"Everything's Coming Up Roses." This week we talk with the intrepid freethinking Connecticut florist (of Glimpse of Gaia) who delivered flowers to the victorious teenage Rhode Island atheist litigant Jessica Ahlquist after nobody in Rhode Island would do it. We also celebrate a victory 30+ years in the making, and announce the filing of FFRF's newest lawsuit challenging the Jesus Statue on federal land in Montana.

Sort of. If you have time, watch the whole 15-minute fiasco and tell me that the people who follow “Bishop” Eddie Long (of the New Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta) are not certifiable. I can see why Long would want … Continue reading →

This week we'll celebrate Roe v. Wade with journalist Sunsara Taylor. Then, we'll interview Jessica Ahlquist, the besieged 16 year old litigant in a Rhode Island school prayer lawsuit. Her harassment is an object lesson in why religion does not belong in our public schools.

We interview Cullen Murphy, editor-at-large for Vanity Fair and author of God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World. For more on Cullen visit CullenMurphy.com. John also recommends Wanted Women: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui by Deborah Scroggins. Giveaway! Either join our … Continue reading →

Either join our Facebook group or leave feedback on our new iTunes feed, and you’re eligible to win copies of Christopher Hitchen’s books Hitch-22 and Arguably. A winner will be randomly selected on February 1st.

We look at the aftermath of highschooler Jessica Ahlquist’s First Amendment victory in Rhode Island. After winning a lawsuit to have a prayer banner removed from a public high school, Ms. Ahlquist has received threats and harassment–even local florists refuse to deliver … Continue reading →

Matt and Shilling sit down at Jacob Kramer from the National Atheist Party.

Dan and Annie Laurie are back from one vacation, learn why they have been invited to some place a LOT warmer.  This week we'll talk with a fifth generation minister who saw the light is now a nonbeliever. John Compere's book is called Towards the Light: A fifth generation minister's journey from religion to nonbelief.

Starting off 2012 with the return of Shilling. Discussing the GOP primaries, sexism in internet popularity contests and Jessica Ahlquists court case victory!

We’d barely shouted “Happy New Year!” when 2012′s first religious controversy reared its ugly head. In this case, Cee Lo Green changed the lyrics to John Lennon’s classic “Imagine” during the NBC broadcast. Tim Tebow has been catching a lot of flak … Continue reading →

We'll take a cup of kindness and make a toast to freethought in the New Year. Then, we'll hear the "Good News" on "Why you don't have to go down into my basement." We'll cover end of the year violations, looking back and looking forward.

Denis Leary on WhoSay

For a full and festive explanation, click here.

Life goes on . . . without a Hitch. Tune in to listen to the immortal provocateur, Christopher Hitchens, in his own voice. Freethought Radio will play a quintessential excerpt of Hitchens' Emperor Has No Clothes Award acceptance speech before a national FFRF convention in 2007 in Madison, Wis. The rest of the show will be devoted to "Reason's Greetings," a recap of FFRF's whirlwind actions this past week putting up equal time displays to counter nativity scenes on government property. Bonus song: Dan Barker's expurgated-for-radio version of South Park's "Merry Fricken Christmas."

Wishing all listeners a very merry Winter Solstice weekend!

We mourn the death of journalist and activist Christopher Hitchens, who died December 15th after a long battle with cancer. We’ll read from some of his recent work, share our favorite stories and Hitch quotes, and read what others are … Continue reading →

Christopher Hitchens has died. Despite a long and painful struggle with esophageal cancer, the Hitch remained unrepentant about his atheism; he continued to write regularly; and he made debate and lecture appearances whenever the vicissitudes of chemotherapy allowed. We were … Continue reading →

Rick Perry plays the homophobia card in his latest TV ad. Holiday displays in Leesburg, Virginia stir free speech controversy. The co-discoverer of a new earth-like world wants to call it the Christmas Planet. Prosperity gospel preacher Eddie Long’s wife … Continue reading →

We're bringing reason into the season. Its away with the manager on city property! Professor Stephen Hirtle of the University of Pittsburgh will give us an eye-witness account of one city's Holy War against the Constitution.

Good grief. Rick Perry is losing support among likely Republican voters, polling just ahead of herpes Rick Santorum. What’s a fella to do? Why, play the religion card, of course! Here’s “Strong,” the new TV ad he’s running in Iowa. … Continue reading →

Tis the season for fa-la-la-la-lawsuits. We'll report on seasonal violations. Then, we'll interview an atheist who is African-American. Journalist Jamila Bey will talk about black women who use the "A" word.

Vanessa Long, wife of New Birth Missionary Church’s “Bishop” Eddie Long, has filed for divorce. Weirdly she filed for divorce on a Thursday, but by Friday morning had issued a retraction, then by Friday afternoon had decided to go through … Continue reading →

So…a guy who says, with a straight face, that demons inhabit the bodies of the living and can be cast out with a bunch of Latin mumb0-jumbo and flinging of special water, thinks that Harry Potter and yoga are evil. … Continue reading →

A newly published study from researchers at the University of British Columbia indicates that religious believers distrust atheists more than practically any other demographic (including gays, feminists and people of other religious persuasions). The only group that elicited as much … Continue reading →

We share our Top Five Holiday Gifts for Nonbelievers. Plus: Critics say Obama didn’t have enough god-talk in his Thanksgiving address; Georgia might mandate “In God We Trust” on all license plates; and the Pope claims that pedophilia isn’t just … Continue reading →

How can the US motto be "In God We Trust" when so many Americans are Out of the Closet atheists? We'll talk with one of those out of the closet atheists: a former Roman Catholic priest, Steven Uhl, author of "Out of God's Closet." His motto is "Atheists work to make this life heavenly."

We interview Sean Faircloth, author of Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do about It. Sean was formerly Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, but recently accepted the position of … Continue reading →