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VIDEO: Stephen Knight & David Smalley Discuss #Mythcon V & Politics Backstage

It was great to spend some time with David Smalley last week at Mythcon. We were on two panels together and we also managed to find some time to sit down and talk about lots of good stuff. You can watch that in full below now. Be sure to tune in to David Smalley’s Dogma Debate too.

I had planned to record a number of other interviews, but plans changed when the theatre was evacuated for over an hour due to a bomb threat. I’ll hopefully share some fuller thoughts about the event in the coming weeks.

Stephen Knight is host of The #GSPodcast. You can listen to The Godless Spellchecker Podcast here, and support it by becoming a patron here or making a one–off payment via PayPal here.

VIDEO: How has the political climate divided the atheist community? Full Panel

I was in Milwaukee last week for Mythcon V. It was a fantastic event with a diverse roster of speakers and atendees. I had the honour of moderating the first panel of the day: ‘how has the political climate divided the atheist community?’

Featuring: Armoured Skeptic, Jaclyn Glenn, Vadim Newquist (aka, Creationist Cat) and David Smalley.

You can watch that in full below, now.

Please consider contributing to the organisation’s GoFundMe appeal. This is a great conference, and with your help they are hoping to move it out of Milwaukee and potentially bring it to a city near you.

I’ll be aiming to make an audio version of this available via my podcast in the coming days.

 

Stephen Knight is host of The #GSPodcast. You can listen to The Godless Spellchecker Podcast here, and support it by becoming a patron here or making a one–off payment via PayPal here.

#MythCon Disagreement And Thomas Smith’s Online Abuse

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I truly believe Mythcon IV has been a huge embarrassment this year—not for its organisers and attendees mind you, but for its screeching critics. Many an authoritarian ideologue has been exposed by a mere desire to fill a room with people and have a few conversations. Attendance optional.

This small conference in Milwaukee had gone off without a hitch in previous years, but their decision to invite some popular YouTube personalities this year culminated in a sustained campaign of harassment and threats against the organisers.

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