Censorship and Fighting Back

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week we'll report that FFRF's first billboard in Mississippi managed to stay up only 5 days before being censored, play Oliver Sacks' poignant last interview in honor of the upcoming anniversary of his birth, honor poet Sherry Matulis and listen to a little Stephen Foster to celebrate that freethinker's July 4 birthday. Then we'll hear from three FFRF insiders: Attorney Patrick Elliott will talk about how he's challenging the Madison, Wis. diocese seeking unfair tax privileges; Director of First Impressions Lisa Treu (known in the radio world as Lisa Miller) will help co-host part of the show while Dan Barker is on the road, and we'll get acquainted with Amit Pal, FFRF's new and expert director of communications. Among FFRF's news making activities of the past week are actions regarding the Ark Encounter, which just opened.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.6	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:14.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:20.0	It's easy if you try
0:23.6	No hell below us
0:33.6	Above us only sky
0:36.6	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:50.3	Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:51.3	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and I'm solo hosting today, and no, God is not my co-pilot.
0:59.6	This is the July 9th, 2016 edition of Freethought Radio. Steve Gotcher is our engineer today,
1:06.9	and the show is being produced in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
1:13.2	the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:19.0	Free Thought Radio first broadcasts and streams on the progressive talk,
1:24.2	the Mike 92.1, here in Madison Saturdays at 11 a.m. Central, and rebroadcast at midnight.
1:32.3	Freethought Radio, as many of you know, is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:39.4	FFRF has about 24,000 non-religious members, and we also work to keep religion out of government,
1:45.6	and we could use your help and your voice and your membership. So if you're not a member,
1:50.9	please consider joining us at ffRF.org. And if you are, thank you very much. My esteemed
1:57.6	co-host, Dan Barker, is on a PR trip.
2:02.8	First, he attended the ARC protest organized by Tri-State Freethinkers this past Thursday in Kentucky
2:11.1	during the opening day of Kenham's so-called ARC encounter.
2:16.3	And you may recognize that name. Ken Ham built the
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