Episodes

July 2, 2021

Weekly Roundup: The Cold Civil War Heats Up

Brad and Dan begin this 4th of July weekend episode with thoughts from James Baldwin, who discussed his love for America as a "lover's quarrel." They then lay out the evidence for the fact that the Cold Civil War is escalati…
June 30, 2021

Modest is Hottest is Rape Culture

Brad speaks with author and pastor Ruth Everhart about her new book, "The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church's Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct." They discuss the connections between rape culture and purity culture…
June 28, 2021

The Catholic Bishops vs. Joe Biden

Abortion, the Church, and the Return of an Old Culture War
June 25, 2021

Weekly Roundup: The Witch Hunt Begins

+ The GOP Abandons the "Woke" Military
June 23, 2021

Out of the Closet . . . and Into the Pews

Doing Religion Queerly
June 21, 2021

Trying to Save a Sinking Ship: Race, Power, and White American Christianity

Brad speaks with Kyle J. Howard, a theologian and counselor trained at a Southern Baptist Seminary. He discusses his conversion at 18 at a Black Church in Georgia, his journey to ministry as a counselor of racial and spiritu…
June 16, 2021

A House Divided: Dispatches From SBC 2021

Sexual Abuse, CRT, and the Future of White Protestantism
June 14, 2021

The Opportunistic Radicalism of Charlie Kirk

Tracing the "Conversion" of America's Christian Nationalist Youth Pastor
June 11, 2021

Weekly Roundup: On the Road to Minority Rule

The Stories Inciting Panic, Fear, and Violence Across the Nation
June 10, 2021

Patriarchy, Critical Race Theory, and Christian Nationalism

A Preview of the Drama Brewing at the Southern Baptist Convention 2021
June 7, 2021

Radicalized at Home

Christian Nationalism and Abuse in Christian Homeschool Culture
June 4, 2021

Weekly Roundup: A New Jim Crow or Reconstruction 3.0?

American on the Precipice of a New Era
June 2, 2021

Comparing the 1/6 Coup to George Floyd Protests

How to Respond to the "Whatabout That" Question?
May 31, 2021

Unmaking Biblical Womanhood

A Critical Response to Beth Allison Barr's New Book
May 28, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Why Are We Not Allowed to Remember?

On Memorial Day, George Floyd, 1/6, and More
May 26, 2021

Christian Nationalist Nostalgia, Violence, and Resistance to Change (Re-release)

On the Nature of Fundamentalist Religions
May 24, 2021

The Bad Faith War on Critical Race Theory

A Historical Perspective
May 21, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Don't Believe Your Eyes

The 1/6 Commission and Myth Making in Real Time
May 19, 2021

Re-Release: A Historical View of Evangelical Views on Abortion

w/ Professor R. Marie Griffith, author of Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics
May 17, 2021

The Eugenicist Origins of Evangelical Family Values

The Hidden History of Focus on the Family with Dr. Audrey Clare Farley
May 14, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Their Only Truth is the Big Lie

+ The God Bless the USA Bible (?)
May 13, 2021

Evangelicals, Christian Zionism, and Israel

Re-Release of an Interview with Dr. Chrissy Stroop
May 13, 2021

Check Your Worldview, Bro.

The Dangerous Relativism and Will to Power of Reformed Theology