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Free Inquiry Audio Edition — 138 episodes
Crime and Punishment
God Takes a Tumble
A Memoir on Ballooning and Grief
Bill Cooke's Misleading, Meritless Review
Carrier Fails to Carry His Burden
Does Work Matter?
Sex: The Strange Journey of One Little Word
In This Issue August/September 2026
Placating the Gods: The Core of Religion
Just What We Need: More Partisanship in Government, More Money in Politics
Michelle Obama's Manhood, Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge, and the Gospels
Why Listen to the Pope, Speaking as the Pope, on AI?
Secular Approaches to Moral Education: Building Character without Commandments
Can Humanism Help End Witch Hunts in Africa?
How Rock and Sex Affected the Increase in Nones
Medieval Christendom? Are They Serious?
The United States: Whither?
'Cultural Christian'? So what?
In This Issue June/July 2026 -The U.S.: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go
Speaker Mike Johnson: Ideologue and Hypocrite
When, If at All, Are Assassinations Justified?
Trump vs. the Pope: Not Much to Choose From
Anti-Semitism Is Not the Principal Reason Israel Is Losing Support
Reaching for the Stars, But Mired in Oppressive Fantasies
Autonomy, Empathy, and Moral Inquiry amid Algorithmic AI
How Technology Is Quietly Replacing Religion: Algorithms, Rituals, and the Architecture of Belief by David W. Falls
In Defense of Rational Criticism of Islam by Yamin
The Prophet and the Pathologist: Stephen Kent, Massimo Introvigne, and the Battle for an Honest Study of Religion by Jonathan Simmons
Religious Motivation Is Real by Russell Blackford
Coming in 2026: The History of Freethought and Skepticism Gallery by Robyn E. Blumner
Another Lament About Atheism by Ronald A. Lindsay
We Need to Be Able to Criticize Religion—Including Islam by Ronald A. Lindsay
The MAGA Crowd's Crocodile Tears on Cancel Culture by Ronald A. Lindsay
Prayer—Religion's Not-So-Secret Weapon by Ronald A. Lindsay
FI Editor Wanted by Ronald A. Lindsay
What if The Messiah Came from Ethiopia Instead of Bethlehem? by Gregory Grahl
America's Dark and Forgotten History of Female Circumcision: An Interview with a Survivor by Daniel N. MacClymont
The Five Challenges Unanswered by Bill Cooke
The Mythicist Claim: Not Likely by Ronald A. Lindsay
A CERN-Level Proof of Mythicism by Don Wharton
Rethinking Jesus: The Morality and the Myth by David W. Falls
The Holy Trinity by Duke Mertz
Onward Christian Soldiers—Trump's America by Ronald A. Lindsay
Christmas A La Carte by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Hamster Wheel of Catholic Reform by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion by Brian Rush McDonald
The Blowtorch and the Butterfly: Deconstructing Death Penalty Ethics by Dennis E. Curry
Is Prison AS or FOR Punishment? by Paul Schlueter III
In Defense of Retribution by Christo Roberts
Criminal Justice in General, Capital Punishment in Particular by Ronald A. Lindsay
Thanksgiving Thoughts by Ronald A. Lindsay
God Is Anti-Vax by Ronald A. Lindsay
No Checks or Balances? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Government Sponsored Revival Meetings? by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Tedium of Faith, As Lived and As Promised by Ronald A. Lindsay
Bangladesh on the Brink: Shadow Powers, Political Massacre, and the Eclipse of Secular Democracy by Md Shafiqul Islam
Democracy—The Good News and the Bad News by Ronald A. Lindsay
We Know That God Does Not Exist by Gary Whittenberger
Brace Yourself for Trump's Version of American History by Ronald A. Lindsay
How Similar Are Human and Chimp Genomes, Really? Quantifying Genetic Difference Isn't Straightforward by Nathan H. Lents
The Murder of Kirk—Trump's Reichstag Fire? by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Madness of Following 'Prophets' by Ronald A. Lindsay
Is Household Voting Another Step toward Gilead? by Nicole Scott
The Resurrection of Jesus and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election by Ronald A. Lindsay
Comments on the Continuing Cultural Counter-Revolution by Ronald A. Lindsay
Hallmark Catholicism by Ronald A. Lindsay
Why It's Wrong to Write of a Woke Right by Russell Blackford
The Humanist Response to Authoritarianism by Jonathan Simmons
catholic by Joe McAvoy
Condemned to Freedom: An Atheist Strolls through Eden by D. A. Wood
In a State of Nature by Henry Grynnsten
The Bane of Religion in the Mideast by Ronald A. Lindsay
Endorsed by God by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Crime Fighting Priorities of the Trump Administration by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Intermittent Fever of School Prayer By Ronald A. Lindsay
Exploiting Ignorance: Douthat's Call to Believe by Ronald A. Lindsay
Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide by Ronald A. Lindsay
Henry Pratt Fairchild, Immigration, and the Legacy of Scientific Racism in the United States by Thomas Ricento
CFI's Flagship Educational Program Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary by Bertha Vazquez
The Dead Speak! by Nathan H. Lents
No Need to Share Believers' Angst by Ronald A. Lindsay
In This Issue June/July 2025 by Ronald A. Lindsay
Make Anathema Great Again by Ronald A. Lindsay
Trump's Hobgoblin of Anti-Christian Bias by Ronald A. Lindsay
Cult Leader Dies by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Necessity of Secularism by Ronald A. Lindsay
Unequal Justice Under the Law by Ronald A. Lindsay
The Dover Trial Revisited: Still One for the Ages by Robyn E. Blumner
Philosophy and Raising Good Citizens by Stephen Law
Lindsay's Nonresponsive Reply by Gary L. Francione
Francione's Misguided, Misdirected Argument by Ronald A. Lindsay
Veganism as a Moral Imperative: The Case Proved. By Gary L. Francione
When Did the Academy Become Illiberal? by Bret Stephens
In this Issue of Free Inquiry, Volume 45, No. 3, Ronald A Lindsay
Humanism Is Not a Creed by Ronald A. Lindsay
Get Gender Ideology out of Biology! by Nathan H. Lents
Parental Rights: A Casualty of Anti-Transgender Legislation by Robert Pokorski
In the Toilet with J. K. Rowling: Reason vs. Emotion in the Transgender Bathroom Debate by Tilda Storey-Law
Transgender Rights: A Framework for Resolving the Controversy by Gary L. Francione
Introduction to Special Section on Transgender Controversies by Ronald A. Lindsay
Christianity's Supposed Role in Ending Slavery by Christo Roberts
Our Ministries of Truth by Russell Blackford
Evolution Is Still on Trial 100 Years after Scopes by Robyn E. Blumner
When We Become the Seekers by Gabriel Dall'Alba, Guilherme Brambatti Guzzo
Can America Survive as a Secular Democracy? by Thomas Ricento
My Children, the Atheists by Robert F. Allen
No One Pushing Quarks Around: Souls and Quantum Field Theory by Patrick Gannon
The Torment of Samuel Alito by S. T. Joshi
Never Can Say Goodbye by Andrea Szalanski
Thinking Made Me An Atheist by Paulo Bittencourt
Speaker Mike Johnson's Mistaken Christian Marriage Values
Out with Agape Love and in with Secular Love Ethics by Enrico Gnaulati
Five Challenges to Christ Myth Theorists by Bill Cooke
How to Talk to Christians by Herb Silverman
All Saints Day by Steven Rosenzweig
Leading Atheist Philosopher Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) by Edward Tabash
Taboos in Psychology by Russell Blackford
We Keep Failing the Blasphemy Test by Matt Johnson
Godwashing in Politics by Thomas Mates
The Myth of Immortality: A Reflection on the Journey of Aging by Kathleen A. Denman
Angelic Enlightenment by Jesse J. Rond
Let Me Get This Straight by John Bracht
Skipping Past Father Thomas by Oscar Gonzalez
Cringey Atheists by Erin Louis
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
Eighty Is Enough by Chris Orlet
Gather the Shadow Lovers by Eric Shaver
Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalism Gets Congressional Attention—Not the Good Kind by Robyn E. Blumner
Myths about Overpopulation by Peter Uetz
Celestial Myths and Superstitions by Nicole Scott
Reflections on a Death Spiral by Phil Zuckerman
Is Veganism a Moral Imperative? by Ronald A. Lindsay
Science, the Poetry of Reality, Jewel in Humanity's Crown by Richard Dawkins
Safe to Be Weird and Wrong by Paul Fidalgo
A Tenacious Taboo by Paul Fidalgo
To Have and Not Be Had: Meaning through Hedonism by JD Sword
Is God Big Enough for the Universe? Psychological Reflections on Religious and Scientific Beliefs by D. Alan Bensley
Jesus: The Gospel Disharmony by David B. Comfort