Videos
Curated lectures, debates, and documentaries from the freethought tradition.
AronRa — Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
AronRa · 2016 · 1:00:41
A systematic demolition of creationist arguments, presented with encyclopaedic knowledge of paleontology, genetics, and taxonomy.
Bertrand Russell — Why I Am Not a Christian
Bertrand Russell · 1959 · 15:00
Rare interview footage of Bertrand Russell discussing his views on religion, God, and the afterlife.
Carl Sagan — Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan · 1994 · 3:30
Sagan's famous reflection on the Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from 6 billion kilometers away.
Christopher Hitchens — God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens · 2007 · 1:16:00
Hitchens presents the arguments from his book God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
Daniel Dennett — Breaking the Spell
Daniel Dennett · 2006 · 1:05:00
Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues for studying religion as a natural phenomenon using the tools of science.
Daniel Dennett — The Magic of Consciousness
Daniel Dennett · 2003 · 21:17
Dennett's TED talk on how consciousness is less mysterious than it seems — a materialist account of the mind's greatest trick.
Robert Ingersoll: The Great Agnostic
Documentary · 2013 · 58:00
Documentary exploring the life and legacy of Robert G. Ingersoll, America's most famous agnostic orator.
Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
Harvey Kaye · 2005 · 58:00
Historian Harvey Kaye discusses Thomas Paine's radical democratic vision and its relevance today.
Julia Galef — Why You Think You're Right Even If You're Wrong
Julia Galef · 2016 · 11:38
Galef introduces the distinction between soldier mindset (defending beliefs) and scout mindset (seeking truth) — the foundation of her book on rational thinking.
Julia Sweeney — Letting Go of God
Julia Sweeney · 2008 · 2:08:00
Comedian Julia Sweeney's one-woman show about her journey from Catholicism to atheism.
Matt Dillahunty — The Superiority of Secular Morality
Matt Dillahunty · 2012 · 25:00
A concise case for why secular morality is superior to religious morality.
Richard Dawkins — The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins · 2006 · 47:00
Dawkins presents the central arguments from The God Delusion at the Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
Sam Harris — The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris · 2010 · 1:12:00
Harris argues that science can determine human values and that morality should be approached empirically.
Steven Pinker — Is the World Getting Better or Worse?
Steven Pinker · 2018 · 18:36
Pinker makes the data-driven case for Enlightenment values — that by almost every measure, human life has improved dramatically.