Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers Podcast

Waiting on Episode 50 – 2 “Stingy With Your Prayers, Sir”

2009-07-21T05:49:00.001-04:00

While we’re waiting on Episode 50, here’s some audio of Reed trolling the “Prayer Warriors” hotline.

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Waiting on Episode 50 – 1 “Oh Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! I killed Billy Mays!”

2009-07-21T05:46:00.001-04:00

While we’re waiting on Episode 50, here’s some audio of Reed trolling the “Prayer Warriors” hotline.

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Episode 49: Iran, Heartbreak and John Hodgman

2009-06-21T06:15:00.001-04:00

John Hodgman is a wonderful human thing.

Donate more than $75 to the Two Smokin’ Hot Freethinkers Podcast and Reed will fill a condom with your favourite brand of cream cheese, autograph it, frame it and mail it to you.

If hobo names bother you, stick a piece of cotton in your left ear.

BUY A TWO SMOKIN’ HOT FREETHINKERS SWINE FLU TEE SHIRT!
(Comes soaked in liquid Swine Flu.)
DOOOO IIIIIT!!!!!

Oh… and these people make us happy:

Podblack.com
Hedgemonkey.wordpress.com
Danny Schade (schadey.blogspot.com)
Planned Parenthood and the Roanoke Drop-In Center
Zooey Deschanel (Give us money, please.)

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Episode 48: AAAAAAAAA!

2009-06-09T14:19:00.001-04:00

People/things mentioned in this podcast:

And Megan said we talked about nothing… pssh.

People who made this episode possible:

HIRE ME

To hire Reed to scare the fuck out of your co-workers, click here.

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WE LOVE TANKGRRL!

2009-05-24T22:29:00.001-04:00

Maggie McFee (AKA TankGrrl) designed a tee-shirt based on the last episode of Two Smokin’ Hot Freethinkers!

Buy one*!

I LISTENED TO THE TWO SMOKIN-HOT FREETHINKERS PODCAST

AND ALL I GOT WAS THE FLYING MEXICAN PIG AIDS

She is our favouritest person on the Internets.

* Note: Sizes range from Adult S to XXXL and styles are short sleeve, long sleeve, V-neck and girly fitted short sleeve. “Whore-nun habit” (depicted in picture) is not available at this time.

Episode 47: SWIIIIIINE FLUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!111 #swineflu

2009-05-11T20:53:00.001-04:00

People we mentioned in the episode:

Swine Flu tips:

Run.
Don’t look back.
You looked back, didn’t you?!
FUCK!

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Episode 46: Showing Assholes to Abortion Patients

2009-04-22T13:01:00.001-04:00

(Warning: Includes Rape)

The flu and money troubles kept this episode out late, but it’s finally here!

The contest I mentioned in the episode, for renaming the podcast for four weeks, is complete. Podblack and Hedgemonkey tied, donating almost simultaneously. The next four episodes will be released under the title… sigh… Does This Podcast Make Richard Saunders’ Arse Look Big?. Thanks, Podblack. Thanks a lot. I didn’t want to start a war between nonsensical American podcasts and Surrious-Businessy Australian podcasts, but you made me do it. Sorry, Richard.

Even though the contest is over and the title will be changed temporarily, we still gladly accept donations and are not above grovelling. At least I’m not above grovelling. Megan doesn’t seem like the type. We can’t do this show without you!

Also coming up in the next episode: Danny Schade gave us some wonderful bumper music… but until then, here’s the music from this episode:

She Don’t Use Jelly – The Flaming Lips

Three Balloons - Stephen Lynch

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Episode 45: Irresposible People and Reed's New Weltanschauung

2009-03-29T13:33:00.002-04:00

Music: Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Bublé
Hurt Feelings, Flight of the Conchords (Free download, limited time)

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Episode 44: Giant Dong in the Coffee Shop

2009-03-13T23:43:00.003-04:00

Music: Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Pi Song - Hard 'n' Phirm

Intolerable background noise provided by Emily, Alex and Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea.

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Episode 43: It's a Good Day to Be Gay in the USA

2009-03-04T22:25:00.002-05:00

Music: So Long and Thanks For All The Fish - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Soundtrack
Contact High by John Bucchino from It's Only Life [P/V Selections, CD]

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Episode 42: The Answer To Life, The Universe and Tigers: Marry Your Dog

2009-02-27T22:42:00.003-05:00

Music: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright

The Blue Wrath - I Monster

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Episode 41: Buttars' Very Own Episode

2009-02-21T22:06:00.000-05:00

Music:Bad Idea by Ben Fold Five on Naked Baby Photos
Buttars remix by norelpref.
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Episode 40: Numbers Divisible by 10

2009-02-13T20:15:00.001-05:00

Music: Ben Folds, Bitch Went Nutz

http://wokeupwaytoolate.com

Interview: Jack Scanlan

Homologous Legs

Young Australian Skeptics

The Pseudo-Scientists

(22:04:09) Meg-Jew: You know what I just realized?
(22:04:25) Reed: Your right breast is slightly larger than your left?
(22:04:44) Meg-Jew: No, they're pretty even. No, we didn't do the hot guy of the day.
(22:04:56) Reed: It's not Tuesday.
(22:05:21) Reed: Why would we do Hot Guy of the Day if it's not Tuesday?
(22:05:23) Meg-Jew: Psh, so? You were talking about it when I got there, and then it's like we forgot about it
(22:05:34) Reed: But it's Friday.
(22:06:20) Meg-Jew: You're dumb.
(22:06:36) Reed: No. I've only had a few drinks, thank you.
(22:06:43) Meg-Jew: Oh, alright.

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Episode 39: 39... That's How Old Evan Stone Is. Gross!

2009-02-03T20:16:00.002-05:00

Young Australian Skeptics

The Pseudo-Scientists

Homologous Legs

Tastes Like Burning

Just Not Right

Sam Adams' hot young thang, Beau Breedlove:

Don't forget to send in your submissions for What The Hell Is That? to twosmokinhotfreethinkers@gmail.com or leave them as a comment on this post. DOOOOO IIIIIIIIIT!

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Episode 38: Party Naked in Economic Turmoil

2009-01-27T20:11:00.001-05:00

Music: Floating Down a River - Jason Damato

Buy it here.

New theme lyrics:

Two Smokin Hot Freethinkers is a podcast
About life and other crap

With Reed Braden and Megan the Jew
And it is arguably pretty good

Hey, listener, sit down, listen to Reed and Megan.
She denies her Jewishness, but she's a Jew

If you knew her last name, you'd know it was the same
As every Hebrew dame, so she's a Jew

Jew Jew Jew Jew Jew Jew

Reed Braden is halfway Jewish,
So's his friend, Megan the Jew
So together they're one Jew
Everyone loves half a Jew

Except the KKK, they don't listen to this show

Twosmokinhotfreethinkers.blogspot.com
That's where you go to get this show

It's on the interwebnets, and it's a podcast
And sometimes it's not so bad

So go on the iTunes or put it on your Zune
And listen every week to this dumb show

Gay stuff and godless crap, music and books and films
And sometimes interviews, what's not to like?

Be warned: Sometimes they cuss

Pussy lips flecked with smegma
Rotting dick smells like moth balls
Shit piss fuck raging bitchwhore
Cock ass twat douchebag fuck cunt

That's our show! Say hello! Don't say I did not warn you!

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Episode 37: Special Announcement and Audio Draft of "You Shut Up, Jennifer"

2009-01-25T10:25:00.001-05:00

Music:

Mumble Mumble by Get Him Eat Him on the album Geography Cones

Buy it here.

Media Vita performed by the Tallis Scholars on the album The Essential Tallis Scholars

Buy it here.

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Episode 36: Bye-Bye, Bushie!

2009-01-17T21:08:00.001-05:00

Line-by-line rebuttal/mockery of George W. Bush's farewell speech.

(Cross-posted between Homosecular Gaytheist and Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers)

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Apply!

2009-01-13T17:32:00.001-05:00

All but two of you, for various terrible reasons, have not yet applied for the position of co-host on the Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers Podcast. What's taking you so long?

(I'm cross-posting this on Homosecular Gaytheist and Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers)

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Who Wants To Be A Smokin' Hot Freethinker?

2009-01-09T20:03:00.001-05:00

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If you're interested in becoming a co-host of the Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers podcast, answer the following questions (as much information as you care to divulge) and email it to reedbraden@gmail.com. This helps me weed out the people who a) won't take podcasting seriously and b) take podcasting too seriously. It also helps me get to know the applicants so I can make an educated choice of co-host.

General information. Put an asterisk (*) beside answers that you want kept confidential.

Full name:
Preferred pseudonym (if any):
Email address:
Skype handle:
Gender:
Sexual orientation:
Are you in the closet, if applicable?
Religious identity:
Are you open about your answer to #8?
Location:
What was the last school you attended?
Degree:
Are you still in school?
Are you seeking higher education in the near future?
How often will you be able to record?
Are there any days of the week that you would not be able to record?
Do you have a quick Internet connection?
Do you have Skype?
Are there any vulgar words that you will not say?
Is there any subject you would be uncomfortable talking about?

On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being strongly against, 3 being apathetic and 5 being strongly for, where do you stand on the following issues? You will not be judged on your answers.

Church/state separation
Abortion
Gay marriage
Intelligent Design
Hippies
Legalisation of medicinal marijuana
Legalisation of recreational marijuana
Legalisation and regulation of prostitution
The United States' support of Israel.
The British Royal Family

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being not funny at all and 10 being OMG! ROFLCOPTER!!!!!, how funny are the following? You will not be judged on your answers.

Reed losing a ball to testicular cancer
Anyone else losing a ball to testicular cancer
Accidentally saying the word cunt in front of children
Republicans getting caught snorting meth out of gay hookers' ass cracks
Westboro Baptist Church (God Hates Fags)
Dane Cook
Midgets and/or fat kids falling down stairs
Crippled CEOs
Crippled hobos
The Just Not Right podcast

The following questions are completely silly. You will be judged harshly on your answers.

Is a pie made out of pumpkin called pumpkin pie or punkin pie?
Who slowed down time and added a day to the week, naming it Funday? (Hint: Doo doo doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo doo. Chicka chickaaahh.)
Wakka wakka woo slippy hee haw flogga klonk?
When is the last you "got krunk," whitey?
Explain, to the best of your ability, what a Turducken is.

Short answer portion. Answer each in one or two sentences.

What would have been a better Atheist display in the Washington State Capitol Building for Christmas 2008?
How would you solve the conflict in the Middle East?
Reed just called you an ignorant slut while you were recording. How do you handle the situation?
What is the most recent book you read and what did you think of it?
Why do you want to be a TSHF co-host?

In a couple of paragraphs, tell me who you are. Where are you from? What was growing up like? Is there anything about your past that sticks out as unusual?

Episode 35: Why I Smoke

2009-01-07T21:06:00.001-05:00

Just Not Right: NotRightPodcast.com

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Text Message from Jake Cordova #1: Naked Clown in a Snowstorm

2009-01-06T17:05:00.001-05:00

notrightpodcast.com

The Naked Clown Calendar 2009

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Episode 34: One-Year Anniversary

2009-01-04T20:59:00.001-05:00

Wooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Special" Guests: Laurie and Caroline

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Episode 33: Happy New Year (Clean version)

2008-12-31T20:06:00.001-05:00

I edited out words that could potentially be considered naughty in case a website more wholesome wants to link to this episode. If you're looking for words like

F*ck,

B*tch,

D*mn,

T*ol,

B*lls,

T*tties,

*ss,

C*cks,

and B*ll-suckling R*ctal Scum,

you should listen to the unedited episode which contains those words and others that would get you kicked off of PBS.

New Year greetings from Katie and Reed with:

Elles (Splendid Elles, Teen Skepchick),
Hemant Mehta (Friendly Atheist, I Sold My Soul on eBay, Secular Student Alliance),
My Jewish, non-Jewish friend Megan,
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick, Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, Skepchick Podcast, Boston Skeptics),
Some offensive guy named Myles,
Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy, Death from the Skies!),
My creepy gay "uncle" Josh,
PZ Myers (Pharyngula),
Manimal (TSHF Episode 23, Era Guitars),
Laurie (Pith and Wit),
and Jake Cordova and Chris (Just Not Right).

Music: Happy New Year (ABBA Around the Piano) - ABBA; Auld Lang Syne - Starlight No Chaser; What Are You Doing New Years - Harry Connick, Jr.; Linus & Lucy - Vince Guaraldi; Auld Lang Syne - Aretha Franklin and Billy Preston

A special thanks to everyone who took a minute or two of their time to be on this episode. I was amazed at the generosity of everyone involved! Thanks, everyone, for making this the best TSHF episode ever!

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Episode 33: Happy New Year (This one has dirty words.)

2008-12-31T20:05:00.001-05:00

New Year greetings from Katie and Reed with:

Elles (Splendid Elles, Teen Skepchick),
Hemant Mehta (Friendly Atheist, I Sold My Soul on eBay, Secular Student Alliance),
My Jewish, non-Jewish friend Megan,
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick, Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, Skepchick Podcast, Boston Skeptics),
Some offensive guy named Myles,
Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy, Death from the Skies!),
My creepy gay "uncle" Josh,
PZ Myers (Pharyngula),
Manimal (TSHF Episode 23, Era Guitars),
Laurie (Pith and Wit),
and Jake Cordova and Chris (Just Not Right).

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Calling all Skype Users

2008-12-30T12:25:00.001-05:00

Anyone who 1) reads Homosecular Gaytheist or listens to Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers, 2) has Skype and 3) wants to wish The Listener a happy new year on the Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers podcast, send me a PM on Skype (handle: reedbraden) and I'll record your greeting.

Episode 32: Drunk Reunions

2008-12-29T18:11:00.001-05:00

It's a shortie.

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Twas...

2008-12-24T17:59:00.001-05:00

Here's a special episode of the Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers Podcast to brighten your Christmas eve.

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Episode 31: New Job, Gay News and Amanda's Rant

2008-12-23T01:35:00.001-05:00

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Episode 30: Reed's Gift Guide (and Katie just sits there and acts like a bitch)

2008-12-09T20:28:00.001-05:00

BUY SHIT!

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Episode 29: Inappropriate Dinner Conversation

2008-12-01T16:43:00.001-05:00

I posted this to my blog, not my podcast. It originally aired on Saturday, 29 December at 4:00 AM EST. Sorry for the fuck up.

WARNING! Those prone to discomfort during conversations about abortion should not listen to this episode... or have dinner with Reed. In fact, never have dinner with Reed, ever, no matter what.

Katie is away with Family this weekend, so Caroline is filling in for her tonight. Katie will be back early next week and we'll put out an early episode then.

Much thanks to the Audacity Recovery Utility. The developer of this utility can show up at my apartment at any time to claim his free "You Saved My Life Blowjob". I'm going to pull out my hair and get some sleep now. Six hours is far too long to fuck with a 24-minute episode.

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The Busy Life of a TSHF Episode

2008-11-22T04:59:00.001-05:00

In case you are interested in podcasting, here's the process we use to deliver weekly shows to you, the Listener:

First, Katie and I spew crazy shit from our mouths that is captured by our Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Mic ($169 retail price) and I diddle with it in Audacity (Free), save it as a WAV file, and run it through The Levelator (Free) to give the episode an even, consistent volume. The last thing I do before uploading the file to the interwebnets is convert it to an MP3 format (68 kbit/sec on longer episodes, 96 kbit/sec on shorter episodes, to keep file size down).

Then, I host the finished audio file at Liberated Syndication ($5-50 per month, I opt for $10), post the file link and some text commentary on Blogger (Free), and it's all delivered to your iTunes or Zune--or whatever else you listen to podcasts with--in a neat, encapsulated form by Feedburner (Free).

The podcast is then played by you, the Listener, while you're jogging, eating, fishing, masturbating or punching homeless people in the face. Sometimes, it's burned to a CD and played quietly in the background to keep pets and senile grandparents from getting lonely when their family leaves the house.

But that's not the last step of the process! Finally, the Listener, sends Katie and me messages through Facebook or our email address or leaves comments on http://twosmokinhotfreethinkers.blogspot.com so we can interact with the listener and incorporate their feedback into the show.

Also, here's a handy money saving tip, because I love you, Listener:

Since the MP3 format is a lossy format, but it is the most compact and acceptable format to reach a wide variety of listeners, you don't need a huge, expensive microphone to do the trick. I use my microphone for recording music in lossless formats, so I shelled out extra money for extra quality. By the time I convert a podcast file to an MP3 format, a simple $5 headset mic from the bargain bin in Wal-Mart sounds almost exactly the same as my high-quality Samson condenser. Don't shell out $170 for a computer microphone if you don't need it. Your listeners won't be able to hear the difference.

It took us almost a year of trial-and-error and lots of help from our dear friend Jake at Just Not Right to figure out the best way to transfer gallons of faeces from our mouths to your ears and we're still learning. There are hundreds of ways to do this, so don't be afraid to experiment on your own. Let us know if you start a podcast and we'll definitely start plugging the heck out of you if we like what we hear... and how could we not? You're at Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers already, so you obviously have good taste!

- Reed

Episode 28: The Happiest Episode Ever

2008-11-20T17:23:00.002-05:00

Maybe it's not the happiest ever, but it's certainly pretty damn happy.

Song: Vaginae, Vomit and "FUCK YOUUUU!!!" by Katie Mitchell and Reed Braden

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Episode 27: THANK YOU, YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!

2008-11-03T21:29:00.001-05:00

You're all amazing individuals and I love each one of you better than I love my own mother.

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Episode 26: Blame the Economy

2008-11-02T14:36:00.001-05:00

You can still hear from Reed and Katie at gaytheist.wordpress.com and contagiousnarrative.wordpress.com.

Keep us on your subscription list... we might come back.

So long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long farewell, auf weidersehen adieu
Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
So long farewell, au revior auf weidersehen
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
Yes?
No

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Episode 25: At The Roanoke Star

2008-10-18T05:02:00.000-04:00

DEATH FROM THE SKIES!

Earth vs. Space

Congratulations Natalie Dee and Drew Toothpaste on your beautiful new bipedal mammal!

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Episode 24: Special Guest Jake Cordova and Cannibal Babies (Levelated)

2008-10-07T15:43:00.004-04:00

Just Not Right

Jake's Blog

Katie's Blog

The Bodies Exhibit

[Direct Link]

Thanks to Jake for joining me!

Also...I am not the computer genius Reed is and have never published this on my own before...so if something is not right then let me know! MMMMMMMMMM K THHHHAAANKKKS. :-)

Levels fixed with The Levelator.

Episode 23: Hodge Podge

2008-10-03T18:54:00.001-04:00

Just Not Right

Atheist Revolution

Era Guitars (Nick's business)

Questions for the listener:

How would you define legendary cock?
What should Katie and Caroline dress as for Halloween?
Where are you from?
How are you?
Normal view. Normal view. Normal vieeeeew?

Mucous Grecians to Nick and Caroline

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Episode 22Pi

2008-09-23T18:44:00.000-04:00

Just a short mini-episode crammed with music at the end.

Mwah!

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Episode 22: Meat Lovers' Party Bag

2008-09-19T01:34:00.002-04:00

Meat Lovers' Party Bag
Party Lover's Meat Bag
Bag Lovers' Meat Party
Lovers' Meat Bag Party
They're all terrible. There's no good combination of these words.

Enjoy the lulz here.

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Episode 21 - Church of Science, LHC, and Bitches Can't Hang With The Chamber Orchestra

2008-09-09T16:46:00.000-04:00

If you're in the area, come join us each Thursday from 7:30 PM until Sleep at 460 West (on 460 East, Orange Avenue, across from Denny's) for Karaoke and fun times.

Katie's Letter to the Editor.

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Episode 20? - Woman, why do you hate women?

2008-09-01T22:04:00.002-04:00

Episode 19 will be aired between episodes 25 and 30 for no reason whatsoever. Your mom's box.

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Episode 18: Real Men Really Love Jesus

2008-08-22T15:56:00.001-04:00

Rawr.

Let's spoon.

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Episode 17: Purple Rain

2008-08-22T01:37:00.001-04:00

Episode 16 didn't go through on iTunes for some reason. It works if you download it straight from the site here: http://tinyurl.com/6xoerf You can also switch to Zune, better software for a better mp3 player.

Katie's Thesis blog:

http://contagiousnarrative.wordpress.com/

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I made an erroneous claim that some bass-voiced black kid performed a YouTube cover of Purple Rain. It was actually the kid's own composition, Chocolate Rain. My bad. It's still hilarious. Watch!

Episode 16: Katie and Reed Go To Church

2008-08-11T10:50:00.001-04:00

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Episode 15: Sex Shop and Peas & Rice

2008-08-02T23:02:00.001-04:00

52 Weeks of Romance Boutique

Pictures of our trip to 52 Wks. (NSFW)

Dear Paul

Gaytheist Photo

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Episode 14: Ghosts, Psychics, Wafers and Paul Lynde Rape Bugs... Wakka Wakka Wakka

2008-07-27T19:08:00.001-04:00

Weeeee're baaaaack!

I apologise for the occasional audio fuzziness. We recorded this episode on a Mac. :-(

Daniel L. Crandall: You can not escape him.

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Episode 13: Gloom, Despair, Agony, Banana Plagues, Silverfish in America

2008-07-06T16:53:00.001-04:00

http://notRIGHTpodcast.com

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Episode 12: Independence Day Extravaganza!!!

2008-06-30T17:58:00.001-04:00

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TSHF Podcast: Independence Day Special, 4:30 PM Sunday

2008-06-29T01:05:00.002-04:00

Tomorrow (today, technically) at 4:30 PM EDT (8:30PM GMT, 1:30PM PDT), tune in for the live video broadcast of Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers Podcast.

We'll be talking about several issues that are even MORE American than apple pie! You heard me! MORE AMERICAN THAN APPLE PIE AND CAPS LOCK ON THE INTARWEBZ!!!1!

Tune in on the uStream page before 4:30 PM EDT to watch Katie and I in action! You can even interact with the show via a convenient chat room on the page!!!! ZOMGLES!!!

The video is ONLY available to those who watch live. If you download it later as part of the podcast, you will only get the audio... and as we saw last week, that's never guaranteed not to suck.

Do it!

Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers at 4:30 EDT Sunday

2008-06-25T22:50:00.001-04:00

Everyone knows that Atheists and others of the unchurched sleep in until 4PM on Sundays. It's the only way to truly avoid the crowd of bluehairs on the road driving from church to the cafeteria. There's no better way to wake up in the afternoon than to tune in live for a new episode of Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers Podcast! (Except for maybe a blowjob by Rose McGowan.)

Tune in to our uStream channel before 4:30 PM EDT (8:30PM GMT, 1:30PM PDT) for the second live episode of Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers!

[SALES PITCH!!!]

Episode 11: Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers LIVE! (or: Reed fucks up again.)

2008-06-23T23:59:00.001-04:00

Episodes of Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers will be aired live on uStream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-church-of-reed-braden. Also, and I'm not promising anything for sure, we're going to try and churn out a new episode every Sunday.

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Are there any black American atheists out there who have studied the roles of faith and secularism/freethought in the Civil Rights Movement? Contact me at reedbraden@gmail.com and let me know if you would be willing to join us for an episode of Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers later this Summer.

We Haven't Forgotten You!

2008-06-08T21:39:00.001-04:00

The song is ScientLOLogy by some Anonymous person out there in the interwebnets.

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Episode 10: "Losing My Religion"

2008-05-20T00:51:00.001-04:00

Substitute host Sam

Music:

Hell is Boring, Chris Shepard

Toccata in D Minor Op. 11, Sergei Prokofiev - The death metal of 20th century Russian piano compositions

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Episode 9: Braaaaaiiiiiiiiinsssss

2008-05-02T18:07:00.002-04:00

I decided to do an episode on zombes before I checked my RSS feeds and I just found out that Ebonmuse over at Daylight Atheism wrote an article entitled "Dawn of the Dead: Are Zombies Possible?" Fantastic... Now I'm old news.

And apparently only one person was not offended last week: Maggie of Utah. Fuck you, Maggie of Utah.

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Episode 8: Kickin' it With Cliff

2008-04-18T14:27:00.003-04:00

Fun times on the porch with our Christian friend Cliff.

*** Views expressed by Cliff are not necessarily the views of Young Life, it's parents/subsidiaries (if any), or anyone else, for that matter. ***

*** Views expressed by Reed are often only the views of Reed and are potentially offensive to people and animals and occasionally inanimate objects, this includes, but is not limited to, all people and groups of people, living and dead, as well as Reed. ***

Email me at reedbraden@gmail.com if you are not offended by this episode. Please include information on how to offend you.

Here's the transcript of the Rep. Monique Davis remarks:

Davis: I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it’s really a tragedy — it’s tragic — when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight. They want to fight prayer in school. I don’t see you (Sherman) fighting guns in school. You know?I’m trying to understand the philosophy that you want to spread in the state of Illinois. This is the Land of Lincoln. This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.… What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous–
Sherman: What’s dangerous, ma’am?
Davis: It’s dangerous to the progression of this state. And it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists! Now you will go to court to fight kids to have the opportunity to be quiet for a minute. But damn if you’ll go to [court] to fight for them to keep guns out of their hands. I am fed up! Get out of that seat!
Sherman: Thank you for sharing your perspective with me, and I’m sure that if this matter does go to court—
Davis: You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon.

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Whaddya Know! This Really IS Episode Seven! (Reed's Emo Week and Katie's Happy News)

2008-03-29T04:04:00.002-04:00

Inanity warning: This is a vulgar and inane episode of TSHF. Please don't listen to it. The next one will be exponentially better. We promise!

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Chatting With Bob Price

2008-03-26T18:35:00.000-04:00

Danny Schade and Robert M. Price had a conversation last week about the resurrection narrative. Reed listened and added a few bits, but mostly he sat slack-jawed in wonder of Bob's incredible depth of knowledge.

The Reason Driven Podcast - Easter Special: Chatting With Bob

Episode Six: Sleep Deprivation Time With Reed, Brought To You By Katie

2008-03-14T15:38:00.001-04:00

HEY! Everyone! Go visit SplendidElles.wordpress.com!!!

[video] "Every rose... has its thorns."

By the way, happy 100th episode, Jake and Erin!!! Check out Just Not Right Podcast... link's in the left column.

[video] Fucking Ben Affleck

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Episode Five: Intelligent Design, Paul McCartney, Chocolate, and a Bunch of Other Stuff That Doesn't Really Fit the Theme. Wow, This is a Long Title!

2008-02-28T21:44:00.003-05:00

Expelled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV8sN1UngFY

Scathing review of Expelled:
http://tinyurl.com/2g59te

The Orange Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5UiUWa34cY

Ray Comfort's banana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwbhAXe5yk

Bacterial flagellum:
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB200_1.html
Chapter 8: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html

"cdesign proponentsists":
Chapter 10: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html

Paul is dead:
http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/IBP/Intro.php

Shirley Q. Liquor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-OiS3V45Jo

And apparently Michelle Pfeiffer was not on the Wonder Years, but there was a Pfeiffer family on the show. Screw you and your dumb facts.

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Preview of Coming Attractions

2008-02-26T16:31:00.002-05:00

Talking about Intelligent Design on Thursday.

Here's the trailer for Expelled... don't listen too closely or you might destroy your IQ.

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Episode Four: Politics, McCain's Neck and Boxing With Jesus

2008-02-15T15:25:00.004-05:00

Special guests: Boyfriend Alex and Barry White

McCain's Neck on Jeffrey Rowland's blog: What The Hell Is That?

We're terribly sorry to Ron Paul fans (especially Jake Cordova) who Reed called idiots.

Two ways to make this podcast interactive:

When Reed calls for sappy music, hum your own damn sappy music!
Listener question: How long do you think John McCain has left to live?

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Edit: Did I really say "Hillary Rodman Clinton?" Oops.

Episode Three: Is Religion Child Abuse?

2008-02-08T15:33:00.000-05:00

Special guest host Becka joins Reed to discuss different aspects of religion that may be seen as child abuse.

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Polyschizmatic Reprobates Hour: http://www.reprobateshour.com/
Apologia Podcast: http://www.drzach.net/apologia.htm
PDF, Crimes of the Community: Honour-Based Violence in the UK: http://reedspodcast.googlepages.com/CrimesOfTheCommunity.pdf

The Jill Mytton interview begins after 16 minutes:

Later This Week: Is Religion Child Abuse?

2008-02-03T17:42:00.000-05:00

The first episode of the month is late. Terribly sorry. It'll be up this week sometime. Here's something to tide you over and ease you into this week's theme.

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Reed on Apologia Podcast

2008-01-23T11:38:00.000-05:00

Last night, I participated in a discussion on homosexuality on the podcast Apologia. The episode is not posted at the time of this writing, but keep your eyes peeled for it and listen to some of the other episodes while you're there.

http://www.drzach.net/apologia.htm

Episode Two - Reed is a fucking idiot.

2008-01-18T15:27:00.000-05:00

Episode two is up now!

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Mentioned in the podcast:

40 Days of Prayer: http://tinyurl.com/2658ak
Clone Appetit: http://tinyurl.com/2nlq56
Scientists make human embryo clone: http://tinyurl.com/27b4rw
The Dilbert Blog: Good Eatin': http://tinyurl.com/2e7wj9
Dinesh D'Souza: Winner of the 2007 Bad Faith Award: http://tinyurl.com/yojgcb

Live on Skype!

2008-01-07T05:40:00.000-05:00

We're going to try out a new concept and let our audience hear us live as we record our podcast. If you want to hear Reed and Tigerlily live, raw and unedited, add me on Skype (search for Reed Braden) and I will invite you to hear the new podcast recorded on Friday afternoons.

We will record around 12:30 PM EST on the first and third Fridays of each month.

Ep.1 Edit

2008-01-05T18:18:00.000-05:00

I have edited four minutes out of the podcast and replaced them with something less annoying. The file link is the same and your podcast handler should replace the file next time you refresh the podcast.

Episode One!!!!!!!!

2008-01-04T16:18:00.000-05:00

First episode!

(okay... really... this one works now)

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We're Coming!

2007-12-22T23:56:00.000-05:00

Two Smokin' Hot Freethinkers will début next month. Get ready for a whole lotta sexy comin' your way!

Promo - Original Source File

Who the Hell Do We Think We Are???

2007-12-05T23:08:00.000-05:00

Reed Braden is an Antitheist and a humanist. He is currently studying geology and is hoping to be a scientific journalist after college. After giving up on his failure of a book (Trust me: It was a fiasco.) he bought a microphone and started planning this podcast. We'll have to wait and see if this fails too. Be forewarned: Reed says cunt a lot. Reed is a gay Atheist living in Virginia, the former home of the great Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and John Adams, now the home of Pat Robertson, NASCAR, and Jerry Falwell's rotting carcass. Yeah... it's as bad as it sounds. He writes a weblog, Unorthodox Atheism. Reed is single, guys.

Katie is a skeptical agnostic. She is an English major with a love for classic horror novels and films, J.R.R. Tolkien (she has a tattoo in Elvish... I KNOW!), and calling Reed out on bullshit. Katie is the greatest person you will ever meet, and if you don't have the chance to ever meet her, you should just lie down on the rail road tracks because your life is meaningless twaddle. Katie has a loving boyfriend, a fantastic family and two cats, Satan and Sillibub. She's writing her thesis on epidemics in film and literature... ZOMBIES!