[Apologies for posting this again, but I'm trying to work out some quirks on iTunes. Thanks to Mark for lighting a fire under me with his suggestion!] At long last, the second half of Ties that Bind! Because it’s been so long, here’s a link to the text and podcast posts of the first half. [...]

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At long last, the second half of Ties that Bind! Because it’s been so long, here’s a link to the text and podcast posts of the first half. I wrote this for a writer’s group I set up a couple of years ago, and special thanks to Isaac and David for critiquing the earliest version [...]

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Today’s episode comes with a warning: I will be reading a story full of sex and religious innuendo, or rather, religion mixed with sexual innuendo. And guilt and sweaty palms. If you find any of these things offensive, you may want to stop now. Or you may want to continue listening. Feel guilty now and [...]

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My daughter CatGirl decided to join me in my quest to read the Hugo nominees before they are voted on at WorldCon in Montreal(!) in August. To be fair, she probably won’t read all of the novels, novellas and novelletes, but she did listen to the five of stories nominated for Best Short Story. Escape [...]

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photo from St Stev’s flickr photostream (used under creative commons license) Today’s episode contains the first half of a new(ish) story: Ties that Bind. If you like Old Timey Japan, and you know you do, you might enjoy this story. You could say it’s kind of about the lone goth kid in a little village. [...]

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It’s officially The First of May, and many of you decided to join me in celebrating spring by putting together a little cover of the infamous Jonathan Coulton song. Thanks to everyone who answered the call a couple of weeks ago! Before I link to the podcast proper, credit goes out to: A cover version [...]

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After a long hiatus, I’m starting the podcast back up. There are a few changes, however: I’m abandoning the “Atheist’s Prayer” title, and rebooting this as simply the “Mind on Fire podcast.” The content will range widely, but will include stories I’ve written, interviews and conversations, and fun audio projects like the First of May [...]

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An Atheist’s Prayer is back! I started this podcast with Jana’s help about a year and a half ago, and people had many kind things to say about it. When we stopped producing them, we would receive occasional queries about when the next one would come out. I’ve made a couple of changes to the [...]

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Mind on Fire now has it’s very own podcast! I christened it An Atheist’s Prayer (the title is loosely taken from a talk I gave at Sunstone a couple of years ago called “A Skeptic’s Prayer” (Adobe PDF link)). I decided to create the podcast when I had a difficult time finding ones that fit [...]

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