"Letting Go of God"

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2006

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Comedian/actress Julia Sweeney is interviewed about her amazing and hilarious new monolog, "Letting Go of God," on Freethought Radio, FFRF's weekly production co-hosted by Foundation co-presidents Dan Barker & Annie Laurie Gaylor. The Saturday Night Live alumna, known for her character "Androgynous Pat," tells how she came to leave the Roman Catholic Church and become an atheist. Music featured: "My Father's House" by Dan Barker, and "This World," by Malvina Reynolds, performed by Kristin Lems. (MP3, 47 min, 21.6 MB)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's time to wake up.
0:04.0	Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast anywhere,
0:10.0	a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:17.0	Irreverent Views, news, music, and interviews.
0:23.7	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:30.2	It's easy if you try.
0:36.8	No hell below us
0:42.3	Above us Above us only sky
0:43.3	Imagine all the people
0:49.3	living for today
0:56.0	Greetings all you infidels and godless heathens.
1:03.1	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor with the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:07.0	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:11.2	Welcome to all you listeners, whether you're heathen or not.
1:14.5	Free Thought Radio is the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast on the continent.
1:21.1	Radio for the rest of us, the 30 million or more adult Americans who are not religious. The Freedom from Religion Foundation is a
1:30.7	national group representing the views of Americans who are personally free from religion. And we're
1:37.6	working to keep religion out of our government as required by our really secular, godless constitution.
1:45.1	We invite you to stay tuned to today's show.
1:48.0	We're very pleased to announce that our guest today is comedian and actress Julia
1:53.2	Sweeney.
1:54.1	We'll be talking with her about what she calls her beautiful loss of faith story.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Freedom From Religion Foundation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Freedom From Religion Foundation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.