Book of Separation

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Is Vice President Mike Pence delusional when he thinks Jesus is talking to him? Is a Georgia senator's proposed law (in response to FFRF victories) to allow public school teachers to pray with students constitutional? After discussing the recent Florida shooting, FFRF's "In Science We Trust" billboard in Atlanta, and hearing a child prompted by parents to call FFRF to tell us we are "going to hell," we talk with novelist Tova Mirvis, whose newest book, The Book of Separation, is a moving memoir about divorcing not only her husband, but her entire Orthodox Jewish faith.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.2	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.2	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.8	It's easy if you try
0:22.6	No hell below us
0:33.6	Above us only sky
0:36.6	Imagine all the people
0:41.8	Living for today
0:49.9	Welcome to Free Thought Radio
0:51.6	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor
0:53.3	And on this week at Valentine's Day Week, we urge you and
0:59.1	U.S. politicians everywhere to love thy First Amendment.
1:04.2	And I'm Dan Barker, co-host of Free Thought Radio.
1:07.6	Today is the February 15th, 2018 edition of Free Thought Radio. Our engineer is
1:14.9	Buzz Kemper, producing the show in the Stephen Yule, friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
1:20.9	Freethought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:27.2	And the Freedom from Religion Foundation is the producer, the executive producer of Free Thought
1:32.6	Radio. It's a weekly radio show and podcast. FFFRF does many other things.
1:39.0	We have a staff of 25, including nine constitutional attorneys.
1:43.4	We have taken almost 75 lawsuits since we
1:47.6	began almost 40 years ago. We work very diligently to keep religion out of government, which
1:53.4	is what is required under our secular and godless constitution. And we also serve as
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