{"podcast":{"title":"The Atheist Experience","slug":"the-atheist-experience-1065764","podcast_index_feed_id":1065764,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3254896/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.atheist-community.org","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/759ffa12e832b60f7779066e7b874dba.jpg","author":"The Atheist Community of Austin","episode_count":693,"summary":"The Atheist Experience is a weekly show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist and atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals. We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T04:21:06.612359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764"},"episode":{"title":"The Atheist Experience 30.16 with Godless Engineer and Scott Dickie","slug":"the-atheist-experience-30-16-with-godless-engineer-and-scott-dickie","published_at":"2026-04-19T23:51:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764/the-atheist-experience-30-16-with-godless-engineer-and-scott-dickie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-atheist-experience-30-16-with-godless-engineer-and-scott-dickie--71472803","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71472803/the_atheist_experience_30_16_with_godless_engineer_and_scott_dickie.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Scott Dickie put the \"omni-benevolent\" creator on trial and examine the silence of the divine! They tackle word salads about information, the emergent properties of consciousness, and the hilarious consequences of childhood church avoidance. Can logic bridge the gap between ancient myths and modern biological reality? Steph from Canada defines God as truth and information. Hosts challenge this word salad and the claim that rockets explode due to a lack of God. If truth is just correspondence with reality, why is a deity necessary? AJ from Canada asks how unconscious starts lead to consciousness. The hosts explain consciousness as an emergent property of complex nervous systems rather than a supernatural gift. Does a soul explain consciousness better than biological interaction? Ben from CT shares a deconstruction story where lying about having no clothes led to an accidental church fundraiser. The hosts explore how deconversion often leads to dismantling other social biases. Can we separate heritage from convictions? Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support .","meta_description":"In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Scott Dickie put the \"omni-benevolent\" creator on trial and examine the silence of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6264,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-atheist-experience-1065764/episodes/the-atheist-experience-30-16-with-godless-engineer-and-scott-dickie/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764/the-atheist-experience-30-16-with-godless-engineer-and-scott-dickie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}