Freethought Day

[upbeat music] Today is Monday, October 12th, 2026, the two hundred eighty-fifth day of the year, and this is your daily holiday briefing.

Today is Columbus Day, Cookbook Launch Day, Freethought Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, International Moment of Frustration Scream Day, National Farmers Day, National Gumbo Day, National Kick Butt Day, National Online Banking Day, National Savings Day, Native American Day, Pulled Pork Day, Thanksgiving, Canada, and World Arthritis Day.

Today also marks the start of Bone and Joint Action Week.

For more information about these and other events, visit checkaday.com. Have a great Monday.

Holidays for saints and superstition, and now we have one commemorating reason, freethought, and state church separation.

So celebrate October 12th as Freethought Day.

Now, we might have time in the spirit, if I can use that term, the spirit of free thought and feminism, to play a little bit of the feminist anthem, Bread and Roses.

Also, a good way to prepare for our interview with Maryam Namazi in a few minutes.