A Better Life w/ Chris Johnson

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Live from the Reason Rally, Cara sits down with Chris Johnson (A Better Life) to talk about his photography book and film, what it means to be an atheist, and why it's imperative we talk about not just what we don't believe, but how we find meaning in a world without god.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday June 6th and I'm your host
0:19.9	Kara Santa Maria. This week I want to thank those of you who made
0:24.0	talk nerdy possible, especially by visiting
0:27.3	my Patreon page at patreon dot com slash
0:31.2	talk nerdy. I especially want to thank Phil T-Bare, Timothy Glover, Hubble's
0:36.8	Minion, Charles Pay It, Jafe, The Honorable Husband, Gabrielle Felipe had a meal Gonzalez, Ken Fifer, Brian Holden, and Jeffrey Sewall.
0:50.0	Thank you so much for your support week after week.
0:53.8	You make TalkNurdy possible for everyone to download free of charge.
0:58.6	And if you're looking for ways that you can support the show,
1:01.6	both monetarily and just by getting the word out you
1:04.8	can visit kara Santa Maria.com and scroll around right there on my page.
1:10.5	Well guys I'm really excited about this week's episode. This weekend I spent some time at the reason rally in Washington DC.
1:18.0	I gave a talk I participated in a few panels I got to spend some wonderful time with friends in the atheist
1:25.6	and secular movement and also a lot of really cool fans. If you're listening
1:29.7	right now and I had a chance to meet you I'm so so glad that I did. It was a ton of fun. But one of the panels I sat on was with Chris Johnson. Now Chris did a beautiful book originally. It's a photography book, kind of a
1:46.2	coffee table book called A Better Life 100 atheists speak out on joy and
1:51.1	meaning in a world without God and I had the honor of being featured in
1:55.6	that book. Since then it has become a film and also a podcast and a whole kind of
2:02.4	really big cool project and so I wanted to sit down
2:06.0	with Chris he was there at the Reason rally as well and I wanted to talk to him
2:10.7	about how atheists find joy and meaning in their lives and why it's so important for
2:15.9	us to tell our stories.
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