The Soul Delusion

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Before talking with David P. Barash about his provocative new book, "The Soul Delusion," Freethought Radio comments on timely national news and this week's major FFRF victories!

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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.
0:44.3	Imagine all the people living for today. Welcome to to Free Thought Radio.
0:58.0	I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and this is radio for the rest of us.
1:02.0	I'm co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:06.0	and I am flying solo this week.
1:09.0	God is not my co-pilot, needless to say, because my co-host, Dan Barker, is on a busy speaking
1:17.6	tour in the northwest.
1:19.4	He's speaking in Oregon, various California groups, and in Salt Lake City.
1:26.7	This is the January 15th, 2026 episode of Free Thought Radio, and we're recording in the
1:33.3	Stephen Ull friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, our national office in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:41.2	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:46.0	otherwise known as FFRF, and we work to educate the public, and that means you, about the views
1:54.6	of non-believers and non-theists and why it's so important that our voice should be heard today
2:00.5	in the national discourse.
2:03.1	And we work very diligently to protect and defend the First Amendment and its constitutional
2:09.2	principle of separation between state and church that is truly under siege.
2:15.5	And if you'd like to help us in this work,
2:17.6	we would love to have you join us at ffrf.org.
2:23.3	So Dan was in town to pre-record this week's interview
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