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Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2007

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Tune in to hear the audio of last Sunday's ABC Evening World News segment featuring FFRF co-presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. Then "eavesdrop" on comedian Julia Sweeney talking about atheism, "Letting Go of God" and the Freedom From Religion Foundation on a recent Stephanie Miller radio interview. Hear why bestselling atheist author Sam Harris thinks it's time for society to end faith. This week's show also includes a Pagan Pulpit freethought sermon by Dan Barker on the Jesus ossuary debacle, and a pithy poem, "A Simple Explanation for Everything," by Philip Appleman, read by Phil. Other state/church issues in the news are discussed. Freethought Radio is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. (MP3, 52 min, 23.7 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time for Free Thought Radio, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
0:10.7	www.
0:12.0	www. ffrf.org with your host's FFRF co-presidents, Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:20.7	with irreverent views, news, music, and interviews. Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try.
0:40.3	No hell below us, above us only sky.
0:53.3	Imagine all the people living for today
1:03.0	Hello, happy heathens, are you godless, infidels, and hellbound atheists, and hello to everyone else.
1:11.7	Welcome to Free Thought Radio, your antidote to the monopolization of our public airwaves by the religious right.
1:20.2	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. Stay tuned for an hour of slightly irreverent news, views, interviews, and music.
1:28.6	We're broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk, The Mike, 92.1, in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:34.5	We're streaming live, and we're podcasting.
1:37.0	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:42.1	Today is March the 10th, 2007. Free Thought Radio is brought to you by the Freedom
1:48.8	from Religion Foundation, a national organization of atheists and agnostics in Madison, Wisconsin,
1:56.5	working to keep state and church separate and to educate the public about the views of a huge
2:02.1	segment of the population that is non-religious.
2:06.2	And our membership, we are happy to report this week has surpassed 9,500, mainly as a result of
2:14.7	the immense amount of publicity from our Supreme Court lawsuit that was heard last week in Washington, D.C.
2:22.3	And we also actually were 10,000 if we include all of the supporters, subscribers to Freethought Today.
2:28.4	So we're happy about that.
2:30.2	And if you have found out about the Freedom from Religion Foundation recently from our litigation
2:35.9	or from this publicity, we welcome you as a new member, and we invite anyone interested in finding
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