How religion became more conservative and society more secular
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
"It's Too Darn Hot!" And evangelicals are making global warming worse. After reporting state/church news in Indiana, South Carolina, Colorado, Ohio and Florida, Freethought Radio co-host Annie Laurie Gaylor reads more of her blog: "Let's Abort the Cult of Fetus Worship." Then we speak with Berkeley history Professor David A. Hollinger about his book Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular.
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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. |
| 0:14.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:20.0 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people |
| 0:41.3 | Living for today |
| 0:49.3 | Ah |
| 0:51.3 | It's too darn hot It's too darn hot |
| 0:56.3 | It's too darn hot |
| 0:59.2 | I'd like to sup with my baby tonight |
| 1:02.8 | We fill the cup with my baby tonight |
| 1:05.7 | But I ain't up to my baby tonight |
| 1:08.6 | Because it's too darn hot. |
| 1:11.6 | Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Galore and it is too darn hot. |
| 1:17.6 | That's All of Fitzgerald, of course, singing the Cole Porter classic, Too Darn Hot. |
| 1:23.6 | And there are heat advisories as we record this here in Wisconsin and about 21 other states, record temperatures. |
| 1:32.1 | And in a moment, we'll talk about the role that religion in the United States is playing in crippling climate change mitigation. |
| 1:40.7 | And I'm Dan Barker, co-host of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:44.0 | Annie, Lori, and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:50.3 | This is the August 24th, 2023 episode of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:57.2 | Again, Grant Blaschka with Audio for the Arts, our engineer in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio right here in Freethought Hall. |
| 2:07.7 | Freethought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 2:14.7 | And Freethought Radio is the weekly production also of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 2:20.1 | which regular listeners know works to keep religion out of government and represents the rights |
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