From "Latter-day Saint" to "Latter-day Ain't"

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Features an interview with Steve Benson, Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic, and Mormon-turned-atheist. It is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, who are co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The hosts will also discuss the Foundation's annual Winter Solstice sign at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and report on the Foundation's lawsuit challenging the creation of the faith-based office at the White House, to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Freethought Radio is a production of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. (MP3, 51 min, 23.1 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time to wake up. Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast anywhere, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor.
0:18.3	Irreverent views,, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:21.6	There's no heaven.
0:23.6	It's easy if you try. No hell below us,
0:42.3	Above us only sky. Imagine all the people
0:48.3	living for today
0:55.0	Reason's greetings and welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:59.1	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:00.5	We're broadcasting for Madison's progressive talk,
1:03.0	The Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:05.9	We're podcasting and we're streaming live.
1:08.3	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:12.4	Free Thought Radio is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:17.2	We're a Madison, Wisconsin-based association, a national association,
1:21.7	of almost 8,000 atheists and agnostics working to keep state and church separate.
1:28.1	We have a fun show for you today. The topic is going from Latter-day Saints to Latter-day
1:34.0	Ain't. And in a few minutes, we'll be talking with atheist Steve Benson, the Pulitzer Prize
1:39.4	winning editorial cartoonist with the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, and the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson,
1:45.9	who for many years headed the Mormon church.
1:48.2	So Steve's deconversion story makes quite a good interview, I think.
1:52.9	But first we'll begin the program with some good news.
1:56.7	The Freedom from Religion Foundation has been in the news over this past week,
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