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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 days 17 hours 40 minutes
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #107: Helping Second Gen Cult Members ft. Rachel Bernstein
This week, cult recovery therapist Rachel Bernstein and I discuss the ups and downs of counselling second-generation cult members, what sort of issues come up different from those who chose to be in a cult and besides counselling,
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #106: The Three Apostates
This week, Lloyd Evans (former Jehovah’s Witness), Jonathan Streeter (former Mormon) and I discuss advocacy, cult-like thinking and what we are trying to do about it.
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #105: Scientology Fair Gaming and Recovery ft. Jon Atack
In this special extended-length interview with Jon Atack, we talk about the beginning of Dianetics and where Hubbard plagiarzied the procedure from, the vagaries of Scientology and the specific details of the Fair Gaming Jon endured at the hands of the...
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #104: Scientology Tax Exemption ft. Jeffrey Augustine
BONUS EPISODE: This week we have two podcasts, with this special bonus episode with Jeffrey Augustine on Scientology’s tax exempt status and what we can do to call directly on the IRS to end it. Jeff’s website: http://scientologymoneyproject.
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #103: Cracking the Cult Code for Therapists
This week I’m joined by author and psychotherapist Bonnie Zieman to discuss her new book, Cracking the Cult Code for Therapists, a guide for therapists (and patients) as to what destructive cults are, how they operate and why therapists need to underst...
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #102: Guerilla Skepticism ft. Susan Gerbic
This week, Susan Gerbic joins me to discuss Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, an international volunteer-based project she founded to ensure truth and facts are presented on Wikipedia across many science and skepticism-based topics in all languages.
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #101: Denialism and Conspiracies ft. Mark Hoofnagle
Denialism is faux critical thinking, with the apparency and verbiage of logic and reason without any of the underlying rationality. In this episode, I talk to blogger Dr. Mark Hoofnagle about this topic and how it involves pseudoscience and conspiracy ...
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #100: The Live Episode
For the 100th episode of the Sensibly Speaking Podcast, we went live. I made some announcements, talked about a few topics and, of course, interacted with my viewers.
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #99: Pros and Cons of Atheism ft. Seth Andrews
This week I’m honored to have Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist, on board to talk about atheism and some critical thoughts about the atheist community and the pros and cons of belief vs disbelief. Here are the questions we discuss: (1) Our mod...
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #98: Problems with Atheism and Faith ft. Stephen Long
Some people have given me a hard time about calling myself a critical thinker but not being willing to cast a critical eye towards some of my own beliefs. Well, I’m happy to hear anything anyone has to say that can convince me to change my mind about j...