Combating Authoritarianism

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After reporting state/church news in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Alaska, we devote a segment to the dangers of the proposed Christian-right authoritarian "Project 2025." Then, we hear the engaging speech by Ron Reagan (son of the former president) given at FFRF's annual convention last month, where he tells us about the authoritarian threats to our planet and to democracy -- and what we can do about those threats.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us Above us
0:39.3	Above us only sky
0:43.3	Imagine all the people
0:48.3	living for today.
0:58.4	Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
1:00.2	I am Annie Laurie Galore.
1:06.4	We're just a few weeks away from something very scary, and I don't mean Halloween.
1:09.9	We'll be talking a bit about that later on today's show. And I'm Dan Barker, your co-host.
1:12.4	Andy Lorry and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:18.0	And this is the October 10th, 2024 episode of Free Thought Radio.
1:23.8	Leo Costello is our producer, and Tori Neels with Audio for the Arts is our engineer.
1:30.2	We're recording in the Stephen O'Friendly Atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
1:36.2	Freethought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:43.0	And Free Thought Radio is a weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:47.5	which also has other media, a newspaper, and primarily works to keep religion out of government,
1:54.6	but also serves as the nation's largest association of non-believers,
1:59.2	rethinkingers, atheistic, skeptics. Whatever you like to call yourselves, we have aboutievers, rethinking, atheists, agnostic, skeptics.
2:01.8	Whatever you like to call yourselves, we have about 40,000 current members,
2:05.7	and if you are a member, thank you, and if not, we would love your help.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Freedom From Religion Foundation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Freedom From Religion Foundation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.