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| Born | February 25, 1983 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Pen name | The Friendly Atheist |
| Education | University of Illinois, Chicago (BS) DePaul University (MS) |
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Hemant Mehta (/ˈhɛmənt mɛtə/; born February 25, 1983) is an American author, blogger, YouTuber and atheist activist. Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events, and he has been a board member of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Foundation Beyond Belief.
Mehta used to run the Friendly Atheist blog on Patheos, in which he and his associates published articles several times a day, and he also co-hosts a weekly podcast called the Friendly Atheist Podcast. The blog stopped its activities on Patheos from December 14, 2021, because Mehta and some of his other associates moved to a new platform called OnlySky (Onlysky.media).[1][2] Mehta as of 2024 also publishes on Substack.[3]
On April 1, 2020, Mehta won his first appearance on the television game show Jeopardy!
- ^ Atheist, Friendly. "It's Moving Day for the Friendly Atheist Blog". Friendly Atheist. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ "Hemant Mehta". OnlySky Media. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ Mehta, Hemant. "Friendly Atheist". friendlyatheist.substack.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.