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Freethought Matters: Joy Berry

Our guest on this episode of Freethought Matters is the best-selling author of self-help books for kids, Joy Berry, who says it is more important to teach children HOW to think rather than WHAT to think. She is known as “The Inventor of Self-Help Books for Kids,” has written over 200 books that help children be responsible and ethical and has sold over 85 million copies worldwide. On behalf of Amnesty International and the United Nations, Joy Berry created “Kids for Global Peace” to teach children about their Human Rights as put forth in The Convention on the Rights of the Child. Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org.

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‘Freethought Matters’ TV Show

Weekly half-hour TV talk show produced by the Freedom From Religion Foundation

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s new weekly TV show, “Freethought Matters” is airing in cities across the country, covering more than 22 percent of the United States TV market. As an antidote to religion on the airwaves and Sunday morning sermonizing, the half-hour talk show will air Sunday mornings in 12 cities.

You can catch interviews from past seasons, including the fall 2022 season with author John Irving, actor John “Q” de Lancie and Washington Post columnist Kate Cohen. Previous interviews include Julia Sweeney and Reps. Jared Huffman, Jamie Raskin, Hank Johnson and Eleanor Holmes Norton, among many other notable authors, activists and freethinkers.

“Freethought Matters” airs in:

Chicago, WPWR-CW (Ch. 50), Sundays at 9 a.m.
Denver, KWGN-CW (Ch. 2), Sundays at 7 a.m.
Houston, KIAH-CW (Ch. 39), Sundays at 11 a.m.
Los Angeles, KCOP-MY (Ch. 13), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
Madison, Wis., WISC-TV (Ch. 3), Sundays at 11 p.m.
Minneapolis, WFTC-TV (Ch. 29), Sundays at 7:30 a.m.
New York City, WPIX-IND (Ch. 11), Sundays at 10 a.m.
Phoenix, KASW-CW (Ch. 61, or 6 or 1006 for HD), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
Portland, Ore., KRCW-CW (Ch. 32), Sundays at 9 a.m. Comcast channel 703 for High Def, or Channel 3.
Sacramento, KQCA-MY (Ch. 58), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
San Francisco, KICU-IND (Ch. 36), Sundays at 10 a.m.
Seattle, KONG-IND (Ch. 16 or Ch. 106 on Comcast). Sundays at 8 a.m.
Washington, D.C., WDCW-CW (Ch. 50 or Ch. 23 or Ch. 3), Sundays at 8 a.m.

“You can turn on the TV and be preached at 24/7, especially on Sunday mornings. We not only want to provide sympathetic programming for the ‘unmassed masses,’ but offer an alternative, so that religious programming does not win by default,” says Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president and co-host.

The intent is to introduce communities to leading freethought authors, thinkers and activists in a non-threatening and positive way, adds FFRF co-president and co-host Dan Barker. Watch episodes here. You can also receive notifications when we post new episodes of Freethought Matters by subscribing to FFRF's Youtube Channel.

Please tune in to “Freethought Matters” . . . because freethought matters.