Margot Adler

NPR's Pagan Reporter Just Happens to Find Atheist Protester of Prayer Art Project

On Saturday morning, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Saturday reported on a most unusual art installation in Manhattan – prayer booths, which look like little phone booths, but come decorated with a kneeler and hands folded in prayer. NPR sent reporter Margot Adler – the pagan witch – to address this issue, and she just happened to stumble across the New York City Atheists as she opened the story:

MARGOT ADLER: You couldn't find a place less conducive to meditation than this corner of 60th Street where cars are streaming east toward the 59th Street Bridge or down 2nd Avenue. And yet there are two prayer booths here a block apart. I'm surprised to see Ken Bronstein, the president of New York City Atheists, checking them out.

(To Bronstein): So you just happened to be walking by at this very moment.

KEN BRONSTEIN:  I just happened to be walking by at this exact moment. But I always keep my eyes and ears open.

ADLER: And what Bronstein says is "art-schmart," this is prayer in a public place.