Appreciate Your Mind

For this week's program I talk about the upcoming decision from the Boy Scouts on whether or not to remain anti-gay and anti-atheist, high school students becoming more courageous about taking on constitutional violations in their schools, the shaming of teens when it comes to sexual practices and education, why fear is not a good state of mind from which to make decisions (despite what some religious zealots espouse), and more!

I feature music from YACHT, Nevermore, and the Flaming Lips, as well as a YouTube presentation from ASAPScience.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station, and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about the NRA's false claims of Second Amendment ties to their desire for unrestricted access to guns, the upside-down claims of religious and political conservatives when it comes to LGBT rights and discrimination, the continuing push for religious doctrines taught as science in the public schools, and more! I feature music from Slayer and Quiet Company, Youtube presentations from ASAPscience, and a comedy bit from Dylan Moran.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station, and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about how cherry-picked information leads to bad result with several recent examples from the news from religion, science and economics; the obviously hypocritical National Day of Prayer, and more! I feature music from Nine Inch Nails and Monty Python as well as something from Julia Sweeney's "Letting Go of God."

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station, and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about how nonreligious people were officially shunned from the "healing" interfaith service set up by the Massachusetts government after the Boston Marathon bombings, how we mix-up word origins with their intended modern usages, the silly and insulting Boy Scouts latest attempt to stave off criticism for being anti-gay bigots, the outdated nature of the Second Amendment and the entire U.S. Constitution, and more! I feature music from Peter Mayer, Mostly Autumn, Rush and The Sugarcubes.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station, and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about many recent examples of the horrific things that happen when church and state try and come together, how Roger Ebert was as close to a humanist as one can get without saying so, surveys showing Americans believe some outrageous stuff, and more! I feature music from Papier Tigre, David Gray and FC Kahuna.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station, and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about some legal action having to do with public schools and religion, the drop in seminary enrollment, more evidence about the absence of free will, surveys confirming the move away from religion and the Bible in the U.S., and more! I feature music from YouTube artists The Religious Snitch and The Cult of Dusty, Alpha Stasis, and Missing Persons.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about morals using some recent stories in news having to do with gay marriage, abortion, the Boy Scouts, studies of primate behavior, and more! I feature music from Roy Zimmerman and Sheryl Crow, as well as a TED talk from Frans de Waal. 

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about the re-confirmation of a move away from religion in the U.S., the large number of high profile politicians who now support marriage equality after family members have "come out"; some of the latest moves in state legislatures to bring the Bible into public schools; a unique look at favorite numbers; and more! I feature music from Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley and First Aid Kit, as well as two Youtube presentations from Numberphile.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I use several examples to talk about how we often take a simple idea that seems right at first but turns out to be wrong when looked at in more detail, and the problems we can get into when we stick with the mistaken simple idea; and more!

I feature music from David Beadle, "The Secular Human" and Tales From the Birdbath, as well as presentations from Daniel Pink and Renata Salecl.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about claims our species is getting less intelligent; faith-based prison programs giving solace to inmates in the form of religious justification for bad behavior; how rudeness and incivility online is driving people away from factual information; and more!

I feature music from Baba Brinkman to honor his being given a Friend of Darwin award from the National Center for Science Education.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about how we are getting closer to creating life in the lab, the discovery of life hundreds of meters below the ice in Antarctica, a possible new 10-year study to map the human brain, the difference between a Republican brain and a Democratic brain, what people on their death beds said they wished they had done differently, and more!

I feature music from Sly and the Family Stone, Diffuser and Tom Lehrer.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I talk about Darwin Day (and evolution, of course!), studies that show similar brain activity, behaviors and attitudes between love of a person and attachment to a god; the awful argument that something is okay if it's "tradition," Obama's passive-aggressive reference to nonreligious Americans during his prayer breakfast appearance, and more!

I feature music from Baba Brinkman and Johnny Nash, as well as a comedy bit from Stewart Lee.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays.

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For this week's program I am presenting a "pot luck" of sorts! Usually I find some sort of theme from recent news events and scientific papers, but the stuff that I've run across recently is very diverse. So, without tying them together too much, I talk about Ray Lewis, high school kids having to take god-based oaths, some details of a new US survey on where the Bible is believed the most, the double standards right wing "religious liberty" proponents live by, abortion & personhood, and more!

I feature music from Ed Harcourt and the Flamming Lips, as well as the audio from Youtube videos from GodIsImaginary and Minute Physics.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays. Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AppreciateYourMind

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In this week's program I use the awful state of online news and blog commenters to explore some of the worst ideas and arguments that continue to get circulated, moving to the overall idea that we tend to create things and then give them control over our lives, despite the irony; the  and more!

I feature music from Ensomniak and Monty Python, as well as a comedy routine from Doug Stanhope.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station and am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays. Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AppreciateYourMind

In this week's program I talk about the pervasiveness of godtalk throughout today's presidential inauguration, including the inclusion of a Christian war song; examples of government getting involved in public prayer; the new Oxfam report on income inequality; and more! I feature music from Monster on Sunday and Drew Stedman, as well as a TED talk from Nick Hanauer.

I broadcast from Radio CPR, 97.5 FM in Washington, DC, a commercial-free community station that likes for people to use "DJ names" so I am M.J. Adams on the air. The program is also broadcast on WPRR in Grand Rapids, MI, 95.3 FM and 1680 AM, at 3 pm on Saturdays. Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AppreciateYourMind

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