Human Story

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Human Story

Human Story is a podcast exploring the experience of being human, one story at a time. Host Leighann Lord introduces a different secular storyteller in each episode, one person sharing what it’s like to be one of seven billion living, feeling, thinking human creatures temporarily awake on a minor planet. Produced by OnlySky Media, an online community for curious secular minds. Visit us at https://onlysky.media

  1. A Master Class on Being Human | Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn

    07/25/2023

    A Master Class on Being Human | Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn

    In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, threats to our democracy, and national protests for racial justice, Black Christian Brad Braxton and Black secular humanist Anthony Pinn exchanged a thousand words a week, each to the other, exploring the philosophical and theological questions of what it means to be human. The result was a book titled A Master Class on Being Human.

    35 min
  2. The unexpected answer to the puzzle in my head | Tom Jump

    08/12/2022

    The unexpected answer to the puzzle in my head | Tom Jump

    Tom Jump is defined by a paradox. His autism and introversion make meeting people awkward and painful. Yet the one thing he wants from life is a relationship. After years of searching, he stumbles on a solution in the last place he expected.

    20 min
  3. The shadows we live in | Casey Karaman

    07/20/2022

    The shadows we live in | Casey Karaman

    Casey Karaman never expected the biography of an urban planner to change the way he saw the world. But the nearly five years it took to work his way through that one massive biography changed his view of himself, those around him, and the way our lives are dictated by decisions made by people we will never know—people whose shadows loom over us. Casey Karaman is a writer, performer, improviser, and teacher who has worked with the Washington Improv Theater. Casey has performed in multiple theater productions, most recently in Second City's “Love Factually” at the Kennedy Center. He lives in Los Angeles.

    28 min
  4. Laughter is healing | Nathan Timmel

    06/22/2022

    Laughter is healing | Nathan Timmel

    In October of 2005, comedian Nathan Timmel was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to perform for American forces stationed far from home. While there, he was invited to attend a Ramp Ceremony to witness the loading of a fallen soldier onto a plane to return home for burial. Two days later, he had to perform for that soldier’s friends. ** Nathan Timmel is a stand-up comedy veteran, masterful storyteller, and headliner with years of experience behind the mic. He is also the author of the vigilante justice thriller "We Are 100." He lives in Iowa.

    19 min
  5. The one thing we miss most about religion

    06/09/2022

    The one thing we miss most about religion

    When we asked people at an atheist convention what they missed the most after leaving religion, one word came up more than any other.

    15 min
  6. Sahra's last message | Ashkan Mehr Roshan

    06/01/2022

    Sahra's last message | Ashkan Mehr Roshan

    Before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, an Iranian activist, blogger, and translator who goes by the pseudonym Ashkan Mehr Roshan connected with an Afghan woman and freethinker. Together, they formed one of the biggest and most effective underground support communities for nonbelievers and religious minorities in the region. But shortly after the Taliban came to power, she fell silent. Ashkan hasn't heard from her since. Ashkan Roshan is an Iranian activist, blogger and podcaster who writes about philosophy, religion, and the politics of the Middle East/North Africa region.

    21 min

  7. 05/25/2022

    My tangled feelings at Ramadan | Eiynah

    Raised in Saudi Arabia in a Muslim family of Pakistani background, and now an atheist living in Canada, Eiynah knows something about displacement, and disorientation, and the yearning for the lost familiar. Although she left Islam under her own power and is a strong critic of religion, her childhood and culture are intertwined in Islam. And each year, when the holy month of Ramadan comes around, she is struck by a complicated mix of emotions. Eiynah is an atheist of Pakistani background who grew up Muslim in Saudi Arabia. She is a critic of both religion and online ‘movement atheism’. She is host of the Polite Conversations Podcast and the miniseries Woking Up, and the author and illustrator of the first Pakistani anti-homophobia children’s book, My Chacha is Gay. She lives in Canada.

    20 min
  8. How an Indian film changed my son's life | Jennifer Hancock

    05/18/2022

    How an Indian film changed my son's life | Jennifer Hancock

    Learning that she didn't know the name or work of the most famous actor in the world sent lifelong movie enthusiast Jennifer Hancock down a rabbit hole into the massive film industry of India. In the process, she found insights about love that are rarely touched in Western cinema—and solved a puzzle about her own son that changed his life.

    22 min
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Human Story is a podcast exploring the experience of being human, one story at a time. Host Leighann Lord introduces a different secular storyteller in each episode, one person sharing what it’s like to be one of seven billion living, feeling, thinking human creatures temporarily awake on a minor planet. Produced by OnlySky Media, an online community for curious secular minds. Visit us at https://onlysky.media

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  • Creator
    OnlySky Media
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 OnlySky Media
  • Show Website
    Human Story

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