"Breaking the Spell of Religion"

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Features an interview with Prof. Daniel C. Dennett, eminent Tufts University philosopher and author of the new book explaining the natural phenomenon of religion, Breaking the Spell. The show will also excerpt a short highlight of Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg's recent talk urging other scientists at the Salk Institute to help him wake up the world to the nightmare of religion. Freethinkers Almanac will pay homage to Mark Twain. (MP3, 51 min, 23.1 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time to wake up. Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast anywhere, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor.
0:16.0	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:20.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:22.6	It's easy if you try.
0:28.6	No hell below us. Hello us Above us
0:39.3	Above us only sky
0:42.3	Imagine all the people
0:48.3	living for today.
0:56.4	Hello, are you godless heathens out there, and a merry war on Christmas to you all.
1:01.3	I'm being a little facetious.
1:03.0	I'm Annie Larry Galer.
1:04.4	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:07.8	Well, I'm looking forward to this war on Christmas as it comes up every year.
1:12.8	Stay tuned today. This is Madison's Progressive Talk, the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:19.4	In an upcoming hour, we will have some freethinking news and views and some interesting interview
1:25.2	today and some music.
1:29.8	We're streaming live and we're also podcasting.
1:34.2	Free Thought Radio is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:37.4	a national association of atheists and agnostics,
1:42.0	working to defend the constitutional wall of separation between church and state.
1:44.6	And as Dan said, we have a very interesting guest today.
1:50.3	In a few minutes, we'll be talking with Daniel C. Dennett, the Daniel C. Dennett, philosophy professor at Tufts University, whose newest book is Breaking the Spell.
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