This week on the podcast I speak with Marissa Alexa McCool and Bethany Futrell, the co-hosts of Inciting Incident podcast. Marissa is a podcaster, author, performer, speaker, and an LGBT rights and atheist activist. She is a trans woman, married, partnered, and a parent. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her family. Marissa graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 with degrees in English, Cinema and Media Studies, and Anthropology, while also studying theatre, Shakespeare, and communication theory. She is a sought after speaker within the atheist and humanist community.She is he author of 8 book, including, most recently, a collection of queer poetry entitled, Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen.In February 2016, before she came out, she started the Inciting Incident Podcast which now includes co-host, Bethany Futrell. Marissa is also the co-host, with Ari Stillman, of The Cis Are Getting Out of Hand, a trans-specific show using humor and skits to talk about issues that the trans community faces specifically for a trans audience.Bethany is a podcaster and atheist activist with Chicago Atheists. She is the host of She Talks Atheism, and co-host of Inciting Incident where she has been for two years.Inciting Incident podcast on Facebook | www.facebook.com/IncitingIncidentPodcast/The Cis Are Getting Out of Hand podcast on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/CisplaniologyMarissa's books | https://tinyurl.com/marissasbooksShe Talks Atheism podcast | https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/shetalksatheismFollow Bethany on Twitter | https://twitter.com/BethanyLFutrellFollow and support Life After God at www.patreon.com/lifeaftergodVisit our website | www.lifeaftergod.org

080 - Inciting Incident: A Conversation with Marissa and Bethany

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