Podcasts about freethought today

Born in Hiawatha, Kansas, in 1951 as Stephen Bradley Miller, after graduating from high school there in 1969 he attended Kansas State University, Washburn University, and the University of Missouri, graduating with the BA degree in philosophy from Washburn and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Missouri. Using the byline Bradley Miller, Sage spent the greater part of his years following college as a writer and editor. For five years in the 1980s he wrote daily editorials and a twice-weekly bylined general-interest column for the Dallas Morning News. Most of his freelance essays have appeared in the Sunday Outlook section of the Washington Post and others in the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, The American Scholar, Freethought Today, Counterpunch and other publications from coast to coast.  A cultural critic and satirist, Sage is a libertarian lefty in politics, and since moving to Manhattan in 1998 has written many columns for The Manhattan Mercury, as he's doing now. The name “The Fabulous Sage” came when he began signing up on karaoke lists as The Fabulous Sage. Then an article on karaoke by the Kansas State Collegian quoted a DJ as follows: “All you have to do is say ‘The Fabulous Sage' and people go nuts.” He has stated, “He'd like that on his tombstone.)  “Sage” was also the name of a newsletter he did during football seasons from 1998 through 2006. It consisted of a general-interest essay, spiced with humor, as well as picks against the spread on Big 12 football games. I originally called it “The Big 12 Sage” but soon changed it to The Fabulous Sage to go along with my karaoke persona and he has gone by Sage Miller since then.  

Filmmaker Billy Corben got an early taste of show business as an aspiring child actor. That aborted career path eventually turned into a new vocation as a maker of documentary films, including celebrated projects like Cocaine Cowboys and The U. Billy and Marc talk about the persistent connection to Florida in Billy's work and how his latest film, From Russia with Lev, is both a cautionary tale about the dangers of a Trump Administration and a meditation on the quintessential Florida Man.This episode is sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, dedicated to the rights of freethinkers and protecting the constitutional principle of Church and State. Visit FFRF.org/vote to get involved. Or text WTF to 511511 and receive a free issue of FFRF's newspaper, Freethought Today. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan became a teenage evangelist at age 15. At 16 he was choir librarian for faith-healer Kathryn Kuhlman's Los Angeles appearances. He received a degree in Religion from Azusa Pacific University and was ordained to the ministry by the Standard Community Church, California, in 1975. Dan preached for 19 years. Following five years of reading, Dan gradually outgrew his religious beliefs. “If I had limited myself to Christian authors, I'd still be a Christian today,” Dan says. “I just lost faith in faith.” He announced his atheism publicly in January, 1984. He tells his story in the books Losing Faith in Faith (1992) and Godless (2008). Dan was PR Director of the Freedom From Religion Foundation from 1987 to 2004. He was elected co-president of the Foundation with Annie Laurie Gaylor in 2004, with whom he is co-host of Freethought Radio, a national weekly talkshow, and Freethought Matters, a national weekly TV show. He is a contributing editor of Freethought Today and is involved with the Foundation's state/church lawsuits. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free2think/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free2think/support

Kevin’s guest on the show today is Dan Barker. He is a Christian turned Atheist and is currently the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He is a contributing editor of Freethought Today and is involved with the Foundation’s state/church lawsuits. He regularly travels the country and the world giving lectures, performing concerts, and […]

Dan talks about his participation in the "Skep Track" at this year's Dragon Con in Atlanta. Annie Laurie provides commentary on the canonization of Mother Teresa, the death of right-wing Christian activist Phyllis Schlafly, and the National Catholic Register's denigration of atheists in general and Annie Laurie in particular. After hearing the song "Sunday Morning Blues" from FFRF's "Friendly Neighborhood Atheist" CD, we talk with Freethought Today editor P.J. Slinger (a Green Bay native, true Packers fan and former sports writer) about reporting national state/church and freethought news.

Well, everyone said that they like David even more when he’s drunk, so he played the drinking game again! Anyway, in this episode Ammon’s brothers try to duplicate his missionary success. What a bunch of copycats.  Oh, and we get confirmation that Ammon and Lamoni are definitely a couple. “Drink” Count – 27 4 and a Half Beers Check David out in “Freethought Today” (page 21) or better yet, join Freedom From Religion Foundation yourself! Check out this week’s recommendation from Prophet Jaaromy: You Are Not So Smart Podcast

We start out this depraved discussion by mentioning a few religious based documentaries. Anthony uses the phrase “It's almost like it's a cumming cock in motion, and that's the red jism flying off of the penis.” Then the guys discuss some local news from around Indiana and other parts of the country that was reported in FFRF's Freethought Today. Chad and Anthony were sort of all over the place in this episode. Many tangents were fleshed out, but sometimes that's the best stuff. Enjoy!   Twitter: @SecularPodcast @Obsessiveviewer @Obsessivechad   Email: TheSecularPerspective@gmail.com   Facebook: facebook.com/thesecularperspective   Tumblr: http://thesecularperspective.tumblr.com/   Episode Index Website: TheSecularPerspective.com   Theme Music Provided By: http://www.jewelbeat.com/   Check out OMG WTF BIBLE: http://omgwtfbible.com/   It is brilliant!   PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO CHAD'S CHARITY! Or, plug this link into your internet search window: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.start&destination=P&eventID=520&participantID=93945   Tags: Secularism, Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Antitheism, Religion, Belief, Faith, God, Children's Miracle Network, Christianity, Kidnapped for Christ, Jesus Camp, Brainwashing, Ted Haggard, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Freethought Today, Freedom From Religion Foundation, La Vista Nebraska, Omaha Atheists, Catholicism, Excommunication, Baptist Christianity, Indianapolis Cathedral High School, St. Christopher Church, Chick Fil A, Bob Saget, George Carlin, Town of Greece v. Galloway, Washington Indiana, Family Guy, Monroe Indiana, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Ben Stein, Intelligent Design, Icons of Evolution, Denver Colorado, Discrimination, Homosexuality, Racism, Jon Stewart, Brokeback Mountain, Libertarianism, Notary Public, Common sense, Hate mail, Mormonism, Logic, Dukes of Hazzard, Africa, Ukraine, Russia, Islam, OMGWTFBIBLE, Meme  

  Anthony reads two poems (feel free to skip this), and Chad shares an STD themed haiku (it's amazing). The hosts give props to the underappreciated Jaclyn Glenn and other women of YouTube, who have their content ignored by horny dudes. Teaching kids fairytales as though they're reality affects their ability to think critically ….. huh, who would've thought? Ken Ham said things … again.   Twitter: @SecularPodcast @Obsessiveviewer @Obsessivechad   Email: TheSecularPerspective@gmail.com   Facebook: facebook.com/thesecularperspective   Tumblr: http://thesecularperspective.tumblr.com/   Episode Index Website: TheSecularPerspective.com   Theme Music Provided By: http://www.jewelbeat.com/   Click here for info on the American Atheists organization and their new Atheist TV channel. Or, plug this link into your internet search window: http://www.atheists.org/atheistTV/live   Ken Ham's blog post about extraterrestrial life: http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2014/07/20/well-find-a-new-earth-within-20-years/   PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO CHAD'S CHARITY! Or, plug this link into your internet search window: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.start&destination=P&eventID=520&participantID=93945   Tags: Secularism, Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Antitheism, Religion, Belief, Faith, God, Children's Miracle Network, Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski, Stitcher Radio, Racism, Skinhead, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Freethought Today, Newspaper, Rush Limbaugh, Phillip Appleman, Indiana University, Norton Critical Darwin, Superstition, Haiku, STD Poetry, Reddit, Atheist TV, Texas, The Atheist Experience, Circular Reasoning, Cosmos, Cult of Dusty, Sam Kinison, Jaclyn Glenn, Raychul Moore, Religious Studies, Chicago, The Huffington Post, Cognitive Science, The Bible, Gallup, Ken Ham, Battlestar Galactica, Aliens, Kentucky, The Creation Museum, Answers in Genesis, Bill Nye, Ashton Kutcher, Punk'd, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, The Unbelievers, The God Delusion, Hellbound?, Biblical Contradictions, The Skeptics Annotated Bible, Secular Bible Study, Exodus, Old Testament  

Topic: The Winter Solstice - The Reason for the SeasonDan and Annie Laurie will announce various Winter Solstice initiatives of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, air news clips about FFRF Winter Solstice Displays at State Capitols and its new "Reason's Greetings" billboards (including Bill O'Reilly ranting against them), and play a little tongue in cheek seasonal music. They will also interview scholar and author Barbara G. Walker, about the real meaning of the season and everything they didn't teach you about the origins of "Christmas" in Sunday School! Walker is Freethought Today's columnist and author of the monumental Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets