Summary: This week Jack and Andy talk with Dale McGowan about music (not Atheism, not Satan, not Foundation Beyond Belief, not any of that …. MUSIC), because music is Dale’s first love and the subject of his new podcast <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-music-does-that/id1434973348?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How Music Does That</a>, which Dale describes as his “favorite parts of teaching” to get people excited about music and musicology.<br> McGowan graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">University of California, Berkeley</a> in 1986 with a double major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">B.A.</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">anthropology</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">music theory</a>. In 1991 he received an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">MA</a> in Instrumental Conducting from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,_Northridge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">California State University, Northridge</a>. In 1999 he received his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ph.D.</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">University of Minnesota</a> in music theory and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_composition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">composition</a>.<br> From 1991 to 2006, he was associate professor of music at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catherine_University" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">St. Catherine University</a>, a Catholic women’s college in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis/St._Paul" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Minneapolis/St. Paul</a>. His experiences at the college are satirized in his 2002 novel Calling Bernadette’s Bluff and the 2010 sequel Good Thunder. In 2012 he began writing Atheism for Dummies for the popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Dummies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">For Dummies</a> book series.<br> In 2014 McGowan became National Director of Ethical Education at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ethical_Union" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">American Ethical Union</a> and is a former director of engagement at the multi-faith website <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patheos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Patheos</a>.<br> You can find Dale all over the interwebs in <a href="http://bfy.tw/Kb0i">all the the regular places </a><br> As always you can find Jack at: <a href="https://twitter.com/ledflashing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/ledflashing</a> and at his blog at <a href="http://patheos.com/blogs/infernal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://patheos.com/blogs/infernal</a><br> And Andy At: <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/laughpurgatory</a><br> If you like the show please consider becoming a Patreon Patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/NakedDiner">https://www.patreon.com/NakedDiner</a><br> <br> amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";<br> amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";<br> amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "zxcr-20";<br> amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";<br> amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";<br> amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";<br> amzn_assoc_region = "US";<br>
