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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 RadioMore Atheists Than We Thought!
What's wrong with Senator Marco Rubio and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin promoting bible reading? We report a victory removing scripture from a New Mexico public…
Freethought RadioE Pluribus Unum
Listen to FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel teach a lesson to White-House bible-thumpers on Fox & Friends. After Annie Laurie and Dan discuss FFRF's statement about…
Freethought RadioFreethought Around The World
Hear moving excerpts of speeches at the Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression which took place in London in July, including Maryam Namazie, Bonya…
Freethought RadioFreedom of Conscience
Clarence Darrow statue (paid for by FFRF) is unveiled in Dayton, Tennessee, at the site of the 1925 Scopes Trial. FFRF attorney Sam Grover testifies before a…
Freethought RadioGood Without God
This week's show was pre-recorded to air while Dan and Annie Laurie are in England for an international conference on blasphemy and freedom of expression. FFRF…
Freethought RadioCompassionate Choices
What does the bible say about abortion? Co-presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, and FFRF attorney Liz Cavell answer that question during FFRF's new…
Freethought RadioTennessee Monkey Trial
FFRF attorney Rebecca Markert updates us on the appeal by the City of Pensacola of our successful lawsuit over a Christian cross in a city park. FFRF attorney…
Freethought RadioBreaking The Chains
Kentucky student activist Lydia Mason, whose essay "Breaking The Chains" won FFRF's David Hudak Memorial Freethinking Students of Color High School Essay…
Freethought RadioBehave!
Cardinal George Pell of Australia, highest-ranking Vatican official (whom Dan Barker has debated) is once again accused of sexual misconduct with minors. After…
Freethought RadioThe Evangelicals
FFRF Victory! Staff attorney Madeline Ziegler joins us to talk about our recent victory in federal court removing a 34-foot-tall Christian cross from a city…
Freethought RadioAsk an Atheist
Freethought Radio bonus! This is the audio of the second show of FFRF's new Facebook Live video "Ask An Atheist," which aired June 14 at 12:00 noon Central…
Freethought RadioAmerican Iconoclast
After honoring "Champions of the First Amendment" Roy Torcaso (1961, Torcaso vs. Watkins) and Ed and Ellery Schempp (1963 Abington vs. Schempp), we talk about…
Freethought RadioAsk an Atheist
Freethought Radio bonus! This is the audio of the debut of FFRF's new Facebook Live video "Ask An Atheist," which aired June 7 at 12:00 noon Central. Hosts…
Freethought RadioHeretics!
We announce FFRF's new "Ask an Atheist" Facebook Live show. Is the Kentucky Governor right to fight crime with prayer? Should religious hospitals be exempt…
Freethought RadioFreethought in the Arts
FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel tells us how we know George Washington did not say "So help me, God" at his inauguration. Dan Barker performs the song "Poor Little…
Freethought RadioA None's Story
We announce our full-page ad in the New York Times: "Mr. President, we are not a nation of believers." A Virginia sheriff removed a bible verse from police…
Freethought RadioLicense To Think
We celebrate the birthday of Bertrand Russell by reading his secular Ten Commandments. Attorney Sam Grover, who is indeed messin' with Texas, updates us about…
Freethought RadioBlasphemy Is A Victimless Crime
FFRF stops bible classes in a Tennessee elementary school. After commenting on President Trump picking Teresa Manning, an avid antiabortionist who said…
Freethought RadioSee You In Court
The first Thursday of May, the National Day of Prayer, is actually the National Day of Reason. Today we announce FFRF's newest lawsuit challenging President…
Freethought RadioSpotlight on Freethought
Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" on HULU is the freethought cultural event this week. We complain about the San Antonio mayor's remark that poverty…
Freethought RadioAuthentic American Hero
President Trump says "we are a nation of believers," creationist Ken Ham calls FFRF "liars," and Bill O'Reilly (who has bashed FFRF) gets dumped from FOX News…
Freethought RadioGod Is Not Great
Response to FFRF's national Ron Reagan ad has been great! We talk about born-again Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's scandalous resignation, FFRF's Times…
Freethought RadioThe Only Wall We Need
New plaintiff Elizabeth Deal is added to FFRF's lawsuit challenging bible classes in West Virginia schools. Denver FFRF chapter president Claudette StPierre…
Freethought RadioFacts Over Fundamentalism
FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel relates his adventure filming our pro-science ad inside Ken Ham's "Ark Park" in Kentucky and describes how fundamentalist teachings…
Freethought RadioFreedom of Conscience
The Ten Commandments at a Pennsylvania high school is finally moved! An Arkansas school district considers dropping prayer after FFRF complains. We celebrate…
Freethought RadioSpring Into Action
Learn how you can take action to stop religion from invading our secular government: complain about the bible as the state book of Arkansas, "Choose Life"…
Freethought RadioWhy I Left
Senator Grassley tells Justin Scott the reason he will protect the rights of nonbelievers is because he believes in Jesus Christ. FFRF legal fellow Ryan Jayne…
Freethought RadioReluctant Apostate
Evangelist Pat Robertson claims President Trump is being attacked by witches (!). Former president George W Bush acknowledges nonbelievers. We analyze Supreme…
Freethought RadioWe Are The Champions
This week we celebrate victories in three federal lawsuits (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and California), and three other state/church victories won without…
Freethought RadioTheocracy Alert
We report state/church victories stopping a Virginia city from sponsoring a trip to the 'Ark Park' and ending a Connecticut city's censorship of FFRF's…
Freethought RadioValentine Wish
We counter Trump's promise to "totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment that prohibits churches from politicking. We offer some comic relief by hearing…
Freethought RadioSecularism
We talk about science, Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, Betsy Devos for Education Secretary, Trump's so-called "Religious Freedom Act," the bigotry of the…
Freethought RadioPick Yourself Up
We march for freethought and women's rights. After critiquing CIA Director Pompeo's scary views on the end-times, we talk with FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel…
Freethought RadioKeep America Secular
It's a rocky road ahead for secular Americans. Trump's inauguration is infused with evangelical fervor and many of his cabinet picks have a religious-right…
Freethought RadioThe Challenge of Things
We celebrate the anniversary of the January 16, 1786, adoption of Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the January 17, 1706 birthday of…
Freethought RadioFasten Your Seat Belts
FFRF sent a letter to president-elect Trump insisting that he not include religion in the inauguration, and that he drop "So help meGod" from the oath…
Freethought RadioPromise of Dawn
Barack and Michelle Obama's White House Christmas message acknowledges "nonbelievers" as well as Christians, Jews, and Muslims. We talk with Florida activist…
Freethought RadioHappy Un-Holy-Days!
Tis the season for FFRF's winter solstice and Bill of Rights displays to appear in state capitols and other locations around the country, some of which have…
Freethought RadioUnto Us a Bill is Born
We celebrate the Bill of Rights (December 15) and the Winter Solstice (December 21) this week. Dan reads FFRF's full-page "Bill of Rights" ad that ran in…
Freethought RadioThe Atheist Muslim
After reporting on winter solstice signs FFRF has been posting around the country (one of which, in Boca Raton, was immediately vandalized) in response to…
Freethought RadioThe Most Good you Can Do
Peter Singer, atheist, author and Princeton professor, who is considered the world's leading ethicist, joins us for an illuminating discussion on his book…
Freethought RadioGive Thanks to Brave Atheists
We give thinks this Thanksgiving weekend to you, the listeners and supporter of FFRF. After a tribute to FFRF principal founder Anne Gaylor (who would have…
Freethought RadioAtheists as Outsiders
Freethought Radio has been kicked off The Mic 92.1, replaced with Christmas music! We still broadcast on other stations around the country. After some…
Freethought RadioOne Nun's Odyssey
After some election postmortem, including hearing Neil deGrasse Tyson say we need to "make America smart again," we report two FFRF state-church victories in…
Freethought RadioVillage Atheists
For this Election Day and Veteran's Day week, we talk about the importance of secular voters and members of the military. We report two state/church victories…
Freethought RadioSpooky Religion
FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about two "friend of the court" briefs we recently filed in Florida and Texas regarding religion in the public schools…
Freethought RadioFrom Preacher to Atheist
After listening to the "Moment of Bedlam" at FFRF's annual Non-prayer breakfast, we hear the Newseum Institute's shout-out to the Freedom From Religion…
Freethought RadioThe Miracle Myth
Secular voters might sway the coming election! We report on studies showing that the "nones" are not only growing faster than any other demographic, but are…
Freethought RadioUnbelievable Music
FFRF's "Director of First Impressions," Lisa Treu, a former music radio DJ, is guest hosting for Annie Laurie and Dan as they are in Pittsburgh for FFRF's 39th…
Freethought RadioGrace Without God
We are happy to report two state/church victories this week, removing the Ten Commandments from a west Texas high school and curbing the "Break the Grey"…
Freethought RadioWomen Beyond Belief
Listen to David Suhor's godless invocation before the Pensacola City Council, which he sang while the public was rudely protesting and praying. We hear some…
Freethought RadioAgnostic
This week we complain about both major presidential candidates mixing religion and politics and pandering to faith voters. FFRF Attorney Sam Grover tells us…
Freethought RadioFreethought Today
Dan talks about his participation in the "Skep Track" at this year's Dragon Con in Atlanta. Annie Laurie provides commentary on the canonization of Mother…
Freethought RadioIntersectionality
After Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker talk about the secular origins of Labor Day, Dan describes his first visit to speak as an atheist in a prison (Jackson…
Freethought RadioWomen in Secularism
Learn about Nonbelief Relief's help with the Louisiana flood disaster and for threatened Bangladeshi bloggers. FFRF attorney Ryan Jayne tells us about legal…
Freethought RadioThe Threat of Religion
FFRF attorney Maddy Ziegler tells us about the successful removal of Gideon bibles from a state-owned hotel in Arizona. FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott reports…
Freethought RadioEvidence Demands a Verdict
We report an FFRF victory granting standing to our Pennsylvania plaintiff, Marie Schaub, who is challenging a high-school Ten Commandments monument. Scholar…
Freethought RadioThe Great Agnostic
FFRF lead staff attorney Rebecca Market reports a victory stopping a Mississippi school district from participating in a day of prayer for students, and tells…
Freethought RadioBattling the Gods
After hearing New Jersey Senator Cory Booker acknowledging nonbelievers at the DNC, and Barack Obama affirming that the United States is not under a "savior,"…
Freethought RadioLucifer and Noah
FFRF staff attorney Liz Cavell tells us about a Christian flag that is being removed from a Georgia county courthouse. Former presidential candidate Ben Carson…