• "A Besere Velt (A Better World)" Yiddish Chorus of the Workmen's Circle, directed by Lisa Gallatin.*
• "Brudershaft Lid" by M.Birnbaum, arranged by L. Gallatin*
• "Yungnt Himen" text by S. Kacerginski, music by B. Rubin, arranged by Z. Mlotek, adapted by L. Gallatin. *

Segment 1: Humanism in the Media: Good, Bad & Ugly

Roundtable discussion:  Rep. Pete Starks (D-Calif.) was recently identified as the highest elected official in the U.S. who openly states that he does not believe in God. The story has been widely covered by the media, and the reaction has been generally positive. At the same time, a syndicated column that slandered atheists was picked up by a handful of papers throughout the country. Matt Cherry, IHS executive director, and HNN hosts Jes and Duncan discuss whether or not the media has a double standard against atheists.

End: 18:40

Segment 2: The New Humanism at the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy

Interview: Duncan & Jes travel to Harvard to speak with Greg Epstein about his role as a humanist chaplain at Harvard and about The New Humanism conference the chaplaincy will host this April 20 - 22.   

End: 34:00

Segment 3: A Gay Woman, a Dyke and a Lesbian walk into a Studio...

Roundtable discussion: Jes hosts an intergenerational conversation about lesbianism, feminism and humanism.

End: 54:43

Segment 1: Humanist Defends Pope

As executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies, Matt Cherry isn't accustomed to defending the Pope. But that's the position he found himself in last week on the Garry Doyle show, a talk radio program broadcast on 570 News in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Cherry defended the Pope's comment that inspired violent reactions from Muslim extremists. Free speech means allowing others to say things you don't agree with, Cherry explained.

End 12:55

Segment 2: Atheism and Civil Rights

Derek Araujo, a New York City-based attorney, speaks about the future of church/state separation in the United States. He is affiliated with the American Humanist Association Legal Center in Washington D.C. and the First Amendment Task Force of the Center For Inquiry. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Araujo founded the Campus Freethought Alliance was a senior editor of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

End 26:01

Musical Interlude: "God Thinks," Voltaire

End 31:21

Segment 4: Anti Atheist Discrimination in the Boy Scouts

Margaret Downey, president of the Atheist Alliance International and founder of the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia, speaks about her efforts to stop discrimination against atheists and gays in the Boy Scouts of America. 

End 49:33

Segment 4: The ACLU in Louisiana

Michael Malec, board member of the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association, speaks about lobbying for the American Civil Liberties Union in Louisiana.

End 56:30 

Songs:

"Sound Scientist" by Bill
"Office Suite, Part I" by The Matthew Show
"God Thinks" by Voltaire
"I Believe" by Heather Sullivan
"Annie Mae" by KlassicK Productions
"Real Life Fairytale" by Sara Overall 

Links:

Garry Doyle Show | Campus Freethought Alliance | Atheist Alliance International | Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia | Scouting for All | ACLU of Louisiana | New Orleans Secular Humanist Association

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Segment 1: After Katrina

Ends 9:18

Segment 2: 30 Days

Host Jes Constantine and Matt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies, speak by phone with Brenda Frei, an atheist homemaker who lived with evangelical Christians Michael and Tracey Shores for one month for the reality television show 30 Days.

Ends 32:52

Segment 3: Listener Comments 

Two listeners call in response to the HNN story about comic book superheroes and religion.

Ends: 37:30

Segment 4: An Atheist Cold War Thaws? 

Matt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies, speaks in the studio with Margaret Downey, new president of the Atheist Alliance International. Downey explains why Atheist Alliance International, and American Atheists, the two largest U.S.-based atheist organizations, hold their annual conferences on the same day. Downey says she favors moving the AAI conference date to foster more opportunities for the two groups to collaborate.

Ends 46:00

Segment 5: IHEYO 

The Institute for Humanist Studies, through it's IHS Grant Fund is a major financial supporter of the International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization. (IHEYO). Host Duncan Crary provided some questions to the members of IHEYO to ask international humanist youth workers. This is a special presentation including several interviews with youth representatives of humanist and freethought organizations from four different European countries. Find out how these young activists found humanism, their ideas on reaching out to youth and their thoughts on the United States and religious extremism.

*This segment by IHEYO was edited for length. To hear a longer version of this audio production, click here.

Ends 1:05

Songs:

New Orleans Secular Humanist Association | 30 Days |  Atheist Alliance International | American Atheists | International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization | 

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