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For an ad-free premium feed, click here . Use code SWAJ for 60% off the monthly rate! Use cod SWAJyear for $12 off the annual membership! Brad and Dan discuss the dangerous rhetoric coming from the right that frames the COVI…
Dartmouth professor and pre-eminent scholar of Evangelicalism Dr. Randall Balmer returns to talk about his new book, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right . He and Brad discuss how over the course of the 20th c…
Brad and Dan discuss the vehement support for the Iraq War and the invasion of Afghanistan during the Bush years and comment briefly on the ills of American Empire. They then discuss the dangers and implications of the allia…
Luke Wilson is a survivor of "conversion therapy." He has written about his experiences at Liberty University for Religion Dispatches, Queerty, and other outlets. In this conversation, Luke provides his response to the Netfl…
Brad speaks with Dr. Laura Anderson, founder of the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery and co-founder of the Religious Trauma Institute. They discuss the nature of religious trauma, why it can be hard for individuals …
Brad addresses two common refrains about racism and social issues--the "racism is a heart issue" response and the "not of this world" response. He shows how when Evangelicals hold power, they turn to individualist responses …
Brad and Dan begin with extended analysis of the testimony of the Capitol Police officers before the 1/6 committee. Their words are shocking and harrowing. They reflect on the words hurled at them that day as they were being…
Brad speaks once again with Dr. Susannah Crockford. They discuss her new book, Ripples of the Universe , which provides an ethnographic account of New Age spiritual practitioners in Sedona, Arizona. Dr. Crockford explains th…
