Fellow OnlySky author Jonathan MS Pearce is a philosopher, author, columnist, and public speaker with an interest in writing about almost anything, from skepticism to science, politics, and morality, to the environment, because everything is philosophy. Guest: Jonathan MS Pearce He is also the author of several books, including Beyond An Absence of Faith: Stories […]
Jack Matirko
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Jack Matirko was raised in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, but it didn't take. His projects include The Left Hemispheres Podcast, The Naked Diner Podcast, and An Ongoing and Necessary Pursuit on TheSatanicTemple.TV. He is also the Founding Editor of For Infernal Use Only and a Producer/Caretaker with TheSatanic.Estate."
Posted inHistory, Your World, Your Life
The local Arizona news story that haunts my career
The news is … not great. Let’s talk about the olds. Specifically, a story about a story that I covered in my days as a young freelance writer in Arizona. Is this the Arizona that conservatives want? As we approach the 2022 election, Arizona is decidedly a bellwether state. Will it (finally) flip blue? Or […]
Posted inWar and Peace
The price of war: Ukrainian refugees get aid from The Satanic Temple
While the conflict over Ukraine continues to cripple Europe with both political and refugee crises, displaced refugees include a diverse group of Ukrainian nationals. This includes Christians, secularists, Muslims, and members of other religious traditions including Satanism. While it is taken for granted that larger religious organizations will be offering aid to members of their […]
Posted inCulture, Religion, Video
Interview: The Satanic Chef, Adam Ostrofsky
I have known Adam for a few years now. We first met at The Satanic Temple’s headquarters. The Arizona chapter was all hanging out there while Stu, Michelle, and a few other people gave a series of talks. He went out and bought a grill and cooked an insane amount of food for everyone after […]
Posted inFiction, Your World, Your Life
The truth about black cats and monsters
There’s a black stray that lives in my neighborhood. He came with the house. The previous owners abandoned him. But he had a cat door so he spent most of his time outside before they’d left anyway. It was kind of heartbreaking that I couldn’t let him in. I tried at first and he scratched […]
Posted inWar and Peace
How a pocket of sunflower seeds fed the Ukrainian resistance
In what may be one of the strangest anomalies of the Ukraine invasion, a viral video may have moved an entire industry. Put sunflower seeds in your pockets… The video of a Ukrainian woman telling a heavily-armed Russian soldier, “Take these seeds and put them in your pockets so at least sunflowers will grow when […]
Posted inArt, Arts, Culture, Film/TV, Music, Myth & Folklore, Sex & Gender, Your World, Your Life
Is the Pussy Riot ‘Punish’ music video calling out Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church?
I don’t typically write about music, but the Satantic references (along with some interesting commentary on Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church) in the latest Pussy Riot music video, definitely caught my attention. While it’s certainly not the first time a band has used its platform to spotlight current issues, whether social or political, and […]
Posted inArt, Arts, Culture, Religion, Video
Randy Faust: Dark art of drawing
Randy Faust is an artist and Satanist whose show The Dark Art of Drawing is available on Thesatanictemple.tv (TSTTV). Satanic art interview This week on ONP Jack sits down with artist and Satanist Randy Faust for a wide-ranging conversation about art, religion, business, and more. Randy’s work has been featured recently in Jason Lennox’s Satanic […]
Posted inLaw, News, Politics, Religion
Former Fox News Director John Hanick charged with violating Russia sanctions
Former Fox News producer John Hanick has been charged by prosecutors for violating United States sanctions against a Russian oligarch. Violated Russia sanctions and lied about it to the FBI The Southern District of New York issued a press release on March 3rd announcing the unsealing of charges against Mr. Hanick. According to the release, […]
Posted inHistory, True Story
In Putin’s Ukraine, vodka drink you!
Not long after my daughter was born, my then-fiancé and I went with baby in tow for a weekend at a condo in Rocky Point, just over the Mexican border from Arizona. The border guard who checked our passports on the way home had a pretty heavy foreign accent. I wonder about his story. A […]