Survival
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We memorialize the life and achievements of the late Barbara Blaine, founder of SNAP, survivor of priest abuse and advocate for other survivors. FFRF Director of Communications Amit Pal will talk about "Emancipation Day" for Saudi women. Special guest Marianne Arini will explain how she overcame a Christian fundamentalist education based on Bob Jones University workbooks. Today a nonbeliever, she teaches critical thinking skills. We give a musical nod to Sting, born in early October, a self-described agnostic.
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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. |
| 0:20.0 | It's easy if you try |
| 0:22.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:33.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:36.6 | Imagine all the people Above us only sky Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Galar, and welcome to the September 28th, 2017 edition of Free Thought Radio. |
| 0:58.5 | And I'm flying solo this week. Dan Barker, my co-host, is in Philadelphia to do his second |
| 1:05.6 | debate of the week. This one's taking place tonight. It's about states of religious freedom. |
| 1:12.2 | It's at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 1:14.6 | And if you're in the area, it's taking place at the National Constitution Center, |
| 1:18.8 | and that's located in the historic Independence Mall at 6 p.m. |
| 1:24.9 | And he's going to be debating a panel, Christina Ariaga of the Beckett Fund, |
| 1:31.3 | Khalid Latif, executive director and Imam for the Islamic Center at New York University, |
| 1:38.0 | and David Saberstein, who was the U.S. ambassador at large. You'll probably recognize that name |
| 1:43.8 | for international freedom for the Obama administration. |
| 1:48.5 | The event is sponsored by the National Constitution Center and the CAT Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. |
| 1:55.4 | And his other debate took place Tuesday in San Diego, and that was on Facebook Live. |
| 2:01.3 | And tonight's debate, I believe, is this 122nd debate. |
| 2:06.5 | As always, this program is being recorded in the Stephen Yule Friendly Atheist Studio in Freethought Hall. |
| 2:13.1 | I want to thank our engineer today, Buzz Kemper. |
| 2:16.5 | And Freethought Hall, of course, is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, and FFRF is the producer of our weekly radio show and podcast. |
| 2:26.9 | If you're not familiar with the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and some of you are listening on radio stations, FFRF is a North American Association of Atheists and Agnostics and Freethinkers over 29,000, |
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