Secular Talk
Secular Talk is an left leaning online news show on YouTube, hosted by Kyle Kulinski. The focus of the show is modern American politics from a largely liberal and secular perspective. Kulinski is a New Atheist/agnostic and admires Richard Dawkins, but he does not always agree with fellow New Atheists on particular points.[1] Like many agnostics/atheists, Kyle Kulinski engages in public profanity (see: Atheism and profanity).[2]
History
Kulinski currently resides in New York. He started Secular Talk show in 2008. He is part of The Young Turks network.
Format
The show consists of short videos of a few minutes, which he usually cuts from longer speeches made by conservative politicians and journalists, and he provides rebuttals from a secular perspective.
Political/ideological views of Kyle Kulinski
- He is pro abortion, but makes an exception for late term abortions which he disagrees with.
- He has indicated that pro-choice democratic socialist Bernie Sanders is the best Democrat 2016 presidential candidate.
- He accepts global warming and supports actions to solve it.
- He is generally pro-feminism, but is against third-wave feminism.
- He is socialistic and admires social democratic Scandinavian countries.
- He is pro-homosexual marriage.
- He is pro government funded sex reassignment surgery of prisoners.
- He wants all election candidates to receive government funds and wants to ban private and corporate campaign contributions.
- He is a proponent of Obamacare
- He supports a single-payer government funded health-care system and supports free four-year public college for all.
- He believes in high taxation of wealthy individuals and corporations.
- He is a critic of Islam.
- He is a critic of Israel.
Opposition to Christianity
He frequently criticizes Christian journalists, public figures and politicians.