Sat, 25 November 2006  Features an interview with Ron Reagan, who will talk about what
it is like to be the atheist son of Ronald Wilson Reagan, and about why
he is working for stemcell research. The show will also give a nod to
the recent atheist pronouncements of entertainer Elton John. (MP3, 50
min, 23 MB) |
Mon, 20 November 2006 Features an interview with Tom Reed, formerly a Roman Catholic
priest, now a longtime Freedom From Religion Foundation member and
atheist. In his honor, the featured song will be Dan Barker's version
of Tom Lehrer's "Vatican Rag." The November birthday anniversaries of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Robert Louis Stevenson will be celebrated in
Freethinkers Almanac. (MP3, 47 min, 21 MB) |
Sat, 11 November 2006 Features a memorable interview with distinguished TV journalist and author, Betty Rollin.
The award-winning former NBC correspondent is now a reporter for PBS'
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. Author of "First You Cry" and "Final
Wishes," Ms. Rollin talks movingly about the need for
physician-assisted suicide and the Oregon law. Phil Och's song "When
I'm Gone" is performed by folksinger Kristin Lems, and famous
freethinkers born this week are discussed along with a little
referendum news. (MP3, 52 min, 24 MB) |
Sat, 4 November 2006
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. Discussed will
be the Freedom From Religion Foundation's major victory last week
ending a proposal to start "single faith" prison programs in federal
penitentiaries. The show will also feature reaction to Chuck Colson's
recent defamation of groups seeking to end public-funded ministries in
prisons. (MP3, 50 min, 22.5 MB) |
