Bill Nye Saves the World: “It’s Not Magic, it’s Science!”
Bill Nye’s classic program, Bill Nye the Science Guy, was a childhood staple of many millennials. Some of the best days in school were the ones where a television was rolled into the classroom and... Read More
TV Review: Reza Aslan’s Believer
The tone of Reza Aslan’s new television series Believer is a curious mixture of snobbishness and inclusivity. In it, the author and religious scholar immerses himself in some of the more markedly idiosyncratic religious faiths of the... Read More
TV Review: The Kids of Bob’s Burgers Invent a New Religion
Bob’s Burgers is a family-friendly animated sitcom on Fox you may have heard of but likely haven’t watched. With competition from the still-popular Family Guy and The Simpsons, a show about two parents and their... Read More
Father John Misty, the Voice of a Reluctant Generation
I really don’t want to like Father John Misty. The enigmatic folk singer’s beard, skinny jeans, and gravitas punch you in the face with a “hipster Brooklynite” aura. You would expect Misty to gauge the... Read More
TV Review: The Young Pope’s Godless Confession
The Young Pope, a ten-part HBO drama written and directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, follows the ascension of the young and captivating Lenny Belardo (Pope Pius XIII), the first American pontiff. The newly elected... Read More
Hungry Hungry Humanists: Our Favorite Holiday Foods
Humanists may not share in the religious aspect of most of the winter holidays, but we certainly enjoy many of the delicious foods and snacks associated with them. Below are just some of the American... Read More
Is Burning Man Becoming a Religion?
When Burning Man, the radical arts festival and temporary city erected in the Nevada desert each year, announced that the theme for 2017’s event was “Radical Ritual”—derived from religious symbologies worldwide—many regular attendees viewed this... Read More