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Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2006

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Susan Jacoby, a journalist and author of six books, is interviewed about her popular book, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism. The show is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which produces the show. Featured music: "Declaration of the Free," words by Robert Ingersoll, music and vocals by Dan Barker, from the CD Friendly Neighborhood Atheist.(MP3, 46 min, 21 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time to wake up.
0:02.9	Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast anywhere,
0:08.9	a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:15.5	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.5	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:25.5	It's easy if you try.
0:31.5	No hell below us.
0:41.3	Above us only sky imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today.
1:01.0	I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood Freethinker. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and welcome to Freethought Radio,
1:05.0	the only weekly free thought broadcast in the nation, and we're streaming live.
1:10.0	Free Thought Radio is produced by the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:14.3	We are the largest association of atheists, agnostics, and other freethinkers in the nation
1:20.7	working to keep church and state separate.
1:24.7	To keep our once-proud secular nation, secular, and isn't it shocking how the
1:29.6	religious right, even though they're shrinking in numbers, they are growing in political power,
1:34.2	trying to force their agenda on gay rights, on stem cell research, on the death penalty, on
1:40.2	abortion rights, on doctor-assisted suicide. They're getting into everything, the war in Iraq.
1:46.3	Our foundation has successfully sued the government at many levels
1:50.3	to challenge more than a billion dollars of faith-based money
1:54.1	that's been handed out to these religious groups to proselytize.
1:57.5	We need to keep America a strong, secular nation. We'd like to go directlytize. We need to keep America a strong secular nation.
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