Having fun fighting the gods

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day and National Religious Freedom Day, "eulogize" Cardinal Pell via Tim Minchin's song, "Come Home Cardinal Pell," then hear irreverent Jim Hightower pillory religious entanglements in Texas.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:17.0	It's easy if you try
0:22.6	No hell below us
0:32.6	Above us only sky
0:35.6	Imagine all the people Above us only sky.
0:47.8	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:53.0	Welcome to this week's edition of Freethought Radio.
0:56.7	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and this is the January 12th,
1:05.4	2023 episode of Freethought Radio. Grant Blaschkof from Audio of the Arts is my engineer in the Stephen Ool, friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, the National Office of the Freedom
1:12.5	from Religion Foundation based in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:17.1	And once again this week, I'm flying solo and no, God is not my co-pilot.
1:23.5	My co-host, Dan Barker, is on the road.
1:26.8	We are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:30.3	and Dan, in fact, is on the road in India,
1:33.9	which is sometimes shared there with elephants,
1:36.6	according to the photo he just sent me.
1:39.2	He's having a lot of adventures
1:40.7	and meeting all the secular activists in India,
1:44.5	and he's with our director of communications, Amitab Paul, who's also speaking and being a guide.
1:51.8	So I'm sure they'll both have lots of tales next week to regale us with.
1:56.3	And in a little bit, I'll play a sneak preview about what Dan is learning there in India.
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