BC Humanists Podcast
1) Finding DORI: Embracing the era of religious inefficience
This episode delves into the groundbreaking report, "Finding DORI: A Department of Religious Inefficiency" from the BC Humanist Association. Published on April 1, 2025, this document proposes the esta...Show More
2) Preconceived Panel
An informal discussion panel hosted by the BC Humanist Association and Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. We recommend that you watch the film “Preconceived” first – an award-winning film about ant...Show More
3) An Impossible Task: Prayers in SK municipalities
Our new report looks at prayers in Saskatchewan municipal council meetings. This podcast was generated in part with the help of Google's NotebookLM AI tools. Read the report
4) Research update with Teale Phelps Bondaroff
BCHA Research Coordinator Dr Teale Phelps Bondaroff provides an update on some of our upcoming research and how you can get involved. Volunteer Donate Join
5) Paul Henderson: Fired for upsetting the religious right
In June 2023, Chilliwack Progress Editor Paul Henderson was fired for tweets criticizing those offering little more than "thoughts and prayers" in response to the near-drowning of a local child. In th...Show More
6) Perry Bulwer - Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life In a Doomsday Cult
CONTENT NOTE: Parts of this discussion touch on child abuse and suicide. Perry Bulwer is the author of Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life in a Doomsday Cult. Misguided is a unique first-hand account of a...Show More
7) Putting a cost on religion in Canada
Bettianne Hedges of Humanist Canada hosts Leslie Rosenblood from Centre for Inquiry Canada alongside Teale Phelps Bondaroff and Ian Bushfield of the BC Humanist Association, who will discuss the many ...Show More
8) Creating secular rituals and ceremonies
Join Megan Sheldon of Be Ceremonial as we explore the foundations of ceremony, including how we can create our own rituals to acknowledge times of change in life, death, and everything in between. You...Show More
9) Tackling the Climate Emergency with Emiko Newman
Despite decades of calls to action, our emissions are not on a path to stave off a horrific future for our children and future generations. The BC Climate Emergency Campaign is a group of civil socie...Show More
10) It's still unconstitutional: Municipal councils opening with prayers
Despite a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that prayers at municipal council meetings are unconstitutional, multiple communities across British Columbia still opened their 2022 inaugural council me...Show More