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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.

Apr 29, 2022

I interview Christopher M. Finan, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, and author of the new book How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became an Essential Tool for Securing Liberty and Social Justice

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Apr 1, 2022

I interview Kevin Bolling, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to educate high school and college students about the value of scientific reason and the intellectual basis of secularism in its atheistic and humanistic manifestations. We talk about how SSA...


Mar 15, 2022

I interview Andrew Fiala about his new book Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Fools, Sycophants, and Citizens. It's an exploration of the psychological and social dynamics involving tyrants and would-be tyrants, their enablers, and the mobs who cheer them on.

For more about Andrew visit AndrewFiala.com.

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Dec 28, 2021

I interview Crawford Gribben, author of The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland, a fascinating history of the island from the late Roman Era through the rapid secularization of the 21st century.

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Follow Crawford on Twitter @GribbenC.

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The Kentucky-Darwin Connection

Dec 26, 2021

Here's a new essay I've written, posted on the new blog SnideShow.com, about the overlooked battle over creationism and evolution in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

https://snideshow.com/the-kentucky-darwin-connection/ 

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