PODCAST #800: Ask Natalie (almost) Anything

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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On this milestone show, many listeners asked to see/hear Natalie in the guest chair. She kindly agreed to mark the occasion with us.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one.
0:04.6	The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea.
0:10.6	The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.
0:14.0	Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred.
0:18.6	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth,
0:21.6	not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:25.6	And working together for a more rational world.
0:28.6	Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
0:30.6	Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
0:34.6	Assume nothing.
0:36.6	Question everything. Assume nothing. Question everything and start thinking.
0:42.2	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.
1:02.6	So I was trying to figure out how to mark this latest milestone, podcast number 800.
1:08.4	This broadcast had been on the air off and on for 15 years, 16.
1:14.3	Yeah, we started in 2010, so that's almost 15 years. And I went on Facebook,
1:20.3	and I made an informal poll. Who would you like to hear? Or who should I invite as a guest? And a surprising number of people said, grab your wife, because we want to ask your questions.
1:27.1	Okay, fine. That's what we did. ask your questions. Okay, fine.
1:28.2	That's what we did.
1:30.9	FYI, about five minutes into our discussion, we were talking about Linus going to the vet,
1:36.3	and we found out after the fact, so I just want you to know.
1:41.0	The doc said it was arthritis, probably rooted to the injury that he had when
1:45.8	he broke his paw in a door a couple of years ago. And so he is on medication for that paw,
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