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Let's see... Where to start this off. I think it all started one summer day in 1975 when my best friend, Robert S. was leaving for college and leaving his job as a Disc Jockey for a small, rural radio station in Arizona. I was going to be a Junior in High School and looking for a job and his was about to be vacated. Hmm, talk on the radio, play some cool music, and get paid for it? Sign me up! Thus began my career in radio broadcasting, a career that has spanned some 31 years, four states, and countless stations. I guess I've done it all in radio from Program Director, Production Director, Creative Director, Public Service Director, jock, emcee, etc. Nineteen seventy-five was a pivotal year for me, spiritually as well. During a revival in Arizona, convinced I was a worthless bag of dirt, I 'gave my life to Jesus' in a moment of weakness. Be careful of what you ask. Convinced that God had a 'plan' for my life, I became an ardent Christian apologist and used to debate, in person, people from many different faiths. Heck, I even took this so far that, from 1979 to 1981, I studied to be a Minister in the Wesleyan Church. I was serious, attended an accredited Wesleyan college, took courses in Koina Greek, Church History and Polity, Eschatology, Family Counseling, Church Administration, etc. Let's just say, you couldn't have found a more dedicated, disciplined disciple of the Lord anywhere in the land. I read all the right Apologists books, handed out Chick tracts, went to Christian coffee shops, bought Christian comic books, and generally immersed myself in 'The Faith'. That, as they say, was about to change. I was in the middle of translating Matthew 5:28, which says, "That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart", when it dawned on me that what this verse was saying, by using the Greek verbiage, epiqumhthV (lust after), was that if you look on a woman and get up to follow her around and continue to 'lust after' her, then you've already committed adultery. IOW, this meant that a glance at a good looking woman wasn't enough, as the Church had taught, to qualify as adultery. You would literally have to get up off your butt and follow her around. Plus, Jesus was speaking to perhaps married Jews who could still have more than one wife. So, the light went on and I began what has turned out to be a lifelong quest for religious truth, and it ain't to be found in the Church dear friends. Fast forward 20 years... That quest has caused me much personal joy and some personal dismay. After 19 years of marriage, three kids, a waterfront home, and a successful career in both radio and Government , I found myself married to someone who wouldn't look at evidence that indicated changes were necessary in the relationship. So, factor in a rather nasty divorce, years of mental, verbal, and some physical abuse, and you might find yourself in my shoes: trying to make it alone and trying to rediscover who you really are, deep inside. Am I bitter? Nah, just disappointed that people weren't honest with me and still can't be honest with themselves and their family. Part of my journey of self rediscovery included listening to early free thought web casts, including Reginald Findley's excellent programs as The Infidel Guy. I did a show with Reginald in 2001 and was hooked. I think it was Reginald who steered me to Don Souza, who runs the Freethought Radio web site, and I began to record and upload two shows: The Mythos and Dogmatics. The first was an exposition on the origins of the world's faiths. The second was a topical look at current world events and their religious implications. Needless to say, they were well received. Then, IT happened. IT being IT as in Information Technology. As in two years of Graduate level Info Tech studies, which completely knocked me off the air for two years, from 2002 through 2004. Then in late 2005, Don Souza came calling, via email, and said "Mark, we need you back. What can you do?". From there was hatched the idea of a daily web/pod cast called The Freethought Zone. The title alone gave me free reign to discuss just about anything and believe me, as you can tell from this post, I can talk about almost anything for hours on end! The Freethought Zone is a rather eclectic mix of news, comedy, music, interviews, and discussions, most of which have a religious/political flare to them. I produce the shows daily, Sunday through Thursday, and upload them for airplay the following days, Monday through Friday. Here's a bulleted list of hardware/software I use:
It's been a long haul to get to the point where I can put on the web's premier daily web/pod cast but if you'll listen to some of the other shows out there, you'll find that my web/pod cast maintains a higher degree of professional broadcast quality and a higher level of daily content. Get with the Myth. Join Mark Mythos daily, 10 am and 4 pm, EST, inside... |
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