Author Lauri Lebo, The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
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🗓️ 9 February 2009
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In honor of Charles Darwin's bicentennial birthday on Feb. 12, the hosts will interview reporter Lauri Lebo, author of The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America. Lauri covered the Dover "intelligent design" trial for the York Dispatch. The hosts will also talk about the Foundation's new Darwin billboard campaign, and pay a little homage to "the birthday boy." The song, "Intelligent Design," by poet/Darwin scholar Philip Appleman, to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic, will also be featured.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio on Air America with your hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 0:19.9 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:26.2 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:32.1 | No hell below us. |
| 0:54.2 | Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Greetings are you evolved humans. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 1:01.1 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm a survivor of the fittest. |
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| 1:11.9 | This show was produced by the National Freedom from Religion Foundation and |
| 1:16.6 | National Organization of Atheists and Agnostics, working to educate the public about the views of non-theists |
| 1:22.7 | and to keep state and church separate. |
| 1:25.9 | And that reminds me, we're talking about evolution and Charles Darwin, |
| 1:30.4 | whenever I see these evangelists on TV or evangelists saying inaugural prayers who do not believe in evolution, |
| 1:40.2 | looks to me like they are survivors of the fattest. |
| 1:43.9 | So today we are going to, as Dan said, devote our show to Charles Darwin. |
| 1:49.8 | And that is for a very good reason because he was born on February 12, 1809. |
| 1:56.9 | And what does that make it, Dan? |
| 1:59.0 | I see, 2009 minus 1809. |
| 2:01.4 | 200 exactly. |
| 2:02.2 | Yeah, it's the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth. |
| 2:05.3 | It's a big deal. |
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