Truth Wanted

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Truth Wanted 06.01 1-06-2022 with ObjectivelyDan and Nikki - Beat the Cult

The Midshow Promo clips. You like them! You love them! You want more of them! Well, consider your prayers answered, because we present some of the best moments from our past season. The video elves have been working overtime to bring you this collection of some of the funniest, most intense, and overall best segments.We’ll be back to live production in the new year, but for now the hosts, crew and volunteers of Truth Wanted and The Atheist Community of Austin wish you all the best for this holiday season and in the new year to come. We’ll see you next year!

As we wind down 2022, we wanted to take a look back at all the best moments of the current season, and we've chosen the Top 5 calls, as determined by your viewing. Relive some of the most memorable and favorite moments from this past year of Truth Wanted.We are also compiling this collection so that we could give you something interesting to watch over the holidays, but also give our hard-working hosts and crew some time off to spend with their family and friends.The ACA wishes you all the best for 2023, and make sure to join us in this coming year for more of the stuff you love!

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jason Friedman!First up is Liam from LA who presents a study that indicates that pathological liars make great athletes. It would be interesting to figure out why. Is it because they believe their own B.S. to hype themselves up, or because it helps them tune out smack talk from competitors, or is it something else entirely?Tymm from LA is calling in to discuss the refreshing portrayal of bi-sexuality in the show “Heartstopper,” the tragedy the community unleashed onto the lead actor, and the social indoctrination that bi-sexuality is really just a stepping stone to homo-sexuality when that just isn’t the case.Jonathan from FL, a close friend of Jason, asks what was harder: coming out as queer or coming out as atheist.Pat from FL discusses an experience they had when they had a tooth operation and were put under and was wondering caused them to hear what they heard.

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Sinn Sage!Mohammad from CA is calling in to defend the claim that there is an objective truth because without it people would go insane. What is your evidence other than that it's a scary thought to not have a purpose for existence?John from Canada asks our hosts what made them lose their faith in Christianity and what they have faith in now?Mr. Krabs from MD wants to discuss how sex-trafficking is being utilized as a weapon and crutch against sex workers in other fields of sex work, an argument that also prevents victims of sex-trafficking from safely coming forward to law enforcement.Our final call is ForgingThought who wants to address how ingrained the false correlation between sex work and sex trafficking is within society and popular media.

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Truth Wanted 05.47 PRERECORDED with ObjectivelyDan, ExXtian Erin and Jon the Skeptick

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jaime Boone! Welcome back, Jaime!David from CA has an issue with the show urging callers to have discussions that the callers may not have the knowledge or ability to defend their positions on contentious topics such as God.Nate from CA is calling to propose a hypothetical scenario where Mother Mary was the only documented case of asexual reproduction and what the implication of that would be.Amanual from TX is calling to ask out hosts if they think all believers are irrational. The answer is far more nuanced than a blanket statement.Heath from Canada is calling to dispute the saying “there are no atheists in foxholes.” The caller provides their own near-death and dangerous experiences, and how belief in God was the last thing they were thinking about immediately after.Sam from OH is calling to ask if there is a place in Christianity for LGBTQ people.

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week MD Aware is joined by Kelley Laughlin!First up is Arthur from NY who believes that foreign substances may have contributed to the formation of religion and might serve as an explanation for the supernatural occurrences depicted within them.Kevin from TN wants to discuss occult magic. The caller defines magic as “making changes according to will,” both through the demonstrable process of taking action, and the less demonstrable collective unconscious.Suzie from FL is calling to talk about her experience with Feng Shui (the use of specific colors and object placement in rooms), and how she has noticed how specific room arrangements affect “the energy” of the room. Is it possible that this energy isn’t so much energy in the physical sense, but more to do with how our environment affects our fight/flight responses and other psychological social queues?

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Jon the Skeptic!First up is Whisper from UT who argues that QAnon and its subsequent beliefs are harmful to everyone, followers or not.Next is Phoenix from TX who is calling to bullet point out the unfounded things they used to believe in when they were a theist all the way from hearing voices to full environmental hallucinations.Phatman from OR is calling to ask if there is a correlation between Chrisitan nationalism and QAnon. If someone were to make a venn-diagram between the two, the middle section would be quite large.Rebel from D.C. is calling to claim that QAnon has a hairline of truth regarding the child-trafficking and the elitist pedophile ring even though most of the rest is malarkey. Basically, take Epstein and then add a little salt for some extra flavor and boom, truth!

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to Truth Wanted’s Holiday Special! Join MD Aware, Exxtian Erin & Objectively Rob Boss on this spooky landscape filled adventure as they guide you through the spookiest of tales.Scotland from NY calls to share a story where they spotted the “IT” clown on the side of the road while pulling up to a stop sign.Jim from NJ is calling to refute the idea that “faith” is an anti-intellectual tool. What other beliefs do you hold that were derived from not evidence and testing, but through faith?Finally, Jasmine from Canada is calling to ask our hosts if they ever become unsettled sleeping in an environment where people have died?

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan is joined by Brennon Goodson! Welcome to the hosting chair Brennon!First up is Kelley from MI who wants to talk about their experience working in a haunted bar, including some funny stories of coworkers enocuntering the spooky spectres within.Phatman from OR is calling to discuss the opening conversation of the show regarding dinosaurs and more specifically Mary Schweitzer’s discovery and what the controversy specifically is surrounding it.Jaime from TX wants to talk about the flawed thought process of over-relying on our senses given their general and well documented flaws and inaccuracies.Marcus from TX is calling to ask if the recent verdict of the Alex Jones trial will set a precedent for holding others making such serious and dangerous claims accountable, or will it pass or worse, empower other people like him?

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week ObjectivelyDan and @BLATANT BLATHEIST.First up is Doug from Canada who claims to know the greatest truth of humanity...that Planned Parenthood is a liberal conspiracy to kill all black children. Presumably to maintain the atheist food source.Don from WA is curious to know why the hosts of ACA shows don’t take a more rigid stance on their Atheist position, and why the individual hosts even on the same programs have different positions on the same subjects.Daniel from Canada is the inspiration for today's show background with a call discussing the existence of bugs on Mars.Rebel from VA is calling to accuse NASA astronauts of being paid actors who lie to the public in order to hide God and his work. His work is the flat Earth. Also apparently, NASA is an occult secret society that traffics children, but I guess we’re gonna just ignore that for today.

Hello again Truth Wanters! This week, Erin is joined by Rion of TikTok fame, host of Skeptic Haven and owner of many plants! Erin and Rion talk about their deconversion process before we move on to your calls.This week’s Patron of the Week is Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwell Carlisle! You wanted the X emphasized Max, careful what you wish for! May a thousand bad Vin Diesel movies haunt your dreams!First up is Mr. Enigma, who’s emerged from under his bridge to ask a series of silly questions. Dogs, genies, spirits… perhaps too much of another kind of spirits are involved here? Erin tries to parse this caller and his claims of a visit to heaven, but we’re not getting anywhere. Cool story bro.Next is Thomas, who thinks dried up rivers caused by climate change are evidence of the truth of Biblical prophecy. Our hosts point out that lots of rivers go dry, and counting the hits while ignoring the misses is a terrible road to truth. Thomas throws out a few weak examples of prophecy correlating to reality, but let’s face it, make enough predictions and a few are bound to pan out. We’re not convinced.Jamie’s in Texas, and he’s fed up with the constant failed prophecies of the end times. Human hardships are pretty damned common, and connecting the yarn to the latest pushpin doesn’t prove a thing. Both our hosts agree that correlation isn’t causation, and calamity is a recurrent part of our experience here on Earth.Finally it’s Lake, he’s wondering about the plum pudding model of atomic composition, and how our modern understanding is more analogous to the structure of our solar system. Our hosts agree that lots of things in nature look alike, but similitude doesn’t equate to divinityThat’s a wrap for this week folks, we’ll see you next time!