The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce that, starting with its Thanksgiving 2025 episode (available now), Freethought Radio podcast interviews will be available not just in audio format but also via video as “Freethought Radio: In Studio.” The first “In Studio” show is a timeless recap featuring video highlights from major FFRF 2025 convention speeches.
Many of you have contacted FFRF to tell us you miss our TV interview program, “Freethought Matters,” which aired in several cities and on YouTube for seven years. Freethought Radio, which has been broadcast and podcast weekly since 2006, already includes a 20-minute major interview segment. Going forward, interviews with authors, activists and newsmakers by FFRF Co-Presidents and co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor will be recorded and available on FFRF’s YouTube channel and on its new app, Freethought TV.
You can access all of FFRF’s extensive video content — including major convention speeches over the years, “Freethought Matters” TV interviews, classic “Ask an Atheist” episodes and brand new episodes of “Secular Spotlight” — via the app on your smart TV or other devices. It’s easy to install and completely free. Freethought TV is already available via Roku and Amazon Fire TV; other platforms, such as Samsung, LG and Apple TV, will be available soon. Visit freethoughttv.ffrf.org for more information.
In this Thanksgiving episode, as a special treat, the co-hosts selected highlights of the riveting and entertaining speeches (and music) from the 48th annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in October. The show features video excerpts from the prominent convention speakers and awardees, including leading pro-democracy, anti-Christian nationalist authors, nationally significant abortion rights advocates, a roster of appealing student essayists and activists, plus New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, satirist Roy Zimmerman, comedian and actor John Fogelsang and Emperor Has No Award honoree Mary L. Trump.
Now, you’ll be able to watch — not just listen — to interviews of all of Freethought Radio’s forthcoming guests, which play on the second half of the program.
And of course, those who prefer just to continue listening to the entire Freethought Radio show, including the Thanksgiving special, can still do so at ffrf.org/radio or wherever you get your podcasts. The show has had almost 2 million total downloads since it began, averaging 25,000 a month. (The first two news segments, when Dan and Annie Laurie usually recount FFRF news of the week and comment on other news developments, will typically remain audio-only.) The podcast also plays on about 13 radio stations. To find out if one is in your area, visit ffrf.org/radio.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters of nontheism. With about 42,000 members, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org.
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