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Come out to a very special 100th episode of Tuesday Funk tonight in Chicago!
I'm delighted to be appearing tonight at a very special edition of Chicago's Tuesday Funk reading series. It's the 100th episode of the long-running series. In honor of that occasion, current hosts Andrew Huff and Eden Robins have invited all...
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Come see me in Taboo Tales NYC on Monday, October 10
I'm very excited to be part of the second Taboo Tales event in New York City on Monday, October 10th. Taboo Tales is the long-running show from Los Angeles where people tell stories about their fucked-up lives. Come out and...
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Accidental Terrorist meets Noted Expert Michael Ian Black
It was a magical moment. That's how Barry put it, and who am I to disagree? Barry Goldblatt is my friend and literary agent. He also happens to be literary agent to actor/comedian/author Michael Ian Black, with whom you may...
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Why I relate so much to Tyler Glenn's “Trash” video
Yes, the controversial music video defaces sacred LDS symbols, but in doing so it brings to visceral life the nightmare journey of the apostate.
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LISTEN NOW: My interview on Montreal's CJAD 800 AM
This past Sunday morning, I appeared on Montreal radio to talk about The Accidental Terrorist. Specifically, I spoke with Dave Fisher on CJAD 800 AM, whose program "Dave's World" is the most popular weekend radio show in Montreal. Of course,...
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What we mean when we say “anti-Mormon”
The term "anti-Mormon" is tossed around too lightly. A few months back, a video appeared online in which in which comedian Lewis Black read an angry rant submitted by an 18-year-old Mormon apostate. (Fan-submitted rants are a regular part of...
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Finalist for the 2015 Association for Mormon Letters Awards
I was very pleasantly surprised to wake up this morning and discover that The Accidental Terrorist is a finalist for the 2015 Association for Mormon Letters Award in Creative Non-Fiction. Okay, it would have been more accurate to say that...
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LISTEN NOW: My interview with the Friendly Atheist Podcast
Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke of the Friendly Atheist Podcast recently got me on the phone to talk about my memoir, The Accidental Terrorist. It was a delight to talk with them, especially as their incredulity kept growing as we...
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LISTEN NOW: My interview on The Stuph File Program
It was my pleasure to be the guest of Canadian broadcaster Peter Anthony Holder this week on his odd-news-and-talk show, The Stuph File Program. We talked, of course, about my memoir The Accidental Terrorist, about how humor and religion mix,...
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My interview on WIRED.com's "Geek's Guide to the Galaxy" podcast
Though it doesn't officially come out until tomorrow, my interview with the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast is now live and available through iTunes and elsewhere. I really enjoyed doing this interview. Host David Barr Kirtley asked great questions,...
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