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Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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What's wrong with evangelist Billy Graham lying in state in the nation's capitol? Nonbelief Relief awards $75,000 in spring grants, FFRF announces four student essay contests, and unveils the new Avijit Roy Memorial Award in honor of the Bangladesh-American freethought author who was hacked to death by Islamic extremists in 2015 for his nonbelief. Then we talk with champion swimmer and freethinking Olympic athlete Rada Owen, who competed for the U.S. Olympic swimming team in Sydney, Australia in 2000.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.7	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:14.1	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:20.3	It's easy if you try
0:23.6	No hell below us
0:33.6	above us only sky.
0:48.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:52.7	Ah, ah, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
0:56.6	That's, of course, John Lennon, the way we like to open Free Thought Radio.
0:59.5	And it's time for Freethinkers to March 4th.
1:01.0	March 4th. Well, today's not March 4th.
1:02.4	Today's March 4th.
1:03.4	We can March 4th in three days, can we?
1:06.6	It's the March 1st, 2000 edition of Free Thought Radio.
1:10.2	I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:14.4	Noah Gilfillon is our engineer today, producing this show in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist
1:20.3	studio in Freethought Hall, which is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion
1:25.8	Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:28.7	Is your mic on in there, Noah?
1:30.9	Say hi to our listeners for the first time.
1:35.3	Noah is one of the engineers at Audio for the Arts,
1:39.5	and he works with Buzz Kemper and Audrey Martinovich.
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