The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After reporting on state/church complaints and victories in Oklahoma, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Indiana and California, Annie Laurie asks, "Is there a cult of fetus worship?" Then we speak with Stanford Professor Lerone A. Martin about his illuminating new book, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
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| 0:52.3 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and this is radio for the rest of us, and happy mid-August. |
| 0:58.9 | And I'm Dan Barker. Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:06.4 | This is the August 17th, 2023 episode, or Freethought Radio. |
| 1:11.8 | Once again, the amazing Grant Blaschka with Audio for the Arts is our engineer. |
| 1:18.6 | Here in the Stephen O'Friendly Atheist Studio in Freethad Hall, |
| 1:23.0 | which is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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| 1:51.8 | ask, if you click the Ask for Info link at our website on the homepage. In today's show, in the second |
| 1:58.5 | half of the show, we're going to talk about the FBI. |
| 2:02.1 | The FBI. |
| 2:03.5 | You know, they might even be listening to the show. |
| 2:05.4 | So, hello, you special agents. |
| 2:07.7 | Our guest in the second half of the show will be Stanford Professor Lorone A. Martin, |
| 2:13.2 | whose new book is called The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover, |
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