Defending Democracy

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie tells us how we can defend democracy against the threat of Christian nationalism.

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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 only sky.
0:42.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:58.2	Hello and welcome to Prethought Radio.
0:59.7	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:01.5	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:07.3	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:15.6	And this is radio for the rest of us. This is the November 13th, 2025 episode of Free Thought Radio, recording in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
1:23.6	Freethought Hall is the national headquarters of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:31.1	And Freethought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:36.9	And if you're not familiar with FFRF, we have two purposes to educate the public.
1:43.6	That's you about the views of non-believers,
1:47.8	the atheist agnostic skeptics, religiously unaffiliated.
1:51.8	Utti-day make up almost 29% of the adult population and 44% of Gen Z, or I guess it's 18 to 29-year-olds.
2:00.5	In the United States today.
2:02.4	We have 42,000 members, and we work diligently to protect the constitutional principle
2:07.9	of separation between state and church, which is under assault.
2:13.6	If you are a member already of FFRF, thank you so much.
2:18.2	And if you are not, we will hope you will consider joining us today or soon because we're in a great battle of church and state, and we could sure use your help.
2:28.8	And you can go to FFRF.org for more information.
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