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2024-03-27 16:32
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Judge denies claim Sylvania schools’ buses for religious schools are unc… Read More
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Police shooting of homicide suspect was justified, grand jury rules
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2024-01-27 23:07
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Bruce Gerencser
Bruce Gerencser pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five year… Read More
2024-01-06 15:43
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Freedom of Thought Report
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2023-12-18 13:50
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Anthony Feinstein, MD, Ph.D.,
Anthony Feinstein, MD, Ph.D., is a neuropsychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry a… Read More
2023-12-02 17:27
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Andrew Seidel
Andrew Seidel is Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Sep… Read More
2023-11-13 13:21
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Keith Semple
Keith Semple is an internationally recognised singer and musician originally from northern ireland… Read More
2023-10-25 12:13
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Herb Kay
Herbert Kay been a sailor, linguist, NSA Analyst, retailer, insurance agent, stock broker, registered… Read More
2023-10-11 17:50
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DJ Byrnes
D.J. Byrnes, a former Ohio House candidate from Marion, Ohio and the person who broke the Urban Meyer… Read More
2023-09-27 12:05
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Author Eric Brazau
Eric Brazau is a Canadian writer who specializes in the topic of Islam and anti-Islamophobia… Read More
2023-09-13 17:43
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American Policy Rountable
The Ohio Roundtable Challenges Legal Construction of Reproductive Decisions A… Read More
2023-08-21 12:20
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Toledo’s historic St. Anthony Church eyed for climbing gymCommunity full of ideas for how to repurpo… Read More
2023-08-03 17:22
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Lee Strang WebsiteThe Meaning of ‘Religion’ in the First AmendmentNorthwest Ohio Classical Aca… Read More
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Charlie Kirk Accuses Michelle Obama Of ‘Stealing A White Person’s Slot’ At CollegeAmy Ho… Read More
2023-07-05 16:33
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Supreme Court rules website designer can decline to create same-sex wedding websites
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2023-05-26 17:01
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Sponsor of Ohio trans youth health care ban claims no religious motive. Sermon suggests otherwise.Who&rsqu… Read More
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Transgender Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr disciplined for remainder of 2023 session
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2023-04-13 12:53
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Jim Jordan Runs To Fox To Cry Over Bragg’s Lawsuit
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2023-03-26 13:30
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Abortion rights groups say new ads against ballot issue are ‘an outright lie’
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2023-03-09 16:16
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23 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after fiery clashes at Atlanta’s ‘Cop City&rsquo… Read More
2023-02-08 13:48
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Bud Cornwell
Our guest is Bud Cornwell, a retired gunnery sergeant with the United States Marine Corps, host of… Read More
2023-01-21 18:14
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Why We Need to Abolish the Debt Ceiling
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2022-12-23 15:55
Gavarone switches residence to Huron to take on Kaptur for 9th Congressional District Ohio Revised Code 3.15 Proposal to make future amendments more difficult to pass will return next year… Read More
2022-11-22 14:22
Unofficial General Election Results 2022 (links to a dynamic page so may change for the next election) How Confirmation Bias Works Click here to read full transcript [0:02] A majority of Ohi… Read More
2022-10-26 16:26
Also Available On: Online Links BG Council hears protests against reproductive rights anti-discrimination amendment Ketanji Brown Jackson invokes 14th Amendment history during Supreme Court… Read More
2022-09-30 14:27
Also Available On: Online Links Fact check: Prisoners also got relief checks from the pandemic bills Trump signed and Cotton voted for GOP Ads Use Outdated Federal Report to Attack Democrats… Read More
2022-09-06 14:29
Also Available On: Online Links I’m Not Writing About Ben Shapiro, But I Might Be Retiring What Was New Atheism? “The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro gloated over F… Read More
2022-08-17 11:00
Player Also Available On: Online Links Judge orders district to create viable transportation plan Catholic school parents sue Sylvania Schools over bussing Section 3327.01 | Transportation o… Read More
2022-08-03 14:16
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2022-07-15 12:15
Also Available On: Online Links Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race The Man Behind Critical Race Theory Critical race theory Columbus Mileposts | Sept. 6, 1979: First day of schoo… Read More
2022-06-29 12:37
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2022-06-09 12:05
Also Available On: Online Links Identitarianism Is Incompatible with Humanism ‘Identitarianism’ isn’t tearing humanists apart. It’s making us stronger Affirmations of… Read More
2022-05-23 12:29
Also Available On: Our Guest Claudia Clark Claudia Clark has worked on numerous political and social justice campaigns, including serving as a campaign manager for a school bond measure for… Read More
2022-05-09 12:49
Also Available On: Our Guest Kevin Bolling Kevin Bolling is the executive director of the Secular Student Alliance. He has served in that position since 2017. Kevin brings with him 20 years… Read More
2022-04-25 12:44
Also Available On: Online Links Hilliard school district files police report against Senate candidate Senate candidate Morgan Harper calls Hilliard schools’ police report ‘waste… Read More
2022-04-07 13:52
Also Available On: Online Links Elmwood To Introduce Lifewise Academy To Elementary Students Release Time Concept Lifewise Academy “Don’t Say Gay” Arrives in Ohio: Republic… Read More
2022-03-11 16:25
Also Available On: Online Links Domestic violence makes up half of Toledo’s homicides this year City’s dirty little secret: Domestic violence behind many homicides Focus on Famil… Read More
2022-02-22 15:32
Also Available On: Online Links Michele Tafoya on Tucker Carlson – full interview Opinion: Why Tucker Carlson is boosting NFL reporter Michele Tafoya’s views on race Ohio Supreme… Read More
2022-01-27 15:15
Also Available On: Online Links Living with Covid | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Bari Weiss Dr. Jonathan Reiner ‘Grow up’: Doctor responds to journalist’s Covid restrict… Read More
2022-01-14 16:08
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2021-12-31 14:34
Also Available On: Online Links False rape case rejected (Editor’s note: The Sandusky Register did the bulk of the reporting on this case and if you Google search the case you can find… Read More
2021-12-11 16:45
Also Available On: Online Links Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Oral Argument Jane Roe, et al. v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County (1973) Planned Parenthood… Read More
2021-11-24 17:42
Also Available On: Online Links A timeline of Breonna Taylor’s case since police broke down her door and shot her After year of divisive debate, US bishops approve tepid document on Co… Read More
2021-11-09 15:04
Also Available On: Our Guest Alison Gill Joining us today is Alison Gill. She is Vice President, Legal and Policy with American Atheists She manages the group’s federal and state advoc… Read More
2021-10-27 12:39
Also Available On: Online Links HB 454 Republican lawmakers in Ohio unveil bill prohibiting transgender kids from beginning transition Ohio HB 454 Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE… Read More
2021-10-09 12:08
Also Available On: Online Links Voting Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Josh Mandel bets push for Judeo-Christian revolution will win him Ohio Senate seat Josh Mandel Encoura… Read More
2021-09-14 13:18
Also Available On: Online Links ‘Almost the definition of gerrymandering’: GOP redistricting plan has more Republican-leaning seats Commission accepts GOP redistricting map as &l&hell…Read More
2021-08-31 12:28
Also Available On: Online Links The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist Greg Epstein on Linkedin The New Leader of Harvard University’s Chaplains is an Atheist Married at First S… Read More
2021-08-15 14:13
Also Available On: Online Links Parent compares mask mandate to steak FHS 2021 Father purchases package of Mask and reads disclosures bringing question to FCS board Show Transcript Transcrip… Read More
2021-07-30 12:05
Also Available On: Our Guests: Hosts of The Radical Secular Christophe Difo is an attorney and writer based in Jersey City, NJ. Christophe is a senior attorney-editor of labor and employment… Read More
2021-07-13 19:22
Also Available On: Show Transcript Online Links There are a lot of things @ggreenwald has done that I have deep respect for. There are things I disagree with him on. But here's the thing: I… Read More
2021-06-18 13:40
Also Available On: Show Transcript Online Links Bills to Ban Ohio Schools from Teaching Divisive Concepts House Bill 322: Regarding the teaching of certain current events and certain concept… Read More
2021-06-02 17:35
Also Available On: Show Transcript Online Links UPDATE: Anti-Semitic HatWRKS Owner F*cks Around And Finds Out Credits Produced, written, and edited by Doug Berger Our theme music is “… Read More
2021-05-12 15:37
Show Transcript: Online Links for more information ‘I’m Not A Racist, Damnit!’ Said Racist White Woman At Meeting Critical Race Theory Texas Mother Who Sparked Change to Te… Read More
2021-04-29 13:22
Show Transcript Online Links: GOP Democracy Report Card Nearly 190 companies pulled political donations after the insurrection. That’s not enough. Three Companies That Cut Political Do… Read More
2021-04-13 12:00
Show Transcript Online Links: Supreme Court again blocks California Covid restriction on religious activities Bill would prevent ‘discrimination’ against unvaccinated people Ohio… Read More
2021-03-30 15:18
Show Transcript Online Links: Here’s what H.R. 1, the House-passed voting rights bill, would do Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill Listen To… Read More
2021-03-16 12:08
Show Transcript Online Links: The Daily Poster Proud Socialist City exploring ordinance to protect patients at Toledo’s last abortion clinic Toledo’s patient-safety ordinance aut… Read More
2021-02-25 14:28
Show Transcript Online Links No Place for Science in the Supreme Court’s Christian America Roman Catholic Diocese Of Brooklyn,New York v. Andrew M. Cuomo,Governor Of New York Monclova… Read More
2021-02-09 14:37
Show Transcript Online Links Jen Psaki Destroys Beltway Media’s Bipartisan Obsession ‘Ludicrous and unhelpful:’ Senate Republican seeks to restrict SNAP and Medicaid in Ohi… Read More
2021-01-21 13:41
Show Transcript Online Links The Youth Vote Podcast Isaac Goff-Mitchell (right) is host of The Youth Vote Podcast Isaac Goff-Mitchell is a political consultant turned podcast host who believ… Read More
2020-12-25 18:42
Show Transcript Online Links Only Six-hundred Dollars? Speaker Pelosi on Coronavirus Economic Aid Package $600 Is Not Enough, And It Won’t Get Easier School COVID Cheats Religious scho… Read More
2020-12-02 17:24
Show Transcript Online Links A Secular Agenda Citing rise of ‘Christian nationalism,’ Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden Nation’s fastest-growing r… Read More
2020-11-19 14:25
Show Transcript Online Links: Secular Voices Survey Socioanalitica Research Socioanalitica Research on Facebook Socioanalitica Research on Instagram Socioanalitica Research on Twitter Latinx… Read More
2020-11-07 14:44
Chances are there are many migrant workers and families in your community who are struggling to obtain the quality of life they’re working so hard for. So many of the resources many of… Read More
2020-10-23 13:26
Show Transcript Online Links: Julian Mack for Toledo City Council Maumee High School history class given conservative media PragerU videos for extra credit PragerU relies on a veneer of resp… Read More
2020-10-08 13:29
Also Available On: Amazon Music Show Transcript Online Links Secular Strategies Secular Democrats of America Humanists for Biden Credits Produced, written, and edited by Doug Berger Our them… Read More
2020-09-24 14:29
Also Available On: Now Available on Amazon Music Show Transcript Online Links Grand Jury Indicts One Officer In Breonna Taylor Death Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years Cr… Read More
2020-08-29 14:44
In this episode Doug looks at another unjustified police shooting of a person of color in Kenosha Wisconsin and tries to figure out why a 17 year old with a police fetish murdered two protes… Read More
2020-08-10 15:30
Episode 006: The Fight for Governor Dewine’s Soul, Cancel Culture Sham, Whitewashing US History, Ranked Choice Voting Comes to Ohio In this episode Doug talks about the soul of Governo… Read More
2020-06-22 12:13
In this episode, Doug asks why there are no military bases named for President Ulysses S. Grant who won the civil war for the north and the weak arguments people make to support keeping Conf… Read More
2020-06-03 14:31
Activist Julian Mack In this episode, recorded before the murder of George Floyd, Doug talks to activist Julian Mack, spokesperson for Community Solidarity Response Network of Toledo, about… Read More
2020-05-13 13:00
In this episode we look at people who think their freedom includes spreading a virus that can kill people. Next we talk about the huge obstacle for Joe Biden to becoming the Democratic nomin… Read More
2020-04-27 13:03
In this episode Doug talks about the recent covid-19 relief bill passed in Congress and how for the 4th time Republicans got their own way. Then he talks about a federal bail out of churches… Read More
2020-04-17 13:45
In the debut episode host Doug Berger explains the manifesto of the podcast, talks about how some forced birthers in Ohio are using the virus outbreak to reach their ultimate goal, and then… Read More
2020-04-11 18:26
Look for our new Podcast. It will be much the same content found in our blog posts but will be expressed by a person talking. Check out the trailer for a preview.
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2019-10-15 20:48
David Silverman
Former American Atheists President David Silverman was fired in 2018 for violating internal policies of the group. At the same time it came out he was a terrible person to… Read More
2019-08-26 16:00
Ohio Attorney General David Yost happy to crap on the LGBTQA community
Typically when elected people want to tell you bad news but don’t want to have to deal with it publicly, they… Read More
2019-05-13 20:14
Ohio Rep. John Becker (R-65)
Rep. John Becker (R-65) claims to be Ohio’s most conservative legislator. He also claims to be ‘Pro-Life,’ Pro-Gun, and ‘Limited Gover… Read More
2018-06-13 17:00
Referring to grandiose claims made by American religious zealots as “fake news” feels a little redundant, but let’s do it anyway. Vice President Mike Pence recently made an… Read More
2018-05-10 16:00
The religious right is at it again. This time, Republicans in Tennessee passed a measure allowing for the construction of a monument to the unborn “victims of abortion.”
What the… Read More
Of Course Conservative Christians Will Stick By Trump After Stormy — Did You Expect Anything Else?
2018-04-11 15:00
If there are indeed multiple parallel universes all stacked on top of each other, there isn’t a single one in which support for President Trump is compatible with a modern understandin… Read More
2018-03-16 17:00
Today we have a story from my hometown, Findlay, Ohio. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to the city of Findlay complaining about a mural in the municipal building t… Read More
2018-03-14 17:00
Olympic athlete Aly Raisman may not have predicted being able to face down her abusive team physician and actually winning. Her moving speech, delivered at the trial of former team doctor La… Read More
2018-02-06 20:00
Comedian Adam Ferrara has a very direct one-liner that he uses to define Catholicism: “Basically, if it feels good, stop.”
Depending on who you ask, Catholics may or may not qual… Read More
2018-01-08 18:00
A majority of Americans large enough to win any election celebrates Christmas primarily as a religious holiday. Similar polling revealed that two-thirds of Evangelical Americans believe Chri… Read More
2017-12-12 18:00
Religious texts are powerful rhetorical devices because they are subject to interpretation. America has no state religion, but the right wing has strongly endorsed what it preaches are a set… Read More
2017-11-07 20:00
With Halloween now in the rear-view mirror, we all know the world is about to jump on the Christmas bandwagon for the next two months. Never mind the fact that there’s a whole other na… Read More
2017-10-13 18:23
‘President’ Trump spoke at the ‘Value Voters’ Summit, which is sponsored by anti-LGBTQ hate group the Family Research Council, and promptly offered them some red meat… Read More
2017-10-05 15:00
The world is an opportunistic place. As Steve Jobs famously implied, in order to sell something, in order to manipulate a desired response from someone else, you need to be speaking the lang… Read More
2017-09-08 14:00
Natural disasters and acts of God tend to appear alongside each other on legal papers and insurance policies. It seems they’re touched on in Joel Osteen’s megachurch operations m… Read More
2017-08-28 15:00
10 Commandments Moument on grounds of Lucas County Ohio Courthouse
A stone marker has sat on the grounds of the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio for the past 60 years. It’s engr… Read More
2017-08-03 15:00
The current political climate might be unfortunately tinged by partisan politics, but that doesn’t mean new points of view cannot emerge. A healthy society needs people who ask questio… Read More
2017-07-20 19:55
On July 13th, The House Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill was voted out of committee 31-32 and heads to the full US House of Representatives for considerat… Read More
2017-07-11 14:14
A look at most of the major news headlines about Christianity often paints its followers as ultraconservative people who are against certain minority groups, such as refugees and the LGBT co… Read More
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