The Satanic Panic: The Witch Hunt of the Late Twentieth Century

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🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Host Seth Andrews spoke about The Satanic Panic in a humorous (and occasionally shocking) speech at the 2017 Florida Freethought Conference. This is the audio of that speech.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:43.9	I realize the casual observer might see the show topic today
0:48.3	and think that we're about to embark on this sort of dark and serious
0:52.6	and somber journey through some really depressing stuff.
0:56.8	But stick with me. Okay.
0:59.4	Because to the surprise of a great many people,
1:02.2	our romp through the wild witch hunt of the 70s, 80s and 90s
1:07.0	is actually, for the most part, a lot of fun.
1:10.6	Okay, it's a lot of fun.
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