page_title: The Atheist Experience
section_title: Former
hierarchical_section_title: The Atheist Experience / Presenters / Former
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Jeff Dee, co-host of the public-access TV-show The Atheist Experience.
context_page_description: The Atheist Experience is an American live, weekly televised webcast based in Austin, Texas. Listeners—theists and atheists alike though theists are preferred—are encouraged to call in to discuss the existence of God and related topics. Calls from theists are usually given priority, as the aim of the webcast is to encourage theists to question their theistic beliefs and unshackle themselves from their religious faith - as such, theists are often asked to explain what they believe, and why. Following the webcast, each episode is made available on YouTube, as well as in an audio-only podcast format.
  The Atheist Experience is a production of the Atheist Community of Austin, an educational non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas, which has as a central goal the promotion of positive atheism and the separation of church and state.
context_section_description: Jeff Dee: an artist and game designer whose work shows comic book form and influence. He is the co-creator of Villains and Vigilantes, illustrator of the Dungeons & Dragons manual Deities & Demigods, artist for Master of Orion, art director for Ultima VII, and lead designer for The Sims: Castaway Stories. He co-created The Non Prophets, an Internet radio show.
  Keryn Glasser: a gerontological social worker who has worked in hospice and, having come from a Jewish atheist background, is "interested in exploring death and dying from a non-religious perspective." She identifies as a "pacifistic, animal loving, tree hugging, vegan."
  Russell Glasser: a software engineer who has been involved in The Atheist Experience since 2000 and produced the internet radio show The Non Prophets. He has served on the ACA board and was elected ACA president in 2016.
  Ashley Perrien: started as a co-host in 2002 and served as host from March 2004 to May 2005.
  Martin Wagner: an artist, cartoonist, and filmmaker who self-published the comic book Hepcats.
  Tracie Harris: a former Christian fundamentalist who has worked as a graphic artist, cartoonist, and publishing professional and has drawn the Atheist Eve strip hosted on the Atheist Community of Austin website. She has served as secretary and vice president of the ACA board and has co-hosted the GB 2.0 podcast since February 2018.
  John Iacoletti: became a co-host on March 24, 2013 (episode 806) after operating the cameras and providing technical assistance. He brought a Unitarian perspective to the show. Iacoletti has served as a board member of the ACA several years, as of 2018–19 as treasurer.
  Jen Peeples: an aerospace engineer and self-described "foxhole atheist" who served in the U.S. Army for twenty-six years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. She is openly gay and has co-hosted GB 2.0 podcast, the reboot of Godless Bitches, since February 2018. She has served as president of the ACA board.
  Phil Session: became a co-host on June 26, 2016, having previously worked on the television crew. In college, he tried to reconcile his Christian faith with his homosexuality; failing, he left Christianity and first identified as 'spiritual but not religious', then a 'nonbeliever' after accepting the argument from inconsistent revelations, and finally as an atheist when he heard that word on a YouTube podcast. He served as vice president of the ACA.
  In June 2019, Tracie Harris, Jen Peeples, John Iacoletti, and Phil Session left the show after a disagreement with the ACA's handling of a guest host who made a controversial video on trans women athletes.
caption: Jeff Dee on The Atheist Experience in 2009
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