Happy Birthday, George Gershwin
FFRF tells high court to stop city prayer. We celebrate the equinox and end the summer by celebrating the birthday of nonbelieving composer George Gershwin, who wrote "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necess...
23 Sep 201342min
INFIDELS! Guest: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
INFIDELS! We hear the only known recording of journalist H. L. Mencken, admitting he was an agnostic, commenting on his coverage of the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial." Then we hear Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the ex...
16 Sep 201342min
Guest: Dan Savage
We stop football prayer and expose Hobby Lobby’s “crafty” and misleading ads about the founding fathers. Then we talk with Dan Savage, author and founder of It Gets Better, about his new book, America...
9 Sep 201342min
Guest: Joe Muto
"The bases are loaded," as a federal judge this week gave FFRF the green light to proceed in our 3rd ongoing lawsuit against the IRS. On the second half of the show, we interview Joe Muto, a former em...
3 Sep 201342min
Guests: Hawaii activists Holly Huber and Mitch Kahle
State/church whistleblowers We celebrate the 93rd anniversary of Women's Equality Day and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. We talk about FFRF's state/church activi...
26 Aug 201342min
Guest: Susan Jacoby
Government prayer is run amok! Hear updates about FFRF complaints in Texas and Alabama, as well as the Cullman County "Prayer Caravan" saga, in which the governor takes sides against FFRF. Then we int...
19 Aug 201342min
Guest: Chuck Roslof
This week we hear a sneak preview of our upcoming convention with music and commentary from Julia Sweeney and Jill Sobule's "Jill & Julia Show." We report our victory in the Ball State University "int...
12 Aug 201342min
Guest: Brian Leiter
"Why Tolerate Religion?"Guest Brian Leiter What is the afterlife to a fish? To answer that question, we play the debut of Dan Barker's new song, "Heaven," setting to music the poetry of Rupert Brooke....
5 Aug 201342min
