{"id":5801,"date":"2018-09-27T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T07:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5801"},"modified":"2018-09-27T08:27:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T07:27:38","slug":"video-how-has-the-political-climate-divided-the-atheist-community-full-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/09\/video-how-has-the-political-climate-divided-the-atheist-community-full-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: How has the political climate divided the atheist community? Full Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/paneltitlecard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/paneltitlecard.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/paneltitlecard-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/paneltitlecard-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/paneltitlecard-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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: &#8216;how has the political climate divided the atheist community?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Featuring: Armoured Skeptic, Jaclyn Glenn, Vadim Newquist (aka, Creationist Cat) and David Smalley.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch that in full below, now.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider contributing to the organisation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/taking-mythcon-on-the-road\">GoFundMe<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"okplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/ktEjNUxLgTo\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be aiming to make an audio version of this available via my podcast in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Stephen Knight is host of The #GSPodcast. You can listen to The Godless Spellchecker Podcast<\/i><i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/podcasts\/\">here<\/a>, and support it by becoming a patron <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker\">here<\/a> or making a one\u2013off payment via PayPal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?token=U6sYFzWCMhfxuOolcKxTOWLMh4hvFTs1-j5Op0qZ8DIMU0uHcDs-mxZlcfQkVdea3T6Swm&amp;country.x=GB&amp;locale.x=GB\">here<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share This<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/09\/video-how-has-the-political-climate-divided-the-atheist-community-full-panel\/\" data-text=\"VIDEO: How has the political climate divided the atheist community? 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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: &#8216;how has the political climate divided the atheist community?&#8217; Featuring: Armoured Skeptic, Jaclyn Glenn, Vadim Newquist (aka, Creationist Cat) and David Smalley. You can watch that<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share This<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/09\/video-how-has-the-political-climate-divided-the-atheist-community-full-panel\/\" data-text=\"VIDEO: How has the political climate divided the atheist community? 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