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Freethought Radio

Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2007

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Guest Dale McGowan speaks on secular parenting. The show also includes lively clips of Christopher Hitchens interviews and debates, a retrospective on the fundamentalist career of the late Jerry Falwell, the broadcast debut of Dan Barker's jazz ballad, "It's Only Natural" (dedicated to Richard Dawkins and sung by jazz singer Susan Hofer), and a celebration of the life of Lorraine Hansberry, including a dramatic clip from the movie version of her freethinking play, "A Raisin in the Sun." The weekly show is hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. (MP3, 50 min, 22,8 MB)

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It's time for Free Thought Radio, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,

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www.

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www. ffrf.org.

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With your hosts, FFRF co-presidents, Dan Barker, and Annie Laurie Gaylorlor with irreverent views, news, music, and interviews. Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try No hell below us

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Above us only sky

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Imagine all the people living for today pagans and abortionists and feminists and gays and lesbians who are actively trying to make that

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an alternative lifestyle and members of the ACLU and people for the American way who are

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working to secularize America. Well, I think you're catching my illusion this week. Seriously,

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hello, you godless or just open-minded listeners out there, I'm Annie Lurie Gaylor.

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Please stay tuned to the next hour.

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Free Thought Radio is broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk, the Mike 92.1.

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We're streaming live from Madison, Wisconsin, and podcasting.

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And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.

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I'm a former fundamentalist minister

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who, unlike Jerry Falwell, saw the light and I got out of the racket. Free Thought Radio is

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brought to you by a non-faith-based initiative, the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the

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foundation, which is approaching its 30th year of activism. We're a non-profit, national educational

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association of atheists and agnostics working to keep state and church separate. We're a membership

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supported association, the largest free thought group in the United

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States, and we invite you to join us.

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You can find more information about our group online at fFRF.org.

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And I want to let you know an important announcement for those of you who listen to the

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