Showing posts with label Todd and Tyler Radio Empire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Todd and Tyler Radio Empire. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Are Atheists Being Ignored?

The last time atheism was mentioned in Omaha local media was when people got mad about our billboard last summer[1].  In other words, the last time they talked about us was to talk about how people hated us.

With Apostacon[2] coming up, the organizers have been offering our local media the opportunity to talk to any of the speakers[3], highlighting Nathan Phelps[4] and David Silverman[5].  They even approached the local radio show hosted by 2 atheists[6].  After speaking to some of the organizers about it, it appears that what's happened is the local media intentionally ignoring the atheists.

With our proximity to Topeka, Omaha is familiar[7] with Westboro Baptist Church[8].  And, with them currently suing our state[9], it makes sense that they'd want to talk to a member of the Phelps family who got away from Westboro's hate.  But no.  Complete silence from local media.

And, of course, they should familiar enough with David Silverman[10] to consider him worth talking to.  Complete silence.

If you'd like to help, please contact, POLITELY, any our media outlets and request they give the atheists the attention they deserve.

KMTV[11]:
402-593-2700 or 212-975-3247
news@action3news.com[12]

WOWT[13]:
402-346-6666
sixonline@wowt.com[14]

KETV[15]:
402-978-8954 or 402-345-7777

KPTM[16]:
402-554-4282
news42@kptm.com[17]

KFAB[18]:
402-556-5060
news@kfab.com[19]

Todd & Tyler[20]
877-931-4868
tnt@tntradioempire.com[21]

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1.  http://aparticularblogbyaparticularatheist.blogspot.com/2012/07/uncontroversial-billboard-is.html
2.  http://www.apostacon.org/
3.  http://www.apostacon.org/speakers/
4.  http://youtu.be/WLFUaOWRlDA
5.  http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/are-you-serious-face-seriously
6.  http://www.tntradioempire.com/
7.  http://youtu.be/EQ7Bnzg7YgU
8.  http://youtu.be/7mJD1sqB0Ts
9.  http://www.omaha.com/article/20130903/NEWS/130909612/1707
10.  http://www.ibtimes.com/nj-motor-vehicle-commission-backpedals-after-rejecting-atheist-vanity-plate-david-silverman-1401389
11.  http://www.kmtv.com/contact/
12.  news@action3news.com
13.  http://www.wowt.com/
14.  sixonline@wowt.com
15.  http://www.ketv.com/tv/contact
16.  http://www.kptm.com/category/106683/contact-us
17.  news42@kptm.com
18.  http://www.kfab.com/pages/contactus.html
19.  news@kfab.com
20.  http://www.tntradioempire.com/contact/
21.  tnt@tntradioempire.com

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Saturday Morning Shares - 03-16-2013


Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.


Not At All About Religion:


Meet the woman with the world’s strongest VAGINA (via Todd N Tyler Radio Empire)

designed-for-life: Invisible Farm (via @ZacharyNelson)

Seals Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans (via @mashable)

R2-D2 Papercraft  (via @MattersofGrey)

(via @thinkgeek)
Don't Be Offended. Seriously, Don't. (via @SethMacFarlane)


Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (03/14/2013)


About Religion:

Young, Sick and Invisible: A Skeptic's Journey With Chronic Illness (via @jteberhard)

Humanist Essay Contest (via @Teresamacbain)

(Thanks to Kevin, fellow fan of Atheist Experience & Non-Prophets)




(via @hemantmehta)

My father, the hate preacher: Nate Phelps on escaping Westboro Baptist Church (via @OuRR_World)

Petition Interdiction: Tenn. Legislator Seeks To Make It A Crime To Protest Church-State Violations

CIA Director takes his oath of office the right way. (via @jteberhard)

Last Year, Atheists Raised $430,000 for Cancer Research; Let’s Do Even Better This Year (via @hemantmehta)

Next Week Is ‘A’ Week (via Omaha Atheists)


Pope Stuff:

Who Is Pope Francis? (via @hemantmehta)

New Pope, Same Old Homophobia (via @hemantmehta)

Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires Rages Against Abortion “Death Sentence” (via @hemantmehta)

All Of These Pope Twitter And Facebook Accounts Are Fake  (via @Alyssa_Milano)

What a New Pope Means for Atheists (via @hemantmehta)

Pope Francis in 92 Seconds (via @mashable)

(via Satan, thanks to Sarah for sharing)

Asshole Of The Week:


Monday, February 25, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence & Mental Illness

In an interview with Omaha morning radio show Todd and Tyler[1], after The Bill Engvall Show[2] had ended, Engvall had high praise for Jennifer Lawrence, saying he wasn't surprised by her Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone and that he expected more to come.

That good but short lived sitcom is still the only work of Lawrence's I've seen.  I had no interest in Winter's Bone and still don't.  I wanted to see The Hunger Games, but I just never got around to it.  I'm sure I'll see it eventually. 

I've wanted to see Silver Linings Playbook, for which Lawrence won an Oscar last night, since the previews for it started but again haven't gotten around to it.  After reading her recent interview[3], I'm more encouraged to get my ass to the theater to support the film and its message.

She talks about her views on mental health and suggests the film's director shares those views.  
On how her Oscar will champion the effort to help the mentally ill: "I don't think we're going to stop until we get rid of the stigma for mental illness. I know David won't. And I hope that this helps. It's so bizarre how in this world, if you have asthma, you take asthma medicine; if you have diabetes, you take diabetes medicine; but as soon as you have to take medication for your mind, there's such a stigma behind it."
And she's right in comparing mental illness to asthma.  For too long, we've attached a stigma to legitimate health issues that deserve to be viewed as any other.  We do not shame people for having cancer, even if they might have caused it themselves by drinking and smoking heavily[4]

We shouldn't shame people for being bipolar or schizophrenic.  Good for Jennifer Lawrence for using her talent and subsequent spotlight to say so.

And for anyone who insists on continuing the stigma, I'll share this gesture with you.


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1.  http://www.tntradioempire.com/
2.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill_Engvall_Show
3.  Was Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar Fall 'On Purpose'?
4.  Christopher Hitchens and His Battle with Esophageal Cancer