Podcasts Culture American Freethought Podcast 168 - Susan Jacoby, author of The Great Agnostic

168 - Susan Jacoby, author of The Great Agnostic

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 4 a.m.

Original release January 8, 2013.

Encore release September 24, 2018.

Encore release June 17, 2017.

We interview Susan Jacoby, journalist and outspoken nonbeliever, about her new book\xa0The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought. Susan is also the author of (among other titles)\xa0Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism\xa0and\xa0The Age of American Unreason.

The Great Agnostic\xa0is available in\xa0hardcover\xa0and forKindle.

Also, be sure to read Susan's recent essay in the New York Times, "The Blessings of Atheism." For more about Susan and her work visit\xa0SusanJacoby.com.

Plus:

John recommends the book\xa0Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State and the Birth of Liberty\xa0by John M. Barry.

On a non-freethought note, John also recommends the 1954 proto-Indiana-Jones adventure flick\xa0Secret of the Incas, starring Charlton Heston, and featuring the "Peruvian Songbird"\xa0Yma Sumac\xa0(for ultimately kitschy goodness, check out Sumac's album Mambo).