Episodes

This week on Cognitive Dissonance, Tom and Cecil cover more disturbing articles from recent news. The first story on the block, Pakistan bans Valentine’s Day for being Un-Islamic. No more heart shaped burkas for your sweetie. Faith-based...

Thanks to for joining us. Tom, Cecil, and Ishmael talk about Jesse Lee Peterson’s opinion that if there were no black people in America, we wouldn’t have as many murders and riots.  Cecil and Tom then discuss how and why the Republican side...

Thanks to Dan for coming on the show! You can find Dan's blog Danthropology, on Patheos  You can also follow him on twitter at @danarel   Stories covered in episode:

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Thanks to Andre, from for stopping by the studio. The Atheist Candidate Project is designed to connect people who are thinking about running for office as an atheist with individuals who can offer mentorship, guidance, and web skills. How can you...

In this episode, Cecil and Tom discuss a couple of stories including one about a politician allegedly inappropriately grabbing a woman in her genital area, a story about how we will all become Muslim because of atheism and paganism, a priest files...

Thanks to everyone who came to the show this weekend. We had a blast. This episode, Tom, and Cecil discuss how Scientology is being used as drug prevention in London schools. Hillbilly God is back to review some sex devotional slides from BYU....

This episode is a special episode in that it is the first show of 2017. We are finally out of the garbage dump that was 2016.  In this episode, Tom and Cecil start by discussing what’s been ruining Jim Bakker’s week.  They move on to a...

Episode and stories covered in episode: Episode 273: Verb to Noun recorded on January 25, 2016 Women putting herb balls in vagina to 'detox their wombs' have been warned of dangers Episode 277: Thank You Sky! recorded on February 11, 2016 ...

Happy New Year! Tom and Cecil have a flashback to their old podcasting days while reading off the Tupac rap lyrics that the Sri Lankan church printed by accident. Tom predicts the end of the world while discussing news that the Pakistani Minister...

Between the laughter, Tom and Cecil discuss recent and disturbing news about the death of a girl banished for menstruating and the Satanist 'Cum Rags for Congress' political statement. Lastly, we get to hear quizzes from the next chapter in David...

We interview Scott about his latest project "Suspect Convictions"   The show will be available in early January.

Thanks to our guest, Thomas from Thomas and The Bible, Atheistically Speaking, Comedy Shoeshine, Opening Arguments....and probably ten more podcasts we can't remember... Congrats to Thomas for finally finishing The Bible, check out his video here: ...

"There is no such thing anymore as fact because it's all subjective"....what!?  Tom and Cecil talk about a recent episode of The Diane Rehm Show where guest Scottie Nell Hughes discusses her ideas on facts. They also discuss Alex Jones and...

Tom and Cecil have Talk Nerdy host Cara Santa Maria on the show. They talk about the rise of “fake-news” and how personal biases can influence how we consume media.   About Cara:  Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight...

We had the honor of having Dan Arel on the show last week. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we lost the recording. Thankfully Dan was super cool and understanding and agreed to come back on the show in January. Tom and Cecil cover some of...

Tom and Cecil discuss The Atlantic's article about the alt-right event in Washington. And how, surprisingly, slap therapy may not work and why going to the Chiropractor may be more harmful than it seems. We Transfer link:     ...

Thanks to Matt Dillahunty for joining us!

Special Guest: Seth Andrews from The Thinking Atheist  A big thanks to Elvis for creating the song that starts this episode!    Listener Submissions:  Alex Jones is really a Super Saiyan:  Ever want to own a bunch of...

This is our live show from Manchester at QED this year. There are some sight gags in the beginning that don’t translate well, but that doesn’t go on throughout. Stay after the outro for some pre-show mic check with the crowd. Some of it is a...

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