Freethought Heroine
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2015
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
FFRF unveils its northern “Atheists in Foxholes” monument and the first-ever “Atheist Marquee” at the national office in Madison, Wisconsin. We hear the welcoming remarks of Madison Mayor Paul Soglin at FFRF's annual “Non-Prayer Breakfast” during our 38th annual convention. Then we listen to atheist Bangladeshi author and poet Taslima Nasrin talk about the fatwah and death threats she has been facing for decades because of her outspoken criticism of Islam.
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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. |
| 0:18.8 | 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 imagine all the people living for today hello i'm Annie Laurie Geller. |
| 0:58.1 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio, |
| 0:59.7 | and hello to Freethinkers here in Madison, Wisconsin, |
| 1:02.7 | and around the globe. |
| 1:05.0 | We're all citizens of the world |
| 1:07.0 | trying to inject a little reason over religion. |
| 1:10.7 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. This is October 17, 2015. |
| 1:16.6 | Free Thought Radio is produced in Madison, Wisconsin at the Progressive Talk Radio Station, |
| 1:22.3 | which is called the Mike 92.1. We also stream from this station on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. Central. We also broadcast in |
| 1:30.0 | Vermont, in New Hampshire. You might be hearing us in Grand Rapids, Michigan, or in |
| 1:34.9 | College Station, Texas, or in Central Missouri, around the Columbia area. It may be in Central |
| 1:40.9 | New York State, in Ithaca and Watkins Glen in Alberta, Canada, |
| 1:45.7 | and then a new station in Janesville, Wisconsin Community Radio 103.5, |
| 1:51.3 | or you might be listening on some internet stations, such as Radio Monterey.com. |
| 1:56.0 | And, of course, podcasters in general. |
| 1:59.0 | Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of FFRF. That stands for the |
| 2:03.3 | Freedom from Religion Foundation. We're a 501c3 educational non-profit based here in Madison, Wisconsin, |
| 2:11.0 | and we have two purposes to educate the public about non-theism. And so we're a membership organization |
| 2:17.0 | of over 23,000 non-believers, and we hope |
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