Confessions of a Lonely Atheist

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2006

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Natalie Angier of the New York Times, a self-professed "lonely atheist" and bestselling author, will be the guest on Freethought Radio. Also debuting on the show will be a new song by poet Philip Appleman, "Intelligent? Design?" arranged and performed by Dan Barker. The show takes a brief look at distinguished freethinkers born at the end of December. Freethought Radio is a production of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Foundation. (MP3, 50 min, 22.8 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.
0:09.0	A production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor.
0:15.0	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:20.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:23.6	It's easy if you try.
0:28.6	No hell below us, above us only sky.
0:42.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:55.6	A merry war on Christmas to you all, and happy winter solstice.
1:00.4	Today will be a trifle longer than yesterday,
1:04.1	and that was a trifle longer than the day before, December 21st,
1:07.5	and that is reason enough to rejoice.
1:11.1	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and we're broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk,
1:15.2	the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:18.1	We're podcasting and we're streaming live.
1:21.0	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:26.2	Free Thought Radio is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:30.8	We're a Madison, Wisconsin-based association of now, as of last week, we passed 8,000 members.
1:38.9	8,000-plus atheists and agnostics working nationwide to keep state and church separate. We educate,
1:47.3	we litigate, we now have a case before the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the
1:53.2	White House Office of Faith-based Initiatives and three other very significant challenges of the
1:58.7	faith-based initiative that we have in the courts
2:01.1	right now.
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