-- Humanist Network News #25

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In this month's audio podcast Humanist Network News interviews author Philip Pullman about the religious protest of The Golden Compass,a new film based on his fantasy novel. Also, suburban sprawl criticJames Howard Kunstler speaks to HNN about how and why Americans need tore-think the spaces they inhabit.

Segment 1: Author Philip Pullman on The Golden Compass as an atheist film

Interview: Matt Cherry speaks by phone with British author Philip Pullman, whose book The Golden Compassrecently premiered as a film starring Nicole Kidman. Christianorganizations are boycotting the film because they claim it teacheschildren anti-religious values. Cherry speaks with Pullman about theauthor's non-religious worldview, the controversy surrounding the filmand the humanist values that may be contained within Pullman's fantasybooks for children.

End: 24:19

Listener Comment: An HNN listener shares his families concerns about coming out as an atheist in a small town.

End: 25:28

Segment 2: Author James Howard Kunstler on the human habitat

Interview: Duncan Crary interviews James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency,about "the human habitat." Kunstler is one of the loudest critics ofsuburban sprawl and the damage that poorly designed communities aredoing to the human spirit, the American economy and the planet.Kunstler predicts the end of the cheap oil fiasco is near and thathumans -- especially Americans -- will need to re-think how and wherethey live. This interview was recorded in Kunstler's home near SaratogaSprings, N.Y.

End: 59:42

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I Ain't Afraid (mp3)*
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"Everyday" (mp3)
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Links:

Philip Pullman | The Golden Compass Movie | James Howard Kunstler | TED: Kunstler | HNN Podcast Page | TIME: Sunday School for Atheists

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