AOF Events Calendar
Upcoming Events
| 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) |
| 2025 Jun 19, 12:00AM Juneteenth (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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Fallen Soldier’s Heroism Echoes On Israeli Memorial Day
Why was Segev Schwartz the only casualty in his battalion of 30 Israeli soldiers when a terrorist tossed a hand grenade in a cafeteria on Oct. 7, 2023? That was his mother Sara’s question. The answer she found completed a[…]
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Christian At Center Of Supreme Court Transgender Case Has ‘This Sweet Spirit’
As Tennessee’s chief lawyer, it’s Jonathan Skrmetti’s job to defend the state against legal challenges to its statutes. And in U.S. v. Skrmetti, one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential cases this term, Skrmetti and his office are defending Tennessee[…]
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‘How Much We Sin, God Still Loves Us’: USA Sled Hockey Star Keeps Focus On Bigger Goals
A natural athlete who took to the sport quickly, Kayden Beasley’s growth originally placed him in a substitute role for this season. His stature has grown to where he was recently named to the team’s roster — trimmed by one[…]
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‘Death Is A Part Of Living’: Q&A With Pastor Dr. Fran Tilton Shelton
The Rev. Dr. Fran Tilton Shelton’s ministry as a Presbyterian (PCUSA) pastor has always been focused on pastoral care and grieving — so much so that her late husband Bob humorously called her “Funeral Fran.” Now a parish associate at the[…]
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We Need Serious Leadership On Genocide Prevention
(ANALYSIS) In the United States, April is designated as Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month and is aimed at commemorating and raising awareness about genocides that occurred in the past, including the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide.
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After First 100 Days, White Evangelicals Continue To Support Trump
One hundred days into President Donald Trump’s second term and white evangelicals continue to be among his strongest supporters, a new study reveals. The findings, put together by Pew Research Center, found that 72% of them approve of the way[…]
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Conclave To Elect Pope Francis’ Successor Starts May 7
The cardinals present in Rome have agreed to begin the conclave on May 7. They made the decision at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican’s Synod Hall.
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Are Catholic Converts More Hardcore Than Cradle Catholics?
(ANALYSIS) Here’s a religion and politics story from the 2024 election that I hadn’t really thought about until recently: J.D. Vance, Trump’s pick for vice president, converted to Catholicism in 2019.
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‘Shadow of God’ Subverts Exorcism Cliches With Tired Anti-Religious Cliches
(REVIEW) “Shadow of God” is stuck between several different possible movies and doesn’t commit to any of them effectively. It could have been an entertainingly self-aware exorcism movie, but it has too few scenes where it embraces that winking glee[…]
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After Francis, What Now For The Catholic Church?
(ANALYSIS) With Pope Francis’ funeral in the rearview mirror, the focus at the Vatican shifts to the forthcoming papal conclave and the process of electing the next pontiff. The Catholic Church is bigger than one single pope, but talk of[…]
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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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