Jun 3, 2006
Includes an interview with Lori Lipman Brown, the first
fulltime secular lobbyist in D.C., working with the Secular
Coalition for America, which the Freedom From Religion Foundation
belongs to. Also a little commentary on religion in the news (Ken
Lay conviction, Iraq war developments & the anniversary of the
founding of the Gideon Society). Songs include Kristin Lems' "Days
of the Theocracy," and Dan Barker's musical version of The War
Prayer by Mark Twain, as well as "God-Less America." Freethinkers
Almanac looks back at Anne Newport Royall, the nation's first
lobbyist for state/church separation, working in the early 1800s.
(MP3, 49 min, 22.2 MB)