Boston Atheists Report 1.7

Our mid-April podcast, recorded 4/14/2009. Topics: American Atheists convention; quiverfulls; infant dead and mother jailed because of Baltimore cult; Iowa declares homobigotry unconstitutional; Joss Whedon receives Harvard Humanist lifetime achievement award.

[Edited on November 2, 2009, to remove link to live download: Only the most current ten episodes of the Boston Atheists Report are available for immediate streaming. Please email us if you'd like to be sent earlier episodes.]

Sources Cited:

• American Atheists National Convention
• NPR story on quiverfulls in Michigan
• Description of quiverfulls (Feminist Philosophers Blog)
• 16 month-old boy dies because of cult in Baltimore (Washington Post)
• Toxoplasma gondii - parasite that causes mice to let themselves be eaten by cats (Wikipedia)
• Iowa Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing same-sex marriages (MSNBC)
• Overview of judges' dismantling of homobigots' arguments (Pam's House Blend)
• Proposition 8 the Musical, starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Neal Patrick Harris... (Funny or Die)


• Joss Whedon on Humanism at Harvard (YouTube)