http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100131_183002etff.MP3 Equal Time for Freethought en-us Tue, 09 February 2010 14:43:05 GMT 5 http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100131_183002etff.MP3 http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100131_183002etff.MP3 Sun, 31 January 2010 23:30:02 GMT Equal Time for Freethought Public Affairs Matthew LaClair hosted a call-in special about President Obama's State of the Union address, and the issues discussed in it. The HealthCare debate, the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations the right to essentially purchase elections, and more will be discussed - in addition to the impact of Obama's speech. Does Obama's SOTU speech show an interest by Obama to have a more open and participatory democracy than before? Will the speech finally open the doors for significant change in American Politics as we know it? http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100124_183001etff.MP3 http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100124_183001etff.MP3 Sun, 24 January 2010 23:30:01 GMT Equal Time for Freethought Public Affairs The eyes of the world are still on Haiti and hearts everywhere are aching. Aid and volunteers have poured in from around the world. And yet, the U.S.’s 12,000 troops have taken over Haiti’s main airport and are turning back much of this aid. An estimated 20,000 people a day died this past week under the rubble for lack of rescue. Surgeries and amputations among survivors were carried out without anesthesia or electricity. <br> This week, Sunsara Taylor and her guests will dig into the real history of Haiti, the dangerous and influential role of fundamentalists like Robertson, and shine a spotlight on the people who are not falling down on their knees and praising god, but waging active resistance both in Haiti and in the U.S. to demand humanitarian aid be let through.<br> Meanwhile, we are told – through the mainstream media over and over again – of the stories of worship and praise throughout Haiti. It is almost as if we are supposed to believe their suffering is not so great because of theirfaith. At the same time, Christian fascist Pat Robertson blamed the history of Haitians, who waged the only successful slave revolution in history, for bringing a curse down on themselves and causing their own suffering. As widely denounced as Robertson was, his voice was still treated as legitimate and promoted throughout the mainstream media. http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100117_183001etff.MP3 http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100117_183001etff.MP3 Sun, 17 January 2010 23:30:01 GMT Equal Time for Freethought Public Affairs <b>African-American Humanism</b>. Michael O’Neil spoke with ETFF’s very first guest (2002), Norm Allen Jr, executive Director of African Americans for Humanism (AAH). Norm is the editor of the ground-breaking book African-American Humanism: An Anthology, AAH Examiner, and an Associate Editor of Free Inquiry magazine. His most recent book is The Black Humanist Experience. We'll discuss Norm’s work with the skeptics’ movement in Africa, and the dynamics of religiosity in the black experience in the United States and abroad. See www. equaltimeforfreethought.org http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100110_183001etff.MP3 http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100110_183001etff.MP3 Sun, 10 January 2010 23:30:01 GMT Equal Time for Freethought Public Affairs WBAI's 50th Birthday Celebration continues,