Greta Interviewed by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor on Freethought Radio!

Greta Christina

Freethought Radio
I had the pleasure last week of being interviewed by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, for the Freedom of Religion Foundation’s radio/ podcast program, Freethought Radio. We talk about anger as a driving force for social change; the Santa Delusion and whether “religion makes people happy” is a good argument for religion; some of the best arguments against religion; and more. All in the context of discussing my new book, “Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things that Piss Off the Godless” (now available in audiobook, ebook, and print!).

On the same program, you can listen to Russian female punk band Pussy Riot protest the government in an Orthodox church, and hear Robert Ingersoll’s “Declaration of the Free” set to music.

It’s a good time. Dan and Annie Laurie are smart and charming, and we had a really fun and lively conversation. Check it out!

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Greta Interviewed by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor on Freethought Radio!

About the author

Greta Christina has been writing professionally since 1989, on topics including atheism, sexuality and sex-positivity, LGBT issues, politics, culture, and whatever crosses her mind. She is author of The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life, of Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God, of Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why, of Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless, and of Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More, and is editor of Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients. She has been a public speaker for many years, and many of her talks can be seen on YouTube. Her writing has appeared in multiple magazines and newspapers, including Ms., Penthouse, Chicago Sun-Times, On Our Backs, and Skeptical Inquirer, and numerous anthologies, including Everything You Know About God Is Wrong and three volumes of Best American Erotica. (Any views she expresses in this blog are solely hers, and do not necessarily represent this organizations.) She lives in San Francisco with her wife, Ingrid. You can email her at gretachristina (at) gmail (dot) com, or follow her on Facebook.
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6 thoughts on “Greta Interviewed by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor on Freethought Radio!”

  3. LykeX
    3

    …for the Freedom of Religion Foundation’s radio/ podcast program…

    Shouldn’t that be the Freedom From Religion Foundation?

  4. Glenn Shaw
    4

    I listened to it yesterday. (I have the show in my Stitcher Radio feed so I don’t miss a podcast.) A very good interview, and it’s nice to hear a voice to go with the name and the face. 🙂

  6. ullrichfischer
    6

    Another awesome podcast from the heroes at FFRF.

    I bought a copy of “Why Are You Atheists So Angry” several months ago for my Kindle but co-incidentally just finished Brian Green’s “The Hidden Reality” yesterday. With all the podcasts I want to keep up with, I usually only read on-line or on the crapper. Unfortunately, I can only spend so much time on the latter.

    Anyway, the FreeThought Radio interview with Greta inspired me to move the book to the top of my reading list and I just finished the 99 reasons a few minutes ago. Thank you for those, Greta. You’ve expressed clearly and succinctly the top 99 problems I’ve had with religion and the religious since about age 10 when being bullied in Lutheran Sunday School led me question my (admittedly rather weak) faith at the time. So far the book lives up to an anagram of your first name: Great! 🙂

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