The Pod Delusion » Peter Tatchell http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog A Podcast about Interesting Things Fri, 18 May 2012 10:37:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Episode 128 – 23rd March 2012 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/23/episode-128-23rd-march-2012/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/23/episode-128-23rd-march-2012/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:19:03 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=1055 We speak to IPCC climate scientist Michael E Mann, find out who won the Secularist of the Year award, try to build a space elevator and believe it not, have a story that’s vaguely about football. Don’t worry though – we’re not actually talking about sport.


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Secularist of the Year (2:33) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Peter Tatchell & Bideford councillor Clive Bone)
Religion in the legal system (13:410 by James O’Malley (ft David Allen Green)
How do atheists pray for someone? (19:52) by Georgia Gale Grant
The Hockey Stick & The Climate Wars (25:39) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Michael E Mann)
Space Elevators (38:24) by Sean Ellis
German Pirate Party (46:42) by Sven Rudloff
Gadget Lust (52:04) by Alex Fitch
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

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]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/23/episode-128-23rd-march-2012/feed/ 1 Secularist of the Year 2012 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/19/secularist-of-the-year-2012/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/19/secularist-of-the-year-2012/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:26:36 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=1053 On Saturday 17th March, the National Secular Society‘s Secularist of the Year award (“The Irwin Prize”) was presented to human rights activist Peter Tatchell by the writer and columnist Nick Cohen. In addition, councillor Clive Bone who was at the centre of the Bideford council prayers case received a special award recognising his work.

You can hear a full recording of the event below:

]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/03/19/secularist-of-the-year-2012/feed/ 0 March & Rally for a Secular Europe http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/09/17/live-updates-from-todays-seculareurope-march/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/09/17/live-updates-from-todays-seculareurope-march/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:43:07 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=746 So today we were at the March & Rally for a Secular Europe in London.

The following is a Pod Delusion Extra podcast of the rally in its entirety – take a listen!


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Here’s some of the audio we posted throughout the day…

The first people were arriving:

Some right-wing secularists:

The AHS (Student Groups) Contingent:

Getting ready to set off on the march (ft National Secular Society Executive Director Keith Porteous Wood):

BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson leading the chants as the march sets off:

The Pod Delusion’s Liz Lutgendorff starts a chant:

Chatting to David Pollock, President of the European Humanist Federation:

Drew from the Pagan Federation at the rally:

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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 (ft Andrew Carruth)
Atlas Shrugged (49:11) by Paul Day
BHA Conference (54:45) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew Copson)

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See the video of the guinea pigs to watch whilst listening to James Firth’s piece about the Digital Economy Act after the break (this will make sense if you listen to the show):

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Student Occupation (2:42) by James O’Malley
Michael Behe in the UK (9:48) by Craig Lucas
Equal Marriage by (16:51) Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Tatchell)
Revolutionary Treatments (25:32) by Dean Burnett
Skeptical about Football (35:15) by George Poles

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UCL Occupation Video Report:

]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/11/26/episode-61-26th-november-2010/feed/ 3 The Podsubstatiation – A Pod Delusion Relief-O-Matic Special http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/14/the-podsubstatiation-a-pod-delusion-relief-o-matic-special/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/14/the-podsubstatiation-a-pod-delusion-relief-o-matic-special/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:39:36 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=264 Last night as part of the Protest the Pope campaign, a charity gig called Relief-o-matic was organised by the British Humanist Association. I was there and excitingly, got to speak to many well known names – so I present a special edition podcast for the Protest the Pope Campaign. You can still listen to last week’s excellent episode of The Pod Delusion here.



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Guests include: Robin Ince, Ed Byrne, Ben Goldacre, Horse and Louis, Andrew Copson, Natalie Haynes, Richard Herring, Nick Doody, Peter Tatchell, Tony Hawks, The BHA Choir, Audacity Chutzpah, and Tim Minchin.

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London for Secular Europe Protest (1:02) by James O’Malley (ft Peter Tatchell & EHF President David Pollock)
Secularist of the Year (7:25) by Craig Lucas
Camp Quest (16:55) by Crispian Jago
Prince Charles & Royal Privilege (21:48) by Dave Cole
Save The Rhinos for Douglas Adams (27:17) by Jon Treadway

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