{"id":4408,"date":"2017-12-23T22:22:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T05:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2020-05-16T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T18:07:24","slug":"episode-7-nonbelief-at-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/episode-7-nonbelief-at-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 7, Nonbelief at the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8458\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4408-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3\">https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4408-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_7_Nonbelievers_at_the_Holidays.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><div style=\"padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;\">\n<h3>Nonbelievers celebrate the holiday, too.\u00a0 Well, some of them do.<\/h3>\n<p>Secular Hub board member Chauncey Williams leads a discussion with several other members about the meaning of the holiday season in their lives.\u00a0 What follows is a friendly and lively discussion filled with laughter.\u00a0 Covered are stories of Christmases past, thoughts on what the holidays mean to nonbelievers, and how we celebrate (if we even choose to celebrate at all).<\/p>\n<p>Warning: this episode features nostalgia, good feelings, and unabashed joy.\u00a0 A fair bit of cynicism, too, just to keep things balanced.<\/p>\n<h4>Mandatory Christmas Viewing discussed in this episode:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085334\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038650\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Non Christmas themed episodes of Futurama, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0584446\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a> episode and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0584430\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Independence Day<\/a> episode.\u00a0 Good stuff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4412\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Freedom-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Oy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_4414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4414\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/kaboodle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The humble kaboodle. A tackle box for lip gloss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 18px;\"><em>The Secular Hubcast:\u00a0 the Voice of Denver\u2019s Secular Hub<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;\">\n<p>Become a member of the Secular Hub today!<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Secular Hub on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=secular%20hubcast\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecularHubCast\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanhumanist.org\/\">American Humanist Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/a-himitsu\">A Himitsu \u2013 Adventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host: Chauncey Williams<\/p>\n<p>Featuring: Ruth Mcleod, Kim Saviano, Joe Hickman, Jesse Gilbertson<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pinkie-Up-280x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonbelievers celebrate the holiday, too.\u00a0 Well, some of them do. Secular Hub board member Chauncey Williams leads a discussion with several other members about the meaning of the holiday season in their lives.\u00a0 What follows is a friendly and lively discussion filled with laughter.\u00a0 Covered are stories of Christmases past, thoughts on what the holidays &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/episode-7-nonbelief-at-the-holidays\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 7, Nonbelief at the Holidays&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,14],"tags":[93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-community-news","category-podcast","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-story","tag-family-guy","tag-futurama","tag-hanukkah","tag-its-a-wonderful-life","tag-kwanzaa","tag-war-on-christmas","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5089,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions\/5089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}