Freethought Radio

Response to FFRF's national Ron Reagan ad has been great! We talk about born-again Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's scandalous resignation, FFRF's Times Square billboard, incredible contributions "in the name of Pence" to FFRF's legal efforts, and Nonbelief Relief's donation to the Somalia famine. After hearing Shelley Segal's "Apocalyptic Love Song" homage to Hitchens, we listen to part of our 2...

New plaintiff Elizabeth Deal is added to FFRF's lawsuit challenging bible classes in West Virginia schools. Denver FFRF chapter president Claudette StPierre  tells us about the 12 Colorado billboards that say "The Only Wall We Need is Between Church and State." Jocelyn Williamson  of FFRF's "Central Florida Freethought Community" chapter announces a "Freethought Cruise" to the Bahamas. After heari...

FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel  relates his adventure filming our pro-science ad inside Ken Ham's "Ark Park" in Kentucky and describes how fundamentalist teachings are harmful to the education of children. After celebrating the 200th birthday of freethinking feminist Mathilde Franziska Giesler Anneke by hearing the German freethought anthem "Die Gedanken Sind Frei," we talk with former Tulsa Christia...

The Ten Commandments at a Pennsylvania high school is finally moved! An Arkansas school district considers dropping prayer after FFRF complains. We celebrate Gloria Steinem's birthday by hearing part of her speech about the "taliban" in politics and Catholic bishops' opposition to women's rights. Staff attorney Sam Grover  tells us about FFRF's newest lawsuit challenging a Texas judge who forces h...

Learn how you can take action to stop religion from invading our secular government: complain about the bible as the state book of Arkansas, "Choose Life" license plates in Nebraska, a Christian cross in a Florida city hall, state bills banning life-saving research, and the federal attack on women's reproductive rights. After we play the peace/spring anthem "One Sweet Morning" by Yip Harburg and E...

Senator Grassley tells Justin Scott the reason he will protect the rights of nonbelievers is because he believes in Jesus Christ. FFRF legal fellow Ryan Jayne explains our recent victory stopping a live nativity scene at an Indiana high school. After hearing the "obnoxious atheist" singer/songwriter (with Magnetic Field) Stephen Merritt's freethought song "How I Failed Ethics," we talk with former...

Evangelist Pat Robertson claims President Trump is being attacked by witches (!). Former president George W Bush acknowledges nonbelievers. We analyze Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia to discern his views on abortion and death with dignity. After celebrating International Women's Day by hearing the song "Bread and Roses," we talk by phone from...

This week we celebrate victories in three  federal lawsuits (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and California), and three other state/church victories won without going to court (Wisconsin, Washington, Kentucky). After listening to former preacher Carter Warden's new song, "Freedom From Religion," we talk with two of the victorious litigants: Jerry Bloom , who ended censorship of freethought views in She...

We report state/church victories stopping a Virginia city from sponsoring a trip to the 'Ark Park' and ending a Connecticut city's censorship of FFRF's freethought views. We endorse the Congressional "Freedom of Religion Act of 2017" that recognizes nonbelievers, and we report a new study showing how school vouchers are helping Catholic Churches to remain in business. After hearing Kristin Lems' s...

We counter Trump's promise to "totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment that prohibits churches from politicking. We offer some comic relief by hearing Mississipians complain about FFRF's victory removing a Christian flag from a city memorial. Ricky Gervais defends atheism on The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert. After hearing the wonderful "CBS This Morning" story about FFRF's lawsuit over bible c...

We talk about science, Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, Betsy Devos for Education Secretary, Trump's so-called "Religious Freedom Act," the bigotry of the Boy Scouts of America, and about how FFRF is fighting back to preserve secular values. After celebrating the birthday of nonbelieving songwriter Burton Lane, we hear Roy Zimmerman's irreverent song "Religious Freedom." Then we speak with scho...

We march for freethought and women's rights. After critiquing CIA Director Pompeo's scary views on the end-times, we talk with FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel  about William Pryor being on Trump's short list for the Supreme Court, then with FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott  about our new lawsuit challenging bible classes in West Virginia public schools. Then we talk with legendary feminist, author, journ...

It's a rocky road ahead for secular Americans. Trump's inauguration is infused with evangelical fervor and many of his cabinet picks have a religious-right agenda. FFRF attorney Rebecca Markert tells us how we got two  Christian crosses removed from public property this week (in California and Minnesota). We support the women marching in protest around the country and honor the 44th anniversary of...

We celebrate the anniversary of the January 16, 1786, adoption of Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the January 17, 1706 birthday of Benjamin Franklin, who opposed public funding for education. FFRF attorneys Patrick Elliott  and Sam Grover  describe the questions we submitted for the confirmation hearings of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General and Betsy DeVos for Secretary of...

FFRF sent a letter to president-elect Trump insisting that he not include religion in the inauguration, and that he drop "So help meGod" from the oath. Nonbelievers are vastly under-represented in Congress, and there will be a bumpy road for state church separation in 2017. FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel  tells why Clemson University's football program proves that pious does not mean moral. Then we h...

Barack and Michelle Obama's White House Christmas message acknowledges "nonbelievers" as well as Christians, Jews, and Muslims. We talk with Florida activist Preston Smith , a middle-school teacher who bravely erected FFRF's secular displays in a Boca Raton park to counter the Christian nativity scene. His displays were repeatedly vandalized and destroyed. Then we welcome the New Year with some ho...

Tis the season for FFRF's winter solstice and Bill of Rights displays to appear in state capitols and other locations around the country, some of which have been defaced and destroyed. We celebrate the secular solstice by hearing Tom Lehrer's irreverent "A Christmas Carol," Ken Lonnquist's "Isthmus Tree," and the hilarious South Park classic "Merry Frickin Christmas" performed by Dan Barker. Then...

We celebrate the Bill of Rights (December 15) and  the Winter Solstice (December 21) this week. Dan reads FFRF's full-page "Bill of Rights" ad that ran in today's New York Times and Annie Laurie reads "Away with the manger—in with the Solstice!" FFRF secular holiday signs are going up all over the country. After hearing solstice songs by Kristin Lems and Dan Barker, we listen to part of the speech...

After reporting on winter solstice signs FFRF has been posting around the country (one of which, in Boca Raton, was immediately vandalized) in response to nativity scenes on public property, we comment on two theocrats recently appointed by the president elect: Betsy Devos for Secretary of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency (who has attacke...

Peter Singer, atheist, author and Princeton professor, who is considered the world's leading ethicist, joins us for an illuminating discussion on his book, "The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically," and his newest book, "Ethics in the Real World." We  celebrate FFRF's winter solstice "equal time" displays now up in the Wisconsin State Capitol and D...

We give thinks this Thanksgiving weekend to you, the listeners and supporter of FFRF. After a tribute to FFRF principal founder Anne Gaylor (who would have turned 90 this week), we hear a fascinating talk by the young Nadia Duncan , winner of FFRF's essay contest for students of color. Then we listen to Marie Schaub , the brave Pennsylvania mother who challenged the Ten Commandments at her daughte...

Freethought Radio has been kicked off The Mic 92.1, replaced with Christmas music! We still broadcast on other stations around the country. After some post-election analysis, where we talk about Breitbart's attacks on FFRF and hear President Obama denounce "crude nationalism," FFRF attorney Maddy Ziegler tells us about a victory removing religion from an Ohio city seal. Then we speak with sociolog...

After some election postmortem, including hearing Neil deGrasse Tyson say we need to "make America smart again," we report two FFRF state-church victories in public schools. We listen to Sharon Jones sing her funk version of "This Land Is Your Land." Then former nun (who is now a "none") Marion Kenneally describes her 16-year life in a convent before she became an atheist. Her fascinating new book...

For this Election Day and Veteran's Day week, we talk about the importance of secular voters and members of the military. We report two state/church victories involving police departments, and a complaint over religion in Biloxi, Mississippi public schools. After hearing Dan Barker's version of Bob Dylan's anti-war song "With God On Our Side," we interview historian Leigh Eric Schmidt  about his n...

FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about two "friend of the court" briefs we recently filed in Florida and Texas regarding religion in the public schools. After hearing the scary "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" (from The Book of Mormon musical), we talk with Pennsylvania freethinker Jeff Prebeg about the denial of his "ATHE1ST" license plate that was finally allowed after FFRF wrote a letter to the...