This week is a bit of a secularism special – punch your fist in the air at the Rally to Defend Freedom of Expression, find out about the perils of censorship in Nick Cohen’s new book and get the accurate story on the Bideford council prayers ruling. Plus we talk about a new survey showing Christians aren’t terribly Christian, find out why Alan Turing deserves a pardon and solve the mystery of which Sherlock Holmes adaption is best.
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Rally to defend Freedom of Expression (2:40) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
(ft Richard Dawkins, Nick Doody, Kate Smurthwaite, Rhys Morgan, Joan Smith and Anne-Marie Waters)
Nick Cohen Interview (18:10) by Liz Lutgendorff & James O’Malley
Census Christians (28:54) by James O’Malley (ft Paula Kirby)
Bideford Council (37:35) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Tessa Kendall)
Turing Pardon (45:00) by Peter Rowlett
Sherlock and Copyright (54:56) by Tom Hodden
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
Follow-Up Links
- Listen to the rally to defend free expression in full here.
- One Law For All
- Full Nick Cohen interview:
(Check back in the morning!) - Buy Nick Cohen’s ‘You Can’t Read This Book’ here.
- Full Paula Kirby Interview:
- RDFRS Survey Results & Data
- National Secular Society
- Alan Turing Links
Pod Delusion Extra
- CineSci6 – Memento
- Westminster Skeptics – David Allen Green on Privacy
- Darwin Day Lecture 2012 with Adam Rutherford & Steve Jones
- Martin Robbins on Bad Science in the Developing World
- Julian Huppert on LibDem Science Policy in full
The Pod Delusion is now broadcast on Resonance 104.4FM in London on Fridays at 1pm. You can find out more about Resonance FM and listen to their live stream on their 
I’ll check up on the full Nick Cohen interview to see if he is still signed up for the Euston Manifesto and War on Terror 4ever.