Rebels With a Cause

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Guest: Clement Hiel. After reporting on national state/church news, we hear freethinker Barbra Streisand sing the song "Smile," written by the freethinking Charlie Chaplin. Then we speak with NASA scientist Clement Hiel about his alma mater, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels), which was founded as a direct challenge to the Catholic Church. The school's motto is "Science Conquers Darkness."

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.6	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:14.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.6	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.
0:51.8	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
0:58.8	Welcome to Free Thought Radio, and we actually have sunshine, and it's supposed to get into the low 60s today.
1:02.0	So we finally may have spring in Wisconsin.
1:07.3	It was actually snowing earlier in the week, and we're about a month behind.
1:11.3	But I think that there will be daffodils blooming in my garden by this weekend.
1:12.3	So here's hoping.
1:16.0	And we're ready for it after enduring the long winter.
1:17.0	I'm Dan Barker.
1:18.6	I'm co-host of Freethought Radio.
1:24.2	This is the April 21st, 2022 episode of Freethought Radio.
1:30.1	This is our 834th show. Did you know that? We've been broadcasting since April of 2006. And we've had a number of very talented engineers over the years. Today,
1:38.7	we have Grant Blaschka. He's an engineer with Audio for the Arts. And he's in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio
1:47.1	in Freethought Hall, the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison,
1:53.5	Wisconsin.
1:54.2	Yes, and I have to interrupt the general opening here to mention that we have learned
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