Anthony, Reid and Dan welcome their guest Joshua Turner, a former Neo-Nazi turned Secular Humanist Liberal. Joshua is the President and Founder of the non-profit organization 'Saved by Reason' and attempts to combat white supremacy with logic.
News, tips, strategies, stories, and more. A friendly discussion about Street Epistemology between people intimately familiar with the method. With Anthony, Reid, and Dan.
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Spotlight:
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0:32 Meet Joshua Turner and the hosts
0:55 Weekend Recap, Reid
2:28 Skeptrack at Dragoncon 2018
3:20 Weekend Recap, Anthony
4:12 Weekend Recap, Dan and his new show, Truth Wanted
5:30 Weekend Recap, Joshua
6:20 What's it like to write a book?
7:00 Do interviews like this help or hurt Joshua?
7:40 Joshua's story
12:40 Y2K and the failed rapture
13:20 How did Joshua's parents react to no rapture?
15:52 How did Joshua turn things around?
16:50 Impact of the New Atheist movement
18:30 Impact of Peter Boghossian's AMFCA
20:00 Working in the prisons as a Secular Humanist Minister
21:30 Critical thinking in the prisons?
22:48 How did the conversations usually go?
25:48 Joshua's atheism and the inmates
27:00 Peter's inmate work
27:45 Can you record in prison?
28:38 Did Joshua use any SE in his work?
29:40 Did anyone in the group step up to help you?
30:30 How do the group sessions Joshua leads usually go?
31:30 Could Joshua's program be rolled out to other organizations?
35:15 Joshua on Newsy: https://www.newsy.com/stories/former-neo-nazi-confronts-unite-the-right-supporters/
36:15 Using SE with white nationalists
37:00 Developing a curriculum
37:45 Long-term tracking the success of the program
38:30 How can people help or reach out to Joshua?
41:50 Reid's 2-4-8 thought experiment
47:00 Did Joshuan have any questions that gave him pause?
52:00 Do people think they are using logic to get to their views?
43:45 Dan Arel and Joshua Turner on Lalo Dagach's show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQHP3FYSBl8
54:40 Join the Street Epistemology Discord Server! https://discord.gg/sKap3zM
56:20 Joshua asks for advice on dealing with smears on skepticism
58:00 Criticism for saying you like Sam Harris
1:00:00 Anthony's views on Sam Harris critics
1:04:45 What's Dan up to?
1:05:50 What's Anthony up to?
1:08:00 What's Joshua up to?
1:08:30 What's Reid up to?
Audience Questions
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44:40 What do you think of the game Jenga as a metaphor for SE
54:40 Is it worth joining the Street Epistemology Discord server?
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Follow Us
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Joshua Turner on Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/SavedByReason
Reid Nicewonder's Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/cordialcurious
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabcNd5rdI-FlHW6ecXQvLQ
Anthony Magnabosco's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/magnabosco210
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