The Privateers
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After a roundup of state/church news around the country, we celebrate the birthday of Eric Idle, 82, (who calls himself an "old agnostic") by listening to his irreverent song, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," from the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian." Then, professor and author Josh Cowen tells us about his book The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers.
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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 imagine all the people living for today Welcome to Freeth Thought Radio. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and for anyone listening in Wisconsin, just a reminder, be sure to vote in the very important state Supreme Court election on Tuesday, April 1st. And that's no April Fool's joke. |
| 1:14.1 | Speaking of April Fool's, you know, in Psalm 14, the Bible says, |
| 1:20.3 | The Fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. But we like to rephrase that and say, |
| 1:27.8 | The wise person says it out loud. |
| 1:31.8 | I'm Dan Barker. |
| 1:33.0 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:34.5 | Annie, Lori and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:39.9 | And this is the March 27th, 2025 episode. |
| 1:44.6 | Leo Costello is our producer and Tori Neels with Audio for the Arts is our engineer in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Free Thought Hall. |
| 1:54.7 | Free Thought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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