{"id":46,"date":"2025-09-01T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secularmatters.now\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:03:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/secularmatters.now\/?page_id=46","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A monthly podcast on humanist and other worldly issues. Every month I will be talking with secular activists, humanist practitioners, researchers and whoever has something interesting to say on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The podcast is hosted by me, Andreas Kyriacou. I have been a secularism advocate for many years. From 2013 till 2024 I headed the Freethinkers Association of Switzerland, and from 2019 till 2024 I acted as the delegate for the US-based Center For Inquiry at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. During that time I was also a member of the GNO Committee on Freedom Of Religion or Belief (FRoB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am also the founder of the science festival Denkfest and the Swiss edition of Camp Quest, a science camp for kids from 9 to 15. And I set up the <a href=\"https:\/\/humanistischersalon.ch\">humanistischer Salon<\/a>, to which I invite guests to speak on a broad range of topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from this variety of volunteer work, I run a small consultancy company specialising in knowledge management. I am based in Bern, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to get in touch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A monthly podcast on humanist and other worldly issues. Every month I will be talking with secular activists, humanist practitioners, researchers and whoever has something interesting to say on the topic. The podcast is hosted by me, Andreas Kyriacou. I have been a secularism advocate for many years. 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