FFRF MAKES SEASONAL NEWS; FREETHOUGHT RADIO'S COZY XMAS DAY SHOW FEATURES "FREETHOUGHT AT THE FLICKS"
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2010
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
To put the "saturn back in Saturnalia," Freethought Radio will play Dan Barker's broadcastable version of South Park's "Merry F------- Christmas" as well as Dan's "Solstice Tribute." After sharing news coverage of FFRF seasonal state/church actions, including placement of its Winter Solstice sign in the Mississippi State Capitol to counter a nativity display, the hosts will look at the best of "freethought at the flicks." Memorable clips about atheism and religion in film history will air.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:14.7 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.1 | 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. |
| 0:41.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. Mary Winter Solstice. |
| 0:57.4 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 0:59.2 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio, and our theme for the day is let's put Saturn back in Saturnalia. |
| 1:05.0 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. |
| 1:10.0 | This is the weekend of December the 25th and 26th, |
| 1:13.7 | 2010. And this is the season for reason and the season for pagan revelry. |
| 1:21.4 | Free Thought Radio is broadcasting and streaming from the progressive talk, the Mike 92.1, |
| 1:26.9 | Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:28.5 | We're broadcasting on several stations around the country and also podcasting. |
| 1:33.4 | Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:39.2 | We're the nation's largest membership organization of atheists and agnostics. |
| 1:44.6 | And we work to keep the government free from religion as required by our secular constitution. |
| 1:51.4 | We have just passed that winter solstice, December 21st, the official start of winter, |
| 1:56.7 | the shortest, darkest day of the year here in Wisconsin. |
| 2:02.4 | We really do notice and appreciate when the days begin lengthening again. And I started the show by saying, let's put Saturn back |
| 2:08.8 | in Saturnalia. I was in Tulsa last week with our new chapter there for a winter solstice party, |
| 2:14.8 | and one of our Tulsa members had that saying on his t-shirt, and I thought it was cute. |
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