Tag Archives: BHA
Darwin Day Lecture 2012
This year’s 2012 British Humanist Association Darwin Day lecture was presented by renowned author, broadcaster, scientist, and geek Adam Rutherford. Dr Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author and broadcaster, as well as an editor at the science journal Nature. He presents television and radio programmes and is a writer for The Guardian newspaper. The 2012 [...]
Ray Tallis on ‘Aping Mankind’ – The 2011 BHA Holyoake Lecture
This year Ray Tallis gave the British Humanist Association‘s annual Holyoake Lecture in Manchester – in which he critically examined some of the assumptions and claims that may be made by some humanists. Needless to say – it was both fascinating and controversial! Increasingly, it is assumed that human beings are best understood in biological [...]
Episode 103 – 23rd September 2011
Were the wrong tactics used to try to save Troy Davis? Should we debate with creationists? What’s happening on Ada Lovelace Day? And much more! [Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Support the Pod Delusion! Why not subscribe £5 a month to support what we do? Secular Europe March (1:26) by James O’Malley [...]
BHA Conference 2011 – A Pod Delusion Special
Interviews recorded at the British Humanist Association 2011 Conference in Manchester. Including Phillip Pullman, CJ de Mooi (CJ from Eggheads!), Peter Atkins, Stephen Law, Chris French, Richard Norman and Julian Baggini. [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes]
Episode 81 – 22nd April 2011
[Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] DEAct Judicial Review (1:35) by James Firth Local Elections Preview (8:49) by Alex Foster Regenerating Margate (18:33) by Jon Treadway Gay Blood Donation (27:32) by Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Tatchell) Wikipedia & Academia (34:48) by Harriet Vickers (ft Charles Matthews) The Christ Conundrum (40:33) by Liz Lutgendorff [...]
AHS Convention 2011 – Two Podcasts ft Johann Hari, AC Grayling and more!
Saturday 12th March was the AHS National Convention 2011. We were there recording the whole thing and so present to you two podcasts of some of the people who spoke at the convention. Part 1 features Lord Warner, NSS Vice Pres Gerard Phillips and BHA Chief Exec Andrew Copson Part 2 features Independent columnist Johann [...]
Episode 75 – 11th March 2011
[Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Ex-Daily Star Rich Peppiatt Interview (1:54) by Sean Ellis Shadow Business Secretary John Denham Interview (8:59) by James O’Malley The New Defamation Bill (16:03) by James Thomas (ft Naomi MacAuliffe, Simon Singh and Julian Huppert MP) The BHA Census Campaign Poster Row (22:59) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft [...]
The BHA Bentham Lecture 2010 with Janet Radcliffe Richards
For the Bentham Lecture 2010, Janet Radcliffe Richards spoke on “The Darwin Wars and the Battle of the Sexes: The Sceptical Feminist Thirty Years On”. Janet Radcliffe Richards is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Oxford, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Senior Research Associate at the Department [...]
Partnering with the British Humanist Association
Exciting news everyone – we’re now officially partners with the British Humanist Association. We’ve been friends with them for a while – they like what we do, and we like what they do, so we decided to formalise our relationship. Though this is exciting – I know you lot are a skeptical bunch, so I [...]
Episode 57 – 29th October 2010
[Direct MP3 Link] [Add to iTunes] Enjoy the show? Please consider donating to help us keep the show going! Industrial Relations (1:42) by Drew Rae Animal Testing (7:02) by Dean Burnett Data Retention (17:09) by James Firth Catholic School Selection (22:25) by Salim Fadhley (ft James Gray) Journalism Shortcuts (30:28) by Marsh Kat Akingbade at [...]
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