Freethought Radio Creators & Guests

Annie Laurie Gaylor is an American atheist, secular and women's rights activist and a current co-president of – the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She was also the editor of the organization's newspaper, Freethought Today. She is co-host of Freethought Radio, a radio program.

Daniel Edwin Barker is an American atheist activist who served as an evangelical Christian preacher and musician for 19 years. He has written numerous articles for Freethought Today, an American freethought newspaper. He is the author of several books including Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist. He is co-host of Freethought Radio, a radio program.

Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist, and critic.

Alice Greczyn is an actress, author, and founder of Dare to Doubt, a resource site for people detaching from belief systems they come to find harmful. She is Midwest-raised and LA-based.

Dr. Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is also known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

An American writer and producer specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

Frank Schaeffer is an American author, film director, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author.While Schaeffer was a conservative, fundamentalist Christian in his youth, he has changed his views, becoming a liberal Democrat and a self-described Christian atheist. He lives north of Boston.

Irfan Nooruddin is a professor of Indian Politics at Georgetown University.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an activist, feminist, author, scholar, and former politician.

Sean Michael Carroll is a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is also a research professor in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He has also written many books

Erwin Chemerinsky is a lawyer and scholar.

Sociologist | Studying Religion & Power | Author: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & the Cross |

Sasha Sagan is a writer who has also worked as a television producer, filmmaker, editor, and speaker. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, O Magazine, Literary Hub, and others.