Cecil is a nearly 40-year-old deconverted Christian, Ex- Republican, one-time Woo-believer and former conspiracy theorist. He’s all better now. He lives with his wife in Chicago. He has two associates’ degrees in culinary and patisserie arts, a BA degree in philosophy, and a Masters in New Media. He makes a living as a new media professional. None of these things qualify him as an authority on anything. He can however, prepare a meal that will make you have a fit of existential anxiety then he’ll give you advice on the best way to tweet about it. He’s never ridden in a submarine.
Tom is a great lover of sandwiches and the meats and cheeses within them. He has a degree in English Literature, which, along with three bucks and a kind word, might be enough for a cup of coffee. A father, husband, half-hearted idealist, and sometimes poet, Tom’s ire is raised before he is every morning. Tom earns his keep staring numbly downward while listening to people complain about real estate. He is also afraid of birds.
Well that about sums it up. Fucking brilliant. And Tom, I didn’t realize you were so photogenic.
Honestly I thought seeing you would ruin your podcast for me indefinitely. Luckily you look like you sound, compliment?! Great pod-casts guys, keep it up.
Damn, I was imagining Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp. My fantasies are ruined and I think I need a fork to take my eyeballs out.
I love your podcast more than a fresh cool breeze during a summer heat wave….ok I’m shittin’ youz guyz. Your shows are lively and informative and provide a fix that only a crack head could appreciate…Of course this is where I switch to the however part….Please limit the use of the f word and research additional informatio on the topics you comment on beforehand. I find myself wanting to know whether the stories you report have confirming facts or additional bits of information only to hear from you that I don’t know if blank is true. Of course, I’m noticing this because I am on an obsessive-compulsive quest to refute the bullshit reported through the liberal media. Wait a minute, Rush took control of my body and made me type that phrase. I’m back now. Wow, being possessed by a blowhard, pill popping, hate spewing bigot for a moment is terrifying. Anyhow, I have way too many kool-aid drinking family members who belive the only source more accurate than Fox news (I still get agitated typing the ultimate oxymoron Fox News) or Rush “Shithead” Limbaugh is the Lord’s ultimate publication the Bible. In the words of Sheriff Bart from Blazing Saddles, “Keep up faith Brothers” you’re providing antibodies to keep the growing group of skeptics, Agnostics and Atheists from infection.
Hey guys, it’s a great show and all, but could you please use words like “fuck” more often?
Thanks!
Okay. Now I can place those voices with a face. And oh my, what a couple of hotties you are. Putting those visions in my wank bank for sure…..and Tom, loving the blonde moment.
Lovin the podcast….
Dastardly Dusty from UK x
The photos were as expected given the self-deviatory comments of the hosts; I did however love the bio’s to go with them. I have to write those things for work and I hate the sales action, so much nicer for you guy’s to just say stuff.
RipleyP
Gympie
Australia
To imagine this place just think of the hillbilly god with an Australian Accent and you get where I am.
Well, Tom, we now know what would happen if Rapunzel ever mated with George Peppard during his A-Team phase…
Cecil looks relatively normal – this is, of course, assuming – that ‘New Media’ isn’t a euphemism for ‘Failed Lenin Impersonator’ – he isn’t the gray-looking guy
Ahoy-hoy from down under,
I was listening to episode 61 and thought you might like to read the book “Why we get fat and what to do about it”,by Gary Taubs. The book looks at the farce that is dieting and shows the chemical processes involved in getting fat or losing weight.
Anyway, love the show guys, have a good one.
Thanks
Just discovered you guys (via Skeptalk); started listening a few days ago and love you in entirely inappropriate ways. I’ll leave a rating on Itunes as soon as I can escape my steel-clad workplace (which even the mightiest wi-fi signal cannot penetrate).
I used the word “penetrate.”
Hi guys! Your show is a great escape from the conservative, corporate world I stumbled into and from my family who thinks woo-woo should be preserved as part of the African-American heritage.
I listen to your show during my commute, or during my morning run, which is not really a safe practice because I often alternate between laughing out loud and saying ‘what the fuck!’, while listening. I would not be surprised if someone hauls me away, soon.
Keep up the good work!
Accidentally came across these guys while looking for more content on Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson’s book.
Now this is where I go to listen to the authentic voice of God. The banjo playing is a fringe benefit. Emailing these guys is just like praying to God, I got no response! Love the show anyhow.
Thanks! Now I can put some faces to the voices I’ve been listening to for so long. Oddly Tom, you look exactly like I’ve been picturing you
. Thanks for giving the hinterlands of Michigan, a shout out. That’s where I’m from, and it’s my frequent cheapskate destination, considering my family still reside there. Hillbilly God is also a Michigander, as it turns out… just sayin’ 
Keep up the mind tingling erudite podcasting! The cats and I are adoring you both, as ever.
Brandi (crazy cat lady, Michigander, liberal gun nut, recovering Dungeons & Dragons widow, and occasional emailer to your show )
I stopped at Cake, and never stopped laughing at “the everything”. Fuckin’ A
Great show guys. You’re twice as good to listen to double speed but the downside is you only last half a long. I always look forward to the next podcast.
Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. What an uncharacteristic pair of podders you make!
Great to see the faces on top of the necks housing the vocal cords of my favouritest podcast hosts. Really.
My wife, Fran (She Who Makes The Earth Tremble) is rapidly learning to associate ‘Murkin accents with funny, intelligent, profane insight, and a pretty large dash of compassion, thanks to you two!
Considering that both of you claim to be dumber than a box of rocks, you really cut through the bullshit in your stories, and you’re a fuck of a lot smarter than every fundie/republican/right-wing nutjob in your stories. Mind you, that’s not setting the bar very high…
Please keep up the great work, it’s our favourite part of the day now – we sit on the balcony, drinking cider and watching the weather roll in over the mountains, with you guys playing on the iPad. Great way to end the day. Cheers!
Pete from ɹǝpun uʍop!
Wow, thankyou i guesS? No really, thankyou
Love your podcast. Just like Ricky Jervase you guys are no punches pulled, no holes bared, bare back fucking the truth as you see it. If you cant laugh at it, somethings wrong, humour is funniest when its sad but true imo, and i feel you guys do a fantastic job at highlighting important issues in the news and exposing them for the absurdities that they are in the saddest truest fashion. I look forward to the day when we can all look back on these rediculous stories and laugh at there backwards ass nature as a culture rather than just as the fringed group of reality burdened atheist heathens that we are.
I love that you are helping me enjoy hearing about these monumentally retarded news items and can laugh out loud at them rather than sinking into a puddle of my own tears and pissing my life aware in a depresses stupore. Becuase lets face it, this worlds a little cookoo, and the crazies will always highlight the worst of our anamalistic nature, and its a god send (pardon the prophanity) that we live in a day and age where we can view there acts and say “NO, NNNNNO! Bad Bbbbad . No soup for you!” And move on progressing our society for the betterment of everyone.
Thanks again Guys keep up the great work.
Damo
Hi, I tried to post my 5-star rating on iTunes but the system refuses to connect for some reason. Luckily, god (*ahem*) invented cut & paste. Here are my comments below:
I enjoy these podcasts. It is like taking a proverbial Swiffer duster and wiping away years of cobwebs, dust and distorted religious/political crap that this mind has accumulated. My brain feels clearer now, thank you. You two can be funny and light and quickly turn the discussion to skeptically lambaste those in leadership roles who use their powers for selfish and hateful purposes. I appreciate your strong moral fibre for defending the voiceless. Keep podcasting your message. You are developing and growing a big listener audience.
Btw, I am relistening to episode and laughing at your version of Santa Muerte coming down the chimney for its pound of flesh and blood in a shot glass. Happy Holidays!
Hi guys – love your podcast – i had to send you this link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21325805
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http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_killing_children_by_selling_Melanies_Marvelous_Measles/?kHVyIbb
Melanie’s Marvelous Measles – Killing Kids for Fun and to Stick It To The Man
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_killing_children_by_selling_Melanies_Marvelous_Measles/?kHVyIbb
I’ve started an online petition at the above url asking Amazon to stop selling the above mentioned book whose title I’ve modifed to make it a tad more accurate. I’ve also used the online form on Amazon.com to suggest the title be changed to the above.
One encouraging thing about this fiasco is that the “positive” reviews of the book on Amazon are almost all ironic including the “most helpful” positive review. Another encouraging development is that one Australian book seller has stopped selling this book in response to an Australian online petition.
I’ve posted another review of the book on Amazon suggesting that all ironic positive reviewers adjust their rating of this screed to 1 star except for the “most helpful” positive review, so the casual searcher will see the book has a low rating and, if they examine the reviews, will also still see that the most helpful positive review agrees with the most helpful negative review.
I’ve been listening for about a year to your podcast. I finally got curious about what you guys look like. Needless to say, I am thrilled to be able to imagine you both now while I listen to your excellent show. Especially when Cecil randomly breaks into Hillbilly God. “Ah thawt you wannid that earthquake!”
Oh my god, you guys are something this middle-aged mom looks forward to every week. Love you both, keep up the good work!
I love your podcast. You say that you are very uninformed, but your information is actually pretty accurate, according to the news anyway. I love that you swear, and that you laugh a lot, it’s a refreshing change of pace from other podcasts that are just plain dull and downright depressing when it comes to serious news. Being tactful is great, but sometimes the best medicine is to be straight to the point and direct; and you guys do that. Your insanely entertaining, don’t ever change.
sorry wrong Your… I meant You’re
Fat fucks.
What does “no welcome mat” mean, anyway?
Originally thought your podast was a little loud for my fragile British sensibilities, luckily the Skeptics with a K guys softened me up.
Have sent you a measly $10 (see paypal donation) – that’s over 10 cents an episode, you guys are worth almost twice that, maybe.
You’ve made me laugh out loud on numerous occasions which, I’m sure scares my fellow train commuters nearly as much as people scrupulously reading religious books on their journey scare me.
Anyway, keep up the good work.
Richard
Greetings from Brisbane Australia.
Very happy to have found your podcast gentlemen, and so reasonably priced.
Keep up the good work.
But please, if I could make just one point of conjector it would be not to let so many Australian arseholes into your comment section.
There’s so many of them, it feels like London England.
Deano.
Hello from Beijing. My favorite podcast. Doing my best to increment the China downloads count.
Wow your show is loud and pushes the boundaries of my English-ness. Found you guys off the back of Skeptics with a K and I enjoy the way you lighten the mood on a really otherwise horrific story and I even found myself laughing at some religious murders.
So love the podcast and I love doing bad impressions of Brian Dunning.