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Freethought Radio

GUEST: LYNN LANE

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6578 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2009

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: THE UNCHRISTMAS SHOW

To provide respite from the seasonal state/church and religious onslaughts, Freethought Radio devotes most of its program to great secular songwriting. The very special guest is Lynn Lane, 86, widow of the legendary songwriter Burton Lane, who reminisces about her husband and lyricist Yip Harburg, both unbelievers, and creators of "Finian's Rainbow," now a hit Broadway revival. After a little news, the hosts dissect one of the show's irreverent pieces, "The Begats," play snippets of songs, and speak with the charming Lynn Lane.

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0:00.0

This is Free Thought Radio on Air America with your hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor.

0:19.9

Imagine there's no heaven

0:22.4

It's easy if you try

0:29.0

No hell below us

0:35.5

Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today I'm beating up on atheists is politically popular.

1:01.1

Amen to that, sister.

1:03.0

That was Rachel Maddo.

1:04.5

I'm Annie Laurie Gailor, and welcome to Free Thought Radio.

1:07.1

She said, beating up on atheist?

1:09.4

Yes.

1:09.5

Is that what she said?

1:10.8

I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist, wishing you She said beating up on atheist? Yes. Is that what she said?

1:16.5

I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist, wishing you reasons greetings.

1:21.6

Free Thought Radio broadcasts over many Air America stations and is streaming from air America.com.

1:22.6

Free Thought Radio is the production of the national freedom from a religion foundation.

1:27.3

We started in the mid-1970s working to keep state and church separate.

1:31.7

We are mostly atheists and agnostic with a sprinkling of other types of non-believers in there

1:36.7

who work to keep religion and government apart and to educate the public about the views of those of us who are not religious,

1:45.0

the fastest growing segment of the American religious landscape right now.

1:49.4

Now, I think I told this joke two or three years ago, didn't I, about Oro Roberts.

1:54.1

But this week, it's a very more fitting joke.

1:58.2

Oro Roberts died, went to heaven, of course. Where else would O'Ral Roberts go? And when he got there, they ushered him right past to the front of the line. He didn't have to wait in line. In fact, they went right past registration, right through the pearly gates without stopping. In fact, he didn't just go into heaven. They brought him right into the actual throne room of heaven, right into

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