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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:52am EDT
Author of the bestselling "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon," Prof. Daniel C. Dennett of Tufts University, will be interviewed. State/church activist Prof. Eric Barnes will also be interviewed about why he complained about ownership of a lighted cross by the Village of Holmen, Wis., and what has since transpired. Freethought Radio will update the continuing saga of pastors embarrassing the presidential candidates they have endorsed, in this case John McCain.
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 10:44am EDT
Freethought Radio interviewed leading geneticist and the lively science educator, Prof. Sean Carroll, author of The Making of the Fittest, about the evidence for evolution being found at the DNA level, and the ongoing controversy over creationism. China's devastating earthquake and Myanmar's cataclysmic cyclone were addressed in Dan's Pagan Pulpit, which discussed the age-old theological "problem of evil."
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 10:34am EDT
Freethought Radio will discuss the Freedom From Religion Foundation's
newest legal challenge over school subsidy of the Child Evangelism
Fellowship in a Wisconsin school, and will talk with the dad who
originally lodged the complaint. (He is not being identified to protect
his children.) Sound clips from John McCain and his pastor supporter
relating to their views against state/church separation will be
featured. And the show will conclude with an interview of
internationally-known magician and exposer of hoax, the atheist and
author, James Randi!
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Posted: May 10th, 2008, 10:45am EDT
This weekend's show will feature an interview with Richard Sloan
about timely issues involving the dangers of religion and prayer being
prescribed as "medicine." Freethinkers Almanac will look at the
nonreligious views of Irving Berlin and Katharine Hepburn, and the
hosts will talk about a freethinking visit to New York City and Los
Angeles.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:09am EDT
Freethought Radio talks with Eugenie Scott about the rightwing antievolution film "Exposed." Hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor also speak with Jeremy Hall, who will be receiving FFRF's "Atheist in Foxhole" award.