Paul D. Boyer, Nobel Laureate and Atheist

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2007

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

News of the week includes U.S. Rep. Pete Stark's recent announcement that he is nonreligious. Nobel Laureate Paul D. Boyer, a Lifetime Member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, is interviewed, and he talks about the overwhelming disbelief of "elite" scientists. The show also includes a brief, pithy poetry reading by "freethought laureate" Philip Appleman, and a discussion on common myths about atheists. Featured song: "God's Grandeur," words by Philip Appleman, music by Dan Barker. Freethought Radio is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. (MP3, 53 min, 23.9 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time for Free Thought Radio, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
0:10.1	www. ffrf.org.
0:13.5	With your hosts, FFRF co-presidents, Dan Barker, and Annie Laurie Gaylor, with irreverent views, news, music, and interviews.
0:26.5	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:32.9	It's easy if you try.
0:40.3	No hell below us
0:46.3	above us
0:47.3	only sky
0:51.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
1:03.0	Hello, happy heathens, godless infidels, hellbound atheists, and all you anti-disestablishmentarians, too.
1:11.7	Welcome to Free Thought Radio, an hour free from religion, brought to you by the Freedom
1:17.1	from Religion Foundation.
1:19.2	I'm Annie Laurie Galar.
1:20.6	We're broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk, the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:26.1	We're streaming live and podcasting. And I'm Dan Barker,
1:29.5	your friendly neighborhood atheist. Free Thought Radio is a non-faith-based initiative. The program
1:37.6	is produced by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. We're a national organization of atheists and
1:43.4	agnostics based in Madison,
1:45.0	Wisconsin. Since 1978, we have been a national group working to keep state and church separate,
1:52.2	working to make government secular. To keep government secular, yes, in this country, and around
1:59.3	the world to make it secular in some other countries that need it.
2:02.6	And we also exist to educate the public about the views of non-theists, the huge minority of Americans,
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