Special In Studio Episode: Jamie Kilstein, Ed Brayton, and More

Published: July 4, 2012, noon

Host: Chris Mooney

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For this episode of Point of Inquiry, we tried something a little different. At Center for Inquiry headquarters in Amherst, NY, we filmed\xa0a special hour long program\xa0with multiple in-studio guests, including the famed atheist comedian Jamie Kilstein. As usual, the program is also available as an audio-only podcast.

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In either format, here's what it contains:

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When Doubt is a Crime: Michael De Dora, director of the Center for Inquiry Office of Public Policy in Washington, D.C., discusses the disturbing case of an Indonesian man who was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison, just for questioning whether God exists.

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Fox News Bashing, Redux: Chris Mooney responds to recent listener comments, some of them complimentary, some... not so much.

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From the Culture Wars to... Chuck Norris: We talk with Ed Brayton, the blogger behind\xa0Dispatches from the Culture Wars\xa0and owner of the\xa0FreethoughtBlogs network, about recent church state issues\u2014and his steady monitoring of everyone's favorite right wing karate menace.

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Gotta Keep \u2018em Separated: We interview\xa0Jessica Ahlquist, the high school freethought activist who was recently victorious in her Rhode Island church-state lawsuit over a prayer banner displayed in her high school auditorium.

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Jamie Kilstein: The hilarious atheist comedian and host of\xa0Citizen Radio\xa0discusses how he became an atheist, the future of the 99 percent, mixed martial arts, and his fighting challenge to conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg.