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#30 "Am I a Humanist?" Shay Leonia on Discovering Humanism in Public

#30 "Am I a Humanist?" Shay Leonia on Discovering Humanism in Public

Episode 31 · · 36:15

It's a humanist crossover episode! "I've never heard of humanism, but is this what I've been all along?" What happens when you discover the word for what you've believed your whole l...

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Episode 30 · · 03:00

Have a question about Humanism that you'd like answered on an upcoming episode of How to Humanist? Great! We'd love to hear from you! Send your questions to ->-> podcast [at] america...

#29 Rebuilding Joy After Deconstruction with Rev. Leika Lewis

#29 Rebuilding Joy After Deconstruction with Rev. Leika Lewis

Episode 29 · · 48:41

As humans, we can find comfort in the most uncomfortable environments as long as it means we don't have to face change and sacrifice the only life we've known. Well, not only did Rev...

#28 Start Your Humanist Group Today with Elizabeth Hegwood

#28 Start Your Humanist Group Today with Elizabeth Hegwood

Episode 28 · · 01:02:53

Where there's one of us, there's many. All around the country, people are searching for like-minded community, something AHA's 2025 Humanist Volunteer of the Year, Elizabeth Hegwood,...

#27 Sci-Fi Fantasy and Gods Who Are a Nuisance with Jordan Ifueko

#27 Sci-Fi Fantasy and Gods Who Are a Nuisance with Jordan Ifueko

Episode 27 · · 01:03:17

Ever wonder if it's possible to give your children and teenagers books they will love purely for their entertainment value, while also teaching them about capitalist societies and th...

#26 Who have we forgotten? What have we forgotten? with Dr. Anthony Pinn

#26 Who have we forgotten? What have we forgotten? with Dr. Anthony Pinn

Episode 26 · · 54:28

Dr. Anthony Pinn spent 13 years in ministry before he couldn't preach what he no longer believed. What he found on the other side of that was humanism, and what he's found inside hum...

#25 Atheism vs Humanism with Nick Fish & Fish Stark

#25 Atheism vs Humanism with Nick Fish & Fish Stark

Episode 25 · · 01:12:49

Two Fish walk into a podcast... One is the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. The other is the President of American Atheists. They have been getting each other...

#24 Drawing the Line for a Healthier Life with Chris Line

#24 Drawing the Line for a Healthier Life with Chris Line

Episode 24 · · 57:46

Chris Line is a lawyer at the Freedom From Religion Foundation who lost 270 pounds and has kept it off for years. But this isn't a weight loss episode. Well... it is, but... it's a l...

#23 Fascists Never Win with Qasim Rashid

#23 Fascists Never Win with Qasim Rashid

Episode 23 · · 56:49

Have you or anyone you know ever been pulled over for speeding? What if instead of issuing a ticket and a court date, you were stripped of your rights and thrown into a gulag across ...

#22 Knowing When to "No" with Franchesca Ramsey

#22 Knowing When to "No" with Franchesca Ramsey

Episode 22 · · 01:04:35

As kids, we sometimes grow up fantasizing about the many jobs we can have simultaneously. Somehow, we'll manage to be a fireman, a fashion designer, and a florist all at the same tim...

#21 Sorry, I'm on a Safari Right Now with Faith Litchfield

#21 Sorry, I'm on a Safari Right Now with Faith Litchfield

Episode 21 · · 37:44

Someone reached out to our team not long ago and asked a question that a lot of people are probably carrying around: when you stop believing, where does the magic go? Faith Litchfiel...

#20 Get Them a Goddamn Folding Chair with Rev. Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper

#20 Get Them a Goddamn Folding Chair with Rev. Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper

Episode 20 · · 56:43

Reverend Dr. Je' Exodus Hooper is an arts and cultural community curator, clergy leader, and scholar, but none of those words will prepare you for what it actually feels like to be i...

#19 Fanta-sizing About a Big Gay World with Jack Harrison-Quintana

#19 Fanta-sizing About a Big Gay World with Jack Harrison-Quintana

Episode 19 · · 57:05

Jack Harrison-Quintana has spent his career doing work that has shaped LGBTQ lives in corners of the world most advocates never get to reach. He has shown up, in person, in over 76 c...

#18 The Process of Remembering with Amanda W. Timpson of Yesterqueers

#18 The Process of Remembering with Amanda W. Timpson of Yesterqueers

Episode 18 · · 55:14

As the founder of Yesterqueers, Amanda W. Timpson is doing the work of restoring what got left out of queer history, correcting narratives that were shaped by white supremacy and pat...

#17 How to Retraumatize Your Foster Kid with Shane Lukas

#17 How to Retraumatize Your Foster Kid with Shane Lukas

Episode 17 · · 01:09:15

Shane Lukas runs an award-winning design agency, has a TEDx Talk dropping, and owns a record collection that is genuinely not fair. He also does respite foster care with his partner ...

#16 Kentucky Fried Pride with Cain Culto

#16 Kentucky Fried Pride with Cain Culto

Episode 16 · · 52:14

Shay has been known to keep her cool in interviews... until now. But it's Cain Culto, so... fair. Cain's music and striking visual artistry has been breaking people's brains since fr...

#15 God Bless This Humanist Friendship with Cheryl Anscombe

#15 God Bless This Humanist Friendship with Cheryl Anscombe

Episode 15 · · 58:26

Shay has a bestie. Her bestie is a Christian named Cheryl. They have been besties since May 19th, 2009, and neither of them has tried to convert the other once. And yet they've both ...

#14 Norway, She's So Humanist with Christian Lomsdalen

#14 Norway, She's So Humanist with Christian Lomsdalen

Episode 14 · · 46:33

On our first international episide, we visit Bergen to talk to Christian Lomsdalen -- the president of the Norwegian Humanist Association, a high school teacher, a religious studies ...

#13 How Ruff Ryders Roll Even if it's Not to the Cookout with Dr. Monica Johnson

#13 How Ruff Ryders Roll Even if it's Not to the Cookout with Dr. Monica Johnson

Episode 13 · · 01:03:19

Dr. Monica Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist, a self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of a human being, and someone who will absolutely bring up DMX at exactly the right moment ...

#12 Little to No "God" at Your Wedding with Bethel Nathan

#12 Little to No "God" at Your Wedding with Bethel Nathan

Episode 12 · · 51:54

Turns out you can have the chuppah, break the glass, do the hora, and still not have to mention God once. Or you can mention God exactly once, specifically for grandma, and everyone ...