49 min listen
The Virus of Faith
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
This week on Freethought Radio: President Trump wants to "pack the pews" of churches by Easter. Vice President Pence encourages believers to continue tithing. Governors, mayors and lawmakers promote prayer as a response to the pandemic. After hearing the Philip Appleman song "In A Dark Time," we talk by phone with journalist and author Susan Jacoby, from her New York City apartment where she is sheltering in place in the coronavirus epicenter, about battling the virus of faith.
Released:
Mar 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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