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A weekly show by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Slightly irreverent views, news, music and interviews.

FFRF Director of Communications Amitabh Pal joins us as we interview journalist and author Sonia Faleiro about her book "The Robe and the Sw...

We hear excerpts of some of our favorite shows from the past two decades, including Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Ron Reagan, Ursula K....

FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott tells us about the disappointing 5th-Circuit appeals decision allowing Ten Commandments in Texas public...

After offering a fresh perspective on President Trump masquerading as Jesus and other news of the week, we interview Johnnie Cotton, a Texas...

Theocrats are active in our federal government and also from beyond the moon! After FFRF staff attorney Sammi Lawrence describes recent stat...

Attorney Sam Grover describes FFRF's court victory demanding the removal of the Ten Commandments from the Arkansas capitol. Then, activist L...

After reporting on a deluge of Christian nationalist rhetoric from Congress, the White House and the Pentagon, we talk with David G. McAfee...

After we cover state/church news in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Maryland, FFRF attorney Chris Line dissects the so-called "Religious Libe...

We talk about the Iran war with Mother Jones national correspondent Kiera Butler , author of the article: "Trump's Holy Warriors Finally Got...

Moroccan feminist/activist/freethinker Ibtissame ("Betty") Lachgar is in prison for wearing a T-shirt that insulted Islam. Hear about her ha...

After reporting state/church news, we talk with Texas schoolteacher Gigi Cervantes who tells us why she quit her job rather than force the T...

FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal and FFRF Multimedia Producer Leo Costello break down the latest state-church headlines, including trou...

FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence reports about a high school softball team in Missouri that had religion pushed on it, and how FFRF was ab...

FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott reports on FFRF's exciting new legal developments to protect state/church separation. Then as a memorial...

Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz tells us how her investigation (with colleague Pedro Salinas) led to the downfall of the Sodalitium, a Cathol...

What is a "godman"? Tune in to find out. FFRF Senior Attorney Sam Grover gives an eyewitness account of oral arguments over Ten Commandments...

Before talking with David P. Barash about his provocative new book, "The Soul Delusion," Freethought Radio comments on timely national news...

An ex-Muslim "artivist" — that's artist combined with activist — called Haram Doodles uses art to express dissent against the strictures of...

Actor, comedian and broadcaster John Fugelsang describes his new book, Separation of Church and Hate . FFRF's Legal Director Patrick Elliott...

Donald Trump's niece, Mary L. Trump , explains why her uncle is the real Grinch.

Celebrating with music and readings, we explain why the Winter Solstice is the true "Reason for the Season."

Celebrating with music and readings, we explain why the Winter Solstice is the true "Reason for the Season."

Dr. Leo Igwe, who is a noted human rights activist in Nigeria, talks about the religious violence in Nigeria and explains why Trump's saber-...

Pamela Nickel Williams , author of the memoir Clearly Lies Are True , tells us what it was like growing up in Scientology, and how she escap...

We are thankful for the many speakers and performers at FFRF's 48th annual convention. We listen to 20 clips from that entertaining and enli...

Herb Silverman tells us how he fought the state of South Carolina to allow atheists to run for public office, and Nancy Northup , president...

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie tells us how we can defend democracy against the threat of Christian nationalism.

After talking about warning labels on bibles and reporting on state/church news, we hear Brandi Carlile's new song "Church and State." FFRF...

Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky , author of How Democracies Die , tells us about "The Great Abdication: America's Descent into Authoritari...

After reporting state/church victories and complaints in California, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Tennessee, Washington, Texas and Arkansas, we...

Journalist William J. Kole tells us about his book, "In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms." Th...

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren , D-Calif., explains how California's Proposition 50 is trying to fight religious-right authoritarianism. Legal Fellow...

After reporting on state/church news, we hear the song "Friendly Atheist T-shirt" by the Freethought Band of Humanists of Minnesota. Then, w...

After covering state/church news, we report on the "war-mongering" Christian nationalist rhetoric at Charlie Kirk's memorial. Then, we hear...

We celebrate a court victory in Arkansas, where a federal court issued a second preliminary injunction blocking a state law requiring the po...

Christian nationalists in government are ramping up the rhetoric. We report how FFRF is protesting the White House "America Prays" initiativ...

We report on state/church victories and challenges in Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas, Morocco, Minnesota and Florida. Then, we hear Pulitze...

We are not retreating from our lawsuit challenging the Ten Commandments in Texas public schools, in spite of the Texas attorney general's wa...

After we cover state/church news around the country, FFRF Senior Litigation Counsel Sam Grover recounts FFRF's recent victory stopping the T...

FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott tells us some breaking good news about a Christian nationalist legal attack against FFRF by Oklahoma sta...

We announce a great victory from the Arkansas courts blocking the state from displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroo...

Incursions of Christian nationalism at the federal and state level are increasing, and we are fighting back. We report a quick legal victory...

This week on Freethought Radio, guest hosts Ryan Jayne and Leo Costello talk about a Christian state representative in Texas who's speaking...

We report on state/church violations in the White House, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and Walter Reed National Mil...

We criticize Texas Governor Gregg Abbott for using the flood devastation as an opportunity to preach his personal religious views. We point...

FFRF announces another Ten Commandments lawsuit, this one in Texas. After covering state/church news at the federal, state and local levels,...

We discuss the Supreme Court decision allowing states to defund Planned Parenthood and we decry many attempts by Christian nationalists to f...

We celebrate Juneteenth, recognizing the end of slavery, and World Humanism Day, which occurs at the Summer Solstice as a secular alternativ...

We announce that FFRF is a sponsor of the "No Kings Day of Action" protesting the erosion of democratic and constitutional safeguards agains...

We announce new FFRF litigation this week. In honor of Pride Month, we celebrate the birth anniversary on June 9 (1891) of the gay/atheist s...