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KPTK AM1090 - A weekly show by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. "Slightly irreverent views, news, music and interviews."
Guests: Civil Rights Attorney George Daly on FFRF's South Carolina Lawsuit Sean
The distinguished civil rights attorney George Daly, of Charlotte, N.C., will talk about the lawsuit he has filed on behalf of FFRF and two South Carolina parents, challenging the granting of academic credit for religious release-time instruction. Also in
Guest: Prof. Ron Aronson, author, Living Without God
Tune in for timely commentary on secularism and patriotism, Gov. Mark Sanford's religious pronouncements, mews coverage of FFRF's first billboard in Alabama, and of FFRF's complaint about unlawful prayer by the city council in Lodi, Calif. The guest, a di
Freethought Radio will talk about some theocratic incursions, including a recent "morality" proclamation by an Oklahoma representative, and will play CNN TV coverage of FFRF's complaint over a prayer statio
Guest: Sci Fi Author Ben Bova
The interview will feature distinguished and very charming science fiction and nonfiction author, the much-honored Ben Bova, an unbeliever. The hosts talk about FFRF's exciting new lawsuit filed this week, challenging Congressional mandates to engrave &qu
Guest: Chris Mooney, author, Unscientific America
Chris Mooney, author of the new book, Unscientific America as well as The Republican War on Science, will be the guest. The hosts will also talk about all the attention the Foundation's newest federal lawsuit--challenging a move to engrave religious motto
Guest: Joan Konner, ed., The Atheist Bible
Irreverent thoughts and thinkers will be featured this week. The August Freethinkers Almanac will highlight the contributions of famous unbelievers born in the month of August, many of whom are quoted in award-winning journalist Joan Konner's charming boo
Guest: Joann Bell, executive director, ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation
After parsing Pres. Obama's historic speech to Muslims in Cairo on June 4 for its religious content, the hosts will interview the director of the ACLU of Okahoma Foundation, Joann Bell. Joann will recount her harrowing experience challenging r
Guests: Broadway composer Charles Strouse Pat Cleveland, director, Alabama Freet
Pat Cleveland will talk about freethought activism in the Deep South, and the hosts will interview Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-award winning composer Charles Strouse, now 80, and author of the memoir, Put on a Happy Face, about his unbelief, his civil rightse
Guest: Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation on Assassination of George Ti
This week's broadcast will look at the assassination of Kansas physician George Tiller by a religious fanatic and domestic terrorist. The hosts will speak with Dr. Tiller's colleague, Eleanor Smeal, executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation,w
Memorial Weekend 2009 Topics: Parsing Pres. Obama's Notre Dame Speech;
"Atheist Sunday School"âWhat's Wrong with Hymns The remarks of Pres. Barack Obama in his May 17 speech to Notre Dame, including many deferential religious references and messages, will be parsed. And for something completely different, the h
Guest: "Heathen" Steve Benson, "blasphemous" cartoonist & ex-Mormon
This week's guest will be Steve Benson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic, and atheist grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, the late president of the Mormon Church. Steve will talk about leaving the Mormon fold, the endange
Guest: "Heathen" Steve Benson, "blasphemous" cartoonist & ex-Mormon
This week's guest will be Steve Benson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic, and atheist grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, the late president of the Mormon Church. Steve will talk about leaving the Mormon fold, the endange
Stanford Prof. Paul Ehrlich, best-known for his Population Bomb bestseller, will talk about current overpopulation concerns and his latest book, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment. The hosts will alsod
Guests: Author Barbara G. Walker on pagan origins of Easter and Conductor David
The show will include lively commentary on news developments, a "Pagan Pulpit" on Easter, and interviews with author Barbara W. Walker on the real origins of Easter, and with 94-year-old Carnegie Hall conductor David Randolph. David Randolph wil
The hosts talk about FFRF's Good Friday state/church complaints, why Pat Boone doesn't like FFRF, and interview Matthew Rothschild, an atheist and editor of The Progressive Magazine, celeb
Guest: Prof. Bart D. Ehrman Agnostic Bible Scholar
Bart D. Ehrman, the agnostic bestselling author of several books, most recently Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About them), will be a guest. The program will also showcase nonbelieving classical
Guest: Brent Michael Davids Mohican Atheist/Film Score Composer
Freethought Radio's guest will be Brent Michael Davids, an atheist, an enrolled citizen of the Mohican Nation, an American Indian music expert and a professional concert and film composer. Excerpts of some of his compositions, touching on Christianity's r
Guests: Jennifer Hecht, author of Doubt & FFRF Staff Attorney Rebecca Kratz: Rel
Jennifer Hecht, author of Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson, will talk about her book tracing the impressive history of doubt. Rebecca Kratz, FFRF staff atto
After a look at timely topics in the news (including the "biblically correct" Miss California USA, the Pope's visit to the Mideast, a study correlating church-going wit
Scientist and author Victor Stenger will be Saturday's guest. Stenger is the author of many books on science and reason, including God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007). The
Crash Talk 10/31/09 Hour 1
Michael Tomkins is an attorney specializing in personal injury and employment issues. He is currently litigating cases against insurance company failures to treat consumers properly when their automobiles have been poorly repaired or appraised.
Crash Talk 10/31/09 Hour 2
Michael Tomkins is an attorney specializing in personal injury and employment issues. He is currently litigating cases against insurance company failures to treat consumers properly when their automobiles have been poorly repaired or appraised.
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