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We open the episode talking about going to the American Atheists Convention. It was great. We…are not. Then we dive into important things we learned at the conference and finish up discussing the concept of “You’re doing a good job” from the One Bad Mother podcast.
While the conference was a blast, this episode is about some serious stuff, so just take note depending on how you’re doing and who you’re listening with (i.e. kids).
***If you want to skip the discussion of abuse, go to 23:30 and there’s another minute at the end between 56:30 and 57:30 that you might want to hop over too.
Now so so many links:
Kavin Senapathy was the parenting speaker and her upcoming book is The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids.
Paul Golin was the other speaker and is executive director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism.
We can’t link to Recovering From Religion enough. Their parenting resources are here.
Definitely check out the American Humanist Association.
Dan Beecher does both the Thank God I’m Atheist and Data Over Dogma podcasts.
Eli Bosnick does all the podcasts including The Scathing Atheist, God Awful Movies, and Dear Old Dads which is one of two podcasts that I listen to immediately on release no matter how many other podcasts I have in my backlog.
This is the Misfit Amish podcast by Mary Byler.
And this is the Plain People’s Podcast by Jasper Hoffman.
This is the episode of The Line’s Sunday Show that we reference. The caller we discuss is Dinah.
Definitely give One Bad Mother a listen.
Read Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol.And finally, since Recovering From Religion is just so cool, I’ll link to them again for their secular recovery resources.
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Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
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Hi hi hi! I hope we have a few new folks joining us from the American Atheists National Convention, and in classic, I-don’t-know-how-calendars-work fashion, we are dropping an episode pretty uncharacteristic of our show. So if you choose to start here, we usually don’t go over an hour and throw in two extra mini topics just for funsies. But here we are. We start discussing Readers issues with…reading. Or really, it’s more about Moms’ issues with Reader’s reading. Then we follow up on our last episode about sex ed with a few extra thoughts. And we finish up talking about moments that we feel people have ignored or misrepresented atheists.
Now Links:
This is the series, Reader liked. Trapped in a Video Game.
The series that the librarian found for Go is Space Runners.
This is the season of The Heart Podcast about consent that was so amazing. As parents, her recent season called Dad is also pretty fascinating.
If you want more discussions of purity culture from someone who knows a lot more about it than us, check out Eve was Framed’s new show Chewed Gum.
This is the video with religious vs atheist views of marriage.
Here’s an article on another absurd comment Oprah made about atheists.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We’re headed to the American Atheists National Convention. Definitely look for us if you’re there. Then we talk about things we want to make sure the boys know about porn. And we finish up discussing sex ed. (And just like we mention on this episode, the best advice we’ve ever heard is that the sex talk isn’t one talk. So we’re going to be following up in the next episode with a few more thoughts, and we’ll hopefully return to the topic again, because there’s just so much to discuss.)
Now Links:
My amazing career coach at Your Career Homecoming.
Savage Love. Again.
Lost Girls - sexy comics from the master, Alan Moore.
Cory Silverberg. We didn’t talk about sex ed references, but you can’t go wrong starting with Cory Silverberg who has a book for every age group out there.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We begin by discussing a few interesting moments in parenting, including Go’s take on Jesus and the problem of evil. Then, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we delve into our relationship - what has made it work, how we still don’t have it figured out, and just how exhausting polyamory sounds. We finish by talking about the concept of a “soft life” - which seems to be everywhere in religious and secular discourse alike.
Now Links:
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza. Jo is becoming my new parasocial crush.
The episode of On Mission about whether a soft life fits with Christian theology.
MommaStrong. Courtney and Jya are my original parasocial crushes.
Savage Love. My mom took me to hear Dan Savage speak when I was in high school? Middle school? Regardless, she really did a lot of parenting things right.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We open the episode discussing our many, many, many, many, many Christmases. And then we get into parenting advice and how we try to think about it skeptically. Instead of introducing a true second topic, we instead introduced a subplot of Pop’s incredible work coming to grips with his neurodivergence and the criminal lack of psychological services in most places.
Links:
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza’s mini episode on parenting advice.
Jo Piazza’s parenting advice.
Oh Crap Potty Training. Come for the pants-less potty training, but maybe skip the heavy dose of shame and doomsaying.
All Creatures Great and Small.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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This isn’t a real episode - just a compilation of random things. A short check-in. The only part of the segment that the Goblin’s ate that was worth fighting for and grabbing back from their grimy fingers. A little chat with Reader and Go - including Go’s big Santa revelation. And random musings on our unprofessionality. We are so excited for 2024 and have some really fun topics coming up.
The day I was able to get this posted is our Fifthmas (gifts from my best friend, Christmas with my mom, then my dad, then my dad’s family, and now Pops’ folks), so I wasn’t able to re-listen to everything before posting, but I think the only shout out is to the Bored AF podcast.
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Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We had so much fun talking about trad wives and church last week, that we’re doing it again! We begin by discussing Reader’s tonsillectomy. Then Moms has some expanded thoughts on trad wives and where they could be damaging for their followers. But she's still really likes one of the moms she's following. And then we discuss what to do when teens are interested in going to church.
Now the links:
Here is Sarah at Wild Motherhood
And here is Alex at growinggoodings
And finally Morgan Olliges
And this is the episode of Dear Old Dads that we discuss. Seriously - just go follow and support this show. It's the best.
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Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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This was a really fun recording, and we may have gotten a little loopy at the end of it. We begin discussing our epic week and the complexity of happiness. Then Moms dives into her thoughts on trad wives. And we finish up discussing whether or not we think secular parents should bring their kids to church when their kids express interest.
Now the links:
Here is the episode of Under the Influence with Jo Piazza that talks about trad wives.
This is Daniel Sloss’s instagram account.
And I am very consciously not linking to any of the women lumped in as trad wives that we discussed. It’s not an issue of not wanting to give them more attention. But, since I’ve only been following them a short time, and am clearly working through my thoughts, it doesn’t feel right to specifically call out or praise any single person when I don’t feel like I have a grasp on any of them yet. (This will likely change in the next episode.)
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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Ooooooohhhhh. It’s almost Halloween. And apparently the spooky season is also where spooky things happen to this podcast. (See the description for our last Halloween episode: MMMmmmm. Logic.) We actually don’t discuss anything about the holiday because we still don’t know how to calendar episodes apparently. But we do give an update on our How To Get Over a Fear of Hell episode, since I was able to talk to my mom and get some details on why she sent me to Christian camp. And then we discuss how we decide on when to walk away from celebrities that have caused harm or down other problematic things. (And when we don’t.) And also how it gets even more complex as an atheist. Basically it’s our bad version of Fanti - and we recorded this before Fanti announced that they’re ending the podcast so it’s an inadvertent farewell to that great great show.
And then, if you just listen to the episode, it sounds like we were reasonable, knew we had gone way too long, and stopped recording. That did not happen. We recorded a whole other segment that… just didn’t quite work. And Goblins took pity on me and ate it. I might see if I can get them to barf up the one amusing part of it for an extra at some point.
Now the links (I am almost 100% certain I’m forgetting some this week):
Good One: A Podcast About Jokes
And this is the original article that came out about Hasan Minhaj by Clare Malone. In all honesty, I haven't read it yet.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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Spoiler alert - we don’t know! We start discussing the death of our beloved cat and the weird things that come up at these time as atheists. Then we talk about our own experiences with a fear of hell and what helped us start to escape from that fear. We know everyone is different and none of what worked for us may work for you, but at the very least, we hope you know that if you are dealing with a fear of hell, that shit is hard, and you’re not alone.
And the links:
Forest Valkai to brighten your day.
And then we mention that we listen to a lot of atheist call-in shows. Here’s the full list brought to you by The Atheist Community of Austin and The Line.
The Atheist Experience
Talk Heathen
The Hang Up
The Sunday Show
Skeptalk
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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Pops opens the show by surprising Moms with a discussion of our dear dying cat, and then Moms tells two stories from BAHACON, one about Atheist community. And we finish the show discussing how violence against women plays into the conversation about masculinity, ending on a story of who Reader and Go say they want to marry.
And so so many links:
This is the group that runs BAHACON.
Gretta Vosper is the BAHACON speaker that Moms referenced.
The episode of Thank God I’m an Atheist that references Burning man is Episode 612 A Burning Sensation.
The episode of Scathing Atheist that talks about how we shouldn’t form new Atheist groups is Episode 550 Dragon My Heart Around Edition.
Mommastrong is the workout program that Moms does that features the “The Revolution Will Have Childcare” t-shirt.
Seth Andrews is posted the whole speech he gave at BAHACON to his podcast.
This is the article we discussed by Christine Emba, Men Are Lost.
And finally (phew), the book Parenting: Getting It Right by Andy and Sandra Stanley.
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We start out by discussing an octopus mishap, and then Moms has some advice for religions who want to gain members. (We’re looking at you Mormons.) We finish up by trying to create a modern definition of masculinity, and it definitely includes nail polish.
And now for the links:
Seth Andrews is wonderful both on his podcast, The Thinking Atheist, and Instagram.
Somehow, last week we totally failed to link to the article we discussed by Christine Emba, Men Are Lost. Here it is.
And What a Richard! #609 is I believe the episode of Thank God I’m An Atheist that we mention.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We start out discussing our recent trip to visit family and Go being extra brave. Then we talk about things we’ve read that have changed our view of the world and helped shape our morality (that did not come from the Bible). And we finish up just scraping the surface of the current discussion of masculinity by trying to come up with healthy examples of modern masculinity. More on this soon.
And now for the links:
The progressive Christian parenting book that Moms is reading is Bless This Mess: A Modern Guide to Faith and Parenting in a Chaotic World.
Pops recommended the Dune series, the Foundation series, and Snow Crash.
Moms recommended a book of essays by Camille Paglia (Sex, Art, and American Culture) and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series.
And in our discussion of masculinity, Pops brings up Shaun T. Both Moms and Pops did his workouts for ages and we still sometimes pull out his funnier quotes.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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I mean, what really did we talk about? I feel like almost every one of our conversations went a bit off the rails this episode, but we started talking about our lax attitude to Reader and Go’s YouTube consumption, then we somehow got to our ghost/alien sightings (because we’re skeptics), and end up discussing whether children owe their parents anything and whether that changes as they get older…and end up diving deep into a Judge John Hodgman episode about creepy dolls. That all makes sense, right?
And now for the links:
Here is the great Mom and Dad Are Fighting episode about telling your kids about your past abuse.
He is the Hear Me Out episode with Gabrielle Blair.
Here is the best Judge John Hodgman episode ever.
Here is the Judge John Hodgman episode about the dolls on the piano.
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We begin the episode talking about Moms’ disappointments with the books she’s been reading with Reader and Go. Then we discuss parenting in the Bible and have some serious notes for the authors. And we finish up with Heaven, which might not be all it’s cracked up to be.
And now for the links:
Here are the Amulet graphic novels.
And here is So Sorry For Your Loss by Dina Gachman.
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We open the episode solving the mystery of “flippin” and introducing some weird audio that we can’t explain. But we swear no one was actually sharpening knives during the intro. That would be a weird vibe, even for us. Then we discuss Moms’ realization that we may be reading more into the Bible than we even realized. And we finish exploring the concept of innocence.
And now for the links:
Here is Data Over Dogma’s episode Why Is She Salt?
Here is the episode of Talk Heathen with the woman who believes Christianity has an explanation for the start of the universe. She’s the first caller.
Moms was wrong to bring up Watchmen, but it’s still an amazing series worth a read.
This is the book, Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson that Pops mentioned.
And Moms found the children’s book she mentioned about how animals sleep. It’s called Snooze-O-Rama.The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7!), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We open the episode with Moms justifying her misunderstood superstitions. Then we discuss Reader and Go swearing. And we finish up talking about sex in media, which devolves into a confused discussion of Witness and Bladerunner, that won’t make nearly enough sense if you aren’t familiar with Witness. In short, Harrison Ford is a cop who has to hide out with the Amish and falls in love with the Amish woman hiding him. Great movie. Strong recommendation. We would say it’s great for audiences 6 and up, though almost every other person in the world would likely disagree.
And just as a little tease for the next episode, we did discover the origins of “flippin.”
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (almost 7!), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We talk with the kids about Easter. Go has some choice words about it. (And yes, we allow the kids to swear - just never at school or with people who would be offended.) Then Moms gets all conspiracy theory-esque about actresses playing moms. And we finish up discussing how we feel about violent media.
And for once, there aren’t really any links. Just go watch Atlanta.
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (6), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected]
See a list of our episodes here.
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It’s a short one this time around. We discuss one topic: “Would you want only atheist coaches for your kid if that was somehow an option?”
And now for all the links:
I think this is the episode of Pardon the Mess that our question comes from, but honestly, I’m not 100% sure.
And this is the podcast For Crying Out Loud that mom references.
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Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (6), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected]
See a list of our episodes here.
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It's lucky Episode 13, and honestly, getting this one finished before our Spring Break trip turned into a bit of a fever dream. In our first segment we discuss the comic book trope of refusing to sacrifice your child to save the universe. And then we discuss a Tik Tok about blasphemy. And our final segment will remain a mystery for the ages.
As promised, if you want to skip the first segment, you can go right to 24:30.
And now for all the links:
Once again, here is What A Day’s great discussion of trans kids coming out at school but not at home.
Since we’re now apparently contractually obligated to mention one great graphic novel per episode, you can find Alan Moore’s Watchmen here.
The book that Moms tried and failed to accurately mention is Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan who we’ve mentioned before on the podcast.
This is the Tik Tok we discuss.
And finally, here’s a nice and bloody clip of Patrick Bateman - I had forgotten how wonderfully deranged Christian Bale is in American Psycho.
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