I listen to a lot of podcasts. I’m lucky, because unlike most people I have quite a bit of free time in which to listen to them: going to and from school in the morning and afternoon, time after homework at home, during lunch at school, during free periods at school whilst doing homework, etc. I’m sure you get the idea.
At last count, ie. thirty seconds ago, I had forty-five podcasts in my iTunes podcast directory library thingy, or whatever the hell it’s called, with most of the skeptical ones listed under the “Podcasts” heading in my links sidebar (scroll down the page, look to the right and you’ll see them).
But I love podcasts. Why? Well, they allow me to absorb copious amounts of knowledge about almost any topic in a very easy fashion. No tedious reading, that’s so last century, just strap on your headphones and let an expert in the field take you on a guided tour of their discipline of learning. I have learnt so much from podcasts, from how to identify logical fallacies to what’s up in the Australian skeptical movement to what crazy Texan Christian fundamentalists sound like to what crazy, drunk Skepchicks sound like, and I wouldn’t trade that knowledge for anything (expect perhaps more knowledge).
This is all besides the point of this post. What I really wanted to do is recommend a podcast to you, a podcast that, for whatever reason, I didn’t fully appreciate until 10 o’clock this morning. Yep, you guessed it, if you read the title of this post, which I’m hoping you did, it’s Reasonable Doubts.
Reasonable Doubts is special. For those who doesn’t know, it’s a podcast that sells itself as “Your Skeptical Guide to Religion”, and it really is that. It goes over common theistic arguments, often including examples of them being used by prominent religious apologists, and thoroughly smashes them on the rocks of pure reason. The hosts, Jeremy, Luke and David, use realtively easy to understand language to get their points across, and what results is a great podcast that gives the non-believer great reasons to remain a non-believer.
But it’s not just a good listen intellectually, Reasonable Doubts is also very funny at times, especially their latest episode, which includes outtakes from the past few months all packaged together in one ball of hilarity.
All this makes Reasonable Doubts one of my favourite podcasts. So, what are you waiting for? Has my flowing, gushing and enthusiastic prose not swayed you to click on the links to their blog, where you can find out how to upload their deliciously atheistic audio files to your computer/media player?
GO ENJOY IT.
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