Sorry for keeping the thread open late, but I listen to the show the next morning and had to get a login to discuss this --
I think I know who "john" is. I think that he is Eugene Mirman, comedian and voice actor. I was listening to the show, and I kept thinking, "this guy sounds exactly like Gene from Bob's Burgers." When I went through youtube looking at the things that Mirman posts, he is heavy into the skeptic movement, does podcasts with Neil Degrasse Tyson, takes on Scientologists, etc.
So, I think that we all experienced an exceptionally well-done piece of performance art. I think that he is so familiar with the arguments that he does a better job of arguing it than people who actually believe it.
I think I know who "john" is. I think that he is Eugene Mirman, comedian and voice actor. I was listening to the show, and I kept thinking, "this guy sounds exactly like Gene from Bob's Burgers." When I went through youtube looking at the things that Mirman posts, he is heavy into the skeptic movement, does podcasts with Neil Degrasse Tyson, takes on Scientologists, etc.
So, I think that we all experienced an exceptionally well-done piece of performance art. I think that he is so familiar with the arguments that he does a better job of arguing it than people who actually believe it.