. Like many young people in India, Azad works for a company that makes telephone sales calls to America. The hours
are long, and the culture shock is jarring. But the money is good. Azad speaks with Duncan Crary about the effects of globalization and consumerism in India. End: 1:03 Listener Comment: End: 1:06
Songs: The Shanghai Restoration Project & Bai Hong "Farewell Shasha" (mp3) from "Remixed and Restored: Vol. 1" (China Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from
Rhapsody Buy at Napster Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon Buy at GroupieTunes Buy at mTraks More On This Album Scion Sashay "Mr. Telephone Man" (mp3) from "Success" (Azra Music Publishing) Buy at
iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon Buy at GroupieTunes Buy at mTraks More On This Album Links: Fan Pen Li Chen, Ph.D.
International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization Imagine No Superstition The Humanist Network News Podcast is an audio production of the Institute for Humanist Studies and the official podcast
of the American Humanist Association. This program is recorded in the Stephen Uhl Imagine No Superstition Studio. Call the HNN listener Comment line: (877) 659-1515 toll free.
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Wed July 30 2008
Summary: We are dedicating this entire program to one story. During the 1970s, P. Thomas Carroll read and transcribed hundreds of Charles Darwin's per...
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Summary: We are dedicating this entire program to one story. During the 1970s, P. Thomas Carroll read and transcribed hundreds of Charles Darwin's personal correspondences for research purposes.
Carroll shares his story of becoming intimately familiar with the great 19th century evolutionary biologist over the course of several years and 14,000 letters.Show Notes:P. Thomas Carroll is the
executive...
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Summary: We are dedicating this entire program to one story. During the 1970s, P. Thomas Carroll read and transcribed hundreds of Charles Darwin's personal correspondences for research purposes.
Carroll shares his story of becoming intimately familiar with the great 19th century evolutionary biologist over the course of several years and 14,000 letters.Show Notes:P. Thomas Carroll is the
executive director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway in Troy, N.Y. But between 1972 and 1975, to pay his way through graduate school, he produced a reference book on the contents of more than
700 letters by Charles Darwin that are now in the Library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. That job led to his becoming the first paid employee of the Darwin Correspondence
Project in 1975. In total there are more than 14,000 letters written by and to Charles Darwin. And most of those letters were written in Darwin's notoriously bad handwriting! Historians often develop
an intimate kind of relationship with the people they are researching and Carroll is no exception. And since Darwin did not write his letters with the idea that they would be poured over by scholars
one day, a particularly intimate portrait of the man appeared before Carroll's eyes. This is Carroll's story of peeking over Darwin's shoulder.Songs: Natalie Walker "Pink Neon" (mp3) from "Pink Neon"
(Dorado Records) Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at mTraks Download More On This Album "Sound Scientist" by Bill (via Podsafe Audio) "Charles Robert Darwin" by The Artichoke Band Links: P.
Thomas Carroll's website Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society The Darwin Correspondence Project
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Wed June 25 2008
This month's Humanist Network News podcast is modeled after the popular National Public Radio program StoryCorps. In this program we hear the personal...
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This month's Humanist Network News podcast is modeled after the popular National Public Radio program StoryCorps. In this program we hear the personal stories of humanists from Scotland, Africa, the
Netherlands, Malaysia, Brazil and the U.S.Segment 1: A Humanist Wedding and Funeral in Scotland Scotland made national headlines in 2005 when the country hosted the first legally recognized humanist
we...
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This month's Humanist Network News podcast is modeled after the popular National Public Radio program StoryCorps. In this program we hear the personal stories of humanists from Scotland, Africa, the
Netherlands, Malaysia, Brazil and the U.S.Segment 1: A Humanist Wedding and Funeral in Scotland Scotland made national headlines in 2005 when the country hosted the first legally recognized humanist
wedding. Derek Young and Clare Marsh, members of Humanist Society Scotland, share their stories of participating in humanist weddings and funerals in Scotland. Clare also shares her story of being a
humanist teacher at a Catholic school in Scotland. End: 15:05 Segment 2: Homosexuality and Humanist Activism in Africa When Asaba Lawrence of Uganda hosted a humanist event where gays and lesbians
were of course welcome, he lost his job because homosexuality is punishable by death. Asaba shares that story with Gea Meijers of Belgium. Lawrence belongs to the Uganda Humanist Association. Meijers
works for the International Humanist and Ethical Union. End: 25:07 Segment 3: Atheist Bloggers: Chicago & Malaysia The Friendly Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta, of Chicago, speaks with the Malaysian
atheist blogger of the Evolved & Rational blog. Because she is so outspoken about atheism and her attitude toward theists, this young female blogger tells Hemant that it would not be safe for her
to return to Malaysia if she were to reveal her identity on her blog or on this podcast. End: 35:50 Segment 4: Gender and Division of Labor in Brazil Prof. Geraldo Adriana Godoy de Campos speaks with
Juliana Lago, both of Brazil, about the division of labor between the sexes in Brazil. Juliana says she hopes to raise a family in which housework is spread equally between the men and women, even
though that was not the case in the family she was raised. End: 44:07 Segment 5: Listener Comments: Christian Death Metal Music A listener responds to our interview with punk rocker Greg Graffin of
the band Bad Religion. Listeners review the Humanist Network News podcast. End: 51:51 Songs: Another Sunny Day by Belle and Sebastian, from The Life Pursuit Revolution (BOP Remix), from
Oskidoâs Church Grooves 6 Listen Aline de Lima "Terra" (mp3) from "Arrebol" (Naive) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Napster Buy at Pure Tracks Buy at
Amazon Buy at GroupieTunes Buy at mTraks Download More On This Album Links: Humanist Society Scotland Uganda Humanist Society International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization Evolved &
Rational Friendly Atheist No Gods, No Guilt Podcast Call the HNN listener Comment line: (877) 659-1515.
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