Preparing for war
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
FFRF's "Equal Justice Works Fellow" Kat Grant describes the letter they wrote to the president of West Texas A&M University protesting his cancellation, for religious reasons, of a student-hosted drag show. Then we speak with former minister and religion scholar Bradley Onishi about his new book Preparing For War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—And What Comes Next.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:09.3 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:13.7 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:19.5 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:49.3 | Hello and welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and we want to wish a happy birthday to a trio of Freethinkers. |
| 0:59.6 | Richard Dawkins will be turning 82 on March 26th. Daniel Dennett will be turning 81 on March 28th. |
| 1:08.1 | And Eric Idol, if you can believe it, 80 on March 29th. |
| 1:13.6 | So it's philosophers, scientists, and a very philosophical comedian. |
| 1:17.7 | Happy birthday to all of them, and I'm Dan Barker, |
| 1:21.0 | Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:26.3 | And this is the 32323 episode of Free Thought Radio. |
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| 2:29.5 | In the second half of the day's show, we have a really exciting, entertaining guest. |
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