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Features an interview with Mike McCabe, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, who has filed a complaint to the State Election Board about electioneering by Bishop Morlino, Madison (Wis.) diocese, among other church electioneering concerns about upcoming referenda. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s major victory ending a proposal to start single faith” prison programs in federal penitentiaries is discussed. The show features reaction to Chuck Colson’s recent defamation of groups seeking to end public-funded ministries in prisons. (MP3, 50 min, 22.5 MB)”
Features an interview with author and science popularizer Ann Druyan, who was married to Carl Sagan, and co-wrote and co-produced the movie, Contact,” based on Carl Sagan’s novel. Ms. Druyan has written the foreward to a new book by Sagan appearing in November, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, based on the newly-discovered transcripts of his Gifford Lecture Series. The show includes a little news, a little music (Lena Horne singing the irreverent “Ain’t It the Truth,” by atheist lyricist Yip Harburg), and sound bites from the recent FFRF convention by participants from around the country. Dan Barker’s Pagan Pulpit addresses The Golden Rule. (MP3, 51 min, 23 MB)”
Features two guests: FFRF Life Member Jean Gams, an 87-year-old atheist, who will discuss how she and the Foundation averted a proposed state/church violation in Oshkosh, Wis.; and Arthur Thexton, with the Wisconsin Coalition for the Death Penalty, for a quick look at secular reasons against the death penalty. Also featured: snippets from the Colbert Report’s interview with Richard Dawkins and The O’Reilly Factor’s interview with George W. Bush, Theocracy Alert, freethought music, a disbelief pop quiz and other news. (MP3, 50 min, 23 MB)
Features an interview with Jan Nicolay, spokeswoman and co-chair of the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families. Ms. Nikolay was in the South Dakota Legislature for many years and is a Republican who is part of the nonpartisan group. The Campaign spearheaded the referendum on Nov. 7 to overturn the draconian ban on abortion passed by the South Dakota legislature this spring at the behest of the religious right. The show features secular news, Theocracy Alert, a pop disbelief quiz, and a song celebrating grassroots fury” by the celebrated folksinger Malvina Reynolds. (MP3, 53 min, 24 MB)”
Features an interview with attorney Jim McCollum, whose experiences as a 4th grader in his Champaign, Illinois, public classroom with illegal religious instruction caused his mother, Vashti Cromwell McCollum, to challenge the violation in court. The result? The landmark 1948 decision, McCollum v. Board of Education, which is prevailing precedent against religion in public schools. The show includes rare audio clips of Vashti McCollum talking about the case. Vashti died in August 2006 at age 93. The show includes a Theocracy Alert, news, a pop disbelief quiz, and music. (MP3, 54 min, 24.5 MB)
Features an interview with Michelle Goldberg, the lively contributing writer of Salon.com, whose new book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, covers the threat of the ascendancy of the religious right. The show also includes an audio excerpt from Dawkins’ British TV documentary on religion, The Root of All Evil?” (MP3, 52 min, 23.5 MB) Photo by Brent Nicastro.“
Features an interview with distinguished British atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, author of the just-released book, The God Delusion. Dawkins talks about his theory of religion as a virus-like cultural meme,” why he wrote “The God Delusion” and current events. The show includes a brief audio excerpt from Dawkins’ British TV documentary on religion, “The Root of All Evil?” (MP3, 48 min, 22 MB)”
Features an interview with Sam Harris, author of the New York Times bestseller, The End of Faith, whose new book is Letter to a Christian Nation. Music: Reincarnation, words by Wallace Macrae, music by Dan Barker. Freethinkers Almanac looks at H.L. Mencken and Lance Armstrong. Photo by Brent Nicastro (MP3, 48 min, 21.8 MB)
Reports legal developments in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s major lawsuit against the Department of Veteran Affairs for intermingling faith with medical care. Annie Laurie Gaylor, author of Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So and editor of the anthology Women Without Superstition, discusses the bible’s treatment of women, and its far-reaching effects today with the rise of the religious right. Margaret Sanger is featured in Freethinkers Alamanc, and Dan Barker’s tribute to Sanger, the song, No Gods – No Masters,” will be played. (MP3, 52 min, 24 MB)”
