Atheist Community of Austin
| The Atheist Experience | |
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| Genre | Talk show |
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| Theme music composer | Shelley Segal |
| Opening theme | "Saved" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 977 (as of July 17, 2016) |
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| Location(s) | Austin, Texas |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | October 19, 1997 – present |
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The Atheist Experience is a weekly webcast and cable access television show in Austin, Texas, first aired on October 19, 1997. Rotating regulars Matt Dillahunty,Jeff Dee, Martin Wagner, Russell Glasser, Don Baker, Tracie Harris, Jen Peeples, John Iacoletti, and Phil Session host and co-host the program. Frequent topics include religious dogma, morality, ethics and application of the scientific method. The co-host often opens with a theme or current event, then takes live calls. Although debate about all theist and atheist-related views are welcome, because of the large number of Christians in the United States, the emphasis is mostly on Christianity.
The Atheist Experience is broadcast by the Atheist Community of Austin (ACA), an educational non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. The ACA has as a central goal the promotion of positive atheism and of the separation of church and state.
A YouTube channel which became the official channel in August 2012 has over 150,000 subscribers and over 27 million video views as of November 2016.
Matt Dillahunty was raised a fundamentalist Baptist and was a Christian for over 20 years. He served in the Navy for 8 years and spent several years in the hi-tech game industry. After this he set out to re-affirm his faith with the intent of attending seminary and pursuing a life in the ministry, but through a process of study, no longer believed his previous theistic beliefs. He co-founded Iron Chariots, a counter-apologetics . Dillahunty served as the president of the Atheist Community of Austin. He is married to Beth Presswood, who sporadically co-hosts The Atheist Experience.
Russell Glasser is a software engineer in Austin, Texas. He received an MSc in computer engineering at the University of Texas in 2007. Glasser is the producer of the internet radio show The Non Prophets. He has a son, Ben. His sister, Keryn, used to be a regular co-host.
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