Atheist Author Jim Haught

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2007

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jim Haught, author of Holy Hatred, Holy Horror, Honest Doubt: Essays on Atheist and editor in chief of the Charleston Gazette, W.Va., is the guest. There is an important announcement about Freethought Radio going national, and a clip of comedian Kathy Griffin, whose irreverent remarks were censored at some of the Emmy awards. The show also features Irving Berlin's revue song from the 1920s, "Pack Up Your Bags and Go to the Devil in Hades." (MP3, 55 min, 50.3 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time for Free Thought Radio, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
0:11.0	featuring Foundation co-presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:16.4	irreverent views, news, music, and interviews.
0:19.8	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:26.2	It's easy if you try.
0:32.7	No hell below us,
0:42.3	above us only sky imagine all the people living for today.
0:57.5	This is the church.
0:59.1	This is the steeple.
1:00.6	Open the doors.
1:01.8	Get in there, you atheist.
1:04.4	This is the Colbert rapport.
1:09.0	Well, no, this is not the Stephen Colbert show, and this is Free Thought Radio, and I'm not Stephen Colbert.
1:15.4	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:16.7	I'm one of those people who's not under the steeple.
1:19.4	And isn't it great to see that atheists and other freethinkers are in the media consciousness these days?
1:25.8	Free Thought Radio is broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk,
1:28.8	the Mike 92.1, streaming live from Madison, Wisconsin, and podcasting on September 15th, 2007.
1:37.0	We have an exciting announcement to make about Free Thought Radio going national, so keep listening.
1:42.1	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood, atheists.
1:45.7	Atheists and agnostics have always been part of the fabric of America, but we've kind of
1:49.3	been invisible for so many decades. But finally, at least, even if you disagree with us, we are
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