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Friday, August 19, 2011

Speaking of Faith

 

The New Site for Krista Tippett:  http://being.publicradio.org/index.shtml

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 An example of Krista Tippett's interviews: 

 

September 9, 2010
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/from-faith-to-being/

We listen backward as we look forward to a new, spacious name for this radio and online adventure. We'll trace ideas and voices that have moved and changed us — from encountering Islam in the wake of September 11 to new questions the 21st century is raising about what it means to be human and how we want to live.   

 

 

Magician Penn Jillette Says 'God, No!' To Religion

Penn Jillette is one half of the magic duo Penn & Teller. He co-hosts a Showtime series, as well as the Discovery Channel's Penn & Teller Tell A Lie.
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Penn Jillette is one half of the magic duo Penn & Teller. He co-hosts a Showtime series, as well as the Discovery Channel'sPenn & Teller Tell A Lie.

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Even if you believe in God, you might still be atheist. That's what Penn Jillette argues in his new book God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales.

The louder half of the magician duo Penn & Teller — of Showtime's Pen & Teller: Bull - - - -— frames his new book as the atheist's Ten Commandments. In it, he wanders from rants about the war on drugs to stories of eating shellfish and bacon cheeseburgers with Hasidic Jews.