Naked Diner

Nathan is a 15+ year comedy veteran who has headlined comedy clubs across the country, Nathan has previously recorded four comedy CDs (with regular airplay on Sirius/XM), visited the Bob & Tom Show several times, and been overseas to perform for American troops nine times—including stops in Iraq and Afghanistan. His Latest CD “I Might Not be Joking” was just released and is available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and really everywhere else audio is sold. He also is the co-host of the Idiots on Parade Podcast. To find more from Nathan visit his website nathantimmel.com or you can find him on twitter @nathantimmel also as always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Street. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Pliny the In-Between is a webcomic creator from Portland, OR. You can find his stuff at http://farcornercafe.blogspot.com. Jack and Andy talk with Pliny about humor, politics, living in the Northwest, and even a bit of science and technology. also as always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Street. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Russell Glasser is the current president of the Atheist Community of Austin and one of several regular hosts of the weekly online series The Atheist Experience. Jack and Andy invite Russell into the diner to discuss secularism, public outreach, atheism, religion, activism and more. You can find more Russell on episodes of The Atheist Experience and as a co-host on the ACA’s podcast The Non-Prophets. **PROGRAMMING NOTE** You may notice at the end of the show we talk about doing extra tape for Patreon only content … as you may or may not have heard Andy has decided to leave the show and we’re going to wind down the Patreon so ignore that and don’t become a Patreon patron … but without it I didn’t have an ending.-Jack** also as always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Street. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Dan Arel is the author of the newly released “The Secular Activist”, blogger, and speaker. We sit down with Dan this week to talk about effective activism, protesting, orgainzing and more. You can find more Dan on his blog Danthropology, his new Podcast of the same name, and of course you can pick up a copy of The Secular Activist on Amazon. It’s a good, quick read that is a great place to start for anyone looking to get more involved in becoming more engaged and involved in political resistence. As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Stefan is a prolific writer of comics, novels, and assorted media. Co-host Andy kind of flew this episode solo becasue co-host Jack was off in the high desert engaging in Southwest things. You can find more Stefan at http://www.petrucha.com As always if you’d like to help support the podcast please consider signing up to be a Patreon patron, or consider just using the amazon shop links at zxh-creative.com also as always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Actor/Comedian Victor Varnado joins Andy and Jack for a talk about comedy, media, video games and LARPing. Victor’s web series Realm of Larp can be found on the Nerdist YouTube channel, and he is currerntly producing webcontent for Conde Nash. Check out Episode 1 of Realm of LARP You can find more from Victor at his website http://victorvarnado.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/varnado As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com And finally the Naked Diner Podcast is still running our #SwearJar campaign to raise awareness (and some cash) for http://livethroughthis.org suicide awareness. Please consider passing along some of your seasonal spending over that way because we think it’s an important thing. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Lahna Turner is a musical comedian whose latest album Limeade is, honestly, a really awesome exploration of her experiences breaking up with her husband, you should check it out. Here’s a taste. Jack and Andy talk to Lahna about comedy, parenting, the trends of L.A., and more. Find more Lana here!: http://www.lahnaturner.com and on HER podcast Perfect 10 http://perfect10pod.com As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com   amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Nick Posey is a good friend of the show and former co-host on two of Jack’s previous shows The Left Hemispheres Podcast and The Lost Hominids Podcast. He was also a semi-regular on Barely Domesticated. Since then he has been heavily active in the workers rights movement, so we decided he was just the guy to come into the diner to discuss what the hell happened with this year’s election and how we can all start to move forward from here. You can find Nick on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nicksabot As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Drew Morgan is part of the WellRed Comedy tour along with friend of the show Trae Crowder. Not many people make the transition from lawyer to stand-up comic, but Drew has. We talk with Drew about his life, comedy, growing up in Tennessee, being a lawyer in Miami-Dade County, and belief vs. unbelief. You can find Drew on his site http://www.averagedrew.com, find out more about the tour on http://wellredcomedy.com, and pick up a copy of the book he, Trae, and other member of the tour Cory Ryan Forrester all co-authored together The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark (Also available as an audiobook which you can score a free copy of with a 30-day free trial by signing up at http://www.audibletrial.com/nakeddiner) If you like The Naked Diner and want to help us out please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon Patron http://patreon.com/nakeddiner As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Street. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com And of course we are still participating in our LiveThroughThis.org #Swearjar campaign to help promote suicide prevention awareness. Which you too can contribute to here http://bit.ly/lttdonate amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Happy Halloween! This week Andy and Jack welcome Finn Rezz, organizer for The Satanic Temple-Portland, to talk about the political climate in Portland Oregon, the Satanic Temple’s After School Satan Program, atheist religion, language, activism, and more. It’s a very wide ranging conversation and we had a lot of fun. Production note: The audio gets better after the midroll ad, Finn was nice enough to send me his audio on a separate track but missed the first bit of the show, not a big deal. Just letting you know. (Between you and me, things like that are usually how the midroll placement gets determined). Want to find out more about TST Portland? Their website is http://www.satanicportland.org, They’re at TSTPDX on Twitter and Instagram, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tstpdx/ If you like The Naked Diner and want to help us out please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon Patron http://patreon.com/nakeddiner As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Street. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com And of course we are still participating in our LiveThroughThis.org #Swearjar campaign to help promote suicide prevention awareness. Which you too can contribute to here http://bit.ly/lttdonate amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Roel is the erstwhile proprietor of the World of Ro Podcast and (though we somehow manage to completely forget to mention it in the episode) one of the board members of the group behind the popular twitter hashtag #PodernFamily which is a great resource for finding and following a bunch of really terrific shows (including ours!). You may remember, if you follow our goings on, that Jack has been on Ro’s show twice. But this is the first time we’ve had Ro in the guest chair and we had a great time talking shop about the podcasting craft, juggling schedules, guests, and so much more. Also, go ahead and subscribe to World of Ro now because in addition to us taping with Ro, after our show we did a second taping with Ro in the driver’s seat that will be hitting his feed later this week. You can also find Ro on twitter https://twitter.com/RoelSantosJr and more about his show on the show’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WorldofRo/ As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available at https://schuxfamicom.bandcamp.com Last but not least, if you like our show and want to help us out please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon Patron http://patreon.com/nakeddiner amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Do I really have to tell our audience who Brian is? Doesn’t seem like I should. But Brian Dalton is the creator and star of the Mr. Deity, and just an all around swell guy. This is a fun episode and I think, as as far as I’m aware, one of the few times Brian has talked about how Mr. Deity … happened. We do a pretty deep dive into his childhood and how the channel took off. The conversation goes into a lot of interesting places so we hope you enjoy it. Also funny story from the cutting room floor: Just before we added Brian onto the skype call he shot me a message asking whether swearing was ‘allowed, prohibited, or just frowned upon’. For those of you following the show who know that we’re currently running our #swearjar campaign to raise money and awareness for livethroughthis.org you understand why he was delighted to hear my response ‘Not only is it allowed, it raises money for a good cause!’ So, of course the place to go to find more from Brian is MrDeity.com As always if you’d like to help support the podcast please consider signing up to be a Patreon patron, or consider just using the amazon shop links at zxh-creative.com also as always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Early Release! Why? Because our guest, comedian Sam Slade ,worked on both of Obama’s campaigns and we decided to put it out a few hours early so it diner patrons can have a chance to hear all our hot takes on the current political situation ahead of the Clinton/Trump town hall debate. Sam is a Texas comedian and political activist. We had a great time with Sam, he’s funny, politically astute, and based on that we decided the best thing to do is to just go ahead and put this out now. You can find Sam on his Facebook http://facebook.com/samsladecomedy and on his twitter http://twitter.com/thesamslade Also, we’ve decided, given the situation, that use of the P word does count for our http://Livethroughthis.org swearjar campaign to raise money for suicide prevention awareness. So given everything that’s happened in this last news cycle we end up donating a fair chunk of change to Live Through This. As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

Galen is a certified CFI Secular Celbrant in Illinois and blogger of Across Rivers Wide at Patheos (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rivers/) where he writes about interfaith dialog. We discuss his journey from growing up religious to non-belief and the uniqu challenges of maintaining a relationship when one person in the couple changes beliefs. Also, this is our 2nd episode of the Naked Diner #SwearJar to benefit and raise awareness for livethroughthis.org suicide prevention advocacy. Please consider heading on over there and checking out the site and stories of suicide survivors, it’s powerful stuff. Maybe even consider making a donation yourself. As always you can find Jack at: https://twitter.com/ledflashing and http://zxh-creative.com And Andy At: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/ or https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory. Music: Schux Famicom – 7th Avenue. Full album available on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/schux-famicom/id757234799 amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";

A lot going on this week gang. 1) Andy and I are starting out on #swearjar inititative for Dese’rae L. Stage’s Live Through This Campaign. Because we believe in it. We didn’t make her a huge amount of money this week ($3), but that’s fine because we are doing this until late-ish December. Go to the site. Experience what it’s about. 2) Skepticon 2016! Our first segment is with Lauren Lane and all about why you should try, if you can, to get your ass to Missouri for Skepticon 2016. 3) our interview guest for the week: Amber Pechin (peach-in … like the fruit), a delightful ex-mormon stand-up comedian who we met when she opened for Ian Harris (who did our great intro bump for this very episode and thanks for that Ian!). I think you’re going to like this one. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "From Guests of the Show"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8f2941afc01beac7b0a804f20960bae"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1449479677,0982853718,B005FYCGIK,B00TA2IB7I";