A church in every school?
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2015
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
After commenting on religious violence around the globe, we talk with Rachel Harger about the upcoming Texas Secular Convention in Austin. We hear actor/novelist Stephen Fry denounce the “wicked” god of the bible, and then celebrate the 89th birthday of freethought poet laureate Philip Appleman by hearing his lyrics set to music in the song “Fleas.” Then we talk with journalist Katherine Stewart, author of the book The Good News Club, about the movement to plant a church in every public school.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:14.7 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.0 | Imagine there's no heaven |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky |
| 0:41.0 | imagine all the people |
| 0:47.1 | living for today |
| 0:58.3 | I'm Annie Larry Galer, and happy February. |
| 1:03.4 | Remember, there are only six more shopping days till Friday the 13th. |
| 1:10.5 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood, non-superstitious, skeptical atheist. |
| 1:15.7 | This is the February 7th, 2015 edition of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:28.2 | And we broadcast and stream via IHeart Radio from the Mike 92.1 progressive talk in Madison, Wisconsin, 11 a.m. on Central on Friday, on Saturday mornings. |
| 1:36.4 | And maybe, you know, maybe the superstitious people have Frigatriscadecaphobia, |
| 1:39.3 | which would be the fear of Friday the 13th. |
| 1:44.3 | But we non-superstitious might have what you could call frigatrisca decaphelia. |
| 1:49.3 | We're not only not afraid of, but we kind of like the idea that there's nothing to be afraid of. |
| 1:50.8 | Thanks for listening. |
| 1:57.0 | Also, if you're listening to the podcast or if you're listening to broadcasts on WPRR in Grand Rapids, |
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| 2:23.8 | And also, there's a number of Internet stations that broadcast our show as well, including Radio Monterey.com in California. |
| 2:32.5 | Free Thought Radio is produced weekly by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and we're a national Freethought Association, the largest in North America. |
| 2:37.0 | We are a state church watchdog based here in Mad City. |
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