“Arc of life” – Daniel Dennett | The Institute of Art and Ideas ▶️

This full interview was recorded two years ago and it has just been released to celebrate the extraordinary work and thought of Daniel Dennett (1942-2024). Daniel Clement Dennett III was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of biology, particularly as…

“Can religion be explained without God?” – Daniel Dennett | Closer To Truth ▶️

April 19, 2024 | Religion without God? Most people believe that God exists and religion is God’s revelation. But some say religion, particularly the organization of religion into institutions, needs nothing supernatural to begin, develop and multiply. In other words, religion without God can flourish because personal psychology and group sociology drive religion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvIXe4DOEc&ab_channel=CloserToTruth Daniel…

“We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe” – Kate Cohen | The Thinking Atheist ▶️

October 10, 2023 | Today's guest Kate Cohen is a columnist for the Washington Post and author of the new book We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Mf2xVJ_g8&ab_channel=TheThinkingAtheist Kate Cohen is a Washington Post columnist who writes about the intersection of culture, family, and politics. Her…

“You are evil and you must be destroyed” – Seth Andrews | The Thinking Atheist ▶️

Seth Andrews speaks candidly about his own struggles as a human and activist in this polarized and often outrageous world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWL8NnuzoA&ab_channel=TheThinkingAtheist The Thinking Atheist: Seth Andrews, a former Christian broadcaster and believer for 30 years, ultimately escaped the bonds of superstitious thinking to embrace the more satisfying explanations that science provides. RELATED CONTENT:

Richard Dawkins on scientific truth, outgrowing God and life beyond Earth | Channel 4 ▶️

Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most famous atheists, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford and best-selling author of The God Delusion. His new book, Outgrowing God - A Beginner's Guide, aims to inform young people about religion and atheism. He talks to Krishnan about why he wrote it, his passion for scientific truth and…

The Monthly Digestif Presents: Slavoj Žižek on Christian Atheism ▶️

Documentary filmmaker and writer Sydney Lima meets the "Elvis of Cultural Theory", philosopher Slavoj Žižek at London's Moth Club. Sydney Lima is also a journalist and TV presenter. She has recently made her presenting debut on Vice Media with the documentary High Society: World's Most Expensive Rehab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkyc2tay2dw&ab_channel=SydneyLima Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian…

Trump, Himmler, Putin and “Atheist Christianity”: Slavoj Žižek’s plot to save the West | Times Radio ▶️

"There is a need for radical change; if we don't do it, sorry, the right-wingers will." Slavoj Žižek "In the course of history, freedom occupies no more instants than ecstasy in the life of a mystic", Cioran wrote in History and Utopia (1960). Maybe we will soon find out the same is true about Western…

Dawkins’ favourite Christian: the priest who is almost an atheist | The Poetry of Reality ▶️

Dissident Dialogues is a place for dangerous ideas. Richard Dawkins had an intriguing conversation with Bishop Richard Holloway, former Head of the Church of Scotland. He is a most intelligent, interesting and pleasant man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oHPMuahoA&ab_channel=ThePoetryofRealitywithRichardDawkins Join us as we explore the human lust to be good to others, and the impulse to give. We navigate…

“C. S. Lewis had better come up with a better argument” – Richard DAWKINS & Alex J. O’CONNOR ▶️

De şi-ar aşeza Dumnezeu fruntea pe umărul meu, ce bine ne-ar sta nouă aşa, singuri şi nemîngîiaţi... [If only God would place his forehead on my shoulder, how good it would be for us to stay like this, alone and uncomforted]. Cioran, Amurgul gândurilor [The Twilight of Thoughts] It is more important to recover, in…

“Why biblical ‘wisdom’ fails” – Stephen Woodford | Rationality Rules ▶️

Rationality Rules is a YouTube channel run by Stephen Woodford who dedicates himself to debunking supernatural beliefs and refuting religious dogma. By the way, Mozambican writer Mia Couto once gave a remarkable speech about the political exploitation of fear, in which he denounced "those who fear that fear might end" (quem tenha medo que o…