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Freethought Radio

Guest: Author of Beyond Belief, Jenna Miscavige Hill

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2013

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bible verses on middle-school baseball caps, now removed; action alert to protest federal money for churches to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy.  Our guest on this week's show is Jenna Miscavige Hill, author of Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape. Ms. Hill, the niece of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, tells her heartbreaking story of child labor, split families, mind control, and how she found the courage to run away from it all.

Transcript

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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.

0:41.3

Imagine all the people living for today. Welcome to Free Thought Radio.

0:57.0

I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and I want to welcome all you wogs.

1:01.0

All you what? Wogs? What's a wog?

1:04.0

Well, if you stay tuned for our interview on the second half of today's show, you'll find out.

1:09.0

What a wog is? Okay, well, I'm Dan Barker. I don't know if I'm a

1:12.7

wog or not. I'm your friendly neighborhood atheist. And today is March 9th, 2013.

1:20.0

Free Thought Radio is produced and broadcasts from the Progressive Talk, the Mike

1:25.4

92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin. We stream from here. We also podcast,

1:30.9

so hello, all you podcast listeners, all you podcast wogs, I guess. And we also broadcast,

1:37.0

along with Madison, in other states, including California, Michigan, New York, and Missouri. And in fact, in Columbia, Missouri, what, Michigan, New York, and Missouri.

1:45.3

And in fact, in Columbia, Missouri, what, six or seven months ago, our show started broadcasting on K-O-P-N.

1:52.1

Thanks to their very kind invitation.

1:54.1

Which is, and they broadcast, those of you listening in Missouri are listening at one o'clock on Wednesdays.

2:00.6

And the, I just did an interview with John.

2:04.3

Oh, what's his last name? John, he's on the board of KOPN.

2:07.8

He hosts a show there called The Skeptical Eye, which is airing this week.

2:12.2

So listen to The Skeptical Eye, if you live in Columbia, Missouri, to hear an interview

2:15.5

about me and about you, Annalia,

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