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TheThinkingAtheist

Can State Laws Protect Us? (with Mickey Dollens)

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Education, Society & Culture, Science

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Mickey Dollens is the Regional Government Affairs Manager for the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF is on the front lines to protect state/church separation. https://ffrfaction.org/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered why Victorians mailed dead birds as love letters?

0:04.0

Why the 1800s had so many miracle tonics that were just cocaine?

0:09.3

Or why an entire town once blamed a goat for political corruption?

0:13.8

Then, dear listener, you have found your people.

0:17.2

Welcome to the Strange History Podcast, where every episode explores the bizarre, hilarious, unsettling,

0:25.4

and occasionally, someone please check on humanity corners of our past.

0:30.5

We dig up the stories your textbook skipped.

0:33.6

From haunted mansions and medical oddities to forgotten jobs,

0:43.6

cursed holidays, and historical scandals so ridiculous they sound fake, but aren't.

0:51.6

And yes, there will be sarcastic commentary, historical chaos, and questionable fake sponsors like Dr. Pumpernichael's patented goat-based relationship therapy, side effects

0:56.8

may include regret. So come join the adventure. You can find the Strange History podcast

1:04.0

on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, IHeartRadio, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:13.3

Because history wasn't just weird.

1:15.4

It was beautifully, catastrophically weird.

1:18.0

This is just a bonus broadcast this week.

1:21.4

Runs about 20 minutes with a very special guest from FFRF.

1:27.0

Enjoy.

1:27.5

Okay, here we got. Stand by.

1:29.1

Three, two, one.

1:31.7

The thinking atheist. It's not a person.

1:35.1

It's a symbol. An idea.

1:37.8

The population of atheists in this country is going through the rule.

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