Matt Dillahunty
Matt Dillahunty | |
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Dillahunty speaking at QED in 2015 | |
| Born | Matthew Wade Dillahunty March 31, 1969 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Known for | Atheism and secularism |
| Spouse | Beth Presswood
(m. 2011; div. 2018) |
| Military career | |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1987–1995 |
Matthew Wade Dillahunty (born March 31, 1969) is an American atheist activist and former president of the Atheist Community of Austin, a position he held from 2006 to 2013. Between 2005 and October 2022, Dillahunty was host of the televised webcast The Atheist Experience.
He formerly hosted the live Internet radio show Non-Prophets Radio and founded the counter-apologetics project Iron Chariots.
Dillahunty is a regularly invited speaker, or debate participant, for local secular organizations and university groups as part of the Secular Student Alliance Speakers Bureau. In the summer of 2017, Dillahunty joined a speaking tour where he shared the stage with fellow atheists Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Lawrence Krauss.