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marfknox
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Posted - 10/29/2006 :  20:20:17  Show Profile  Visit marfknox's Homepage  Send marfknox an AOL message Send marfknox a Private Message
I first heard an excerpt of Julia Sweeney's monologue "Letting Go of God" on the radio show "This American Life". I didn't realize it was the woman who played the character of "Pat" on SNL, but her story of being raised Catholic and journeying into eventual atheism through step by step curiosity and skepticism was something that touched me personally. I felt like I was listening to my own story, only mine took place over just 6 years (age 13-19) and skipped the New Age stuff.

I had the good fortune to hear Sweeney perform over an hour of her monologue live at the American Humanist Association conference in May of this year. Now, the entire monologue is available on CD. I highly recommend this hilarious and heartfelt gem of a performance.

Julia Sweeney was interviewed last week on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The audio is available here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6387729

She was also interviewed by the Humanist News Network, and that audio is available here:

http://www.humaniststudies.org/enews/?id=268&article=0
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong

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beskeptigal
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Posted - 10/30/2006 :  00:43:36   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message
Thanks for the review. I think she's going to be at TAM again. If it isn't the same material I'll definitely want the CD.
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Kil
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Posted - 10/30/2006 :  09:05:07   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal

Thanks for the review. I think she's going to be at TAM again. If it isn't the same material I'll definitely want the CD.
She honed her "Letting Go of God" at the CFI West. Played here for several months, off an on. Unfortunatly, I wasn't able to get over there. I too would like to see it.
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