Glass City Humanist
One prime value of Humanism is we believe every idea is open to question even our own. Because we question everything we can cause some heightened emotions during a discussion as I was reminded of at a recent meeting of my group. We also acknowledge a special accolade for a past Humanist of the Year
Episode 108: Revitalizing Humanism: A New Era of Community Empowerment with Jake Via We’re joined by Jake Via, the new Organizing Director for the American Humanist Association. Our conversation explores Jake’s journey from his conservative Christian upbringing to his eventual embrace of humanism. We look at how his early experiences shaped his values and laid […]
It’s true we will all die but as Humanists we know we won’t take anything with us so we must live our lives the best we can in the here and now. How will people remember you? We also look at the launch of The Secular Vote project.
Episode 106: The Epstein Files & Religious Hypocrisy: Putting Politics Over People We have a critical examination of the hypocrisy within the Christian nationalist movement, particularly concerning the lack of response to revelations from the Epstein files. We highlight the dissonance between the public pronouncements of moral leadership and arguing that partisan interests often supersede […]
Episode 105: The Johnson Amendment Is Officially Dead — And Churches Are Becoming Political Machines We address a recent editorial from the Toledo Blade that mischaracterizes the failed merger between Kroger and Albertsons. Contrary to the editorial’s claims, it was not the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) but a federal judge who blocked the merger due […]
A local court recently ruled that Ohio’s voucher scam is unconstitutional and we also get an update on a suit filed by Lifewise Academy to let them ignore labor laws finally we will all be surprised to learn that our elected lawmakers have been learning in Bible studies that God doesn’t want our government to help the poor.
We look at the recent first meeting of President Trump’s religious liberty commission. Based on the members, religious liberty isn’t what it will focus on. Then we look at the proposed state of Ohio budget that was praised by a Christian Nationalist lobby group for being pro-life, pro-family and protecting children when it does none of those things
In this episode we look at the lack of compassion and empathy in some conservative politicans and find out that Humanism is better. Then after talking about why Harvey Milk was back in the news recently, we look at a study commissioned by the state of Utah that proves gender-affirming care is a good idea for Trans kids.
In this episode we look at what is going on in the Ohio legislature and take deep dive into the school voucher scheme trying to be used to decimate public education in the state
Episode 100: Why Activism Matters: It’s the People, Not the Process with Sean Nestor In this milestone 100th episode of the Glass City Humanist, we welcome Toledo activist Sean Nestor for an in-depth discussion on activism within our community. Sean shares his journey from high school political engagement sparked by the looming Iraq War to […]