The Bond-Fire: Stories That Connect, Ideas That Transform

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Cabbages and Kings
Of Many Things: A Family Reunion
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Olga Bourlin
Flying Carpets and Blind Faith
The Strange Pride of Belief Without Evidence
Nov 7 • 
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Great Gods!
A History of Divine Obsolescence
Nov 3 • 
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October 2025

When White America Despised Dr. King
Remembering Dr. King Behind the Sanitized Dream
Oct 29 • 
Olga Bourlin
The Language of Hate
From slurs to dog whistles
Oct 18 • 
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Kyiv in Their Blood
How Ukraine shaped figures long called Russian
Oct 8 • 
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October 3, 1955
70 Years On
Oct 4 • 
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September 2025

Dr. Quintard Taylor (1948-2025): Beyond the Classroom Walls
His mission to combat ignorance with truth, transforming research on African American and global African history into a worldwide resource connecting…
Sep 26 • 
Olga Bourlin
God’s Gunpoint Gospel
Christianity: Epistemically Unsupported, Eternally Enforced
Sep 20 • 
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Maybe It's Not a Cult
Why Demographics Matter More Than Charisma
Sep 13 • 
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When Violence Tests Us
Beyond Us and Them
Sep 11 • 
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Slap ... Happy?
Rethinking Movie Violence and Gender
Sep 7 • 
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