Fighting Religious Nationalism
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
FFRF's Director of Communications Amit Pal updates us on President Modi's attempt to turn secular India into a Hindu nation. After hearing the "comfort music" song "Don't Fence Me In," by atheist songwriter Cole Porter, we talk with FFRF's Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann about what it's like to be a DC lobbyist during the pandemic, and what accomplishments FFRF has garnered on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Freethought Caucus and the Leadership Conference For Civil and Human Rights.
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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 |
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| 1:12.3 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and this is radio for the rest of us, those of us who are not believers, who are doubters, the unorthodox, the heretics, the archonyclasts, whether you call yourself an atheist or agnostic or rationalist, this radio show is for you. |
| 1:16.5 | Well, I call myself an atheist, a happy atheist. |
| 1:19.6 | I'm Dan Barker, co-president of FFRF and co-host of his show. |
| 1:24.4 | This is the August 6th, 2020 edition of Free Thought Radio. As usual, Buzz Kemper is |
| 1:32.0 | engineering from his recording studio, Audio for the Arts, while Andy Laurie and I are in our |
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