A weekly podcast about building great relationships, cultivating wonder, and making things better for other people. Hosted by veteran community-builder Bart Campolo, Humanize Me features friendly, thoughtful conversations with a wide array of scientists, activists, artists and oddballs.
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Yasmine Mohammed wore the hijab from the age of 9, but never felt comfortable as a Muslim. Now, having been out of the faith for many years, she’s able to reflect on her remarkable life, on the Islamic world and on religious indoctrination in general.
In this conversation with Bart Campolo, Yasmine talks about the differences between Islam and Christianity, the powerful, debilitating effect she felt of being covered from head to toe, how easy it is to indoctrinate children, how western governments protect subjugation out of cultural sensitivity, how western liberals protect abusive behavior, how corporations are demonetizing her and others like her, and how humanist values should pertain to Islam.
Yasmine’s book, Unveiled, can be found on Amazon.
The question being asked this week:
“Hey Bart, I listened to a speech by Attorney General William Barr at Notre Dame University, in which he denounced ‘militant secularists’ and said they were trying to destroy the ‘traditional moral order’. Does this worry you as much as it does me?”
Bart Campolo sits down with John Wright to answer this question, and – spoiler – it’s a resounding ‘Yes.’ Not only did Barr set out to make the ludicrous claims about secularists that he did, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promoted his own speech on the United States State Department website with the headline, “Being a Christian Leader.” Bart sees this as a direct response to the fire under which Trump finds himself, a rallying of the base, and shares some thoughts about how secular people can articulate their own positive values in a powerful refutation of this demonization.
Mentioned at the end: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos.
Josh “Phantom” Strider is an Australian YouTuber known for his commentary on cartoons. He’s also an avid listener of the Humanize Me podcast and one of our supporters on Patreon!
In this conversation with Bart Campolo, Josh talks about the secularism of Disney, the messages of VeggieTales, the importance of cartoons for those like him on the autism spectrum, the business model of YouTube, Hank Green and the online content ecosystem.
Check out Josh’s YouTube channel HERE. One place to start might be HERE. Fermi’s Paradox info HERE.
A solo podcast by Bart Campolo with poetry, songs and nepotism.
How do we decide whether it’s good or bad to intervene in global warming or growing inequality? Or how to treat our dog? Phil Zuckerman has written a new book giving a foundational framework for secular – nonreligious – morality.
In this conversation Phil talks with Bart Campolo about the four reasons you can’t get morality from God, and the ways to build a secular ethic that, he thinks, is a better one. They discuss the problems with a God-based morality, the Euthyphro Dilemma and the nature of morality itself. They get into a debate about how objective morality is, and talk about how to get an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’. And, hopefully, they’ll leave you with the idea that the basis for how unbelievers act in the world is not grounded on nothing.
Phil Zuckerman’s new book, What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, is published by Counterpoint Press.
In Episode 423 of this podcast, David Fleischer talked with Bart Campolo about changing minds with the methodology of ‘deep canvassing.’
In this episode, David returns! He and Bart talk about the next election, Trump as the opposite of loving and humanist, how to encourage people to vote without shaming them about not voting last time, how the lessons of deep canvassing relate to the conversations people are having about faith in God, and more.
Part I of our chat with David can be found in Episode 423.
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