{"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 30.25 with Thinker and Zenamae","slug":"the-atheist-experience-30-25-with-thinker-and-zenamae","published_at":"2026-06-22T00:48:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764/the-atheist-experience-30-25-with-thinker-and-zenamae","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience-1065764","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-atheist-experience-30-25-with-thinker-and-zenamae--72624396","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72624396/the_atheist_experience_30_25_with_thinker_and_zenamae.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker and Zenamae celebrate Father’s Day by comparing the silence of a celestial parent to the immediate response of artificial intelligence! From the ethics of missing children advocacy to the submissive vows of religious weddings, the hosts explore how deconstruction provides a community based on facts rather than the \"voicemail\" of a distant deity. Can we build a moral legacy for the next generation without waiting for a ghost to return the call? Hannah argues that the universe is a necessary infinite substance with infinite attributes that we should call God. Thinker and Zenamae challenge the semantic need for the label \"God,\" noting that existence does not exhibit personal traits like listening or making promises. Does redefining the universe as a deity actually provide any evidence for the supernatural? Tom in TX describes God as the ultimate deadbeat dad who has abandoned his creation to suffer through global boiling and corporate greed. The hosts emphasize the importance of fighting for real-world progress rather than waiting for a silent celestial father to intervene in a rigged system. Will the next generation be able to clean up the mess left behind by a negligent deity? Zama waseMzansiza on TikTok struggles with the pain of potentially disappointing her fragile, religious mother while navigating her own deconstruction journey. Zenamae shares her personal experience with setting boundaries and learning to see parents as flawed human beings rather than just spiritual authority figures. Can we find a way to honor our family relationships without sacrificing our own intellectual integrity? Asherah in South Africa questions whether Jesus was actually a disciple of John the Baptist, citing potential overlaps in thei…","meta_description":"In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker and Zenamae celebrate Father’s Day by comparing the silence of a celestial parent to the immediate r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7658,"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-30-25-with-thinker-and-zenamae/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-30-25-with-thinker-and-zenamae.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}