A communications scholar — who’s also a veteran depicted in “Good Morning, Vietnam” — is interviewed on Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters“ Sunday TV show.

James Lull is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at San Jose State University. He has taught in universities all over the world. He’s the author of many books that have been translated into several languages. His newest work is a groundbreaking synthesis of evolution and communication called, appropriately, Evolutionary Communication: An Introduction.

“The indoctrination of religion is so deep that even people who have got a perfectly legitimate platform for explaining the truth about how we all got here and how everything around us got here, have to apologize in a way,” he remarks on the show.

As an antidote to religion on the airwaves and Sunday morning sermonizing, the half-hour show airs Sunday mornings in 11 cities and Sunday evening in FFRF’s hometown of Madison, Wis. And this week’s show is already available on FFRF’s YouTube channel. (Look for the Freethought Matters playlist to watch previous shows.)

The first guest in the new season was U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus. Huffman’s appearance on the show made media waves due to his remarks about his colleague Rep. Liz Cheney’s dogmatic stance on the religious oath. World-renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett, acting legend Ed Asner and U.S. Reps. Jamie Raskin and Mark Pocan have recently appeared on the show.

The cities where “Freethought Matters” broadcasts, along with the channels and timings, are listed below:

Chicago , WPWR-CW (Ch. 50), Sundays at 9 a.m.

, WPWR-CW (Ch. 50), Sundays at 9 a.m. Denver , KWGN-CW (Ch. 2), Sundays at 7 a.m.

, KWGN-CW (Ch. 2), Sundays at 7 a.m. Houston , KUBE-IND (Ch. 57), Sundays at 9 a.m.

, KUBE-IND (Ch. 57), Sundays at 9 a.m. Los Angeles , KCOP-MY (Ch. 13), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

, KCOP-MY (Ch. 13), Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Madison, Wis. , WISC-TV (Ch. 3), Sundays at 11 p.m.

, WISC-TV (Ch. 3), Sundays at 11 p.m. Minneapolis , KSTC-IND (Ch. 45), Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

, KSTC-IND (Ch. 45), Sundays at 9:30 a.m. New York City , WPIX-IND (Ch. 11), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

, WPIX-IND (Ch. 11), Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Phoenix , KASW-CW (Ch. 61, or 6 or 1006 for HD), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

, KASW-CW (Ch. 61, or 6 or 1006 for HD), Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Portland, Ore. , KRCW-CW (Ch. 32), Sundays at 9 a.m. Comcast channel 703 for High Def, or Channel 3.

, KRCW-CW (Ch. 32), Sundays at 9 a.m. Comcast channel 703 for High Def, or Channel 3. Sacramento , KQCA-MY (Ch. 58), Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

, KQCA-MY (Ch. 58), Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Seattle , KONG-IND (Ch. 16 or Ch. 106 on Comcast). Sundays at 8 a.m.

, KONG-IND (Ch. 16 or Ch. 106 on Comcast). Sundays at 8 a.m. Washington, D.C., WDCW-CW (Ch. 50), Sundays at 8 a.m.

FFRF Co-President Dan Barker, a former evangelical minister and well-known atheist author, interviews Professor Lull.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is the nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), with more than 30,000 members nationwide. FFRF also works as a watchdog guarding the constitutional separation between religion and government.

The show is produced in the Stephen Uhl Friendly Atheist Studio at Freethought Hall in Madison, Wis., by FFRF’s videographer Bruce Johnson, a public television veteran. Crew includes staff members Bailey Nachreiner-Mackesey, Kristina Daleiden, Lauryn Seering and Chris Line, plus various floor managers, with sound production provided by Audio for the Arts.

Please tune in to “Freethought Matters” . . . because freethought matters.

P.S. Please tune in or record according to the times given above regardless of what is listed in your TV guide (it may be listed simply as “paid programming” or even be misidentified). To set up an automatic weekly recording, try taping manually by time or channel. And spread the word to freethinking friends, family or colleagues about a TV show, finally, that is dedicated to providing programming for freethinkers!