Free Inquiry Audio Edition

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The audio edition of Free Inquiry magazine, the Journal for Secular Humanist Ideas.

Episode Date
How Rock and Sex Affected the Increase in Nones
Jun 05, 2026
Medieval Christendom? Are They Serious?
Jun 03, 2026
The United States: Whither?
May 27, 2026
'Cultural Christian'? So what?
May 22, 2026
In This Issue June/July 2026 -The U.S.: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go
May 20, 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson: Ideologue and Hypocrite
May 13, 2026
When, If at All, Are Assassinations Justified?
May 06, 2026
Trump vs. the Pope: Not Much to Choose From
Apr 28, 2026
Anti-Semitism Is Not the Principal Reason Israel Is Losing Support
Apr 22, 2026
Reaching for the Stars, But Mired in Oppressive Fantasies
Apr 15, 2026
Autonomy, Empathy, and Moral Inquiry amid Algorithmic AI
Apr 13, 2026
How Technology Is Quietly Replacing Religion: Algorithms, Rituals, and the Architecture of Belief by David W. Falls
Apr 08, 2026
In Defense of Rational Criticism of Islam by Yamin
Apr 06, 2026
The Prophet and the Pathologist: Stephen Kent, Massimo Introvigne, and the Battle for an Honest Study of Religion by Jonathan Simmons
Apr 01, 2026
Religious Motivation Is Real by Russell Blackford
Mar 30, 2026
Coming in 2026: The History of Freethought and Skepticism Gallery by Robyn E. Blumner
Mar 25, 2026
Another Lament About Atheism by Ronald A. Lindsay
Mar 13, 2026
We Need to Be Able to Criticize Religion—Including Islam by Ronald A. Lindsay
Mar 04, 2026
The MAGA Crowd's Crocodile Tears on Cancel Culture by Ronald A. Lindsay
Feb 25, 2026
Prayer—Religion's Not-So-Secret Weapon by Ronald A. Lindsay
Feb 18, 2026
FI Editor Wanted by Ronald A. Lindsay
Feb 11, 2026
What if The Messiah Came from Ethiopia Instead of Bethlehem? by Gregory Grahl
Feb 03, 2026
America's Dark and Forgotten History of Female Circumcision: An Interview with a Survivor by Daniel N. MacClymont
Feb 02, 2026
The Five Challenges Unanswered by Bill Cooke
Jan 29, 2026
The Mythicist Claim: Not Likely by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jan 28, 2026
A CERN-Level Proof of Mythicism by Don Wharton
Jan 26, 2026
Rethinking Jesus: The Morality and the Myth by David W. Falls
Jan 23, 2026
The Holy Trinity by Duke Mertz
Jan 21, 2026
Onward Christian Soldiers—Trump's America by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jan 14, 2026
Christmas A La Carte by Ronald A. Lindsay
Dec 24, 2025
The Hamster Wheel of Catholic Reform by Ronald A. Lindsay
Dec 17, 2025
The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion by Brian Rush McDonald
Dec 12, 2025
The Blowtorch and the Butterfly: Deconstructing Death Penalty Ethics by Dennis E. Curry
Dec 10, 2025
Is Prison AS or FOR Punishment? by Paul Schlueter III
Dec 05, 2025
In Defense of Retribution by Christo Roberts
Dec 03, 2025
Criminal Justice in General, Capital Punishment in Particular by Ronald A. Lindsay
Nov 26, 2025
Thanksgiving Thoughts by Ronald A. Lindsay
Nov 21, 2025
God Is Anti-Vax by Ronald A. Lindsay
Nov 19, 2025
No Checks or Balances? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Nov 12, 2025
Government Sponsored Revival Meetings? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Nov 05, 2025
The Tedium of Faith, As Lived and As Promised by Ronald A. Lindsay
Oct 29, 2025
Bangladesh on the Brink: Shadow Powers, Political Massacre, and the Eclipse of Secular Democracy by Md Shafiqul Islam
Oct 22, 2025
Democracy—The Good News and the Bad News by Ronald A. Lindsay
Oct 15, 2025
We Know That God Does Not Exist by Gary Whittenberger
Oct 08, 2025
Brace Yourself for Trump's Version of American History by Ronald A. Lindsay
Oct 01, 2025
How Similar Are Human and Chimp Genomes, Really? Quantifying Genetic Difference Isn't Straightforward by Nathan H. Lents
Sep 24, 2025
The Murder of Kirk—Trump's Reichstag Fire? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Sep 19, 2025
The Madness of Following 'Prophets' by Ronald A. Lindsay
Sep 17, 2025
Is Household Voting Another Step toward Gilead? by Nicole Scott
Sep 10, 2025
The Resurrection of Jesus and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election by Ronald A. Lindsay
Sep 03, 2025
Comments on the Continuing Cultural Counter-Revolution by Ronald A. Lindsay
Aug 27, 2025
Hallmark Catholicism by Ronald A. Lindsay
Aug 20, 2025
Why It's Wrong to Write of a Woke Right by Russell Blackford
Aug 20, 2025
The Humanist Response to Authoritarianism by Jonathan Simmons
Aug 13, 2025
catholic by Joe McAvoy
Aug 06, 2025
Condemned to Freedom: An Atheist Strolls through Eden by D. A. Wood
Jul 30, 2025
In a State of Nature by Henry Grynnsten
Jul 30, 2025
The Bane of Religion in the Mideast by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jul 23, 2025
Endorsed by God by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jul 16, 2025
The Crime Fighting Priorities of the Trump Administration by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jul 09, 2025
The Intermittent Fever of School Prayer By Ronald A. Lindsay
Jul 02, 2025
Exploiting Ignorance: Douthat's Call to Believe by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jun 25, 2025
Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jun 18, 2025
Henry Pratt Fairchild, Immigration, and the Legacy of Scientific Racism in the United States by Thomas Ricento
Jun 11, 2025
CFI's Flagship Educational Program Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary by Bertha Vazquez
Jun 04, 2025
The Dead Speak! by Nathan H. Lents
May 28, 2025
No Need to Share Believers' Angst by Ronald A. Lindsay
May 21, 2025
In This Issue June/July 2025 by Ronald A. Lindsay
May 21, 2025
Make Anathema Great Again by Ronald A. Lindsay
May 14, 2025
Trump's Hobgoblin of Anti-Christian Bias by Ronald A. Lindsay
May 07, 2025
Cult Leader Dies by Ronald A. Lindsay
Apr 30, 2025
The Necessity of Secularism by Ronald A. Lindsay
Apr 22, 2025
Unequal Justice Under the Law by Ronald A. Lindsay
Apr 16, 2025
The Dover Trial Revisited: Still One for the Ages by Robyn E. Blumner
Apr 02, 2025
Philosophy and Raising Good Citizens by Stephen Law
Apr 02, 2025
Lindsay's Nonresponsive Reply by Gary L. Francione
Mar 26, 2025
Francione's Misguided, Misdirected Argument by Ronald A. Lindsay
Mar 26, 2025
Veganism as a Moral Imperative: The Case Proved. By Gary L. Francione
Mar 21, 2025
When Did the Academy Become Illiberal? by Bret Stephens
Mar 21, 2025
In this Issue of Free Inquiry, Volume 45, No. 3, Ronald A Lindsay
Mar 21, 2025
Humanism Is Not a Creed by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jan 27, 2025
Get Gender Ideology out of Biology! by Nathan H. Lents
Jan 27, 2025
Parental Rights: A Casualty of Anti-Transgender Legislation by Robert Pokorski
Jan 27, 2025
In the Toilet with J. K. Rowling: Reason vs. Emotion in the Transgender Bathroom Debate by Tilda Storey-Law
Jan 27, 2025
Transgender Rights: A Framework for Resolving the Controversy by Gary L. Francione
Jan 27, 2025
Introduction to Special Section on Transgender Controversies by Ronald A. Lindsay
Jan 27, 2025
Christianity's Supposed Role in Ending Slavery by Christo Roberts
Jan 27, 2025
Our Ministries of Truth by Russell Blackford
Nov 26, 2024
Evolution Is Still on Trial 100 Years after Scopes by Robyn E. Blumner
Nov 26, 2024
When We Become the Seekers by Gabriel Dall'Alba, Guilherme Brambatti Guzzo
Nov 26, 2024
Can America Survive as a Secular Democracy? by Thomas Ricento
Nov 26, 2024
My Children, the Atheists by Robert F. Allen
Sep 23, 2024
No One Pushing Quarks Around: Souls and Quantum Field Theory by Patrick Gannon
Sep 23, 2024
The Torment of Samuel Alito by S. T. Joshi
Sep 23, 2024
Never Can Say Goodbye by Andrea Szalanski
Sep 23, 2024
Thinking Made Me An Atheist by Paulo Bittencourt
Sep 23, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson's Mistaken Christian Marriage Values
Sep 23, 2024
Out with Agape Love and in with Secular Love Ethics by Enrico Gnaulati
Sep 23, 2024
Five Challenges to Christ Myth Theorists by Bill Cooke
Aug 02, 2024
How to Talk to Christians by Herb Silverman
Aug 02, 2024
All Saints Day by Steven Rosenzweig
Aug 02, 2024
Leading Atheist Philosopher Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) by Edward Tabash
Aug 02, 2024
Taboos in Psychology by Russell Blackford
Aug 02, 2024
We Keep Failing the Blasphemy Test by Matt Johnson
Aug 02, 2024
Godwashing in Politics by Thomas Mates
Aug 02, 2024
The Myth of Immortality: A Reflection on the Journey of Aging by Kathleen A. Denman
Jun 01, 2024
Angelic Enlightenment by Jesse J. Rond
Jun 01, 2024
Let Me Get This Straight by John Bracht
Jun 01, 2024
Skipping Past Father Thomas by Oscar Gonzalez
Jun 01, 2024
Cringey Atheists by Erin Louis
Jun 01, 2024
Picketh Up Thy Marbles and Go Home: The Origin and Absurdity of the Religious Right's Culture Wars and Why They Should Call Them Off by Peter Lugten
Jun 01, 2024
Eighty Is Enough by Chris Orlet
Jun 01, 2024
Gather the Shadow Lovers by Eric Shaver
Apr 08, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalism Gets Congressional Attention—Not the Good Kind by Robyn E. Blumner
Apr 01, 2024
Myths about Overpopulation by Peter Uetz
Apr 01, 2024
Celestial Myths and Superstitions by Nicole Scott
Apr 01, 2024
Reflections on a Death Spiral by Phil Zuckerman
Apr 01, 2024
Is Veganism a Moral Imperative? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Feb 01, 2024
Science, the Poetry of Reality, Jewel in Humanity's Crown by Richard Dawkins
Feb 01, 2024
Safe to Be Weird and Wrong by Paul Fidalgo
Feb 01, 2024
A Tenacious Taboo by Paul Fidalgo
Dec 31, 2023
To Have and Not Be Had: Meaning through Hedonism by JD Sword
Dec 01, 2023
Is God Big Enough for the Universe? Psychological Reflections on Religious and Scientific Beliefs by D. Alan Bensley
Dec 01, 2023
Jesus: The Gospel Disharmony by David B. Comfort
Dec 01, 2023