{"id":6344,"date":"2021-01-05T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:00:45","slug":"ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep#170 &#8211; David Silverman &#8211; Allegations &amp; Due Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img style= \"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src= \"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/show\/49746\/TTThumb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on The Knight Tube Stephen Knight welcomes David Silverman. David Silverman was the president of American Atheists until 2018 when allegations of sexual misconduct\/abuse were levelled at him, leading to his suspension. David maintains his innocence and they talk about these accusations and the subsequent Rebecca Vitsmun case for which David was exonerated. They also discuss due process, activism, the killing of George Floyd, American Atheists, political tribalism, wokeness and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Video version on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/K1n125qY4WU<\/p>\n<p>Support the podcast at http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker<\/p>\n<p>Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube &amp; Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>Read David Silverman&#8217;s account: https:\/\/firebrandforgood.com\/<\/p>\n<p><br \/><iframe style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17428037\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/199505\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" theme=\"standard\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gspellchecker\/The_Knight_Tube_-_David_Silverman.mp3?dest-id=199505\">Direct Mp3 Download<\/a><\/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\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/\" data-text=\"Ep#170 - David Silverman - Allegations &amp; Due Process\" data-via=\"Gspellchecker\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Ep#170 - David Silverman - Allegations & Due Process\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process%2F&amp;title=Ep%23170%20-%20David%20Silverman%20-%20Allegations%20%26%20Due%20Process\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.libsyn.com%2Fsecure%2Fshow%2F49746%2FTTThumb1.jpg&#038;description=Ep%23170%20-%20David%20Silverman%20-%20Allegations%20%26amp%3B%20Due%20Process\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><div class=\"pocket_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/save\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-lang=\"en\" data-save-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/\" data-pocket-count=\"horizontal\" >Pocket<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2021\/01\/ep170-david-silverman-allegations-due-process\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on The Knight Tube Stephen Knight welcomes David Silverman. David Silverman was the president of American Atheists until 2018 when allegations of sexual misconduct\/abuse were levelled at him, leading to his suspension. David maintains his innocence and they talk about these accusations and the subsequent Rebecca Vitsmun case for which David was exonerated. 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