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		<title>Podcast #116 &#8211; Darwin Day vs In God We Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We look at two non-binding resolutions currently in the works within the new US House of Representatives: one in support of Darwin Day (February 12th), and another looking to reaffirm &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; as the national motto.  Guess which &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/02/18/podcast-116-darwin-day-vs-in-god-we-trust/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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We look at two non-binding resolutions currently in the works within the new US House of Representatives: one in support of Darwin Day (February 12th), and another looking to reaffirm &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; as the national motto.  Guess whic[...]</itunes:subtitle>
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We look at two non-binding resolutions currently in the works within the new US House of Representatives: one in support of Darwin Day (February 12th), and another looking to reaffirm &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; as the national motto.  Guess which one is attracting more sponsors?
Plus: We present an excerpt from David&#8217;s recent talk to the Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH).  We discuss the president&#8217;s recent appearance at yet another National Prayer Breakfast.  And more Revelations weirdness in Holey Scripture.
Announcements:
John Snider will be speaking to the Humanists of Georgia at 12:30PM on March 20th at the Atlanta Freethought Hall.  The topic of his presentation will be &#8220;20th Century Twain: Mark Twain&#8217;s Final Years and Freethought Legacy.&#8221;
Send us email! For John Snider use john@americanfreethought.com; for David Driscoll use david@americanfreethought.com.
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Recorded February 12, 2011. Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll.
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		<title>Obama disappoints (again) at NPB</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C. Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news from Egypt overshadowed everything else today, but&#8230; President Obama spoke yet again at the infamous National Prayer Breakfast, the only public event organized by the organization known as &#8220;the Family,&#8221; a group that seeks to co-opt the American &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2011/02/03/obama-disappoints-again-at-npb/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast #105 &#8211; Jeff Sharlet (C Street)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy, a follow-up to The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family, you may recall, is a secretive and radical Christian group &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/10/13/podcast-105-jeff-sharlet-c-street/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:duration>0:54:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy, a follow-up to The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family, you may recall, is a secretive and radical Christian gr[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy, a follow-up to The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family, you may recall, is a secretive and radical Christian group that counts Senators and Congressmen among its members, organizes the annual National Prayer Breakfast, and courts vicious Third World dictators&#8211;all in the name of Jesus.  C Street covers events that have occurred since the publication of The Family, including there political sex scandals, the so-called Kill the Gays bill proposed in Uganda, and the chilling evangelical infiltration of the US military.
For more about Jeff visit JeffSharlet.com.
C Street is available at Amazon.com in hardcover, audiobook, or Kindle editions.
Read John Snider&#8217;s review of The Family, or listen to our interview with Jeff in Podcast #67.
Plus:
We&#8217;re going to Washington, DC for Jon Stewart&#8217;s Rally to Restore Sanity, noon to 3pm, October 30th on the National Mall!  If you want to join up with us at the Rally, subscribe to our Twitter feed at Twitter.com/AmerFreethought.
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Join us on Yahoo Groups,  Facebook, Atheist Nexus, or Think Atheist.
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David continues to produce new installments of the Secular              Nation Podcast.
Theme music by Body Found.
Recorded October 6, 2010.  Hosted by John C. Snider and David             Driscoll.
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		<title>Obama disappoints at NPB</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C. Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s disappointing that President Obama would attend the National Prayer Breakfast at all.  The NPB is organized, you may already know, by &#8220;the Family&#8221;&#8211;a secretive and power-hungry cult that attracts congressmen (as well as international totalitarians and fascists) with their &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2010/02/04/obama-disappoints-at-npb/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast #67 &#8211; Jeff Sharlet (The Family)</title>
		<link>http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/10/01/podcast-67-jeff-sharlet-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/10/01/podcast-67-jeff-sharlet-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C. Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family is both an investigation into the organization that has influenced presidents from Eisenhower to Obama, and a history of American fundamentalism &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/10/01/podcast-67-jeff-sharlet-the-family/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:duration>0:47:58</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family is both an investigation into the organization that has influenced presidents from Eisenhower to Obama, and a history of American [...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>We interview Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.  The Family is both an investigation into the organization that has influenced presidents from Eisenhower to Obama, and a history of American fundamentalism from colonial times to the present.  If you don&#8217;t read any other book this year about religion in America, read this one.  You can buy The Family at Amazon.com.
Sharlet is the co-creator of Killing the Buddha, a literary magazine about religion, and The Revealer, &#8220;a daily review of religion and the press.&#8221;  Sharlet is also a contributing editor to Harper&#8217;s and Rolling Stone.
Announcements &#8211; We encourage you to leave feedback at AmericanFreethought.com.  We have a Yahoo Group, a Facebook page, an Atheist Nexus page, a Think Atheist page (NEW!), and a Twitter feed.  If you pick us up via iTunes, please take a moment to leave feedback.
Say &#8220;hi&#8221; to David if you&#8217;re planning to attend the upcoming Atheist Alliance International 2009 Convention, October 2-4 in Los Angeles (Burbank, actually), CA.
David continues to produce new installments of the Secular Nation Podcast.
Fans of science fiction can check out John&#8217;s other project on the web, SciFiDimensions.com.
Theme music by Body Found.
Recorded September 28, 2009.  Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll.
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		<title>The Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C. Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review by John C. Snider © 2009 It is possibly the most influential organization you&#8217;ve never heard of.   They observe a fanatical devotion to the person of Jesus Christ, yet they are unrestrained by quaint notions of rule-based morality.  &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/09/18/the-family/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Family&#8221; creeps me out</title>
		<link>http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/07/14/the-family-creeps-me-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C. Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d ever heard of &#8220;The Family&#8221; until a couple of days ago when I saw something about it on the Rachel Maddow Show. Apparently the Family is a creepy fundamentalist Christian organization with aspirations to power that &#8230; <a href="http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/07/14/the-family-creeps-me-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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