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Upcoming Events
| 2025 Apr 27, 11:00AM - 04:00PM AOF at Sacramento Earth Day (Community Service) |
| 2025 Apr 29, 04:00PM - 07:00PM Davis Community Meal - Feed the Hungry (Community Service) |
| 2025 May 01, 12:00AM National Day of Reason (Secular Holiday) |
| 2025 May 13, 07:00PM - 08:00PM Board of Directors Meeting (Planning Meeting) |
| 2025 May 18, 02:00PM - 04:00PM TBA (General Meeting) |
| 2025 May 25, 12:00AM Towel Day (Secular Holiday) |
| 2025 May 26, 12:00AM Opposite Day (Secular Holiday) |
| 2025 May 28, 12:00AM Birthday of Science (Secular Holiday) |
| 2025 Jun 01, 12:00AM Hug an Atheist Day (Secular Holiday) |
| 2025 Jun 05, 12:00AM World Environment Day (Secular Holiday) |
Subscribe to RSS FeedAudio & music
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Some personal favorites (click to play, right-click to download): - The Universal Feethought Anthem, Die Gedanken Sind Frei, "My Thoughts Are Free"
- Charlie by Chumbawamba, about Charles Darwin
The Secular Humanist Revival Meeting, Part 1 - The Secular Humanist Revival Meeting, Part 2
- A Grieving Atheist, NPR Broadcast, Dec 27, 2001
- This I Believe by Penn Jillette - NPR Broadcast, Nov 21, 2005
- I Don't Care About Relgion by Ivan Perilli
External link: The Atheist in the Foxhole by Tom Neilson - Also external: Tom Paine's Bones, composed by Graham Moore (see the lyrics here)
Or listen online now with the Jukebox Player. Click arrow to start:
- More freethought listening from:
- Freethought Radio
- Freethought Multimedia
- Freethought Radio Podcasts
- The Nonprophets Radio
- Trolling With Logic
- Freethought Radio from the Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Thank God I'm an Atheist!
- The Infidel Guy Show (media archive)
- Ask an Atheist
- American Freethought Podcasts (RSS feed)
- The Humanist Hour Podcasts
- Freethought Music Guide
- Dogma Debate (see press release here)
- The Freethought Music of Paul Martin
- Reason Works, Freethought Audio Products
- The Drunk Ex-Pastors
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Freethought Webcasts, Podcasts & audio from other sites (this is a feed, i.e., the list changes daily):
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‘Voice For The Voiceless’: The Dalai Lama’s Struggle For Tibet And Religious Survival
(REVIEW) The Dalai Lama has these hopes for Tibet, but as someone who knows the feeling of having governance forced upon him all too well, he does not say that these conditions are the absolutely correct ones. Instead, he makes[…]
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Pope Francis’ Funeral Set For Saturday: What Happens Next?
Pope Francis’ funeral will be held this Saturday in a ceremony to be held in St. Peter’s Square. The funeral Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals. The decision was announced[…]
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Americans Have Higher Church Attendance Standards Than Pastors
Most Americans may not regularly attend church themselves, but they have a higher threshold for calling someone a regular churchgoer than pastors.
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Pope Francis: ‘Death Not The End Of Everything, But The Beginning’
This is why I said earlier that these are pages born “from the thought and the affection” of Cardinal Scola: not only from thought, but also from the emotional dimension, which is the one to which Christian faith points, since[…]
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Before the Dawn: Hundreds Hike Mount Rubidoux to Celebrate Easter Sunday
In the still 5 a.m. darkness, street lights flicker as cars circle to find parking. Friends and families embrace at the base of Mount Rubidoux as the crowd quietly begins the 2.7 mile climb. Parents push strollers, while others help[…]
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This Just In: Traditional Religion In The US Now ‘Obsolete’
(ANALYSIS) “Americans have lost faith in traditional religion,” announces the sweeping first sentence of a contentious book published during Holy Week: “Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America.”
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What Will Happen At The Funeral Of Pope Francis
(EXPLAINER) The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after medical professionals have certified his death. Until recently, this stage had taken place at the pope’s bedside. After the[…]
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Why Aquinas Matters: Battle For Campus Intellectual Freedom And His Timeless Relevance
(REVIEW) The university system is under attack. Professors risk careers by publicly speaking out on issues of intellectual freedom. Campuses have become tinderboxes. Meanwhile, the lines between church and state are blurring, imperiling the independence of the former while power-hungry[…]
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Frontrunners To Succeed Francis: 6 Cardinals Who Could Be The Next Pope
The Catholic Church’s next leader will likely be chosen from a group of cardinals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in both spiritual and organizational capacities. The process of choosing the next pope is known as a papal conclave. This occurs[…]
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‘A Beacon Of Compassion’: World And Religious Leaders React To Francis’ Death
Political and religious leaders from around the world offered condolences and tributes following the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The White House’s official X account posted two photos of the pope, one with President Donald Trump and his wife[…]
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357 - Ryan Cragun (Beyond Doubt)
I interview Ryan Cragun, co-author of Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society, a new book that makes a compelling argument that secularization has indeed been happening, both in the United States and around the world. You can buy a copy[…]
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356 - Matt Johnson (How Hitchens Can Save the Left)
I interview Matt Johnson, whose new book How Hitchens Can Save the Left argues that the late Christopher Hitchens's staunch defense of classical liberalism is still useful, even 11 years after his death, in helping the American Left to resist[…]
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355 - Joseph Monninger (Goodbye to Clocks Ticking)
I interview Joseph Monninger, a college professor and novelist who discovered, only three days after his retirement, that he had terminal lung cancer and likely only months to live. His memoir Goodbye to Clocks Ticking is a heartfelt, humanistic account[…]
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354 - Bradley Onishi (Preparing for War)
I interview Bradley Onishi, cohost of the Straight White American Jesus podcast, and author of the new book Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—And What Comes Next. It's a terrifying look at the recent history of[…]
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353 - Daniel Sokatch (Can We Talk about Israel?)
I interview Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund and author of Can We Talk about Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted. Buy a copy of Can We Talk about Israel? for yourself. For more about[…]
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352 - Emily Dreyfuss (Meme Wars)
I interview Emily Dreyfuss, co-author (with Dr. Joan Donovan and Brian Friedberg) of Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America. Buy a copy of Meme Wars for yourself. Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow[…]
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351 - David Hollinger (Christianity's American Fate)
With less than two weeks to go before the midterms, I talk with David A. Hollinger, history professor at the University of California, Berkley, and author of Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular. This[…]
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350 - David Driscoll on SCOTUS rulings, Jan 6th, and more!
For this special episode, I'm joined by podcast co-founder and co-host emeritus David Driscoll. We talk about the recent disastrous Supreme Court rulings (Carson v Makin, Kennedy v Bremerton, and Dobbs v Jackson); the ramifications of the House Select Committee[…]
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349 - Nadya Dutchin (Exec Dir, American Humanist Association)
I interview Nadya Dutchin, the new Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. Our wide-ranging discussion includes her plans and hopes for the AHA; reaction to the gun massacres in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX; raising secular kids in the[…]
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348 - Association of Secular Elected Officials
I speak to two members of the leadership of the Association of Secular Elected Officials (ASEO), a new organization devoted to helping elected officials be authentic about their beliefs and ethics, and providing a forum for elected officials to connect[…]
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