NEPA Freethought Society Podcast – Episode 11 – Interview with Ethereal Collapse

Episode 11 of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast is now available in video and audio format! Follow this link for the podcast through your method of choice. Podcast Topic: Joining us for this podcast — hailing from Wilkes-Barre, PA — are members of the melodic death metal band Ethereal Collapse. We discuss themes of philosophy […]

Have diversity initiatives sabotaged higher education?

  Diversity initiatives in higher education, with the intent to foster harmony and understanding of others, seemed to have undermined some of the primary goals of higher education: leading students to critically self-reflect and hold justified true beliefs. Some diversity initiatives have reinforced the very harmful idea that disagreement is disrespectful and have also assented to […]

The vapid Christian response to the death of Tyler Winstead

(Image from Citizen’s Voice article) For those who are not from Northeastern Pennsylvania — or otherwise do not know — a 14-year-old boy named Tyler Winstead was recently shot and killed while walking home from playing basketball at a Christian Youth Center by an assailant who is still at large and unknown. Local media has described Winstead as a […]

NEPA Freethought Society Podcast: Episode 8

The eighth episode of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast featuring an interview with special guest humanist author and speaker Jen Hancock. Stream/download here, listen/download on iTunes here, and subscribe to our RSS feed. Past episodes are available here. Jen Hancock is the author of “The Humanist Approach to Happiness: Practical Wisdom” and “Jen Hancock’s Handy […]