Thoughts and Prayers
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Happy spring! FFRF attorney Maddy Zeigler reports legal victories in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan. A year into the pandemic, we see that "thoughts and prayers" are no match for science and action. We hear Roy Zimmerman sing "To The Victims of This Tragedy." Then we ask: Is atheism good for your health? We speak with Professor David Speed of the University of New Brunswick, author of a new study about religion and health with some surprising findings.
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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 |
| 0:41.3 | imagine all the people |
| 0:47.3 | living for today welcome to free thought Welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 0:58.6 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor and happy spring. |
| 1:03.1 | Saturday, March 20th, is the Vernal Equinox. |
| 1:06.4 | Very welcome. |
| 1:07.8 | And I'm Dan Barker, co-host of the show. |
| 1:10.2 | This is the March 18th, 2021 edition of Free Thought Radio, and Annie, Lori and I are hosting from our home, our makeshift home studio in Madison, Wisconsin, while once again, the great Buzz Kemper is engineering from Audio for the Arts, which is his recording studio near the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| 1:33.3 | And Feed That Radio, even through this pandemic, is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:40.3 | founded in the 1970s and today the nation's largest association of Freethinkers, Atheists, agnostics, |
| 1:47.0 | working to keep religion out of government, which is a chronic issue. |
| 1:53.0 | And we would love to have your support as a member, if you're not one already, at ffrf.org. |
| 2:00.0 | In the second half of our show today we're going to talk about |
| 2:02.8 | atheism and health. Is atheism bad for your health or is it good? Our guest |
| 2:11.0 | today, Dr. David Speed from the University of New Brunswick will tell us about his |
| 2:16.0 | study that has some surprising findings. |
| 2:19.3 | And in a few minutes we will talk about the effectiveness of thoughts and prayers. |
| 2:24.3 | This week is the birthday of the composer and lyricist Steven Sondheim. He was born March 22nd, 1930. So he'll be 91 this week. Sondheim is a lifelong atheist. Today, we'll hear |
| 2:39.7 | some of his music, including during the breaks, including Send in the Clowns, Last Midnight, Folly's |
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