National Progressive Talk Radio

Dan Arel is an editor and contributing writer for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and Secularite Magazine. He also writes for the Examiner and Truthout. His articles and quotes are published across the internet and have been featured in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Alternet, Christian Post, Christian Today, Religious News Service, Sojourners, Pasadena Weekly, Kentucky Kernel and many others. His articles focus on secular values issues and political commentary, focusing on issues such as the separation of church and state as it applies to public policy and education. Dan is also the author of the upcoming book  "Parenting Without God" for atheist parents raising children in a Christian America.You can follow Dan atwww.danarel [http://www.danarel].com and on twitter @danarel Tune in Sunday February 23rd when Sean Prophet interviews author, political writer, speaker and secular advocate Dan Arel.

Jamila Bey is a journalist based in Washington, DC where she recently hosted the radio show The Sex, Politics and Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila. Bey is also a writer for the Washington Post blog, She the People. A stand-up comedian, Jamila says she enjoys the stage "because it’s a cheaper hobby than scrapbooking." Jamila served a decade-long stint as a producer and editor at National Public Radio working for shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Tell Me More with Michel Martin, and Talk of the Nation. Bey's work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Humanist of London, Jazz Times Magazine, WebMD, The Today Show and radio stations around the country. Her areas of expertise include health and family policy, and all issues concerning the First Amendment. Bey particularly enjoys reporting on issues concerning religion and the separation of church and state. As a vocal atheist and freethinker, she raises awareness of religious issues in the black community and for black women in particular. You can contribute to Jamila Bey's Indiegog campaign here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sex-politics-and-religion-network [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sex-politics-and-religion-network] Tune in Sunday, February 2nd at 9pm EST/6pmPST when Sean Prophet interviews journalist Jamila Bey. - See more at: http://www.nptr.net/1724_jamila-bey-sex-politics-religion#sthash [http://www.nptr.net/1724_jamila-bey-sex-politics-religion#sthash].iKGEAlL1.dpuf

Guy P. Harrison is a writer and public speaker who promotes science and reason. He has held  numerous positions in the news industry, including editorial writer, world news editor, sports editor, photographer, page designer, and columnist. Harrison is also a veteran travel writer, having visited and written about more than 25 countries on five continents. He has won several awards for his writing, including the WHO (World Health Organization) Award for Health Reporting and the Commonwealth Media Award for Excellence in Journalism. Guy’s brand of scientific skepticism is positive, constructive and optimistic. He calls weak skepticism the world’s great unrecognized crisis and believes that millions of lives and trillions of dollars could be saved if only more people committed to thinking like a scientist in everyday life. Harrison is the author of five highly acclaimed books on critical thinking, including his latest work Think: Why You Should Question Everything. In his new book, the author demonstrates how everyone can reason like a scientist, embrace the skeptical life, and improve their critical thinking skills. Harrison shows you how to better navigate through the maze of biases and traps that are standard features of every human brain by helping you trim away the nonsense, deflect bad ideas, and keep both feet firmly planted in reality. Tune in Sunday, Jan 19th at 9pm EST/6pmPST when Sean Prophet discusses critical thinking with author Guy P. Harrison.

PNHP California (PNHP CA) is the largest state chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). We are physicians, medical students, health professionals and advocates who believe that access to high-quality health care is a right and should be provided equitably as a public service rather than bought and sold as a commodity. We educate and advocate for a single-payer health insurance system in California and the nation. We believe that our current Medicare program should be improved and expanded to include all persons living in the United States. We acknowledge that a national health insurance system will most likely result from individual states creating their own single-payer models. California is poised to become one of the first to create such a model. PNHP-CA originated in 1987 under the name California Physicians Alliance (CaPA). CaPA was founded to promote progressive change in health care at the state and local levels. In 1993 CaPA officially became the California chapter of PNHP. In 2010 CaPA changed its name to PNHP California to more clearly reflect our ties to our national organization and its mission.

Dr. Peter Boghossian is a full time faculty member in the philosophy department at Portland State University. His goal is to teach people how to align  their beliefs with reality and embrace reason. Boghossian has worked with people in prisons, hospitals, public and private schools, business seminars, colleges and universities. He bases his philosophy around critical thinking and places great emphasis on the application of the Socratic Method. The philosopher's latest work is titled A Manual For Creating Atheists.   "For thousands of years, the faithful have honed proselytizing strategies and talked people into believing the truth of one holy book or another. Indeed, the faithful often view converting others as an obligation of their faith–and are trained from an early age to spread their unique brand of religion. The result is a world broken in large part by unquestioned faith. As an urgently needed counter to this tried-and-true tradition of religious evangelism, A Manual for Creating Atheists offers the first-ever guide not for talking people into faith–but for talking them out of it. Peter Boghossian draws on the tools he has developed and used for more than twenty years as a philosopher and educator to teach how to engage the faithful in conversations that will help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their religious beliefs, mistrust their faith, abandon superstition and irrationality, and ultimately embrace rea