The Edited Commandments

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott tells us about the disappointing 5th-Circuit appeals decision allowing Ten Commandments in Texas public schools. Then, author and columnist Kate Cohen tells us "Why Exodus Needs a Rewrite."

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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.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us, above us only sky.
0:43.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:58.3	Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:59.7	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:01.3	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:06.2	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:19.1	This is the April 23rd, 2026 episode of Freethought Radio, and today's show rounds out 20 years of Freethought Radio, more than a thousand shows.
1:25.1	Next week on our 20th anniversary, we'll hear highlights from the past two decades.
1:31.2	We're recording this show in the Stephen Ull-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
1:34.3	which is our national headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. And Freethought Radio, as many of you listeners may know,
1:38.2	is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:42.5	which is a 501c3 tax deductible nonprofit that works to keep
1:49.2	religion out of government and to educate the public about those of us who are personally
1:54.0	free about religion, and we're over 41,000 members. If you are, one thank you, and if not, please
2:00.4	join us at ffrof.org.
2:02.7	We're looking forward to catching up on the second half of today show with atheist columnist
2:08.1	Kate Cohen. She's author of the book We of Little Faith. Kate has a new substack column
2:14.6	and her recent column, On the Ten Commandments caught our eye.
2:19.0	And that'll be fun. Before that, we'll talk with FFRF legal director Patrick Elliott,
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