Guests: Author Barbara G. Walker on pagan origins of Easter and Conductor David Randolph: Spring at Carnegie Hall

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2009

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The show will include lively commentary on news developments, a "Pagan Pulpit" on Easter, and interviews with author Barbara W. Walker on the real origins of Easter, and with 94-year-old Carnegie Hall conductor David Randolph. David Randolph will provide a sneak preview of the April 18 concert by the (secular) St. Cecelia Chorus on Sat., April 18, featuring the powerful works of two freethinkers: Brahms and Vaughan Williams. He will also be the Guest of Honor at FFRF's upcoming New York City lunch on Sunday, April 19, which will be briefly discussed. Find out more here:

http://ffrf.org/events/

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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.
0:26.2	It's easy if you try.
0:31.9	No hell below us.
0:57.8	Above us only sky imagine all the people living for today. We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.
1:01.3	Amen to that, Brother Obama.
1:03.6	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and on this Easter weekend,
1:06.4	we invite you to hang out with us atheists.
1:09.1	It's a lot more fun than hanging on a cross.
1:11.3	Is that your idea? That's cute. Or for Lent this year, why not give up God? I'm Dan Barker,
1:20.0	your friendly neighborhood atheist. Easter is one of those holidays that we non-believers
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