Episodes

July 21, 2021

Biblical Commas? On Controlling Textual, National, and Physical Bodies

Response to Owen Strachan's Misguided Biblicism
July 20, 2021

White Feminine Innocence, the Body Politic, and Contraceptive Nationalism

+ Catholicism's White Supremacy Problem
July 16, 2021

Weekly Roundup: The Country is at Stake

Trump's Reichstag Moment, Texas Democrats Try to Save Voting Rights, and Child Tax Credits as Good
July 15, 2021

Why Non-Denominational Churches Scare Me

Brad discusses a new article at WaPo on the Trumpism and Christian nationalism of non-denominational churches. He points out that this is not a new phenomenon to anyone who has been paying attention He points out that the id…
July 12, 2021

The Maliciousness of Christian Xenophobia

On Paul Gosar, Nick Fuentes, Timothy Keller, Ralph Drollinger, and More
July 9, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Genocide is Not Good Actually

The Cruel Nihilism of the Right's "Brain Trust"
July 7, 2021

The Bible, the Constitution, and the Confederacy: A Response to Josh Mandel and Matt Walsh

Brad begins by responding to Pennsylvania Senate candidate Josh Mandel who claimed last week that the Bible and the Constitution were "not supposed to be separate." He then spends the bulk of this response episode dissecting…
July 5, 2021

Mormon MAGA Nation

Benjamin Park on Hidden Christian Nationalist Histories and Contemporary Trumpism of the LDS Church
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