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Freethought Radio

Guest Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of "Infidel"

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2010

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Guest Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of "Infidel," will talk about her escape from an arranged marriage in Somali, about becoming an atheist, and how religious terrorism has changed her life. The entire show will be devoted to the harm of religion to women, in honor of International Women's Day.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.

0:12.0

Imagine there's no heaven.

0:16.0

It's easy if you try

0:22.6

No hell below us

0:33.6

Above us only sky

0:36.6

Imagine all the people above us only sky special greetings

0:39.3

all the people

0:41.3

living for today Special greetings to the feminists out there, male and female, listening to today's show, which we dedicate to International Women's Day, which is March 8th.

0:59.9

I'm Annie Laurie Galer, and this is Free Thought Radio.

1:02.1

And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood feminist, atheist.

1:07.4

And Free Thought Radio is broadcasting and streaming from Progressive Talk, the Mike 92-1, Madison, Wisconsin.

1:13.5

And hello, not only to Madison listeners, but those of you listening in Atlanta, Anchorage, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Monterey Coast of California.

1:26.5

This is the weekend of March 6th and 7th, 2010.

1:30.9

Our show, Free Thaw Radio, is a weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, FFRF, Inc.,

1:39.2

a national organization of atheists and agnostics, keeping state and church separate as our Constitution

1:45.1

mandates, and educating the public about the views and opinions of those of us who are not

1:52.7

religious in America.

1:54.4

On the second half of Freethought Radio, we'll play an interview we conducted with Ayanne,

1:59.0

Hershey, in person last month.

2:01.7

IAN was in Madison, Wisconsin last month

2:03.7

as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series

2:05.8

at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

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