Empty the Pews
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Seidel and Liz Cavell, two FFRF attorneys, fill in this week to host Freethought Radio and discuss Andrew's Messin' with Texas tour. The Democratic National Committee recognized the contribution and value of nonreligious Americans, while a federal court declared that discrimination against atheists is permissible. We interview Chrissy Stroop, a writer, activist, and EXvangelical about her work and forthcoming book, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:09.3 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:13.3 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:19.9 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky. |
| 0:48.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:59.0 | Hi, I'm Liz Cavell, a constitutional attorney here at the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:02.6 | And this is radio for the rest of us. |
| 1:10.4 | Greetings to all of you freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, humanists, and skeptics out there in the natural world. |
| 1:16.6 | And I am Andrew Seidel, the director of strategic response here at the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:23.1 | Our regular hosts, the founders of Free Thought Radio, Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker are not with us today. |
| 1:29.5 | They are actually in Europe this week, where Annie Laurie is giving a talk in Amsterdam at a conference. |
| 1:32.7 | Tomorrow, Dan will travel from Amsterdam to Spain. |
| 1:38.2 | He's talking with a group of humanists in Valencia, and they will be back next week. This is the August 29th, 2019 edition of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:43.4 | Buzz Kemper is our engineer today, producing this show in the Stephen Yule, |
| 1:48.1 | friendly atheist studio right here in Freethought Hall, |
| 1:51.2 | the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:56.9 | Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 2:02.1 | We are a national organization of atheists and agnostics and people who are personally free from religion. |
| 2:08.8 | We're working to make sure our government is also free from religion. |
| 2:12.5 | That's keeping state and church separate. |
| 2:14.6 | We also work to educate the public about the views of non-theists. |
| 2:18.7 | And like John Lennon says, we hope today you will join us. |
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