Hindu Nationalism
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After we report on national and local state/church news, FFRF Legal Fellow Karen Heineman describes a disturbing case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will most certainly expand religious privilege. Then FFRF Co-President Dan Barker and Communication Director Amitabh Pal report on their trip to India this month to meet with brave rationalists who are battling superstition and Hindu nationalism.
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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. |
| 0:41.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello, welcome to Preet Thought Radio. |
| 1:01.8 | I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and welcome back, Dan. |
| 1:03.3 | It's good to be back. |
| 1:08.2 | I had a great trip to India, and we'll talk about that in a few minutes, but good to be back home in Wisconsin. |
| 1:10.3 | I am Dan Barker, and Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:17.7 | And this is the January 19th, 2023 edition, or Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:23.1 | Buzz Kemper, again, our stalwart engineer is producing the show. |
| 1:29.1 | He has a studio called Audio for the Arts. |
| 1:32.1 | And he is our engineer today in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio. |
| 1:36.5 | Right here in Freethought Hall, which is the building of the national offices of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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| 2:08.8 | as a very important and diligent state church watchdog in a very hostile climate, judicially and |
| 2:16.6 | politically. |
| 2:17.9 | So it's very important to speak up now for the separation of church and state |
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