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| − | '''Secular Talk''' is a left-leaning online talk show on [[YouTube]], hosted by Kyle Kulinski. The program focuses on modern American politics from a strongly [[liberal]] and [[secular]] perspective. Kulinski is a [[New Atheism|New Atheist]]/[[agnosticism|agnostic]] and admires [[Richard Dawkins]], but he does not always agree with other New Atheists on particular points.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As67_rhvTVY&utm_content=bufferc3b1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer New Atheists Vs Progressives]</ref> Like many other agnostics/atheists, Kyle Kulinski engages in frequent profanity (see: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As67_rhvTVY&utm_content=bufferc3b1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer New Atheists Vs Progressives]</ref> | + | '''Secular Talk''' is a left-leaning online talk show on [[YouTube]], hosted by Kyle Kulinski. The program focuses on modern American politics from a strongly [[liberal]] and [[secular]] perspective. Kulinski is a [[New Atheism|New Atheist]]/[[agnosticism|agnostic]] and admires [[Richard Dawkins]], but he does not always agree with other New Atheists on particular points.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As67_rhvTVY&utm_content=bufferc3b1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer New Atheists Vs Progressives]</ref> Like many other agnostics/[[Atheism|atheists]], Kyle Kulinski engages in frequent profanity (see: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As67_rhvTVY&utm_content=bufferc3b1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer New Atheists Vs Progressives]</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:34, January 9, 2016
Secular Talk is a left-leaning online talk show on YouTube, hosted by Kyle Kulinski. The program focuses on modern American politics from a strongly liberal and secular perspective. Kulinski is a New Atheist/agnostic and admires Richard Dawkins, but he does not always agree with other New Atheists on particular points.[1] Like many other agnostics/atheists, Kyle Kulinski engages in frequent profanity (see: Atheism and profanity).[2]
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History
Kulinski currently resides in New Rochelle, New York. He started the Secular Talk YouTube channel in 2008, and he joined The Young Turks network in 2013.
Format
He has a radio show on BlogTalkRadio that airs live on weekdays (at 4pm Eastern Time), where he spends 1 1/2 hours recording segments that will later be uploaded on his YouTube channel. These segments include things such as rebuttals of statements by Christian journalists/radio hosts, reporting news and commenting on them from a liberal and secular perspective.
Ideological views of Kyle Kulinski
- He opposes the pro-life position, but objects to abortions performed after viability.
- He has indicated that pro-choice social democrat Bernie Sanders is his preference for the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.
- He believes in man-made global warming despite the evidence against it and the repeated scientific frauds/scandals of its proponents (see also: Climategate).
- He is generally pro-feminism, but is against third-wave feminism.
- He is a social democrat and admires social democratic Scandinavian countries.
- He supports same-sex marriage.
- He supports government funding for sex reassignment surgery.
- He is a proponent of Obamacare and wants to expand it into a Medicare-for-all system.
- He supports a single-payer government funded health-care system and supports free 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.
