Solstice Tribute
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
During this week of the Winter Solstice, we rejoice in a federal court victory. FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about the positive decision in our legal challenge to bible classes in West Virginia public elementary schools. After hearing some "holiday humor," Christmas jokes, and irreverent seasonal songs (including Tom Lehrer's "A Christmas Song" and Roy Zimmerman's "Christmas is Pain"), we explain the real reason for the season and listen to Tim Minchin's "White Wine in the Sun" and Dan Barker's "Solstice Tribute."
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:13.5 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:20.1 | It's easy if you try |
| 0:22.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:29.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:35.6 | Imagine all the people Above us only sky. |
| 0:58.4 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio and have a very merry winter solstice, the real reason for the season. |
| 1:00.1 | I'm Annie Laurie Galore. |
| 1:07.0 | And I'm Dan Barker, and this is the December 20th, 2018 edition of Freethought Radio. |
| 1:12.0 | And tomorrow, of course, is the winter solstice, December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. |
| 1:17.8 | Buzz Kemper is our engineer today, but we're not producing today's show in the Stephen Yule-friendly atheist studio like we normally do. Today, we're at Buzz Kemper's recording studio, |
| 1:24.2 | audio for the arts, just a few blocks away from where our own studio is at |
| 1:28.7 | Freethought Hall, which is being expanded and remodeled as we speak. Freethought Hall is the |
| 1:35.1 | National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:40.6 | And Freethought Radio is the weekly production of FFRF. |
| 1:45.2 | FFRF has two purposes. |
| 1:47.6 | We work to keep religion out of government, which is a very difficult task. |
| 1:52.9 | And we work to educate the public about non-theism and to improve the status of non-believers in society |
| 1:59.1 | and really to uphold the enlightenment. |
| 2:01.6 | And that is also a fairly challenging task, but a very fun one. |
| 2:06.6 | So we would love to have you join us at ffref.org if you're not already a member, |
| 2:11.6 | or ask for free information, the great December issue of Free Thought Today, our newspaper, |
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