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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 RadioEveryday Crusade
The good, the bad, and the ugly: Texas Ten Commandments bill fails; anti-abortion laws proliferate; Illinois reports widespread clergy sex abuse; proselytizing…
Freethought RadioGhosts of the Orphanage
We talk about abortion, book banning and the X-rated bible. We also talk with "God." After hearing the song "The Trinity" (words by Robert Ingersoll), we speak…
Freethought RadioSex and Religion
We talk about religion and abortion rights, the IRS and church electioneering, the Texas Ten Commandments bill and clergy sexual abuse. After Annie Laurie…
Freethought RadioThe end is near?
We 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…
Freethought RadioAtheist Street Pirates
We 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…
Freethought RadioSurviving a cult
In the news: religious privilege in Minnesota, predator priests, ancient "Comstock law" revived, Latinos losing religion, and Walter Reed military hospital's…
Freethought RadioGod is still not great
We discuss some troubling state/church news (and a few victories) in New Jersey, California, Texas, Indiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia…
Freethought RadioAtheists Day and theocratic threats to Israel
We announce the "Theocrat" & "Secularist" of the Week, play Bill Maher's very funny "Atheists Day" monologue, then interview University of San Francisco…
Freethought RadioDo mess with Texas
After 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…
Freethought RadioPreparing for war
FFRF'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…
Freethought RadioThe Delusions of Crowds
Local and federal state/church victories and complaints; Walgreens and abortion; new rules for faith-based providers. FFRF attorney Chris Line describes the…
Freethought RadioBlack Atheist Activists
We applaud President Biden's repeal of religious discrimination. FFRF joins in an abortion appeal to the United Nations, and appreciates a State Department…
Freethought RadioBoundless
Our guest this week is Dr. Christine Henneberg, author of the book Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother. FFRF Legal Fellow Sammi Lawrence describes…
Freethought RadioSecular elected officials
After reporting state/church news in Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, we talk about the tragic religious persecution in Pakistan and Afghanistan. FFRF Senior…
Freethought RadioNo more "thoughts & prayers"
Amy 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…
Freethought Radio"The Family" Feud
A new PRRI study shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject Christian nationalism. FFRF Attorney Chris Line talks about this week's Wisconsin State Journal…
Freethought RadioFirst Amendment champions
We have many state/church victories to report, including against the National Prayer Breakfast and proselytizing Colorado coach Deion Sanders. FFRF litigation…
Freethought RadioThe problem with prayer
After addressing the numerous problems with the National Prayer Breakfast, we speak with Central Florida Freethought Association director Joseph Richardson…
Freethought RadioHindu Nationalism
After 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…
Freethought RadioHaving fun fighting the gods
We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day and National Religious Freedom Day, "eulogize" Cardinal Pell via Tim Minchin's song, "Come Home Cardinal Pell," then…
Freethought RadioMeeting of the Minds
We 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…
Freethought RadioRinging in the New Year
After 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…
Freethought RadioBible Museum
Tidings 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…
Freethought RadioBeyond Belief
We 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…
Freethought RadioEvangelical Threat
Tis 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…
Freethought RadioMark on the Hill
We 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…
Freethought RadioLet's All Give Thanks
On 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…
Freethought RadioPhantom God
This 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…
Freethought RadioThe Unbelieving
After 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…
Freethought RadioUnconventional Convention
We hit some of the highlights of FFRF's 45th annual convention in San Antonio, Texas, including welcoming remarks by U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman(CA) and…
Freethought RadioThe Power of Protest
Iranian-born Maryam Namazie, with "Ex-Muslims of Britain," describes the dire situation in Iran where protesters of the patriarchal regime are being persecuted…
Freethought RadioSecular Legislators
We 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…
Freethought RadioSecular Government
Guest: Minnesota state Rep. Mike Freiberg. After hearing the late Loretta Lynn sing the feminist song "The Pill," we hear freethinkers Joni Mitchell and James…
Freethought RadioKnow Your Rights
We 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…
Freethought RadioBlasphemy is a Victimless Crime
We celebrate International Blasphemy Day by highlighting challenges to Christian Nationalism and the violation of state/church separation by senators and…
Freethought RadioBanned Books
Guest: Marty Essen. FFRF's Senior Litigation Counsel Patrick Elliott describes the new lawsuit we filed this week challenging 1.5 million dollars in the South…
Freethought RadioBeyond Belief
We unveil a national "Secular Vote" campaign. Mandisa Thomas, president of Black Nonbelievers, tells us about the upcoming Women of Color Beyond Belief…
Freethought RadioFree Voice
We speak with the brave freethinking Bangladeshi author and publisher of Shuddhashar (Free Voice) Ahmedur Rashid Chowdury, who was attacked with machetes and…
Freethought RadioIs Religion Special?
Guest: Adam B. Cohen. Former U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann falsely claims that America was based on the bible. A California prison chaplain was…
Freethought RadioCelebrate Dissent
Guest: Sami Abdallah. Christian nationalism is now proudly rearing its head in the United States. FFRF Senior Litigation Counsel Patrick Elliott describes the…
Freethought RadioReligion and the CIA
Guest: Michael Graziano. We first talk with FFRF Associate Counsel Sam Grover about his incisive recent blog on how constitutional absolutism is literally…
Freethought RadioThreat to Democracy
Guest: Philip S. Gorski. This week we listen to the moving testimony before the National Capital Memorial Advisory Committee in favor of a new monument to…
Freethought RadioCreationism USA
Guest: Adam Laats. FFRF attorney Chris Line tells us how FFRF is combatting religious indoctrination in Alabama schools. We parse Supreme Court Justice Samuel…
Freethought RadioCombating the threats
"Christian nationalism" is being mentioned more and more in the news: Religious right-wing Christian members of Congress and candidates for public office are…
Freethought RadioREAL Wellness
Guest: Don Ardell. The news is filled with state/church battles, politicking preachers, and religious threats to women's lives. After hearing a sneak preview…
Freethought RadioNot a Christian nation
Speeches by Randa Black and Randall Cragun. Christian nationalists have influenced the Supreme Court and the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. To avoid public scrutiny…
Freethought RadioBacklash
Guest: Kate Cohen. This week we describe some of the ways FFRF is lashing back against Christian nationalism. After hearing the sobering but optimistic song…
Freethought RadioRequiem for the Supreme Court
GUEST: Linda Greenhouse. This week we focus on recent bad Supreme Court decisions attacking women's rights and the separation of church and state. FFRF…
Freethought RadioMakin Mischief
FFRF attorney Sam Grover helps us dissect the disappointing Carson v. Makin decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that now allows public tax dollars to directly…
Freethought RadioCelebrating Dissent
Guest: Maryam Namazie. Abortion, politicians blaming gun violence on godlessness, secular billboards and the growth of support for state/church separation are…
Freethought RadioOur Non-Christian Nation
Guest: Jay Wexler. FFRF tells San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone that it was a "grave evil" to deny Nancy Pelosi communion. There is a new…
Freethought RadioAfrican American Freethinkers
Guest: Christopher Cameron. After mourning the tragic school massacre in Texas, we point out the ineffectiveness of "thoughts and prayers" and denounce…
Freethought RadioDoes God Exist?
Guests: Amit Pal & Dan Barker. With FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal as the substitute host, we discuss the dismal news on the reproductive rights front…
Freethought RadioThe Flag and the Cross
Guest: Samuel L. Perry. We announce two victories in federal lawsuits this week stopping city council prayer and religious instruction in West Virginia…
Freethought RadioThe Wonder of Science
Guest: Sasha Sagan. It's Mayday for women's rights. We talk about state/church and women's issues in Idaho, Arkansas, New Jersey and Arizona, and announce our…
Freethought RadioProfusely Illustrated
Guest: Ed Sorel. Instead of honoring the unconstitutional National Day of Prayer, we celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Learn what you can do to resist the imminent…
Freethought RadioSecular Compassion
Guest: Phil Zuckerman. After reporting on victories and challenges regarding governmental prayer, we parse the Supreme Court oral arguments in the case…
Freethought RadioRebels With a Cause
Guest: Clement Hiel. After reporting on national state/church news, we hear freethinker Barbra Streisand sing the song "Smile," written by the freethinking…
Freethought RadioThe Agenda
Guests: Sam Grover; Ian Millhiser. After we report on national state/church news, FFRF attorney Sam Grover joins us to talk about the oral arguments he gave…
Freethought RadioSeparate Church & State
Guests: Patrick Elliott; Ryan Jayne; Barbara Alvarez. After reporting on state/church news, we talk with a trio of FFRF staff members. FFRF Senior Counsel…