Furry J. Ackermonster is this week’s guest on the Naked Diner. He’s a yeti and stars on the Amazon Prime show ‘Transylvania TV.’ Here’s how Transylvania TV (https://www.transylvania-tv.com/) describes the show: “In a spooky castle in the Carpathians lives a motley band of misfit monsters, doing their best not to kill each other as they try to run a…

If you’re involved in The Satanic Temple (TST), then you may already know about our guest, Stu De Haan. Stu appeared in the documentary movie “Hail Satan?” He was once a national council member of TST and since stepped down to focus on the legal battles that organization is waging against Christian extremism. Stu and cohost of the Naked Diner Jack …

YouTuber Steve Shives is our guest this week on the Naked Diner. Steve’s been on YouTube since 2010. His channel is all about Star Trek, politics, comedy, and atheism. Before Steve comes on, Jack and Andy talk about The Satanic Temple’s streaming service – Satan TV ( https://thesatanictemple.tv/ ) . Jack and Stu De Haan host a biweekly (and that’s …

Zion Lights from Extinction Rebellion talks about the protest movement’s origins, actions and more amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";amzn_assoc_region = "US";amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of…

Dese’rae L. Stage and Jess Stohlmann-Rainey’s new show Suicide ‘n’ Stuff is a ‘podcast situation’ about suicide … and stuff. Des coming from her long-running project Live Through This and Jess as the Director of Program Development at Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners both have a lot to say on the subject. You can find Suicide ‘n’ Stuff on Facebook As…

Ian’s an atheist comedian, Ty is a black comedian, Andy’s drinking, Jack is stuck using a crappy microphone … it’s political and philosophical chaos in the diner this week as Andy and Jack welcome back the comedians behind the Critical and Thinking podcast and the Divided Comedy tours. Ty’s Website Ian’s Website As always if you’d like to help supp…

Phil Zuckerman is the author of six books, including The Nonreligious, co-authored with Luke Galen and Frank Pasquale; Living the Secular Life; Faith No More; Society without God; Invitation to the Sociology of Religion; and Strife in the Sanctuary. His new book What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life is …

Allan Jay Lichtman is an American political historian who teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. He is mostly known for his ‘keys to the White House’ prediction model, which has correctly predicted the outcome of all but the 2000 election since Regan’s re-election. Andy and Jack talk with Allan about voting rights, the media, the democr…

This week Jack and Andy are once again joined by activist, political wonk, and all around good citizen Andre Salais from the Atheist Candidates Project to talk about the state of play with our current politics. Please consider supporting the project by donating at https://atheistcandidates.com/ As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/le…

John Loftus is an Atheist and author of several books on leaving religion including The Christian Delusion, The End of Christianity, Why I Became an Atheist, The Outsider Test of Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True, and Christianity Is Not Great. Prior to leaving Christianity John was a minister and taught apologetics, philosophy, critical th…

Bruce Marks is the CEO of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA). NACA is a non-profit, community advocacy and homeownership organization. NACA’s primary goal is to build strong, healthy neighborhoods in urban and rural areas nationwide through affordable homeownership. Andy and Jack talk to Bruce about how the organization got s…

Dan Arel is an author, journalist, and activist. He maintains the site ThinkPrivacy and has had his work featured in OpenSource, Time, Salon, AlterNet, Huffington Post, The New Arab, and more. Dan is the author of Parenting Without God, in which the second edition will be released on November 1, 2019 on PM Press. He also has three more book, includ…

Howie Hawkins is a Green Party presidential candidate from New York and a former enlisted Marine. He was New York’s Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006. In 2010, Hawkins ran as the Green Party’s candidate for Governor of New York and restored ballot status for the party by receiving more than the necessary 50,000 votes. In 2014, Hawki…

Vicky Alvear Shecter is the author of multiple books set in the ancient world, including the YA novels, CLEOPATRA’S MOON, based on the life of Cleopatra’s only daughter, and CURSES AND SMOKE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII and the adult historical collaborations, A SONG OF WAR, A YEAR OF RAVENS, and A DAY OF FIRE. She has written a mid-grade series on mytholog…

Brett Johnson is a Boston-based comedian and actor. His one-man show “Poly-Theist” premiered December 2018. It’s about him being a married 21-year-old monogamous Evangelical, then the opposite, so of course it’s a whole thing. It’s been performed in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Harvard University + a dozen other spots and hits the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe in …

This week’s guest is writer Michael Alvear he is one of the authors of the newly released “Revenge Of The Hatless: MAGA Meets Karma” satirical tale of deplorables who suffer the consequences when they run their lives like Trump runs the country. Now available on Amazon. As always you can find Jack at: Twitter and at his blog at For Infernal Use Onl…

Jay Wexler is the author of the new book “Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life“, published by Stanford University Press. Jay is a Professor at the Boston University School of Law. Also joining Jack this week is special guest co-host Stu De Haan, legal counsel for The…

Andy thinks Bernie can win the general but not the primary. Warren just isn’t likable enough to middle America. Would Wendy Davis be a good VP pick for Beto? It doesn’t matter because she’s got her own congressional race going on. What’s the best way to be condescending to Trump? Questions facts and unpopular opinions this week in the Diner with re…

WonKa is a Satanist in Arizona and the erstwhile proprietor of the LesserKey Clothing shop in threadless. Join us for a thrilling jaunt through 20+ years of Satanism, pop-culture, movies, and more. Visit WonKa’s shop and get yourself some cool swag. As always you can find Jack at: Twitter and at his blog at For Infernal Use Only And Andy At: Laughi…

Thomas is a historian and has spent the last many years as a tour guide in Salem, Massachusetts. He is currently working at the The Salem Art Gallery, which as many of our listeners already know is the Headquarters of The Satanic Temple. We talk with Thomas about Salem history, religion, politics, and his plans for a new walking tour of Salem under…

Andrew Seidel is a constitutional attorney at the Freedom From Religion Foundation and his new book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American does not pull any punches about the threat of Christian Nationalism in the United States. I’m joined this week by guest co-host Stephen Long from the Sacred Tension podcast who was nice enou…

Jonathan writes the A Tippling Philosopher blog at Patheos. He’s here to talk about his new book The Curse of the Maya: A Truth-Seekers’ Story, but also talks about his experiences having to go abroad (to Russia from the UK) to get treatment for his Multiple Sclerosis. Follow Jonathan on twitter for all his updates. As always you can find Jack at: …

Lexa Graham is the erstwhile proprietor of DNAtured a satyrical science and academia website. She’s also a comedian who regularly hosts themed stand-up nights in her town of Toronto. Fun stuff. Follow Lexa on Twitter @DNAturedjournal on Facebook at DNAtured Journal As always you can find Jack at: Twitter and at his blog at For Infernal Use Only And…

Detryck von Doom is the Assistant Director of the Central Kentucky – American Atheists, the Co-founder of Satanic Louisville, and a member of The Satanic Temple. Jack and Andy sit down with Detryck to talk about becoming an atheist, Satanism, family dinners, and more. You can follow along with Detryck over on the Books of Face As always you can fin…

Joe Badon is the director producer behind The God Inside My Ear, a super surreal, genre bending movie that Joe self funded and is currently Kickstarting his new project “Sister Tempest” Andy and Jack sit down with Joe to talk about the film, filmmaking, his time as a graphic artist, and his family’s time as part of a Christian religious cult. The G…

David Madison has a PhD in Biblical Studies from Boston University and is the author of Ten Tough Problems in Christian Thought and Belief: A Minister-Turned-Atheist Shows You Why You Should Ditch the Faith. Jack and Andy sit down with David to talk about those Ten Tough Problems, his journey to non-belief, his coming out after getting divorced, an…

Chapter Head Chris Turvey and Media Liaison Damion Luciano of The Satanic Temple- Colorado Chapter are in the Diner this week to talk about their chapter’s growth, activities like their Hellfire club philosophy group, the chapter’s new Heathens for Heroes collection drive for veterans, and more. As always you can find Jack at: Twitter and at his bl…

… I mean what can you say about Lanzifer? He’s the Satanic Knight of the Realm. This week Jack and guest co-host Wonka talk with Lanzifer about chivalry, jousting, Satanism, horses, Don Quixote, and more. Lanzifer is a now former TST Chapter Head for the now defunct San Marcos chapter, but still an active member who works with TST-San Antonio. You …

Sam is a Texas comedian and political activist. Sam was first on the show way back on episode 50 and (not that we’re keeping track) he might be one of the Diner’s most frequent returning guests. Sam recently experienced a breakup of epic proportions after a whirlwind romance. So we get to hear all about Sam’s experiences leading up to his return to…

Lucien Greaves is the co-founder of The Satanic Temple. Jack and Andy talk to Lucien about Grey Faction, The new ‘Hail Satan?’ documentary and more. You can find Lucien on Twitter, Patreon, as a semi-regular contributor on For Infernal Use Only, and of course for information on The Satanic Temple you can go to the organization’s website. As always …

This week on the show ‘DeadAir’ Dennis Maler is in his own studio with Co-Host Andy while Jack takes a week off. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";amzn_assoc_region = "US";amzn_assoc_title = "…

Atheist Comedian and MMA trainer Ian Harris is back in the diner this week to talk politics, gym training, religion and more. You can find Ian’s 2 comedy specials, Critical and Thinking, and ExtraOrdinary on Amazon. Plus, you can check out Ian’s podcast with Ty Barnett (also called Critical and Thinking) on all your favorite podcatchers. As always …

Phil hosts the Hangover Haze Podcast and this week he sits down with Jack and Andy to talk about his show, addiction recovery, comedy, and more. Find more Phil at the Hangover Haze Facebook page As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and at his blog at https://patheos.com/blogs/infernal And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/b…

Suzanne runs the No Longer Quivering Blog on Patheos. This week she sits down w/ Jack and Andy to discuss living in Costa Rica, the Quiverful Movement, crazy fundamentalist shenanigans, giant insects, and more! Find Suzanne at her blog As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and at his blog at https://patheos.com/blogs/infer…

Hemant Mehta is, of course, the erstwhile proprietor of Patheos.com’s Friendly Atheist blog, which covers topics of religious over-reach, scientific discovery, and separation of church state issues. He is also the author of several books including The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide and I Sold My Soul on eBay. Hemant is also a former high school mat…

Hey gang! It’s the holiday season and this week Jack and Andy have been busy making our social rounds and doing all the things. So we’re delving into the vaults for a Classic Naked Diner episode! We’re going all the way back to July of 2016 for a talk we had with the amazing Geek Gal Sarah Hodge Weatherbe. Because it’s mid-December and everybody co…

This week fellow Patheos blogger from “Without a Crystal Ball” Katie Paulson is back in the diner for an extra-long double-length episode! The conversation just.kept.going and we couldn’t just leave all that goodness on the cutting room floor. Stop in for a whirlwind talk about atheism, special needs parenting, drugs, crime and more! You can find m…

Sam Slade is a comedian and radio personality who began his career as a producer and on-air personality on the Dudley and Bob Show on KLBJ-FM, a producer at ESPN Austin and Clear Channel, and hosted and produced his own show on KMAC radio. Since Sam’s last visit to the Diner he has gotten married and this week will be starting his own podcast The 2…

Comedian Nathan Timmel is back in the diner for a talk about post-election politics, patenting and … other things that start with P. You can find more Nathan on his website at http://nathantimmel.com, and also check out his podcast Idiots on Parade at https://soundcloud.com/idiots-on-parade As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledfla…

This week Ben Rosenfeld from http://www.bigbencomedy.com/ is in the Diner to talk to Jack and Andy about his experiences in comedy, parenting, and growing up as a Russian Jewish immigrant. Ben has three comedy albums: the iTunes #1 best selling comedy album The United States of Russia (2018 – iTunes – released by Comedy Dynamics), the Amazon Top 5 …

Joseph Laycock is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Texas State University whose research focuses on American religious history and sociological approaches to religious studies. He is the author of “Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds“, “Vampires Today: The Truth …

Well it’s the day before US Election 2018 and Jack and Andy are going guestless to talk about our pending election, make predictions, rant, elaborate, complain, kvetch, and motivate. Remember, we are two cis white guys; we’ll be fine no matter what happens. But we’re also Atheists, so we’re very concerned. We’ll see you at the polls, gang. Get out …

This week Jack and Andy talk with Dale McGowan about music (not Atheism, not Satan, not Foundation Beyond Belief, not any of that …. MUSIC), because music is Dale’s first love and the subject of his new podcast How Music Does That, which Dale describes as his “favorite parts of teaching” to get people excited about music and musicology. McGowan gra…

Adam Kotsko is an American writer, theologian, religious scholar, and translator, working chiefly in the field of political theology. He served as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago, which was absorbed into North Central College in 2017. He is especially known for his interpretative work on Slavoj Žižekand Giorgio Aga…

Godless Engineer is youtube’s resident Atheist, ex-christian, from Alabama. You can follow his show on the Youtubes or the Facebooks, whatever works for you! As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and at his blog at http://patheos.com/blogs/infernal And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://t…

Caitlin and Damian are representatives of Satanic Australia, who along with Satanic New Zealand have recently launched nationwide Blood for Satan campaigns in their countries to support the efforts of the Red Cross. Jack and Andy chat with the two in a discussion about that project along with Australian politics and their efforts starting nationwid…

Tom McDonald is a Brooklyn based comedian, animator, and writer. his videos have been seen at NYTVF 2018, Hollyweb Fest 2017, Channel 101 NY, Stareable Pick of the Week, ComedyCake.com, Vulture, and at venues throughout New York City. In 2017 he won Best Animation at the Channy’s and Best Onscreen Duo the same awards in 2016. You can check out his …

Thomas Westbrook from Holy Koolaid returns to the diner to talk about his new campaign to aid survivors of Catholic Priest abuse, The Faithless Forum convention of youtube atheists, and more! amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";…

Sam is the creator of http://www.woohooligan.com/, we talk with him about everything from housing to autism. This episode rambles a bit, but it’s a fascinating ramble amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace = …

This week Andy and Jack sit down with Lana Navalia and Sadie Satanas, the Chapterheads of TST-Santa Cruz to talk about their recent excursion to the Baphomet Rally in Arkansas, the Santa Cruz chapter’s adopt-a-beach, the history of persecution by the religious of the LTGBQ+ community, veganism, and more. Checkout TST-Santa Cruz via their facebook p…