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Speaking in Atlanta This Sunday … and Tabling in Huntsville This October

Richard Carrier — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:29:43 +0000

Atlanta might be my only public talk this year (IRL). But I will also be attending and tabling (not presenting) at the Rocket City Reason Con this October in Huntsville, Alabama (so if you want to meet there and get a book signed, check that out; it’s going to a groovy conference, with great presenters […]

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Public Zoom on Josephus and Bayes

Richard Carrier — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:02:43 +0000

This video is now publicly available. I am keeping the original announcement below. But to watch see The Knowledge Nexus. The de-animated slides are available here (but the usual advisory: the slides are not the lecture, so don’t just read the slides and think you heard all the qualifiers, exceptions, qualifications, and expansions—you will only […]

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Discussing the New Book Today and Tuesday

Richard Carrier — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:44:12 +0000

Heads up to all my patrons! Tonight I’ll be discussing The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus, which is now shipping in the US (and it should soon beyond, although our dumb trade war might be slowing that), on the Godless Granny show early this evening (Saturday, November 22, 4:30pm Eastern) and then Tuesday on […]

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Now I’m Also Debating God with Inspiring Philosophy at the Modern Day DebateCon!

Richard Carrier — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:50:55 +0000

In addition to debating which worldview is better for society with Andrew Wilson on Sunday November 16 (see my previous announcement) I am now also scheduled to debate whether God exists at all with Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy the previous day, Saturday the 15th. I will be tabling with a limited amount of books […]

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Public Zoom on Inanna and Other Resurrected Gods

Richard Carrier — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:11:54 +0000

Quick notice: I discussed the possible evolution and diffusion of resurrected god ideology in the ancient West, in a live public Zoom. The video (mostly just audio over slides) is now archived here (with the slides here but they are only useful with the lecture).

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The Carrier-Wilson Debate in Nashville: Christianity Or Secular Humanism, Which Is Best for Society?

Richard Carrier — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:06:56 +0000

I will be debating Andrew Wilson, live on stage, in Nashville, Tennessee, this November 16. Yes, that Andrew Wilson. I expect it will be a dumpster fire like it was with Sargon, and as experienced by Dillahunty last year with Wilson. But I’ll stick around. Because I only do this for real money now, as […]

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Hang Out at the Queen Vic in DC!

Richard Carrier — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:27:22 +0000

Thanks to my call out last week, I have a host providing me a place to stay, sufficient funds to cover my expenses, and a venue for my book signing on Friday evening, June 6. If you want to know why I am marching for veterans that day and why it’s important, or even want […]

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Help Me Join the June 6 Veteran’s Rally in DC!

Richard Carrier — Tue, 06 May 2025 17:03:41 +0000

This is an important one to me. My service was an eon ago but it still affects me to this day. And what’s happening now needs attention. See below for what I need. But here’s why… Hundreds of thousands of veterans (half of them disabled) are losing their jobs, including 86,000 jobs at the VA […]

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Did the Rapture Already Happen!? My Debate with the Full Preterist Don Preston Is Tonight

Richard Carrier — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:53:52 +0000

You can catch up on the strange world of Christian preterism (a view lately gaining a lot of attention, and causing a lot of panic among Evangelicals), especially “full preterism,” at Wikipedia. But in the ultra-quick: Don Preston holds that Jesus not only did predict he would return and complete the end times in 70 […]

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I’ll Virtually Be in Bangor, Maine!

Richard Carrier — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:30:52 +0000

This April 27 (2024), a Saturday, I’ll be appearing in Bangor, Maine (video now available, which requires a correction, noted below). This was via Zoom to discuss the historicity of Jesus (including my new book on it which I just completed and sent to the publisher). I summarize that but then focus on the extrabiblical […]

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