Guest: Journalist Jeff Sharlet
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2009
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
After a look at timely topics in the news (including the "biblically correct" Miss California USA, the Pope's visit to the Mideast, a study correlating church-going with endorsement of torture, and the heartening secularization of American youths), the hosts will interview journalist and author Jeff Sharlet about his startling expose in this month's Harper's of fundamentalist Christian promotion by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also featured: a short tribute to Pete Seeger, who turned 90 this month.
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| 2:02.8 | the journalist Jeff Charlotte, |
| 2:05.7 | whose piece in this month's Harper's Magazine is making big waves. |
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