[irrelig]For this episode we have President of American Atheists David Silverman on the show, talking about growing up Jewy, deconverting at an early age, his experience on Bill O’Reilly, and the importance of the atheist movement. And oh yeah, a little atheist convention in Des Moines, Iowa.

[irrelig]We have Ray Garton back on the show to spotlight a book signing of his that in the meantime unfortunately fell through. But who cares about that when we have Ray talking about such wide-ranging topics as Twilight, Michelle Bachman, and hooker vampires! I mean, really, what else could one ask for in a podcast?

Skunk Dicks, you might respond. Yeah, suck it, we’re busy.

Here we go, the first episode of “The Second Law,” wherein our intrepid hosts get a “feel” for each other, introducing themselves and discussing, among other things, their deconversion experiences.

If you like it, give your thanks to hosts Emma and Joe (Moggie and Gliblord from the forums). If you don’t like it (hey ptah, ‘sup), blame Leighton.

[irrelig]Never say we haven’t suffered for you. We spent two miserable hours listening to arguments from ignorance, special pleading, and flat out making shit up, just for you guys and gals. But here it is, in its original form, warts and all, completely unedited. Pretty much I just want the last two hours of my life back.

For those of you averse to iTunes or rss feeds: part one & part two.

And now Leighton and I are headed to St Louis for the annual Haunt Convention. Road trip, suckas!

[irrelig]For the final segment discussing Kent Hovind’s paradigm-changing doctoral dissertation, we have brought on professional Hovindologist Matt Wakefield. Matt is an old friend of mine (going back to high school) who was actually one of our first guest interviews, but unfortunately the recorded footage somehow got corrupted (or I never pressed the record button). So here it is: chapter 4 of Hovind’s masterpiece on the nature of time.

[irrelig]”And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.” — Judges 1:19

In this episode, Eli from Chariots of Iron braves our probing questions for a deep, incisive discussion between probably the two best atheist podcasts in the known universe. Miss it and be square.