Happy 20th Anniversary!

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We hear excerpts of some of our favorite shows from the past two decades, including Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Ron Reagan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Sara Paretsky, Julia Sweeney, Daniel C. Dennett, Anne Gaylor, Cecile Richards, Ernie Chambers, Steve Benson, Anthony Pinn, Brent Michael Davids, Janeane Garofalo, Leighann Lord, Ann Druyan and Donald C. Johanson.

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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
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:47.3	Imagine all the people
1:14.3	living for today. Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and it's happy birthday to Freethought Radio.
1:16.1	We're 20 years old this week.
1:17.5	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:21.5	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:32.2	This is the April 30th episode of Freethought Radio, our 1,04th show, broadcasting weekly since April 29, 2006.
1:35.4	Podcasting almost as long, never missing a week.
1:43.1	That music, that happy birthday music, by the way, is me on the piano with clarinetist Abigail Cantor.
1:46.9	She's an FFRF member member performing the Happy Birthday Chacha. And Freetat Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:52.9	If you've been listening for 20 years, you know FFRF has two purposes. We work for separation
1:58.6	of church and state and we are a membership organization for those who are personally free from religion.
2:04.2	Join us at FFRF.RF.org.
2:06.3	To celebrate Free Thought Radio's 20th anniversary, Dan has created a retrospective, going through 20 years of shows, selecting brief excerpts from some of our favorite guests, celebrities, humorists,
2:19.2	authors, scientists, and activists.
2:20.9	Well, all of our guests have been favorites, but these are just a representative sampling
2:25.6	you're going to be hearing.
2:26.5	By the way, you can still listen to all those past shows and interviews at ffrf.org
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