Freethought Radio & Podcast

Radio from the Secular Point of View

Freethought Radio, from the secular point of view, broadcasts weekly and is hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The show offers programming for nonreligious listeners, as well as countering the religious-right domination of our public airwaves. Freethought Radio features a regular "Theocracy Alert," Dan's "Pagan Pulpit," "Freethinkers Almanac," music and interviews with authors and activists. Check out Freethought Radio's illustrious list of guests, including Richard Dawkins, Julia Sweeney, Janeane Garafalo, Ron Reagan, Betty Rollins, Christopher Hitchens, Steven Pinker, Ursula K. Le Guin and so many other fascinating freethinkers, newsmakers and thinkers.

Broadcast

Saturdays, 11 am - noon Central, on Progressive Talk The Mic 92.1, Madison, Wis.

OTHER BROADCASTING STATIONS

Ada/Grand Rapids, MI: WPRR AM 1680 and 95.3 FM Public Reality Radio, Airs Thurs 6 pm
NEW! Columbia, MO, KOPN, Wed. 1 pm
NEW! Ithaca, NY: W201CD, 88.1 FM, Sun. 8 am
Milwaukee WKKV-FM HD Channel 3, Sat. 11 am broadcast (need HD radio to listen)
Monterey-Salinas, CA: KRXA AM 540, Sun. 7 pm
New York City, NY, 1600 WWRL, Sun. 5-6 am
NEW! Odessa, NY: WINO, 89.9 FM, Sun. 8 am
NEW! Watkins Glen, NY, WRFI, 91.9 FM, Sun. 8 am

i heart radio app

Freethought Radio, via simulcast from WXXM-FM in Madison, Wis., also be heard at iHeart and on the I Heart Radio mobile app, which offer more than 800 stations from 150 cities.

Streaming

Freethought Radio streams at The Mic 92.1, Madison, Wis., every Saturday from 11 a.m. - Noon Central.

Podcast

Podcasts are usually available here Mondays by midmorning (except on national holidays, when they go up on Tuesday).
Or listen to Freethought Radio on iTunes. (Check back here for our weekly podcasts.)

Archives

Listen to podcasts dating from April 2006 (arranged by year) here.

About the Show and Incidental Music

Announcer ("voice deity") is Buzz Kemper, of Audio for the Arts, Madison, Wis., a member of the Foundation. Incidental music is performed on the piano and/or arranged by host Dan Barker. Listen carefully to the "intro" and "outro" music to pick out Dan's arrangements of strains from the ballad "Annie Laurie," from Dan's "Friendly Neighborhood Atheist," "Salt Lake City Blues," Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So," Irving Berlin's "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil in Hades," Dan's improvised "freethought gospel" music, and the famous 16th century freethought ballad, "Die Gedanken Sind Frei" ("Thoughts Are Free"). Other incidental music was created especially for the show by Dan. You can listen to yourself! Hundreds of freethought members have recorded greetings to air on Freethought Radio at FFRF conventions.

Get Freethought Radio on Your Local Station!

Ask your local radio station to carry Freethought Radio, which is available without cost. Counter the 24/7 domination of our public airwaves by religious proselytizers with some rational radio and blasphemous broadcasting. Phone the Foundation at 608/256-8900 if you have questions.

Biographies

Find out more about co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

E-mail the Show

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Air America History

Freethought Radio's partnership with Air America, which made the broadcast available to all of its affiliates, ended on Jan. 25, 2010, with the demise of Air America Radio. Freethought Radio enjoyed being part of Air America while it lasted and working with various Air America talents. (See News Release.) (See broadcasting stations above.) Podcasts will also continue.

Check this website by Monday morning to listen to the previous weekend's broadcast.