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Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Religion played a huge part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at our national Capitol. We denounce Christian Nationalist members of government who participated in the riot, and hear Congressional Freethought Caucus Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Jared Huffman, D-Calif., give impassioned remarks at the impeachment hearings. Then we speak with 10-yr-old Elle Harris, author of the charming new book, Elle The Humanist.

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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.
0:25.7	It's easy if you try.
0:32.1	No hell below us.
0:42.3	Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:58.0	I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and Free Thought Radio is where we do imagine a world free of superstition,
1:06.0	free of religious strife, and free of entanglement of religion and government.
1:12.2	And I'm Dan Barker. This is the Free Thought Radio for January 14th, 2021.
1:19.7	Annie, Lori and I are hosting from our Safe at Home studio in Madison, Wisconsin,
1:24.0	while Noah Gilfellon is engineering remotely from Audio for the Arts, a recording
1:30.3	studio near the Wisconsin State Capitol.
1:32.9	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:37.7	I emphasize that word from.
1:40.0	We have two purposes to preserve and defend the secular, godless constitution of the United
1:46.8	States, which is greatly under attack, and to promote the use of reason over religious matters,
1:53.9	free thought, forming your opinion about religion based on reason, not on faith, or tradition,
1:59.6	or authority. We're the largest membership group of Freethinkers in the United States, with over 33, almost 34,000.
2:08.6	And if you're not a member, if you are a member, thank you. If you're not a member, we would love to have you join us.
2:13.6	Check out our website or ask for a sample of our newspaper, Free Thought Today.
2:18.3	And we want to welcome some new listeners. We just learned that Free Thought Radio is now being broadcast on KZSM in San Marcos, Texas.
2:29.3	The show airs on Mondays at 11 a.m. and rebroadcast on Thursdays at 9 a.m.
2:35.1	And we want to thank the Hill Country Freethinkers in that very historic spot for underwriting
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