Podcasts Culture Point of Inquiry Austin Dacey - The Future of Blasphemy

Austin Dacey - The Future of Blasphemy

Published: April 16, 2012, 9:34 p.m.

Host: Chris Mooney

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This week, our guest is a return one: Austin Dacey. He's a philosopher, a writer, and a human rights activist, and the creator of the\xa0Impossible Music Sessions, which we featured in\xa0a past show.

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Austin's books include The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life and, just out, The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights.

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This show focused on Austin's new book on blasphemy. But he helped enhance the discussion with a few pieces of music that have been called blasphemous\u2014which is why we wanted to distribute them as widely as possible.