Unreasonable
Feeling overwhelmed by the relentless attack on American Democracy by the Religious Right? Welcome to Unreasonable: sane conversations for a country that's lost its friggin' mind. But Unreasonable is more than a podcast. It’s the start of a movement to reverse the inexorable rise of religious fanaticism taking over our government and our lives, on issues from public education, to women’s reproductive health, to the mainstreaming of loud-and-proud racism. Here we not only learn together what in the world's going on with our country, we develop an action plan to move America forward. It’s time for all of us who believe in the Separation of Church and State to unite — as the majority of Americans we are — in the name of democracy, common sense and kindness. Is that really so unreasonable?
Unreasonable
"Who Is Thomas Paine?" with Margaret Downey
Happy Thomas Paine Day! June 8, also known as Freethinkers Day, celebrates one of leading lights of the American Revolution that hardly anyone knows anything about.
His writings ignited our independence; laid out the structure for a new democracy; articulated the rights of all men and women, young and old; envisioned the safety net we now call Social Security; decried slavery and, above all, called for a separation of church and state. A deist himself, he understood that although religious devotion is a right, it should have no influence on the body politic.
It’s time America gave Thomas Paine his due. David and Christina learn all about who Thomas Paine was, and why his work is more relevant today than ever before, as they speak with Margaret Downey, founder of the Thomas Paine Memorial Association.
