https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/changing-your-mind-through-psychedelics Cellar Door Skeptics is back again with another timeless episode. This week the duo take a break from a solely political episode to talk about the book How to Change Your Mind. They journey through some of the studies that talk about psychedelics and how they can affect us and what the sciences are saying about them. They also review studies about micro dosing and how those affect how peo

https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/kneeling-in-solidarity This week’s episode begins with a discussion on Memorial Day. The duo talks about their feelings for the holiday, the special happenings in their lives, and how they handle this holiday with relatives and others who celebrate it. They continue with an interview with Blasphemy Apparel , a local Michigan company dedicated to free speech, while driving forward the image that nothing is held above ridicule, d

https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/civics-day Today’s episode is special and one that Tanner felt was needed after a long day of talking to legislators. This episode is done in solo as Hanna has taken off a few weeks to be with his wife and newborn daughter. This episode will focus on the recent Civic’s Day hosted by CFI Michigan at the Michigan State capitol building. The episode will talk about his experiences, the desire to start working toward changing peopl

https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/alpha-god This episode is a solo effort by Tanner, as Hanna’s wife just had their second child and he is taking time off to be with the family. We wish him the best and are excited to see all the amazing baby pictures whenever he recovers from the shock of being a father a second time. The episode though is close to Tanner’s heart as he interviews Dr Hector Garcia, author of Alpha God The Psychology of Religious Violence and Op

https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/women-vs-religion This week on Cellar Door Skeptics, Tanner interviews three amazing authors representing their new book, Women VS Religion. Alexis, Candace, and Karen join the show to talk about their essays on how religion has affected them as women. The book is a collection of essays by different women, from different walks of life, all talking about the damage that religion has done to women. Each essay is a different story

https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/jesus-returns Cellar Door Skeptics returns this week with an in depth look into Betsy Devos and her recent interview blunder. The duo talks through the fact that she was not able to present her platform with anything more than talking points. They also examine the school rankings in hopes that Betsy will listen to the episode and be able to actually go to some of the schools that may need help. They also compare the difference

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/12170841 INFO LIVE CHAT Entertainment, #atheism, #christian, #christianmusic, #deconversion, #emptyhand #85: Empty Handed for God – The deconversion to Atheism If you remember Tanner mentioned that he was in a Christian Ska Band in high school. And he left the band due to theological difference. Well now years later, and no we won’t say how many years, but 17 years later he reunites with his old friend and lead singer of defunct band Empty Ha

Something that I haven’t experienced in a while happened over the weekend. I was helping my grandfather’s friends in the Shriners load 400lbs of Vidalia onions they are storing at my shop, after cordial greetings and solid tough guy man hand shakes of course, when the one gentleman asks if I was a Shriner. My response was a light head shake in the negatory and a simple “nope”. He, as was to be expected, then asked “when I would be a Shriner”. Knowing as I do, the organizatio

This blog post is a quick look inside Host Chris Hanna’s mind as he prepped for the debate. I thought this would be good for those who want to read what went into our side of the debate. Don’t forget to check out the episode right here! Listen to the episode right here! Opening statement (10 mins) Things to ask in rebuttal to Aaron’s opening His definition of evolution: Science and fine tuning Looking from the wrong direction: if you start at the solution (the theist way) t

On this episode Christopher Tanner will be facing off against John Moseman in a live debate. Christopher will be taking the Positive and John will be taking the negative. Christopher will set out to demonstrate that the evidence for the Christian God is lacking and should not constitute a belief in that specific deity. Listen Now! Below is the format to be used and we will hold a live open question and answer session with both Christopher and John after the debate event. 10

In this side tangent from the duo that brings you Cellar Door Skeptics, comes a heart felt tale of Tanner’s experience on Mother’s Day. The hosts talk with about the big day celebration with a little lesson Tanner learned during the process. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-ske

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/9243264 #45: Debunking Turek and Trump’s Wager For most of this episode we are once again joined by our good friend Joseph Casper, we roped him in to give us his learned perspective on debunking Frank Turek’s YouTube Video titled “Is God Good”. We also talked with Joseph about the interview that never was; Gloria Haas and her book were scheduled but when the truth was out about our skepticism and apostasy that was all she wrote. We end the

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/8920608 #38: Dating Jesus for Profit and a Hip Hop Heretic Are you sure that Jesus wants you to date the same people that super-profitable dating site wants you to date? This week Chris and Christopher talk about the ChristianMingle.com LGBT equality issue from a different angle than anyone else, who owns ChristianMingle and are they in it for God or the cash. Also we go to 11 for music this week with special guest Ensomniak to discuss his se

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/8645354 NEW Episode for Your Ears! #33: The Order of Elijah – Christian Metal Apostate The Pathos article that sparked the interview: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/22/the-lead-singer-of-a-christian-metal-band-just-came-out-as-an-atheist In this special edition of Cellar Door Skeptics, we interview Shannon Low the lead singer of The Order of Elijah. We talk about his conversion to Christianity, lapse of faith, and descent

LISTEN HERE: EPISODE 24! In this episode, Christopher and Chris tackle Robert De Niro’s controversial discussion around the Anti Vaccination movie “Vaxxed”, while simultaneously taking on Bad Sex in Literature and what Crazy Shit Chris used to believe. We close the show out with a discussion about one Christian’s proposed evidence that they feel leads atheists back to Christianity. Segment —— 00:00 Tribeca & Robert De Niro with The Movie “Vaxxed” 23:00 Bad Sex in Fiction

Are the presidential rallies getting too violent and losing sight of what they were supposed to be for? Chris and Christopher weigh in on the hypocrisy rampant on BOTH sides lately. After that Daniel Batcheldor stops by to explain to us how astronomy can save the world and plug his amazing upcoming book! To close out the show, some bunk arguments against GMO foods were crushed and Christopher got Chris a bit ripped, leading to his first rant about teaching the controversy. Yo

International Women’s Day Theme: Pledge For Parity Definition: noun the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay. #PledgeForParity Links http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme ***All the information has come from the International Women’s Day website.  I have consolidated it for the purpose of my notes on the podcast.  Chris Hanna and Myself felt that it would be a benefit to everyone to have all the links in one place along with the flow.  P

Listen Here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/17-debate-presup This week is a first us here at Cellar Door Skeptics, a formal debate on the topic “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God?” Chris Hanna will be taking the moderator position in an effort to quell the fire and the flames between his co-host Christopher Tanner and our guest, Aaron Furlong. Aaron will be taking the positive with a strong background in presuppositional Christian apologetics

DEBATE “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God” Bios We wanted to do a post that both the Bios and the debate rules in it.  This is the post.  Our goal is to present the most information about our guests and allow for anyone reading this and listening to the show to be able to connect with the debaters.  At Cellar Door Skeptics we strive to present a well rounded and fair debate along with the information needed to give everyone the knowledge we hope they gain fro

Cellar Door Skeptics Promotional Video Well here it is in all its “glory”.  The first public commercial created to help everyone understand who Cellar Door Skeptics is and how you can find all our content. Cellar Door Skeptics is a podcast based out of Grand Rapids Michigan featuring hosts Christopher Tanner & Chris Hanna. This podcast will include some video as we build up our show. We will be tackling science, skepticism, atheism, humanism, politics and entertainment. We ar