Honorable Atheist Governor
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After analyzing President Donald Trump's unctuous, divisive and erroneous remarks at a right-wing "March For Life," we dissect Vice President Mike Pence's biblically based address to the Israeli Kenesset where he mistook myth for historical fact while embracing the "people of the book." FFRF attorney Sam Grover tells us about positive developments in our lawsuit challenging a Texas judge who forces people in his courtroom to pray. Then we speak with Debra Deanne Olson, granddaughter of a California governor. Her biography (with co-author Dr. Craig Wilkinson) is The Honorable Culbert Levy Olson: Governor of California 1939-1943, Humanitarian, Ex-Mormon, Atheist.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
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| 0:13.4 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:19.9 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky. |
| 0:48.0 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:56.0 | Greetings, resistance, help is at hand, or at least radio for the rest of us. Welcome to Freethought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 0:59.0 | And I'm Dan Barker, and this is the January 25th, 2018 edition of Freethought Radio. |
| 1:07.0 | Our engineer is Buzz Kemper in the control room, in the studio, the Stephen Yule-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, |
| 1:14.7 | which is in the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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| 2:09.8 | In a few minutes, we will talk with FFRF constitutional attorney Sam Grover about a very |
| 2:17.0 | exciting and positive development in our lawsuit |
| 2:21.1 | challenging a Texas judge who inflicts prayer upon his courtroom. And after that, we have a |
| 2:28.8 | fascinating guest, Deborah Olson, the granddaughter of Cuthbert Olson, who was known as the People's Governor |
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