Godless talk radio

Minnesota Atheists is trying to raise money to keep their radio program on the air — they have to, because it looks like rich Republican think tanks or gold-sellers aren't paying for ads, and the woo-infested shows that surround its time slot are selling air time to quack medicine companies, another option not open to an organization of rationalists. Help them out if you can.

They've been putting on great programs, too. Tomorrow at 9am central time, they'll be interviewing Eric MacDonald of Choice in Dying, one of the rising stars of the atheist movement. If you can't listen to the radio show, you ought to be reading his blog…but then you'll want to listen to the interview, so I recommend you make time to tune in anyway.

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