Latest Ffrf Podcast Episodes
The end is near?
Freethought Radio - May 04, 2023 17:55 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe celebrate the National Day of Reason, recommend the new movie "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" based on Judy Blume's banned book, and advocate for meaningful court reform. Then we speak with distinguished Bible scholar and bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman about his new book, Armageddon...
Atheist Street Pirates
Freethought Radio - April 27, 2023 18:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe announce plans to sue the state of Texas over their new Ten Commandments edict, and we celebrate the upcoming National Day of Reason on May 4. After hearing Sammy Davis Jr. sing "It Ain't Necessarily So" (written by George and Ira Gershwin), we speak with Evan Clark, Executive Director of Ath...
Surviving a cult
Freethought Radio - April 20, 2023 19:08 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsIn the news: religious privilege in Minnesota, predator priests, ancient "Comstock law" revived, Latinos losing religion, and Walter Reed military hospital's phony "crisis." After hearing the wistful Richard Rodgers song "Spring is Here," we talk with Michelle Dowd, author of the new memoir Fora...
God is still not great
Freethought Radio - April 13, 2023 18:19 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe discuss some troubling state/church news (and a few victories) in New Jersey, California, Texas, Indiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Oklahoma. FFRF attorney Liz Cavell describes the Groff v. DeJoy case before the Supreme Court that will likely extend religious priv...
Atheists Day and theocratic threats to Israel
Freethought Radio - April 05, 2023 20:40 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe announce the "Theocrat" & "Secularist" of the Week, play Bill Maher's very funny "Atheists Day" monologue, then interview University of San Francisco Professor and Middle East expert Stephen Zunes about the theocratic threats in Israel and what's at stake.
Do mess with Texas
Freethought Radio - March 30, 2023 17:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter reporting international and U.S. state/church news, we talk with Kentucky activist Linda Allewalt, whose op-ed opposing a new state law that encourages public school teachers to promote religion was printed in the Lexington paper. Then we hear Val Benavidez, executive director of the Texas...
Preparing for war
Freethought Radio - March 23, 2023 18:47 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsFFRF's "Equal Justice Works Fellow" Kat Grant describes the letter they wrote to the president of West Texas A&M University protesting his cancellation, for religious reasons, of a student-hosted drag show. Then we speak with former minister and religion scholar Bradley Onishi about his new book...
The Delusions of Crowds
Freethought Radio - March 16, 2023 18:19 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsLocal and federal state/church victories and complaints; Walgreens and abortion; new rules for faith-based providers. FFRF attorney Chris Line describes the controversy over University of Colorado coach Deion Sanders praying with students. Then we talk with neurologist and financial theorist Wil...
Black Atheist Activists
Freethought Radio - March 09, 2023 19:20 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe applaud President Biden’s repeal of religious discrimination. FFRF joins in an abortion appeal to the United Nations, and appreciates a State Department reward for Avijit Roy’s killers. Vashti McCollum’s heroic lawsuit is honored and Gov. Greg Abbott’s idea of education is exposed as indoctri...
Boundless
Freethought Radio - March 02, 2023 20:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsOur guest this week is Dr. Christine Henneberg, author of the book Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother. FFRF Legal Fellow Sammi Lawrence describes some first-amendment legal victories she was involved in, and describes the problems nonreligious seniors have while living in religious n...
Secular elected officials
Freethought Radio - February 23, 2023 22:25 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter reporting state/church news in Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, we talk about the tragic religious persecution in Pakistan and Afghanistan. FFRF Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne discusses the more than 1,000 state-level religiously based bills introduced in 2023 that we are monitoring and...
No more "thoughts & prayers"
Freethought Radio - February 16, 2023 19:28 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAmy Hagstrom Miller, with Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, tells us about the devastation to abortion access wrought by the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. We hear jazz singer Tahira Clayton perform freethinking composer Jerome Kern's song "I'm Old Fashioned," and we cover many local, national and...
"The Family" Feud
Freethought Radio - February 09, 2023 21:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsA new PRRI study shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject Christian nationalism. FFRF Attorney Chris Line talks about this week's Wisconsin State Journal story, "The Running Man," that features his successful effort to lose more than 250 pounds. Then we speak with Jonathan Larsen, managing edi...
First Amendment champions
Freethought Radio - February 02, 2023 20:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe have many state/church victories to report, including against the National Prayer Breakfast and proselytizing Colorado coach Deion Sanders. FFRF litigation counsel Sam Grover describes our newest federal court win against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who censored our display in the state Capitol. ...
The problem with prayer
Freethought Radio - January 26, 2023 19:21 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter addressing the numerous problems with the National Prayer Breakfast, we speak with Central Florida Freethought Association director Joseph Richardson about how his secular invocation before a county board was "corrected" by a Christian prayer. Then we speak with Owosso, Mich., City Council...
Hindu Nationalism
Freethought Radio - January 19, 2023 20:35 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter we report on national and local state/church news, FFRF Legal Fellow Karen Heineman describes a disturbing case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will most certainly expand religious privilege. Then FFRF Co-President Dan Barker and Communication Director Amitabh Pal report on their trip t...
Having fun fighting the gods
Freethought Radio - January 12, 2023 20:59 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day and National Religious Freedom Day, “eulogize” Cardinal Pell via Tim Minchin’s song, “Come Home Cardinal Pell,” then hear irreverent Jim Hightower pillory religious entanglements in Texas.
Meeting of the Minds
Freethought Radio - January 05, 2023 20:35 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe review secular highs and lows of the week. FFRF Legal Fellow Karen Heineman tells us why the Catholic Church cannot run public charter schools in Oklahoma. Then we hear the entertaining conversation between actress/comedian Julia Sweeney and Dan Barker at FFRF’s 2022 convention.
Ringing in the New Year
Freethought Radio - December 28, 2022 20:39 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter reporting on state/church issues in December, we listen to the freethinking Frank Loesser song "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" sung by Madison jazz vocalist Susan Hofer accompanied by Dan Barker on the piano. Then, FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert wraps up the year by telling us ab...
Bible Museum
Freethought Radio - December 22, 2022 19:48 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsTidings of great joy: the bipartisan bill to approve a Thomas Paine memorial in DC is likely to pass this session. After hearing irreverent holiday music by Roy Zimmerman and Tom Lehrer, we talk with professor Cavan Concannon, co-author with Jill Hicks-Keeton of the new book Does Scripture Speak...
Beyond Belief
Freethought Radio - December 15, 2022 21:23 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe have a news-packed show this week, with congressional testimony, lawsuit updates, and state/church complaints. We celebrate Bill of Rights Day (Dec. 15) and the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21) by reporting "solstice/bill of rights" displays being erected around the country, and by hearing Dan Barke...
Evangelical Threat
Freethought Radio - December 08, 2022 20:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsTis the season to report on state/church entanglements, as well as state/church victories. This week we listen to professor Anthea Butler, author of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America and contributor to the 1619 Project, deliver her "Do Mess With Texas" speech at FFRF'...
Mark on the Hill
Freethought Radio - December 01, 2022 21:27 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe honor Dr. Anthony Fauci, a secular humanist who is retiring at the end of this month as the Chief Medical Advisor for the President of the United States, by hearing Dan Barker’s new song, “Thank you, Fauci.” Then FFRF’s Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann recaps our many successes figh...
Let’s All Give Thanks
Freethought Radio - November 23, 2022 22:33 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsOn our Thanksgiving show, we give thanks where thanks is due. We hear the new song “Let’s All Give Thanks,” written by Dan Barker and sung by Tahira Clayton and the Godless Gospel singers. Then FFRF Senior Counsel Patrick Elliott talks about the amicus brief FFRF has filed in the “303 Creative” ...
Phantom God
Freethought Radio - November 17, 2022 19:56 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsThis week we talk about the novelist John Irving, Christian supremacy, and the Respect For Marriage Act. After hearing the debut of the Godless Gospel song “I Don’t Need Jesus,” we talk with scientist and author John C. Wathey about his new book, The Phantom God: What Neuroscience Reveals about ...
The Unbelieving
Freethought Radio - November 10, 2022 21:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsAfter hearing the good news (and a little not-so-good-news) after the November election, we listen to the freethinking Irving Berlin song “Pack Up Your Sins (And Go To The Devil in Hades)” 100 years after its 1922 debut on Broadway. Then we speak with playwright Marin Gazzaniga and qualitative r...
The Power of Protest
Freethought Radio - October 27, 2022 19:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsIranian-born Maryam Namazie, with "Ex-Muslims of Britain," describes the dire situation in Iran where protesters of the patriarchal regime are being persecuted and killed. She also tells us how we can help. Then we speak with Harvard student Aidan Scully, who writes a secular column in the stude...
Secular Legislators
Freethought Radio - October 20, 2022 20:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe hear a sneak preview of the Godless Gospel song “You Don’t Need to Be Ashamed,” written by Andre Forbes, soloists DeAngela Morant and Rogiérs Fibby, with Godless Gospel singers in the chorus. Then we speak with New Hampshire state Representative Sherry Dutzy, who formed the Secular Values Leg...
Secular Government
Freethought Radio - October 13, 2022 18:36 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsGuest: Minnesota state Rep. Mike Freiberg. After hearing the late Loretta Lynn sing the feminist song “The Pill,” we hear freethinkers Joni Mitchell and James Taylor perform “Circle of Time." Then we speak with Minnesota state Representative Mike Freiberg about the new Secular Government Caucus ...
Know Your Rights
Freethought Radio - October 06, 2022 20:02 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsWe announce the victory in our lawsuit challenging the “The Lord’s Prayer” at a West Virginia city council meeting. Attorney Liz Cavell describes FFRF’s “Know Your Rights” campaign for students. Then we hear Christopher Hitchens explain why God is not great.
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