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Episode 51: NWA Pride Week! A little bit different show tonight. We kick off things by reviewing a really cheap beer: Rockdale Classic from Rockdale Brewing Co. in La Grosse, WI ($4.28 at Walmart). The beer is decent, better than most American Adjunct Lagers, but not great by any stretch of the imagination. The Brewpub gives it 4.5 beers out of a 6 pack. Then Brother Brewer jumps into a review of the upcoming bestseller by Dana Fredsti, Spawn of Lilith. No spoilers, but it is a very good book and I highly recommend it once it releases on June 27th. (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-spawn-of-lilith-dana-fredsti/1125283340). After we get the reviews out of the way, the Pub opens to Kate Johnson. Kate is heading up the plans for this year’s NWA Pride Festival in Fayetteville, AR. We talk about some of the exciting events coming up, the parade itself, and a little bit about the NWA Center for Equality, a great bunch of people that are dedicated to LGBT equality and inclusion in and around Walmart Mecca. (NWA Center for Equality: http://nwaequality.org/ Northwest Arkansas Pride 2017 schedule of events: http://nwaequality.org/nwapride/). As always, if you like what you hear and want to help keep the lights on, go to www.patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub and make a per episode donation. As little as $1 per episode will give you access to bonus content as available, and also get you entry into the prestigious and irreligious Order of St. Hitchens, or OSHit. If you can’t support the show, please consider giving Skeptic’s Brewpub a 5 star review on iTunes. To contact Brother Brewer: brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com or www.facebook.com/brotherbrewer Archives of previous shows can be found at www.skepticsbrewpub.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Tonight, Chris Johnson sat down in the Pub to talk about his book and movie, A Better Life. It was a fun conversation where we talked about the positive messages in his film and book, the tour, and a few other subjects. This episode also includes an apology for not being on the air consistently over the past month. I hope I can do better in the future. Chris’s book and movie can be found at https://www.theatheistbook.com. You can also support him on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/theatheistbook. His podcast, A Better Life is at https://soundcloud.com/chris-johnson-970688064 We’ve moved! The show is now being hosted on Podbean. I’m hoping that your RSS feed subscription has automatically updated, but if not, you can update the feed at https://brotherbrewer.podbean.com/feed/ The website is still the same, and you can still catch past shows at www.skepticsbrewpub.com Contact Brother Brewer at www.facebook.com/beerandblasphemy or facebook.com/brotherbrewer. You can help support the show, keep the lights on, and the beer brewing, by becoming a patron of the show at www.patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub. When you pledge $1 or more per episode, you also become a member of the irreligious Order of St Hitchens, or OSHit, complete with certificate of acceptance into the order.

Tonight is a bit more of an upbeat show after the past couple weeks of illness and family illness. I am joined by my nephew, the YouTube star Cookie Fuzzy. We spend a bit of time catching up and talking about life in my old home town. You can find Cookie Fuzzy at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Q87cM4vvlYqK72NEK9h2w If you want to help support the show: patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub To contact Brother Brewer: facebook.com/beerandblasphemy or facebook.com/brotherbrewer Past episodes can be found at skepticsbrewpub.com

Due to illness on my part and my dad being in thh hospital, we wont be puuting out a regular show until next wek.

I was going to be joined by the Atheist Nomads, Dustin, Lauren, and Wesley. Unfortunately, Walmart Mecca had a second annual "100 Year Flood" over the weekend and had to reschedule. A combination of this seemingly recurring pattern, a Facebook discussion, and conversations with my believing family brought up this instead. The Atheist Nomads can be found at: http://www.atheistnomads.com/ Support the show and become a member of the irreligious Order of St Hitchens (O.S.Hit) by making a per episode donation to the show at patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub. Follow the show on Facebook at facebook.com/beerandblasphemy Listen to recordings of the show each Tuesday or Wednesday at www.skepticsbrewpub.com

This week Brother Brewer sat down and had a few with C-Webb from Paranormal Skeptic Academy to talk about the "science" behind the paranormal. You can catch his show at www.paranormalskepticacademy.com. Also check out the bonus Patron's Only Bonus Material, where we talked about beer, our stints in the military, mythicism and a whole lot of other stuff. That show will release tomorrow at patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub.

Tonight, on Skeptic’s Brewpub, Brother Brewer sits down with David Fitzgerald to talk about his new book series, Jesus, Mything in Action. We also discuss the finer points of mythicism, beer, Star Wars, and a bunch of other geeky goodness. David’s newest books Jesus: Mything in Action Vol 1., Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 Nailed: https://www.amazon.com/Nailed-Christian-Myths-Jesus-Existed-ebook/dp/B007GPG290/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 The Mormons: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Heretics-Guide-Western-Religion/dp/B01MRIH4UQ/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 You can help us keep the lights on by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub. There you can also join the venerable ranks of the irreligious Order of St. Hitchens, or O.S.Hit. You can follow the show on Facebook at facebook.com/beerandblasphemy or www.facebook.com/BrotherBrewer You can find the show archives, blog posts, the Bozo of the Week, and more at www.skepticsbrewpub.com

Brother Brewer is joined in the pub by Rob and Amy of Secular Yakking. Great conversations about the show, the Original Motto Project, and a few other fun topics.

Support the show at www.patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub Now for something a little different. Brother Brewer goes undercover to bring you a chiropractic seminar on non-medication treatment of ADHD and by extension autism, because we all know that the two are related… heavy on the sarcasm. Sitting in and then realizing it took 14 times longer to research and refute the information she presented than to listen to the schpeal, it is easy to see how people can fall prey to a lot of pseudoscientific baloney. It seems they are really good at adding in just enough real science to fool most people who don’t have the critical thinking skills to understand it is mostly bunk. Links: Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detector: http://www.skeptical-science.com/bullshit/detecting-bullshit-quick-refresher-carl-sagan/ A really good article explaining “functional medicine” from Science Blogs: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/04/18/the-quackery-of-so-called-functional-medicine-making-it-up-as-you-go-along/ Harriet Hall’s article on genetic testing: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/genetic-testing-does-knowing-risk-of-disease-make-a-difference/ Latest on antioxidants: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-trouble-for-antioxidants/ How claims of chiropractors ability to treat ADHD and allergies may be misleading: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/78433012/claims-chiropractors-can-treat-adhd-allergies-misleading-customers--study Is pediatric chiropractic care legit?: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-chiropractic-care-scientifically-indefensible/ Follow the show on Facebook: www.facebook.com/beerandblasphemy Contact Brother Brewer at brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com

Originally aired 3/13/17 on YouTube. Aiden McCool joins the Brewpub for the evening to talk about transmale issues, Bozos, and just shooting the breeze! You can read more of his work at https://thehumanrightsftm.wordpress.com/ To hear more from the Brewpub you can find the website at www.skepticsbrewpub.com. To send fan mail, hate male or any other type of male/female, you can reach Brother Brewer at brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com, or on Facebook at facebook.com/beerandblasphemy. Support the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub. News Items: Bozo of the Week Nominees: 1. Rep. Steve King (R-Potatoland) Lets his Racism Show: “"I'd like to see an America that's just so homogenous that we look a lot the same, from that perspective.” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/323633-king-says-he-meant-tweet-endorsing-far-right-dutch-politician 2. Rep. Jason Chaffertz (R-Mormonville) thinks healthcare costs the same as an iPhone: "Maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on, maybe they should invest in their own healthcare," http://kcby.com/news/nation-world/chaffetz-invest-in-healthcare-rather-than-new-iphone 3. AR Rep. Mary Bentley (R-Assholistan) trying to bully Arkansas Tech for having a one day public sex-ed forum on the campus lawn that included LGBT issues and questions by threatening to yank funding from the University. http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/10/legislators-threaten-arkansas-tech-with-financial-reprisal-for-sex-ed-event-including-sex-toys#more 4. New EPA Head Scott Pruitt claims that the jury is still out on CO2’s influence on Global Warming. Science consensus disagrees. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/10/scott-pruitt/epa-head-scott-pruitt-says-carbon-dioxide-not-prim/ Good News: Central Texas to open its first Transgender Free Clinic. http://www.kvue.com/news/local/first-free-transgender-care-clinic-to-open-in-texas/421003202 Daughters of Charity (a Catholic org) has donated $5000 to Lucie’s Place, an Arkansas charity group focused on helping homeless LGBT teens. http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/13/lucies-place-work-for-lgbt-young-people-gets-lift-from-daughters-of-charity Stopped Clock Segment: It seems Tom Cotton (R-Hillbilly Land) got the message from his recent Town Hall in NWA. This weekend he has broken with the Party and is urging the House not to be hasty in voting on a healthcare bill that won’t pass the Senate. This puts him in opposition with Speaker Paul Ryan, who has been trying to spin his crappy plan as a great idea. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/323571-cotton-the-bill-probably-can-be-fixed-but-its-going-to-take-a-lot-of Atheists are better parents? https://jezebel.com/godless-parents-are-doing-a-better-job-1682844001. I Got You, Babe segment: Colton Hayes has officially broken my heart, by accepting the wedding proposal from his boyfriend while Cher videoed in. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/13/people-are-going-wild-for-colton-haynes-wedding-proposal-2/

Tonight Brother Brewer is joined by Chris Hannah and Christopher Tanner from Cellar Door Skeptics to talk about just about everything that came to mind. You can find their show at http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Tuesday nights. Starting next week, the show will move to a pre-recorded show on Tuesdays so we can try to get rid of some of the kinks of the new system. You can become a Patron of the show and become a member of the Irreligious Order of St. Hitchens, or O.S.Hit for short by going to patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub and making a donation. Any fan mail, hate mail, death threats or such can be sent to brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com, or you can contact Brother Brewer on Twitter @Brother_Brewer or at Facebook.com/beerandblasphemy.

Episode 41: Noah and Lucinda Lugeons

Tonight Brother Brewer discovers his shadow, as James joins the show to watch how to create a complete disaster on air! Plus, the Canadians from the Brainstorm Podcast who weren’t caught in a blizzard will also sit down to talk about watching the slow Trumpster fire that is US politics from an outside perspective, being skeptics and freethinkers in Saskatchewan, and why they don’t follow the mould of the polite Canadians. Plus, we unveil the Bozo of the Week! Links to our news stories: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/06/ark-tech-students-talk-about-sex-cut-off-their-money-rep-mary-bentley-suggests http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/05/the-arkansas-proud-open-line#more http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/03/free-zinn-book-fior-arkansas-teachers http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/marines-united-photos-investigation/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/06/carson-compares-slaves-to-immigrants-coming-to-a-land-of-dreams-and-opportunity/?utm_term=.d3996344a539 http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/06/a-canada-without-enforced-borders-is-no-canada-at-all To hear the Brainstorm Podcast, check out: https://www.brainstormblog.net/ You can send questions, suggestions, hate mail, and your own Bozo of the Week nominations to brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com Support the show and help keep my accountant (the Mrs.) from turning out the lights to the podcast by making a per episode donation at patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub. Patrons of the show are also enrolled into the Order of St Hitchens (O.S.Hit), our irreligious order. You can follow the show at skepticsbrewpub.com, or facebook.com/beerandblasphemy for all the happenings here in Walmart Mecca.

Author, activist, podcaster, college student and all around great gal Melissa McCool joins me in the pub to talk about her book, her activism, her coming out story and much more. You can find more of her at http://incitingincident.libsyn.com/ and her column at lordsofpain.com

Due to technical difficulties, I'm flying solo again, but we're going to do something different tonight. After a short bit on politics, and a refill, we dive into the Secret Book of John and a crash course in Gnosticism.

Tonight Brother Brewer sits down with Tucker Drake from Atheist in the Trailer Park to talk about all kinds of fun stuff. You can find Tucker's podcast at http://tparkatheist.blogspot.com/

Tonight's show is a bit different, as I welcome Adrian Ward from the One Last Story Podcast to the show to talk about reading classic weird and horror tales, some of our favorites, and other literary type stuff. I hope you enjoy the break from the regular world as much as I do. One Last Story can be found at www.therealadrianward.com. Every couple weeks he reads tales from the likes of M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, and many other early greats that inspired much of the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres we love today.

Tonight Brother Brewer embraces his Country side and welcomes fellow Southern SJW Chris Watson from The Podunk Polymath Podcast! We talk about his show, being secular so close to Music City, his involvement with NanoCon 2017, and we'll unveil this weeks Bozo of the Week! Stay Tuned! You can find Chris' podcast at thepodunkpolymath.com . If you want to help support the show, you can go to patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub and make a per episode donation. Or you can give me a 5-star review on iTunes, or Stitcher and help us broaden our reach. You can send any fan mail, hate mail or any other messages to me at brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com. If you have a Bozo you would like to nominate for Bozo of the week, you can email it to the show or send it as a message to the facebook page facebook.com/beerandblasphemy. You can the show at our facebook page or visit us at skepticsbrewpub.com, where you'll find updates, the Bozo Archives, and links to other secular podcasts, secular, LGBT and self care links, and other great stuff!

Morgan and Trav join Brother Brewer to talk about their podcast and other fun stuff.

Tonight Brother is joined by Eli Bosnick of Scathing Atheist, God Awful Movies, and The Skepticrat. We sit down and talk about podcasting, activism and hopefully share a few laughs as well as find out if Ray Comfort tastes like chicken. You can hear more from Eli Bosnick on God Awful Movies, The Scathing Atheist, and The Skepticrat. All available on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and other fine podcatchers You can help support the show by making a per episode donation at patreon.com/skepticsbrewpub Listen to the audio show live at skepticsbrewpub.com Contact Brother Brewer at brotherbrewer@skepticsbrewpub.com Nominate a Bozo of the Week at weeklybozo@skepticsbrewpub.com.