Mickey Dollens' Citizen's Guide to Political Change | FFRF Convention 2025

Oklahoma legislator and FFRF Regional Governmental Manager Mickey Dollens talks about how everyday citizens can fight back against Christian nationalism and make real political change. Dollens breaks down his “FORWARD” method for civic engagement, showing how freethinkers can lobby, protest, and even run for office to defend secular democracy.

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Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at https://ffrf.org/
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/tIh70PrWB6Q?si=aRjx2SNTAA1BS_wl

Camp Quest Michigan – It's Beyond Belief!

Camp Quest is the first residential summer camp in the United States for the children of Atheists, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists, and all others who hold to a naturalistic rather than supernatural worldview. ....
http://michigancampquest.org/

Speak of the Devil (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast

Our 666th (!) episode is a hell of a show. We announce billboards asking people to "Leave the Church" during Catholic Education week, and describe our legal brief encouraging the Supreme Court to prohibit a huge Christian cross on city property. After hearing the 1922 Irving Berlin song "Pack Up Your Sins and Go To The Devil in Hades," we talk with Lucien Greaves, co-founder and spokesperson for the secular state/church activist group, The Satanic Temple.
Interview:
http://ffrf.libsyn.com/speak-of-the-devil

Convention speech: Bailey Harris — Wonders of universe written in Stardust | Freethought Today

Bailey Harris is a 12-year-old author on a mission to inspire a love of science and a sense of wonder about the universe with her Stardust series of books for young readers, which she has co-written with her father, Douglas. The first book in the series, My Name Is Stardust, was released in 2017 and has sold thousands of copies worldwide....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-35-no-10-december-2018/convention-speech-bailey-harris-wonders-of-universe-written-in-stardust

Andrew L. Seidel: Secular voters becoming more powerful | Freethought Today

Given the intensity of the news cycle during election week, you might have missed the biggest story of the election: the surge of the “Nones.”....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-35-no-10-december-2018/andrew-l-seidel-secular-voters-becoming-more-powerful

Atheists Alliance Helping the Homeless in Kalamazoo

The Atheists Alliance Helping the Homeless in Kalamazoo is about helping people, not about people's beliefs....
http://wkfr.com/atheists-alliance-helping-the-homeless-in-kalamazoo/

Brett Kavanaugh Loves God and Beer (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist)

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Even if Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, half of evangelicals wouldn’t care. (1:30)

— A Jesuit publication rescinded its endorsement of Kavanaugh. (11:25)

— The question to Kavanaugh from Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) about God was inappropriate. (15:49)

— A Kentucky city council member is holding a school district hostage unless they take back their support of church/state separation. (18:20)

— The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would create a new two-year window for child sex abuse victims to sue their abusers. (23:56)

— Preacher John Piper says Christians shouldn’t attend the weddings of couples who don’t feel bad for having pre-marital sex. (28:53)

— The Texas attorney general says students cannot “unilaterally refuse” to say the Pledge. A 1943 Supreme Court ruling says otherwise. (32:40)

— NPR’s Terry Gross is not anti-Christian. (37:46)

— The Congressional Freethought Caucus is growing! (40:30)

— Listener mail: Why do we talk about LGBTQ issues so much on an atheist podcast? And why will Hemant be the first one destroyed in the Zombie Apocalypse? (42:46)
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-237-brett-kavanaugh-loves-god-and-beer