Speaking of Cults

The Sensibly Speaking Podcast is a weekly show, posting a new episode each Saturday, covering current events and topics from a skeptical, humanist and critical thinking approach. Join Chris Shelton as he goes over varied topics from critical thinking to science to talking in detail about hot topics in the news . Tired of just hearing the mainstream media’s interpretation of events? Want some sensible talk? Then join me here each Saturday!

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h11m. Bisher sind 428 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 days 17 hours 40 minutes

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Sensibly Speaking Podcast #175: The Three Apostates Take the Cult Challenge


This week I’m joined by Jonathan Streeter (former Morman) and Lloyd Evans (fomer JW) who together with me are the Three Apostates! We each scored our respective groups on a “cult danger evaluation” and in this episode we compare and contrast our scores...


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 January 12, 2019  1h20m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #174: Politics, Religion and Other Inoffensive Subjects with Seth Andrews


Seth Andrews joins me this week to discuss politics, religion, atheism and the big problems with the “purity testing” across social media platforms. A little Scientology is also thrown in to round out the inoffensive subject matter. Enjoy!


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 January 5, 2019  1h7m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #173: 2018 in Scientology and Beyond


In this end of the year review, I talk about what we saw happen in the world of Scientology (and without) as well as some thoughts about what this channel is and where it’s going. Enjoy!


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 December 29, 2018  56m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #172: Is Free Speech Dead?


This week I am taking on some of the controversies surrounding free speech. Instead of arguing over what words are and aren’t acceptable or offensive, I’m going right to the core of the argument and review what free expression is as a right,


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 December 22, 2018  1h4m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #171: Scientology and the Nation of Islam – An Unholy Alliance


This week, and coincidentally with the timing of Leah’s show on the Nation of Islam, I am covering the improbable alliance between the Church of Scientology and the Nation of Islam. I discuss what I learned in looking into this,


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 December 15, 2018  1h11m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #170: Inherent Bias in Academia and Politics ft. Mark Horowitz


This week, I do my first live interview in my new studio with Mark Horowitz, Professor of Sociology. We talk about the enormous majority of left-wing leaning academics in the “soft” sciences and how this has affected the quality and views of these scie...


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 December 8, 2018  1h3m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #169: How I Left Scientology Forever


This week, I tell the entire story of how I was a Scientologist and ended up in the Sea Org and what factors and events made me realize I needed to leave. I’ve told parts of this before but never the whole story. Enjoy!


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 December 1, 2018  1h7m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #168: What it Means to be an American in 2019


This week, my friend Brandon and I discuss what’s going on in the US from our “common man” point of view on varying ends of the political spectrum. What does it mean to be an American now and in to the future?


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 November 24, 2018  1h34m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #167: The Shocking Truth Behind the Flat Earth!!!


This week, I spent two full days at the Denver International Flat Earth Conference 2018 and this podcast is a same-day download of my thoughts and observations on how and what the Flat Earthers think and why,


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 November 17, 2018  56m
 
 

Sensibly Speaking Podcast #166: Save Your Internet (Article 13 in the EU)


Hey everyone, this week we are going to talk about the internet, the European Union and some panic that is setting in across the YouTube platform which is being stoked directly by the powers-that-be at YouTube, and possibly with good reason.


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 November 10, 2018  30m