Humanist Network News (HNN) podcasts

Tons of humanist content are showing up on the web. Lately I've been listening to the award winning Humanist Network News (HNN). This collection's directory is as helpful as the podcasts themselves are informative. It's simple to browse two+ years of shows on a single screen (actually, two screens). Each entry contains a brief synopsis and photo, as well as links to both text details about the show and a full text transcript, and can be listened to online or downloaded as an .MP3 file for playing on a portable device.

The shows are diverse and include interviews with movement luminaries (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens) and other notables (Salmon Rushdie, Alan Dershowitz, Rabbi Sherwin Wine, E.O. Wilson, U.S. Representative Pete Stark). The hosts, Duncan Crary and Jes Constantine (see picture) , attend and report on conferences (Atheist Alliance International, International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization (IHEYO), New Humanism) and other events. Some shows are cerebral, others report on arts, leisure and recreation, including, Rational Rap, Camp Quest for humanist youth and much more. The show's theme song, I Ain't Afraid by Holly Near, quickly grows on you.

The show is self described thus: "The Humanist Network News (HNN) Audio Podcast is a monthly one-hour talk show created by the Institute for Humanist Studies. Every episode of the HNN Audio Podcast explores a different area of humanist thought, from politics to pop culture."

Check it out and take it with you on the road.