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Freethought Radio

Guest: Paul Ehrlich

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2009

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Stanford Prof. Paul Ehrlich, best-known for his Population Bomb bestseller, will talk about current overpopulation concerns and his latest book, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment. The hosts will also discuss FFRF's federal challenge of the National Day of Prayer, and commemorate the birthdate of irreverent lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg.

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0:00.0

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

0:19.9

Imagine there's no heaven.

0:26.2

It's easy if you try.

0:31.8

No hell below us.

0:41.9

Above us only sky imagine all the people

0:48.1

living for today

0:54.2

April greetings are you atheists and agnostics and other free thinkers.

1:02.2

I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.

1:03.6

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

1:06.9

Free Thought Radio is broadcasting and streaming from Air America.

1:10.7

And it is April.

1:11.3

I saw some crocus coming out of the garden this morning.

1:13.7

That's right, our garden.

1:14.6

What are those little white snow drops?

1:16.0

Snow drops are coming up.

1:17.1

So tis the season for spring.

1:20.6

This show, the Free Thought Radio, is a product of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

1:26.4

We work to keep state and church separate and to educate

1:29.3

the public about the views of those of us who don't believe, atheists and agnostics and all the

1:34.2

nuns of the above. And we have a very special guest today. Of course, all of our guests are very

1:38.8

special, but an very special guest, Dr. Paul R. Erlick. He's the president for the Center for Conservation Biology,

1:48.0

the Bing Professor of Population Studies. His newest book is the dominant animal, human evolution

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