Steven Pinker

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2006

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Evolutionary psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker ("The Blank Slate") will talk about his atheism, hypothesize about why religion exists and discuss his books. The show includes a look at the unorthodox Robert Burns, author of "Auld Lang Syne." Theocracy Alert looks at the practice of swearing in politicians on the bible. Freethought Radio is a production of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and is co-hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. (MP3, 49 min, 22.5 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time to wake up. Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought
0:09.7	Radio broadcast anywhere, a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation featuring
0:15.0	co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:21.6	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:23.6	It's easy if you try. No hell below us Above us
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:43.3	Imagine all the people
0:49.3	living for today
0:55.8	a very happy upcoming new year
1:01.1	to all of you on this New Year's Eve Eve.
1:05.1	I'm Annie Laurie Galore.
1:06.8	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:11.3	Annie Laurie and I are co-hosts of Free Thought Radio.
1:14.6	We're broadcasting from Madison's Progressive Talk, the Mike 92.1, in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:20.8	And we're also podcasting, and this show is streaming live.
1:26.2	Free Thought Radio is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation based here in Madison, Wisconsin,
1:30.8	and we are an association of 8,000 atheists and agnostics working to keep state and church separate.
1:37.6	More than 8,000 now.
1:38.7	More than 8,000 now.
1:39.4	And we're so pleased to announce that today's guest will be Harvard Prof. Stephen Pinker, author of the blank
1:45.9	slate in many other books and a very committed freethinker and supporter of the separation
1:50.4	of church and state. And we'll end our last show of the year on the mic by playing the nearly
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