Well, we've been waiting for it all summer, all year. It's today. It's Backcruz weekend. We are live in studio with a full audience. This is peak community for the atheist community of Austin. We've got five, count them five of your favorite speakers on deck. It's all happening. Grab your phone. Whatever you're concerned, your quibble, your question,

your debate topic, we've got some of the best brains of the ACA locked and loaded, plus myself

here to direct traffic and try to keep it all on the rails. So keep those calls coming and

hold on to your butts because this is rapid fire talk heathen, and the show is coming right now.

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That's the energy we love.

Glad to be here.

Glad to be doing this.

Glad all of y'all are here. glad to be joined by you good folks.

Welcome everyone.

Today is August 17, 2025.

I am your host and dungeon master of ceremonies, certified religious trauma therapist Christy Powell.

And joining me right now is counselor in training, Sophia Spina, and former student

Dr. Ben Hamilton. We'll be joined in a bit by Scott Dickey and Forrest Valki, but lines are open now.

You know, I say this basically every time that I host, but with the Swiss army bag of brains that we have on deck today,

we really are open to all of your questions about religion, secular humanism, atheistic morality,

separation of church and state, Christian nationalism, creationism, religious trauma, human rights,

queer rights, cosmology, philosophy, science, history, life, the universe, and everything.

All that said, Sophia, remind us a little bit about who you are and maybe who you're hoping to talk to today.

Cool. So, I'm just some lady. And as I can imagine, counselor in training just graduated with my master's in marriage, family, and child counseling.

So that's cool.

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