If you're a regular geek-scan to the Galaxy listener, please rate and review us on iTunes

or using the podcast app on your phone.

We currently have 984 five-star ratings, and it would be great to get that up to a thousand.

And to want to give a special thank you to Matthias Kahn, who just gave us this five-star

review.

I was a huge sci-fi reader in earlier years, but thanks to this podcast, I've now discovered

numerous authors I somehow bypassed.

Enjoying the story of the world now by Sheckley, fantastic, the podcast and Sheckley, Amber

is next in the queue.

Beyond that, waiting for you for more referrals, David.

No pressure.

Well, son.

So big thanks again to Matthias Kahn for that great review.

All right, so now let's get to our show.

Wired.com presents The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Curtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 479 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Richard Carrier, who you may remember from our review of Noah back

in episode 108, our review of Exodus Gods and Kings back in episode 130, and our review

of Risen back in episode 192.

He holds a PhD in Ancient History from Columbia, and is the author of many books, including

on the historicity of Jesus, which is the first peer-reviewed academic book to make

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