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Thank God I'm Atheist

Popes and Parties #282

Thank God I'm Atheist

TGIA Media

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Benedict celebrates 90th with a rager Vatican-style, another church needs armed security, Humanism recognized by the Department of Defense, Roy Moore strikes again, a pope meeting, Catholic school exercise, and Dan sits down with playwright Robert Askins.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Hey everybody. Hi guys, hi guys, well from Blustery Salt Lake City, Utah.

0:22.5

It's, thank God, I'm Atheist.

0:24.0

The podcast, I'm Frank Feldman,

0:26.0

and I'm Dan Beecher.

0:27.0

And coming up today, a special, special interview that Dan did.

0:33.0

The Frank is talking about but hasn't even heard it.

0:36.0

I heard it.

0:38.0

It's so exciting.

0:39.0

Tell us about it, Dan.

0:40.0

It's an interview with Tony Award nominated playwright Robert Askins.

0:47.0

He's the guy that wrote the smash hit on Broadway. It was a hit in London's West End, Hand to God.

0:58.0

A version of which, a production of which I am currently in here in Salt Lake City.

1:04.3

Yeah.

1:05.3

And he stopped by and we had a really interesting chat.

1:11.0

The guy is fascinating.

1:13.0

Wonderful.

1:14.0

And the play touches on a lot of religious themes.

1:17.0

He's very interested in religious themes.

1:19.0

It'll be very exciting to hear the interview and yeah and hopefully see the play yeah yeah all right so it's a good and that'll be coming up later in the meantime

1:30.3

Dan yeah Dan. Yeah.

1:37.0

Somebody had a birthday. Somebody's birthday in this room near you.

1:40.0

Somebody's birthday.

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