Dangerous Speech

I spoke with Joseph (JR) Becker about his series of science-based Children’s books Annabelle and Aiden, his latest book, getting kids resources to learn.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Learn more about his books: https://annabelleandaiden.com/ Support his new book and get it personalized at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jrbecker/a-science-based-childrens-book-on-lifes-evolution?ref=8rw7hz Follow hi...

The latest episode of my podcast is out on Sound Cloud I spoke with @HPluckrose about her work looking into Theory, ways of acquiring knowledge.

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 Follow Areo: @AreoMagazine Helen’s work at Areo: https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/ Two for Tea podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/two-for-tea-wi...

I spoke with Clyde Rathbone about the new social media site Letter.wki he helped start, about having long-form, thoughtful conversations, and an impossible conversations contest they are hosting. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Clyde: @ClydeRathbone
Follow Dayne: @DayneRathbone Follow Letter: @LetterWiki

Sign up to Letter: letter.wiki Enter the Impossible Conversations competition: https://www.impos...

The latest episode of my podcast is out on Sound Cloud I spoke with @support_a_teach about the organization she started, Support a Teach, #clearthelists, and the issues facing teachers and kids in primary education Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Courtney: @support_a_teach

 Check out her organization: https://supportateach.com/ 
Follow the hashtag #clearthelists

I had a fun talk with @PsychPLockwood about having productive conversations and I talked really fast while he discussed the importance of slowing down.
 
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 Check out his website: https://patricklockwoodhealing.com/
 His YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_5lsyaHFA3PF069ZrFva0w 

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I spoke with @shaparakshjr about the campaigns for women’s liberation & human rights in Iran. 
 ***At 48:10, Shaparak misspoke and corrected herself later, she did not mean 4 million years*** 
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I spoke with Lenore Skenazy about her work at Let Grow, raising children to be more independent and giving them more responsibilities. 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Lenore: @FreeRangeKids
Follow Let Grow: @LetGrowOrg Check out the work Lenore does at Let Grow:
https://letgrow.org/ Read some of her work at Free Range Kids:
http://www.freerangekids.com/

 Facebook group:
 https://www.facebook.com/gr...

I spoke with Melody about the difficulties women in STEM face, research methodologies, and her work 
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 Check out her work:
 https://www.patreon.com/ScientistMel https://scientistmel.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9MKC0Yxbf8ULpOYvzzcQKQ/featured

I spoke with @Ry_Nomad about A protocol to initiate conversation, algorithms and the IDW

I spoke with Dr. Nadia Oweidat about fighting extremism, her work, and Ideas Beyond Borders 
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 Follow IBB: @IdeasB2 Learn more about Nadia: https://www.k-state.edu/history/faculty-staff/Oweidat.html Support Ideas Beyond Borders: https://www.ideasbeyondborders.org/donate

Sadia Hameed was back on this time to discuss trans issues encroaching on women’s rights, intersectionality and the loss of terms Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sadia: @sadia936  Upcoming CEMB events: https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/all-events/ Links: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-trial-to-improve-gender-equality-failing-study/8664888

I thoroughly enjoyed my talk with Sohail Ahmad we discuss among other things building communities after apostasy, and his approach to discussing religion

Follow me: @obaidomer You can find Sohail at the following:
 Twitter: @ReasonOnFaith
 Facebook: @ReasonOnFaith 
https://ReasonOnFaith.org Watch his video about his journey to apostasy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMGJe8x-xKQ&list=PL56z7XfkZR...

A very interesting talk with Wafa (Soubeika) Bahri. We discussed the loss of the Amazigh language and culture in Tunisia and North Africa in General
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I had a really fun talk with Courtney Heard We compared growing with and without faith, dogmatic thinking and atheism.
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Courtney: @godless_mom Check out her work: https://www.youtube.com/user/godlessmom
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDtjlh8Sxm9dBd3_fj1p1TQ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessmom

I had another great talk with Jay Shapiro We spoke about if it’s possible to criticize Israel and the religious right/orthodoxy there without being antisemitic, and we looked at similarities at claims of Islamophobia and antisemitism.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jay: @jay_shapiro You can follow @DilemmaPodcast to learn about his upcoming podcast and when it will launch

I had another great talk with Sadia this time about the terms Islamophobia, Islamism and Islamist. We also spoke about racism.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sadia: @sadia936 Check out the work Sadia and CEMB does:https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk Donate to CEMB’s https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/donate/

I really enjoyed my conversation with Fay Rahman about Integration, the Hijab and lots more
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Check out Fay’s YouTube channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuq86og6-6yQunD_kT_6fg
The Out Of The Fold podcast:
https://outofthefold.podbean.com Faithless Hijabi:
 https://www.facebook.com/faithlesshijabi/

I had a wonderful chat with Iona Italia about Tango, free speech, her work at Areo and Sci-Fi.
 The section on Sci-Fi is from 1:06:00 - 1:29:30
 Shout out to Justin Ward 1:42:35 - 1:43:07 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Iona: @IonaItalia 
Check out her work at Areo :
https://areomagazine.com
 http://www.ionaitalia.com/ You can get her book at either https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999755189/ref=cm_sw_r_t...

I spoke with James Lindsay about Grievance studies and the Sokal style papers he collaborated on, the religious nature of Social Justice, and the academy. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow James: @ConceptualJames 
To find out more about critiques of grievance studies and the Sokal Squared papers follow: 
@HPluckrose @peterboghossian @MikeNayna Some of James’ work at Areo: https://areomagazine.com/201...

I spoke with Sadia Hameed about the double standards faced by people who try to bring to light the issues facing minority communities
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sadia: @sadia936 Check out the work Sadia and CEMB does:
https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk Donate to CEMB’s fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/ktnuae Watch Islam’s Non-Believers: https://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/islams-non-believer

I had the pleasure of speaking with Raheel Raza about the difficulties of talking about Islam, reconciling Islam with universal human rights. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Raheel: @Raheelraza Check out her work: Clarion: https://clarionproject.org Muslims Facing Tomorrow: https://muslimsfacingtomorrow.com

I spoke with Andrea aka the other 95 about travel, the new secular law in Quebec, and first principles Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Andrea: @theother_95 Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeWWxwzgLYUbfjWowXhVdYw

I spoke with Marwa about the returning ISIS fighters/brides, hijab used as a symbol for Islam. The dialogue around Islam Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Marwa: @MimzyV Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Y7_v54xPxZWKDeugfID4w

I speak with Jenn Sutton about the terms Islamophobia, Islamism and Islamist as well as the hijab Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jenn: @MurtadMilli

I spoke with Elham Manea about Islam, how extremism is more than just terrorism and about her latest book. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Elham: @ElhamManea You can find her book (in German): https://www.amazon.ca/alltägliche-Islamismus-Terror-beginnt-zulassen-ebook/dp/B077BZ93DW/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_6?keywords=Elham+manea&qid=1553095668&s=gateway&sr=8-6-fkmrnull