Surviving a cult

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In the news: religious privilege in Minnesota, predator priests, ancient "Comstock law" revived, Latinos losing religion, and Walter Reed military hospital's phony "crisis." After hearing the wistful Richard Rodgers song "Spring is Here," we talk with Michelle Dowd, author of the new memoir Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.3	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.7	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.9	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
0:41.3	Living for today
0:47.3	I am 16 going on 17.
0:56.9	I know that I'm naive.
1:00.5	Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet and willingly I believe.
1:07.9	I am 16 going on 17, innocent as a row.
1:14.2	Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Gallo.
1:16.0	I am not 16 going on 17, but Free Thought Radio is.
1:21.4	We're 16 going on 17.
1:23.6	The radio show debuted this week in 2006.
1:29.1	Thank you for tuning in, some of you, for 17 years.
1:32.7	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:34.1	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:39.6	And today's show is the April 20th, 20th, 23 episode of Freethought Radio.
1:46.4	Grant Blaschka, with Audio for the Arts,
1:48.7	is engineering in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio
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