Episodes
Interview with Don Watkins
May 23, 2021
Today, we interviewed Don Watkins , author of RooseveltCare: How Social Security is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance about his book and forthcoming projects. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and se…
Interview with Elan Journo
May 17, 2021
Today we interviewed Ayn Rand Institute Senior Fellow, Elan Journo about his book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Is…
Ben Bayer on Ayn Rand's essay, Selfishness Without A Self
May 13, 2021
In this episode, we have a returning guest. Ben Bayer of the Ayn Rand Institute is here to discuss Ayn Rand's essay, Selfishness Without A Self . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: “Anti-Co…
Evangelicals, Custom Mobile App, and Word of Mouth Marketing
April 3, 2021
Episode 16 is a short quarterly report, with download statistics , announcement of our app for The Secular Foxhole , commentary on an article in The Economist , and word-of-mouth marketing according to Martin, as a new media…
Interview with Aaron Briley
March 18, 2021
For this episode of The Secular Foxhole, we had the chance to interview Aaron Briley, a fellow and research associate with The Objective Standard Institute . We covered many topics, including his living in Denmark, his colle…
Interview with Vinay Kolhatkar
March 3, 2021
For episode 14, we interviewed Vinay Kolhatkar, chief editor of The Savvy Street website and author of two fiction works, A Sharia London , and The Frankenstein Candidate . He also co-wrote: Media Wars: The Battle to Shape O…
Interview with Craig Biddle
Feb. 18, 2021
This episode features Craig Biddle, author and entrepreneur. We cover some exciting ground talking about the new Objective Standard Institute and the Prometheus Foundation, both of which he leads, plus his book, "Loving Life…
Interview with Margaret Downey and Andrew Seidel
Jan. 29, 2021
On January 24th, we discussed the life and work of Thomas Paine, one of America's first, great, intellectuals. Margaret Downey of The Freethought Society and Andrew Seidel of The Freedom From Religion Foundation were our gue…
Interview with Andy Clarkson
Jan. 21, 2021
Today we talk with Andy Clarkson, author of The Impact of Aristotle Upon Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures: A Compilation of Notes and Quotes from a Variety of Sources Plus Commentary. This is the perfect book for the …
News from The Secular Foxhole
Jan. 10, 2021
Episode ten is a short year-end review, and then we talk about future podcast thoughts/ideas, and possible guests. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: "You're Fired" The Ominous Parallels: T…
Fruity Dreams about Jingle and Orchestral Bells
Dec. 20, 2020
Episode nine consists of Martin and I talking about some of our favorite kinds of music. I wanted theme music for the show to be a cross between two of my all-time favorites, Mike Oldfield and Tangerine Dream. The more I hea…
Interview with Aaron Smith
Dec. 14, 2020
Our eighth episode features Aaron Smith , Fellow and Instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute. We cover the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism and his critique of it. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and…
Interview with James Valliant
Nov. 19, 2020
Martin and I have a great discussion with author James S. Valliant about his two books, focusing on his most recent, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, p…
Religion and the Number of the Beast
Nov. 6, 2020
In episode 6 of The Secular Foxhole Podcast, Blair goes on a bit of a Rant about religion, and Martin acts as the Voice of Reason! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Number (666) of the bea…
Interview with Ben Bayer
Oct. 14, 2020
We interview Ben Bayer, a Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute about, " The Ethics of Emergencies ," and how that doesn't fundamentally explain what the field of ethics is about. We then cover Ben's current and future projects. …
Podcast Artwork, Symbols, and Future Jingle
Sept. 30, 2020
We do a bit of housecleaning in this episode. Martin and I discuss the meaning of the name of the podcast and cover the meanings of each symbol. We talk about getting some music made for the show and future episodes and gues…
Interview with Andrew Bernstein
Sept. 16, 2020
Blair and Martin are talking with the author and philosopher, Andrew Bernstein. From his bio.: Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books, including …
Reading Books in a Foxhole
Sept. 2, 2020
In this episode, Martin and I discuss a few of our favorite fiction and non-fiction works that we think deserve even wider attention. We also mention an interesting website called Writ Large about books that have changed the…
Welcome to The Secular Foxhole Podcast!
Aug. 26, 2020
This is the trailer for our podcast, The Secular Foxhole. Blair tells about the background for the name of the podcast, and we talk about the different symbols in the show artwork. As a freethinker, are you looking through b…