Final Exit (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

This week, we track a tsunami of (mostly bad) bills in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, West Virginia and North Dakota. 

After hearing sneak previews of some of FFRF’s other shows — “Ask an Atheist,” “Freethought Matters” and “We Dissent” — we talk with Brian Ruder, president of the board of the Final Exit Network, which offers people who are unbearably suffering an intractable medical condition the option to die legally and peacefully.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-march-6-2025/

Ron DeSantis’ War on Christmas (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #560)

— Thanks to Christians, kids in Ohio can take classes in Satanism during school hours. (0:28)

— Christian Nationalist GOP lawmaker calls for making “gay marriage illegal again.” (19:37)

— Federal judge: Churches can receive “Historic Preservation Grants” in NJ county. (32:05)

— New Humanist ad campaign targets Ron DeSantis’ “War on Christmas.” (47:15)

— UK politicians advance assisted dying bill to ease suffering of terminally ill patients. (55:10)

— Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Christian ministry that helps the homeless. (1:04:52)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2024/12/05/ron-desantis-war-on-christmas/

MPs vote for bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live will be given right to die under proposed legislation…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/29/mps-vote-for-assisted-dying-in-england-and-wales