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Naturalistic Xmas Special!
Equal Time for Freethought’s annual Naturalistic Christmas Special returns on Thursday December 25th from 3 to 5 via Naturalistic Support – with two jam packed hours including: a conversation with Santa Claus, a special transcendent meditation, a new interview with a space scientist (because it’s the winter solstice), plus Christmas music and parody songs.
Listen to show #66 below!
Xmas Alone
Each year in America, the way Christmas is rolled out with idealized holiday images bombarding us, often makes otherwise happy people feel insecure and lonely — particularly if they live alone.
How should we deal with loneliness or feeling disconnected when it seems as if everyone else is having a great time?
Listen to show #65 below!
Personal Victories and Setbacks during 2025
With just a couple of weeks left until the New Year, it’s time to look back at our personal victories and setbacks of 2025.
What were the high points for you? What brought you joy, and what are you most pleased about? What challenges did you struggle with, and what did you learn from them? And what do you want to leave behind?
Listen to show #64 below!
Passive-Aggression, Anger and Rage II!
How should we understand what makes us angry? And what’s best way to deal with it?
How should we respond to others when they are angry? And what about passive-aggression?
Join Elaine, Sharon, and Arnell and as they examine passive-aggression, anger, and rage and how a Naturalistic Humanist approach can help.
Listen to show #63 below!
Passive-Aggression, Anger and Rage!
How should we understand what makes us angry? And what’s best way to deal with it?
How should we respond to others when they are angry? And what about passive-aggression?
Join Elaine, Sharon, and Arnell and as they examine passive-aggression, anger, and rage and how a Naturalistic Humanist approach can help.
Listen to show #62 below!
Bridging the Communication Gap
The holidays present many of us with a problem – dealing with people who may have ideas directly opposed to our own.
Is there a way for people with very different ideas to get beyond conflict?
How can we speak to people who have beliefs that are very different than our own respectfully, and in way that connects?
And how can an approach informed by Naturalistic Humanism help?
Listen to show #61 below!
Naturalistic Humanism and Society III
Why is achieving progressive change that lasts seem so difficult?
Why have so many progressive changes realized in the last 50 years been rolled back?
Join us as we consider how Naturalistic Humanism offers a perspective that supports enduring social progress.
Listen to show #60 below!
Naturalistic Humanism and Society II
Naturalistic Humanism supports lasting personal growth; healthier, more satisfying relationships; and provides an approach to building dynamic, experimental communities.
But Naturalistic Humanism also has profound implications for how we can create a more socially just, equitable, and stable society.
What happens when we apply letting go of blame and judgmental thinking to rebuilding our social institutions?
Listen to show #59 below!
Naturalistic Humanism and Society
Naturalistic Humanism supports lasting personal growth; healthier, more satisfying relationships; and provides an approach to building dynamic, experimental communities.
But Naturalistic Humanism also has profound implications for how we can create a more socially just, equitable, and stable society.
What happens when we apply letting go of blame and judgmental thinking to rebuilding our social institutions?
Listen to show #58 below!
God and Judgmental Thinking II
Many people think of God as being infinitely loving and benevolent. But to millions of Americans, God is about order, power, authority, and punishment for those who offend him. This is the god widely worshiped on the Christian Right, partially explaining why our president continues to be supported by the religious right no matter how narcissistic, authoritarian, and capriciously he behaves.
But is it possible to re-imagine God in ways that are compatible with Naturalistic Humanism?
Listen to show #57 below!