Phileas S5 – Atheism for dummies

As you can imagine, this show talks about Atheists and their views.
When I mentioned I wanted to do a show on the topic, I got more interest from readers and followers than ever before. Many offered to be on the show, which I am very thankful for; I am sorry I couldn’t include everyone who offered their input. We did manage to assemble an excellent panel though, and while we did tackle Atheism in all the ways I hoped we would, we also talked about many topics related to it. It is inevitable I suppose; as this is one of the most debated issues I know, we couldn’t really expect to focus solely on that one idea. I hope that listeners will get both information and entertainment out of the show, and I do welcome any comment on the blog. Each time we have discussed a controversial topic after one of my blog posts, we have managed to keep things civilized and polite, and my wish for this one (if people wish to discuss) is that it stays that way. I’m confident we will (because we’re all so awesome but it bears repeating…
Thanks again to the panelists, and thanks even more to you for listening.

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And to find out more about our wonderful hosts, go here:

• Patrick from France
• Julio from Argentina / Netherlands : Alternaria.tv
• Kirsten from US : The Bird’s Brain
• Tom from US : Tom Merritt .com
• Shawn froms US : Shawn Coons

Phileas S4 – Healthcare for dummies

A special episode all dedicated to healthcare, with:

• Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter)
• Julio Aprea from Argentina / Netherlands (aprea on Twitter – alternaria.tv)
• Maria from Sweden (pagga on Twitter)
• Randy Jordan from the US (randydeluxe on Twitter)
• Samantha Jane from Canada (samjane on Twitter)

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Phileas #16 / S3 – Girls for Dummies

With Patrick travelling and not much news awareness on his part, this show focuses on something incredibly important to all of us: girls. And boys too, to an extent. From PMS to the dreaded “you’re such a good listener” sentence, Kelly and Gita teach us a thing or two about what being a girl is all about.

Stick around, you might learn something!

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Phileas S1 – Islam for dummies

Do you ever get tired of thinking in stereotypes and inaccuracies? I know I do, and my knowledge of Islam certainly is vague… but here’s an idea: how about sitting down with a Muslim and asking him all sorts of candid questions? Simple enough, right? But maybe you don’t have a Muslim right next door to ask him yourself. Well, fear not! The Phileas Club is here to help.

We asked Turki (our resident Saudi panelist) to take us on a tour of the Muslim faith. I also asked Scott (from Utah) to join the discussion and help us ask the best questions we could.
And to make this show even more special we enlisted the help of twitterers around the world, too! Thanks go out to all of those who were kind enough to answer the “instant questions” I asked.

So we hope you’ll learn a thing or two about Islam in this episode (or at least that you’ll have fun listening to Scott and I make fools of ourselves) and we’ll try to bring you more “for dummies” specials in the future.

(And by the way, if you enjoy comics that are made by a dummy, you should go check out Scott’s website.)

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