Episodes

Dec. 18, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Texting to Stop a Coup

+ The Peculiar Path(os) of Kyrsten Sinema
Dec. 16, 2021

Deconstruction: 2021's Hottest Sexy AF Trend

Response to Matt Chandler
Dec. 14, 2021

Law, Order, and Romans 13

Debunking Myths on the "Obey the Law" Scripture
Dec. 11, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Christmas Wars

+ Mark Meadows Bombshell and SCOTUS On Religious Liberty
Dec. 9, 2021

Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 9

Dying to Myself: On Resurrecting Your Own Body
Dec. 6, 2021

Undercover in MAGA Nation

Amanda Moore spent a year undercover attending rallies, events, and conferences in the trenches of MAGA Nation. She hung out with Proud Boys, got up close and personal with QAnon grifters, and got invited to join a fascist g…
Nov. 30, 2021

God Save the Men: Evangelical (Toxic) Masculinity with Professor Kristin du Mez

Brad and Dan are joined by Professor Kristin du Mez, an expert on evangelical masculinity and culture. They discuss why evangelicals imagine Jesus to be a heterosexual strong man, gender complementarity, #churchtoo, and the …
Nov. 26, 2021

The Myth of the Persecuted Christian and the Inverted Golden Rule

Brad speaks with Dennison University political scientist Paul Djupe. They discuss Djupe's findings that those Christians who live in homogenous Christian communities are most likely to believe that Democrats, atheists, and o…
Nov. 24, 2021

The Myth of the Christian Nation

Dan speaks with author and constitutional lawyer Andrew Seidel. They discuss his new book, "The Founding Myth," and dissect the idea that the USA is a Christian nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad…
Nov. 23, 2021

Confronting the Sh*ttiness of Paul

In his new book, Profaning Paul , USC Professor Cavan Concannon takes an unflinching look at the letters of Paul through the metaphor of excrement--or shit. "The letters of Paul have been used to support and condone a host o…
Nov. 16, 2021

Christians Against Christian Supremacy -with Dr. Obery Hendricks

A life long social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American …
Nov. 13, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Big Bird Was Immunized

Brad and Dan begin by discussing the case of Aaron Rodgers, who was recently found out not to have been vaccinated. They discuss the various components at play in the case--from becoming an anti-vaxxer wiithout realizing it,…
Nov. 11, 2021

Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 8

Christian Nationalism is the Original Purity Culture
Nov. 8, 2021

Reading Evangelicals

Race, Class, and Politics at the Evangelical Bookstore
Nov. 6, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Trumpism Without Trump

Brad and Dan begin by debating the fallout of the gubernatorial election in Virginia. Dan points out that historically the party in power doesn't perform well in midterm and off-year elections. This is especially true in Vir…
Nov. 4, 2021

Parenting After Purity Culture

+ You are Revolutionary
Nov. 1, 2021

Gay Activism and the Christian Gaze

Dr. Brett Krutsch is the editor of the Revealer and the Director of the Center for Religion and Media at NYU, He speaks to Brad about his book, " Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Poli…
Oct. 30, 2021

Weekly Roundup: America on Trial

+ Does Evangelical Just Mean Republican?
Oct. 26, 2021

The Denomination Manufacturing the Culture Wars

Calvary Chapel is the Vanguard of American Christian Nationalism
Oct. 23, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Bad Fathers, Nation-Building, and the End of the World

+ The 130 Acre MAGA Incubator in Tennessee