Free Betty

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Moroccan feminist/activist/freethinker Ibtissame ("Betty") Lachgar is in prison for wearing a T-shirt that insulted Islam. Hear about her harrowing story and about how you can help to free her.

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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.
0:40.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
1:00.2	Hi, I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and it's March.
1:11.2	We're recording this on March 5th, 2026, but we should all follow the advice everyone got from yesterday and March 4th.
1:12.6	Hey, that's my joke.
1:13.6	You stole my joke.
1:15.1	I was going to say that.
1:21.1	I'm Dan Barker and Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:29.7	This is, as Annie Alawy said, the March 5th, 2026 episode of Free Thought Radio, we're recording in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
1:34.0	Freethought Hall is our national headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:38.5	And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, emphasis on from, as our
1:46.6	Constitution requires, and also because our members, our almost 42,000 members are basically
1:53.4	free from religion themselves, and because FFRF works for state-shirt separation, and also
1:58.6	serves as the nation's largest association of
2:01.7	Freethinkers.
2:03.9	And Dan, one of the purposes of Freethought Radio used to be you telling a joke each week.
2:09.8	Yeah, but I ran out of jokes.
2:11.3	Yeah, I guess you ran out of them, but I heard, I told you a good one that I heard recently
2:15.1	by way of Julia Louis Dreyfus' podcast, quoting comedian Dave
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