Humor in atheism

Freethought Radio

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4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After protesting invitations of the pope by the U.S. Congress and the City of St. Augustine, Florida, we hear some of our favorite atheist comedians, including Julia Sweeney, Leighann Lord, George Carlin, Bill Maher and Roy Zimmerman, as well as irreverent verses by Yip Harburg. Then we talk with Katja Guenther, professor of sociology at UC-Riverside, about her current research into humor in the "New Atheism" movement.

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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
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:47.3	Imagine all the people
0:56.0	living for today I Imagine there's no country
1:01.0	Hope
1:03.0	Stay away
1:07.0	Don't come back some other day
1:11.2	It's worse than a sin that we have to pay
1:15.7	To hear you preach against the American way
1:20.2	Well, the Pope, as you probably know, is coming to the United States next year
1:25.0	Hopefully not fully a taxpayer expense Since we can't put up with the Pope, why should we have to pay to put him up?
1:34.1	I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and that is one of the things we'll be talking about on this week's Freethought Radio.
1:39.8	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:43.4	Thank you for listening to Freethought Radio.
1:45.4	This is the September 27th, 2014 edition of our show,
1:50.9	which is produced at broadcasts and streams from the Mike 92.1 FM progressive talk in Madison, Wisconsin. Free Thought Radio also broadcasts in Ithaca and the New York
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2:12.3	internet broadcast in Monterey, California. And if you happen to be listening to us on the podcast version, which is late, we
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