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Freethought Radio
A weekly show, broadcast live from Madison, Wis., on 92.1 FM, Saturdays 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents, Freedom From Religion Foundation. Slightly irreverent views, news, music and interviews.
Episodes
Freethought RadioA Monument to Ignorance
After hearing televangelist Pat Robertson accuse the Freedom From Religion Foundation of being led by "the Devil," we hear comedian Robin Williams lampoon the…
Freethought RadioCensorship and Fighting Back
This week we'll report that FFRF's first billboard in Mississippi managed to stay up only 5 days before being censored, play Oliver Sacks' poignant last…
Freethought RadioThe Case Against God
This week we celebrate the Fourth of July, as well as the Supreme Court's decision on abortion rights. We announce FFRF billboard activism in Mississipi…
Freethought RadioAtheist Activist
FFRF protests the city of Hondo, Texas, sign saying "This is God's Country." After an FFRF complaint, Ex-Muslims of America finally get their cake that was…
Freethought RadioGraham is Crackers
FFRF protested Rev. Franklin Graham's "Decision America" rally in Wisconsin this week. We hear FFRF staff members Alyssa Schaeffer and Calli Miller interviewed…
Freethought RadioKeystone Courage
This week we protest the Iowa Governor's proclamation to read the bible. We speak with FFRF attorney Sam Grover about our lawsuit successfully removing…
Freethought RadioAmerican Infidel
Psychologist, author and songwriter Elliott Ingersoll, descendant of the family of the great 19-century agnostic orator Robert G. Ingersoll, tells us about his…
Freethought RadioThe Big Picture
FFRF stopped an Ohio high school from singing "The Lord's Prayer" during graduation. Port Neches, Texas, divests itself of a Christian cross in their city…
Freethought RadioTiny Houses
FFRF challenges prayer at a Florida school district, encourages the "Do No Harm" bill, supports "One nation indivisible" and reports on our Pennsylvania…
Freethought RadioSerengeti Rules
You won't believe what a Colorado legislator said about FFRF's lawsuit challenging high-school discrimination against our scholarship for freethinking…
Freethought RadioThe Secular Life
We are suing the US House Chaplain! Dan Barker, with the help of FFRF attorneys Andrew Seidel and Sam Grover and litigation attorney Rich Bolton, filed a…
Freethought RadioTenth Anniversary Show!
We observe our 10th anniversary by celebrating how much has changed since Freethought Radio began in 2006. We announce victories and complaints in public…
Freethought RadioA Universe From Nothing
Hear coverage of the “Jesus Lunch” protest at Middleton (WI) High School, which is being challenged by students and FFRF staff. Rebecca Markert updates us on…
Freethought RadioAre Religion and Science Compatible?
FFRF stops an Ohio high-school teacher from preaching in class, removes a bible verse from a Texas school district webpage, files a Minnesota…
Freethought RadioRally For Reason
This week we announce a new IRS lawsuit challenging the Housing Allowance that gives special tax benefits to clergy, and we complain about a bill to make the…
Freethought RadioProtect the Children
After we announce our “I’m an Atheist and I Vote” billboard campaign, welcoming candidates to Madison, Wisconsin during the week of the Wisconsin primary…
Freethought RadioBrief Candle in the Dark
Lisa Miller (Treu) joins us this “Easter” weekend (on Black Sabbath) to talk about the movie The Life of Brian and to introduce the irreverent song “Always…
Freethought RadioStrange Gods
We welcome the spring with some light music by freethinking songwriter Yip Harburg (who wrote “Over The Rainbow”) and country singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks…
Freethought RadioBefore The Gospels
FFRF’s JFK ad is airing on Colbert’s Late Show this month. After talking with law student Seth Wrinkle about the amicus brief he drafted for FFRF about a…
Freethought RadioWoman's Health
Sticker shock! We announce a new federal lawsuit challenging a Brewster County (Texas) sheriff affixing Christian cross stickers on police vehicles. After…
Freethought RadioFreedom FROM Religion
FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel tells us about our exciting new federal court victory stopping school-board prayer in California. We announce FFRF’s newest lawsuit…
Freethought RadioWhy There is No God
After reporting an FFRF victory removing the Ten Commandments from a Mississippi county courthouse, we announce FFRF’s new “I’m Secular and I Vote!” campaign…
Freethought RadioWater Works & Indiana Death Threats
FFRF staff attorney Sam Grover updates us on our amended complaint adding more plaintiffs to our lawsuit (filed along with the ACLU) challenging the live…
Freethought RadioGOD: Bad Character, Bad Designer
This week we celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin and the 90th birthday poet Philip Appleman (a Darwin scholar). Annie Laurie interviews Dan about his…
Freethought RadioIrish Education Equality
Iowa atheist Justin Scott tells us about his experience interviewing political candidates in the Iowa caucuses about their views on the separation of state and…
Freethought RadioIn G-d We Do Not Trust
Aleta Ledendecker tells us about the secular invocation she delivered before the City Council of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that was rudely cut off by the mayor and…
Freethought RadioWhite Nights, Black Paradise
Legal fellow Ryan Jayne updates us on FFRF’s New Jersey lawsuit challenging millions of “historic preservation” dollars handed to churches, many for the…
Freethought RadioBorn Again Skeptic
FFRF wins Liberty Institute’s “Scrooge Award.” Another FFRF banner is vandalized. Political candidate panders to piety. NYC mayor de Blasio hands $20 million…
Freethought RadioYou're a Mean One, Mr. Governor
Texas Governor Abbot censors FFRF’s “Bill of Rights Nativity” from the state capitol; Wisconsin lawmaker Scott Allen uses government resources to convert…
Freethought RadioAdrift on a Star
In the News: FFRF banners and signs have been stolen or defaced, so we announce a "Resurrection Pledge Campaign" to help replace them. New banners go up in…
Freethought RadioSolstice Tribute
In the News: Saudi Arabia is scheduled to behead a nonbeliever; Indiana school thumbs its nose at the Constitution by staging a “mannequin” nativity scene…
Freethought RadioIntelligent Design?
This is our first show produced in the new Stephen Uhl Friendly Atheist Studio at Freethought Hall! In The News: full-page FFRF ad in the New York Times…
Freethought RadioLeaving the LDS Fold
In the News: Two seasonal state/church victories in Indiana; new FFRF lawsuit in New Jersey challenging public money to churches; Winter Solstice signs around…
Freethought RadioDefeat Religion in 10 Steps
After dissecting religion in politics (Fiorina: "people of faith make better leaders”) and reporting FFRF state/church victories in Minnesota and Indiana, we…
Freethought RadioTo the Cross and Back
We love Paris, and detest religious terrorism. In The News: Governor Kasich calls for an agency to spread “Judeo-Christian values,” but American values are…
Freethought RadioSpotlight on Ex-Muslims
After reporting an early FFRF holiday victory stopping a nativity scene from being placed in a Minnesota park, we discuss the recent study showing that…
Freethought RadioGreat Day for Veterans
Portland, Oregon, public high-school students disallowed from participating in a religious Catholic Grotto performance. Gideon bibles removed from Northern…
Freethought RadioFirst-Amendment Success!
Happy Halloween! Before hearing the song “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” we announce state/church victories, lawsuits and complaints in Indiana, Arkansas, and…
Freethought RadioUnabashed Atheist
In the news: FFRF complains about Christian crosses on a Kentucky city water tower and a Minnesota public hillside. Listen to a Texas sheriff tell FFRF to “go…
Freethought RadioFreethought Heroine
FFRF unveils its northern “Atheists in Foxholes” monument and the first-ever “Atheist Marquee” at the national office in Madison, Wisconsin. We hear the…
Freethought RadioSNAP out of it
After discussing the the pope’s disturbing private visit with Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue gay marriage licenses, we examine the…
Freethought RadioStay Away Pope
The “JESUS Welcomes You To Hawkins” (Texas) sign is coming down! An Arizona city stops favoring Christian prayers, and the University of Wisconsin Athletic…
Freethought RadioFighting for a Secular World
Many victories to report this week, including the successful FFRF lawsuit removing the Ten Commandments from a Pennsylvania school, Florida municipal prayer…
Freethought RadioGod's Bogus Journey
Gov. Huckabee says Kentucky clerk Kim Davis (who defied gay-marriage orders) is “God.” In the News: more “Pray to Play” coverage, Indiana high-school…
Freethought RadioThe "Ideal" Woman
In the news: FFRF victory declaring the Ten Commandments unconstitutional at a Pennsylvania high school, a county clerk refusing to grant gay marriage…
Freethought RadioGod and Government
FFRF’s “Pray to Play” exposé gets national coverage, including FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel on MSNBC “Sports Matters.” Dan Barker was interviewed on NBC's…
Freethought RadioPray to Play
After honoring the life of famed freethinking civil-rights leader Julian Bond and catching up on state/church news in Texas and New Mexico, we listen to part…
Freethought RadioLearning To Drive
In the news: FFRF’s Ron Reagan ad on the penultimate Jon Stewart Daily Show, Jesus sign in east Texas town, bible verses removed from Arkansas city webpage…
Freethought RadioContradiction
Ryan Jayne, FFRF’s law clerk and soon-to-be legal fellow, helps us celebrate many exciting state/church victories accomplished by FFRF’s attorneys. We honor…
Freethought RadioFreethinking Senator
Jesus sign on city property, “In God We Trust” on patrol cars, Ten Commandments on high-school property, atheists barred from Boy Scouts, Tennessee freethought…
Freethought RadioFighting Back
Guatemalan secular humanists fight back after the legislature proposes to teach the bible in all public schools. After reporting on egregious state/church…
Freethought RadioClergy Project
After reporting on an FFRF state/church victory removing Christian crosses from a Texas county building, we hear “Blood Brothers,” the song Dan Barker wrote…
Freethought RadioAlpha God
FFRF has a new lawsuit (with AU and ACLU) challenging the Brevard County, Florida barring nontheists from opening meetings with a secular invocation. We report…
Freethought RadioCelebrating Liberty
On this July 4 weekend we celebrate the Supreme Court decision recognizing gay marriage, and the July 4 birthday of American songwriter Stephen Foster. We talk…
Freethought RadioProtect the Children
After reporting FFRF victories in Arkansas and Wisconsin and complaining about a loose-cannon Florida sheriff who preaches in uniform, Annie Laurie analyzes…
Freethought RadioReasonable and Kind
This week’s show is dedicated to the memory of FFRF’s principal founder Anne Nicol Gaylor, who died June 14 at the age of 88. After reporting some FFRF…
Freethought RadioWho is under attack?
Is Justice Scalia right when he says the human species is 5,000 years old? Can Jesus welcome visitors to a Texas town? Is Jesus the most Googled name on the…
Freethought RadioEureka!
FFRF complains about South Carolina's Governor Haley calling the state to prayer, and University of Toledo football coach doing the same with his players…
Freethought RadioIrish Eyes Are Smiling
Paris and the International Atheist conference in Gologne, Germany. Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's outrageous opinion about the authority of the Supreme…
Freethought RadioFaith vs. Fact
On the first half of the show, we talk with evolutionary geneticist Jerry Coyne (author of the best seller Why Evolution is True) about his new book, Faith vs…