You don't have to go down in the basement

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2012

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We'll take a cup of kindness and make a toast to freethought in the New Year. Then, we'll hear the "Good News" on "Why you don't have to go down into my basement." We'll cover end of the year violations, looking back and looking forward.

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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.
0:25.6	It's easy if you try.
0:31.6	No hell below us, above us only sky
0:41.3	imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today
0:53.3	Happy New Year's Eve and a toast to Freethought.
0:59.0	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and this is Free Thought Radio,
1:02.7	slightly irreverent views, news, music, and interviews devoted to the undevoted.
1:08.5	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:11.8	This is the weekend of December 31st, 2011, and January 1st.
1:18.5	So this is either the last show of the year, or if you're listening in New York City,
1:22.6	this is the first show of the year.
1:25.1	Free Thought Radio broadcast and streams from Madison, Wisconsin, the Mike
1:29.5	92.1. So hello to all you listeners in New York City, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Monterey, and to
1:37.3	HD radio listeners in Milwaukee and hundreds of other cities which are now carrying the Mike 92.1 live.
1:46.1	And a secular, happy new year also to our faithful, faithless podcast listeners.
1:51.5	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:56.0	We're a national organization of more than 17,000 members who work to keep religion and government separate
2:02.2	and, like we're doing on this show, to educate the public about the views of non-theists.
2:09.3	So it's been quite a year for free thought and for FFRF.
2:12.7	And we've actually, this year, ended hundreds of state church violations by educational letters as well as a lot of litigation.
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