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Episode 06: Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, exploring religious freedom
Tue, 19 Mar 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Rudolf Eliott Lockhart (Rudi) CEO of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales.
Episode 05: Dr Antony Lempert, exploring religious freedom
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Dr Antony Lempert. Dr Lempert is chair of the Secular Medical forum, a regular speaker and expert on freedom of and from religion in healthcare.
Episode 04: Annie Laurie Gaylor, exploring religious freedom
Fri, 22 Feb 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with secularist activist Annie Laurie Gaylor. Annie Laurie is a co-founder of – and, current co-president of – the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Episode 03: Maryam Namazie, exploring religious freedom
Tue, 12 Feb 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with secularist activist Maryam Namazie. Maryam is the spokesperson for Iran Solidarity, One Law for All, and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and is a patron of London Black Atheists.
Episode 02: Rachel Laser, exploring religious freedom
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Rachel Laser – head of Americans United for separation of church and state, and the keynote speaker at our upcoming conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom.
Episode 01: Stephen Evans, exploring religious freedom
Fri, 11 Jan 2019
In the first of a series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Stephen Evans - chief executive of the National Secular Society. Stephen argues that religious freedom and secularism that allows people of different religions and beliefs can live together. In the interview Stephen explains the basis of religious freedom in human rights law and its limits.
When will Medically Assisted Rational Suicide land on the UK? Healthcare and Secularism Part 8
Fri, 16 Nov 2018
Dr Michael Irwin, Former chairman, Voluntary Euthanasia Society
Michael Irwin is a former Medical Director of the United Nations, in New York (1982-1989). He has campaigned for legalised doctor-assisted suicide since 1994, having been Chairman of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (1996-1999, and again 2001-2003), and President of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies (2002-2004). He founded the Secular Medical Forum in 2006, and the Society for Old Age Rational Suicide in 2009 (in 2016, SOARS was renamed My Death My Decision). Since 2005, Michael has accompanied five individuals to Switzerland to witness their doctor-assisted suicides.
An update on Assisted Dying: Healthcare and Secularism Part 7
Thu, 15 Nov 2018
Dr Jacky Davis, Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying
Consultant radiologist Whittington Hospital; Member BMA Council; Member BMA ethics committee; Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying Board member Dignity in Dying.
Standing up to Abortion Opponents: Healthcare and Secularism Part 6
Wed, 14 Nov 2018
Ann Furedi, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Ann Furedi is Chief Executive of British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a not-for-profit provider of abortion services in the UK. She is a leading pro-choice advocate and has written extensively on issue relating to pregnancy and birth control.
Gender or genital autonomy: Healthcare and Secularism Part 5
Tue, 13 Nov 2018
Brian Earp, The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Brian is Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and The Hastings Center, and a Research Fellow in the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. Brian's work is cross-disciplinary, following training in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, history and sociology of science and medicine, and ethics. He has been widely published and has been cited in a landmark British high court case by Sir James Munby.
