Ep. 47 - Wendy Thomas Russell, Author of "Relax, It's Just God"

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Wendy Thomas Russell is a journalist who spent years covering criminal justice. In 2008, she began writing books for and about children, including three books for the Girl Scouts. In 2011, her focus shifted to secular parenting. Not only does she blog on Patheos at Natural Wonderers, she is about to release a new book called Relax, It’s Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious. We spoke with Wendy about whether or not it makes sense to raise your child as an atheist, why the “sex talk” is easier than the “God talk,” and what she learned from the authors of other books about atheist parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:08.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint, or building a playlist that will even get your
0:14.8	none up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:20.1	Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max.
0:25.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flipive and Chromebook are better together.
0:33.6	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook,
0:37.0	ready to edit, and access recent Chrome tabs across both devices.
0:41.0	The new Galaxy Z Flip-5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:45.0	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:46.8	Bluetooth and internet connection required.
0:48.8	You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook.
0:55.0	I'm Hemmant Meta.
0:58.0	And I'm Jessica Blimpty.
0:59.0	And you're listening to the podcast for Friendly atheist.com. You can now listen to all of our episodes and
1:05.1	see show notes at friendly atheist podcast.com.
1:09.8	Wendy Thomas Russell is a journalist who spent years covering criminal justice.
1:15.0	In 2008, she began writing books for and about children, including three books for the
1:19.3	Girl Scouts.
1:20.7	In 2011, her focus shifted to secular parenting.
1:24.0	Not only does she blog on Patios at natural wanderers, she's about to release a new book called
1:28.7	Relax, It's just God, how and why to talk to your kids about religion when you're not religious.
1:33.7	Wendy, thank you so much for joining us tonight.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Friendly Atheist Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Friendly Atheist Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.