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"What is God" with guests: Desmond Wood and Muhammad Abdullah.

Toni Van Pelt - CFI Office of Public Policy.

Toni joins us to talk about Charitable Choice and the work of CFI DC.

Author Nica Lalli - "Nothing - Something to believe in"

( Note: We apologize for noise in the recording due to technical difficulties.)

Bloomington atheist bus campaign, torture, unbelief in America, and upcoming CFI events.

Interview with Desmond Wood.

Interview with Susan Sackett  who was personal executive assistant to Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television legend Star Trek, for over 17 years until his death in October 1991. She also served as his production assistant on the first Star Trek film and worked closely with him on the next five Star Trek movies. In addition, she served as Production Associate during the first five seasons of the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Susan and her writing partner, Fred Bronson, sold several stories and a teleplay to that series, including the popular episodes "Ménage à Troi" and "The Game."

She wrote three books about Star Trek: Letters to Star Trek, Star Trek Speaks! (with co-authors Fred and Stan Goldstein) and The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, with co-author Gene Roddenberry.

Another book, Star Trek: The First 25 Years, co-authored with Gene Roddenberry, was not published but became the basis of the 1994 book, Star Trek: Where No One Has Gone Before: A History in Pictures, by J. M. Dillard. Susan's Star Trek memoir, Inside Trek, was published  in 2002.

It was Gene Roddenberry who introduced Susan to humanism. She has been president of the Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix  since 2000. The chapter received "Chapter of the Year" from the American Humanist Association for 2001.

Andrew Olson shares his story with us.

Discussion of Creationist propaganda. Guest co-host: Sean O'Brien.

Recorded live at the 6th CFI Café Inquiry, Thursday, Sept. 11, Prof. Brian Vargus discusses "Polls and Politics: Blue Smoke and Mirrors." Exploring conducting polls and addressing the question, how come no one ever asks me? Dr. Vargus provides a consumers’ guide to reading or listening to poll reports and discusses the role these play in campaigns and reporting upon them.