Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Atheistville is a YouTube channel and podcast hosted by Mike Smithgall. We explore atheism, deconversion, and secular life through interviews, livestreams, and real conversations with people who’ve questioned or left religion.

Each episode of Atheistville with Mike Smithgall focuses on honest dialogue, no yelling, no dogma, just open discussion about faith, doubt, morality, and freedom of thought.

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Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Is belief a choice

2 days ago | [YT] | 3

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

If a student sues a school for a bad grade under the proposed Florida law and wins $25k, who should pay the damages?"

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

In the latest "Breakfast With a Heathen" Mike mentions a 'Special Pleading' discussion: What is the most common 'mumbo jumbo' argument you hear from believers that falls apart the moment you ask one follow-up question?

1 month ago | [YT] | 2

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Churches are dying around the world. What do you think was the #1 "Church Killer" in 2025

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

According to the latest Gallup poll discussed on Mike Drop, what was the percentage-point drop in Americans who say religion is important to their daily lives over the last decade?

https://youtu.be/D2N3YPxkV7Q

2 months ago | [YT] | 1

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Do you think Americans apply the same moral standard to Christian and Muslim extremists?

2 months ago | [YT] | 1

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

What do you think was the biggest moral turning point in U.S. politics?
https://youtu.be/t8vKPnKnKiY

• The Civil War
• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Rise of the Evangelical Right
• The Modern Christian Nationalist Movement

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Which Supreme Court decision replaced the Lemon v. Kurtzman test with the “history and tradition” approach? Check out the latest Mike Drop for the answer: https://youtu.be/fD3-0ycjWRI

3 months ago | [YT] | 2

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

Do you think Christian nationalism is growing in the U.S., or are we only seeing it more clearly because of social media?

I made this Mike Drop Video about Pete Hegseth and the propaganda coming from his department https://youtu.be/mnJ60Ev1UTI

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

Atheistville with Mike Smithgall

In the Oct 8th Mike Drop I discuss the Supreme Court hearing the case of Chiles vs. Salazar regarding conversion therapy. Which of the following organizations has not condemned conversion therapy?

4 months ago | [YT] | 2