Seth Andrews, Host of The Thinking Atheist, on Leaving Faith, Finding Values, and Fighting Tribalism

Support Humanism Now & Join Our Community! (https://ko-fi.com/humanismnowpod) | https://ko-fi.com/humanismnowpod "I found atheism is not an inoculation against irrationality or awfulness." — Seth Andrews Seth Andrews spent 14 years as a Christian radio host before becoming one of the most recognisable voices in atheist and humanist media as host of The Thinking Atheist Podcast. In this conversation, he traces his slow-burn deconstruction from devout evangelical broadcaster to skeptic, why he now leads with "humanist" rather than "atheist," and why leaving religion is no inoculation against tribalism, dogma, or bad ideas, on either side of the God question. Our guest is Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist podcast, YouTube channel and online community, and of the podcast True Stories with Seth Andrews. A former Christian radio broadcaster, he is the author of six books, including Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason and his latest, Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot. In this conversation we cover: • His decades-long, slow-burn deconstruction from devout evangelical broadcaster to "The Thinking Atheist," and the fear that kept him anonymous for the show's first two years • Why he leads with "humanist" rather than "atheist" today, and why disbelief in God guarantees nothing about a person's rationality or character • How online tribalism and algorithm-driven echo chambers have reshaped debate on both sides of the God question, and why he's leaned harder into humanism and politics as a result LINKS & REFERENCES Seth Andrews • Personal site: https://www.sethandrews.com • The Thinking Atheist: https://www.thethinkingatheist.com • True Stories with Seth Andrews: https://www.truestoriespodcast.com • Books: https://www.sethandrews.com/books • Instagram: Instagram: sethandrewstta • X: https://x.com/SethAndrewsTTA • YouTube: thethinkingatheist Mentioned in this episode • Seth Andrews, Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1977250785 • Seth Andrews, Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason: https://www.sethandrews.com/books Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2246305/fa...) Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/humanismnowpod) Support Humanism Now & Join Our Community! (https://ko-fi.com/humanismnowpod) Follow @HumanismNowPod | YouTube (@humanismnowpod) | TikTok (TikTok: humanismnowpod) | Instagram (Instagram: humanismnowpod) | Facebook (Facebook: 61557338678349) | Threads (https://www.threads.com/@humanismnowpod) | X.com (Twitter: HumanismNowPod) | BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/humanismnowp...) Humanism Now is produced by Humanise Live (http://www.humanise.live) a podcast production agency based in London, serving charities, companies, and individuals across the globe. Contact us to get starting in podcasting today at humanise.live (https://www.humanise.live/) or [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Music: Blossom by Light Prism Podcast transcripts are AI-generated and may contain errors or omissions. They are provided to make our content more accessible, but should not be considered a fully accurate record of the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)