# Free Inquiry Audio Edition Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830.md RSS feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/535512/rss Official site: https://sites.libsyn.com/535512 Author: Center for Inquiry Episodes: 129 ## Resource The audio edition of Free Inquiry magazine, the Journal for Secular Humanist Ideas. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830.md ## Episodes - [Just What We Need: More Partisanship in Government, More Money in Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/just-what-we-need-more-partisanship-in-government-more-money-in-politics) — 2026-07-08T16:00:00+00:00 - [Michelle Obama's Manhood, Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge, and the Gospels](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/michelle-obama-s-manhood-washington-s-prayer-at-valley-forge-and-the-gospels) — 2026-06-24T16:51:00+00:00 - [Why Listen to the Pope, Speaking as the Pope, on AI?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/why-listen-to-the-pope-speaking-as-the-pope-on-ai) — 2026-06-17T19:28:00+00:00 - [Secular Approaches to Moral Education: Building Character without Commandments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/secular-approaches-to-moral-education-building-character-without-commandments) — 2026-06-10T09:00:00+00:00 - [Can Humanism Help End Witch Hunts in Africa?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/can-humanism-help-end-witch-hunts-in-africa) — 2026-06-08T09:00:00+00:00 - [How Rock and Sex Affected the Increase in Nones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/how-rock-and-sex-affected-the-increase-in-nones) — 2026-06-05T16:00:00+00:00 - [Medieval Christendom? Are They Serious?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/medieval-christendom-are-they-serious) — 2026-06-03T16:00:00+00:00 - [The United States: Whither?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-united-states-whither) — 2026-05-27T16:40:00+00:00 - ['Cultural Christian'? So what?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/cultural-christian-so-what) — 2026-05-22T16:00:00+00:00 - [In This Issue June/July 2026 -The U.S.: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/in-this-issue-june-july-2026-the-u-s-where-it-s-been-where-it-is-where-it-should-go) — 2026-05-20T16:00:00+00:00 - [Speaker Mike Johnson: Ideologue and Hypocrite](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/speaker-mike-johnson-ideologue-and-hypocrite) — 2026-05-13T16:00:00+00:00 - [When, If at All, Are Assassinations Justified?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/when-if-at-all-are-assassinations-justified) — 2026-05-06T16:00:00+00:00 - [Trump vs. the Pope: Not Much to Choose From](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/trump-vs-the-pope-not-much-to-choose-from) — 2026-04-28T16:11:00+00:00 - [Anti-Semitism Is Not the Principal Reason Israel Is Losing Support](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/anti-semitism-is-not-the-principal-reason-israel-is-losing-support) — 2026-04-22T17:34:00+00:00 - [Reaching for the Stars, But Mired in Oppressive Fantasies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/reaching-for-the-stars-but-mired-in-oppressive-fantasies) — 2026-04-15T18:14:00+00:00 - [Autonomy, Empathy, and Moral Inquiry amid Algorithmic AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/autonomy-empathy-and-moral-inquiry-amid-algorithmic-ai) — 2026-04-13T18:41:00+00:00 - [How Technology Is Quietly Replacing Religion: Algorithms, Rituals, and the Architecture of Belief by David W. Falls](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/how-technology-is-quietly-replacing-religion-algorithms-rituals-and-the-architecture-of-belief-by-david-w-falls) — 2026-04-08T16:00:00+00:00 - [In Defense of Rational Criticism of Islam by Yamin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/in-defense-of-rational-criticism-of-islam-by-yamin) — 2026-04-06T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Prophet and the Pathologist: Stephen Kent, Massimo Introvigne, and the Battle for an Honest Study of Religion by Jonathan Simmons](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-prophet-and-the-pathologist-stephen-kent-massimo-introvigne-and-the-battle-for-an-honest-study-of-religion-by-jonathan-simmons) — 2026-04-01T16:00:00+00:00 - [Religious Motivation Is Real by Russell Blackford](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/religious-motivation-is-real-by-russell-blackford) — 2026-03-30T17:02:00+00:00 - [Coming in 2026: The History of Freethought and Skepticism Gallery by Robyn E. Blumner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/coming-in-2026-the-history-of-freethought-and-skepticism-gallery-by-robyn-e-blumner) — 2026-03-25T17:54:00+00:00 - [Another Lament About Atheism by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/another-lament-about-atheism-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-03-13T16:00:00+00:00 - [We Need to Be Able to Criticize Religion—Including Islam by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/we-need-to-be-able-to-criticize-religion-including-islam-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-03-04T17:21:00+00:00 - [The MAGA Crowd's Crocodile Tears on Cancel Culture by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-maga-crowd-s-crocodile-tears-on-cancel-culture-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-02-25T18:43:00+00:00 - [Prayer—Religion's Not-So-Secret Weapon by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/prayer-religion-s-not-so-secret-weapon-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-02-18T17:00:00+00:00 - [FI Editor Wanted by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/fi-editor-wanted-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-02-11T17:05:00+00:00 - [What if The Messiah Came from Ethiopia Instead of Bethlehem? by Gregory Grahl](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/what-if-the-messiah-came-from-ethiopia-instead-of-bethlehem-by-gregory-grahl) — 2026-02-03T17:10:00+00:00 - [America's Dark and Forgotten History of Female Circumcision: An Interview with a Survivor by Daniel N. MacClymont](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/america-s-dark-and-forgotten-history-of-female-circumcision-an-interview-with-a-survivor-by-daniel-n-macclymont) — 2026-02-02T17:44:00+00:00 - [The Five Challenges Unanswered by Bill Cooke](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-five-challenges-unanswered-by-bill-cooke) — 2026-01-29T17:00:00+00:00 - [The Mythicist Claim: Not Likely by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-mythicist-claim-not-likely-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-01-28T21:23:00+00:00 - [A CERN-Level Proof of Mythicism by Don Wharton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/a-cern-level-proof-of-mythicism-by-don-wharton) — 2026-01-26T18:11:00+00:00 - [Rethinking Jesus: The Morality and the Myth by David W. Falls](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/rethinking-jesus-the-morality-and-the-myth-by-david-w-falls) — 2026-01-23T17:00:00+00:00 - [The Holy Trinity by Duke Mertz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/the-holy-trinity-by-duke-mertz) — 2026-01-21T20:42:00+00:00 - [Onward Christian Soldiers—Trump's America by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/onward-christian-soldiers-trump-s-america-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2026-01-14T17:00:00+00:00 - [Christmas A La Carte by Ronald A. Lindsay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-inquiry-audio-edition-7055830/christmas-a-la-carte-by-ronald-a-lindsay) — 2025-12-24T18:06:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.