Guest: PZ Myers

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Find out which famous singer/entertainer you may not have known is an atheist, and also which rock band leader you may not have known is an atheist. This week we talk about the religious war against women, and then interview science blogger and professor PZ Myers about his new book, The Happy Atheist.

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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.
0:40.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
1:02.0	Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and hello to all you happy Freethinkers, atheists, and agnostics.
1:08.3	And I'm your friendly neighborhood atheist, or today I should say, your happy neighborhood atheist, Dan Barker.
1:11.4	Today is January the 11th, 2014.
1:18.9	Free Thought Radio is produced at, and we broadcast from the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:24.2	You might also be listening to us on other stations around the country, especially in the Monterey, California area, in parts of New York State, in Michigan,
1:29.0	in central Missouri, and in Texas.
1:32.2	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of FFRF, the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:37.9	and we're an educational nonprofit founded nationally in 1978.
1:44.9	We have, as of today, over 20,000 members, but it's not going to stay that way.
1:50.6	We get attrition every month, and we hope that if you're not a member, today you will join us at ff.f.org.
1:57.4	Today we're going to talk with PZ Myers on the second half of our show.
2:01.8	We'll talk with the famous science, free thought blogger PZ Myers, about a new book that
2:08.4	he's just written.
2:09.2	It's called The Happy Atheist.
2:12.2	Most, excuse me, listeners of this show are familiar with the well-known science blogger.
2:18.6	And Pizzi Meyer's new book is a combination of humor, irreverence, common sense, and kind of follow-ups on some of his
2:24.0	favorite blogs.
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