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GUEST: SAM GROVER, FFRF LEGAL INTERN Jul 26, 2010

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The highly intelligent and hardworking Sam Grove, FFRF's summer intern from the law school at Boston University, will talk about his varied legal experiences working for FFRF, and promises to give the "inside story" on what it's like to work for FFRF. The hosts also report on the Vatican's decision to go after pedophile priests. Not!

Guest: Barbara James Jul 19, 2010

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This week we celebrate the historic 162nd anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention by speaking with the daughter of the authors of Bloomer Girls, an atheist hit. Dan and Annie Laurie also examine some "unfriendly" friend-of-the-court briefs filed in appeal to the National Day of Prayer ruling

Guest: Jason Hagen, author, Atheist Pocket Debater, an App for iPhones Jul 12, 2010

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News clips include excerpts of Sen. Diane Feinstein's quizzing of Supreme Court nominee (now justice) Elena Kagin over the Hein v. FFRF Supreme Court decision, a clip on the National Day of Prayer issue from the Keith Olbermann Show, and news excerpts about the outcry over Iran's plan to stone an "adulteress" to death (now in abeyance). The cohosts also debunk U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert's portrayal of July 4 as a religious event!

Guests: Prof. Mark Silk, Roger Nygard Jul 06, 2010

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The show includes clips of Australia's new atheist prime minister. Guests include: Prof. Mark Silk, an expert on the topic of religion in America, who questions a new Gallup poll on church attendence, and lighthearted filmmaker Roger Nygard, whose new documentary takes on the "Nature of Existence."

GUEST: NATE PHELPS Jun 30, 2010

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The estranged son of notorious anti-homosexual pastor Fred Phelps explains why he left his dad's church and religion. Dan and Annie Laurie discuss reasons to "Sleep in on Sundays," the add campaign that hit Chicago.

GUEST: PROFESSOR ERWIN CHEMERINSKY Jun 21, 2010

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Legal scholar Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California-Irvine School of Law, will be the special guest. Prof. Chemerinsky will discuss his role in exposing the unconstitutionality of the IRS parish exemption benefiting clergy, which FFRF is now challenging in federal court.

GUEST: DANNEL MCCOLLUM "THE LORD WAS NOT ON TRIAL" Jun 14, 2010

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Guest: Dannel McCollum, author of The Lord Was Not on Trial: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court's Precedent-Setting McCollum ruling, will talk about his new book: about his mother Vashti McCollum's landmark lawsuit. The hosts will also talk briefly about nontheistic musicians born in June and Ayaan Hirsi Ali's new book, Nomad.

Guest: Barbara G. Walker Jun 07, 2010

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Dan and Annie Laurie discuss the harm religion has done to women, historically and in the present, with author Barbara G. Walker

Guest: Prof. Hector Avalos Jun 02, 2010

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Co-hosts Dan and Annie Laurie discuss developments in Parson's exemption lawsuit filed against Timothy Geithner. Prof. Hector Avalos shares why he thinks Yahweh is a moral monster.

Guest: Betty Brogaard, author of The Homemade Atheist May 24, 2010

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First, a recap of the week's news regarding religious hypocrisy and state/church separation. Then an interview with author (and FFRF member) Betty Brogaard, whose new book, The Homemade Atheist, has just been released by Ulysses Press.

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