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Welcome to American Freethought, an atheist podcast hosted by John C. Snider. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can send funds via PayPal to sniderishere@gmail.com.

Nov 24, 2018

Original release July 20, 2015.

Encore release November 24, 2018.

Encore release August 17, 2017.

We look at the ongoing blowback--at the state and local levels--against Obergefell v Hodges, in which the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is constitutional. Specifically, we look at the refusal by two county...


Nov 23, 2018

Original release July 2, 2015.

Encore release November 23, 2018.

Encore release August 16, 2017.

We discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, with special attention to the bitter dissents seemingly aimed at delegitimizing the Court itself. We also look at the more-or-less predictible reactions by...


Nov 22, 2018

Original release June 27, 2015.

Encore release November 22, 2018.

Encore release August 15, 2017.

We discuss the issues surrounding the recent massacre by a racist terrorist of nine black worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, including race, religion, politics, gun control and the...


Nov 21, 2018

Original release June 7, 2015.

Encore release November 21, 2018.

Encore release August 14, 2017.

A mob of armed protestors converged on a mosque in Phoenix during Friday prayers (for no other purpose, it seems, than to get attention and hopefully rile local Muslims into doing something rash). The worshippers handled...


Nov 20, 2018

Original release May 22 2015.

Encore release November 20, 2018.

Encore releast August 13, 2017.

Ryan Cragun makes his fourth appearance on the podcast, discussing his new book How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps: A Toolkit for Secular Activists. His broadranging suggestions include taxing religious institutions...