Episodes

March 18, 2022

The Flag and the Cross with Sam Perry and Phil Gorski

In Part 1 of a two-part interview, Brad speaks with Philip Gorski (Yale) and Sam Perry (Oklahoma University) about their new book, the Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy: http...
March 16, 2022

You're Not Welcome Here, Ep 11: “You’re Note a Real Fan”

We often think of individual and groups identities as separate, or as incompatible in some way. But in this episode, we consider the ways in which our group identities determine and shape our individual identities, and argue ...
March 14, 2022

What Don't Say Gay Means in the Classroom

A Queer Educator Shares Her Insights and Fears
March 11, 2022

Weekly Roundup: “Woke Corrupt Democratic Thugs”

Brad and Dan discuss a wide range of topics— from GOP voter fraud to Madison Cawthorn calling Zelenskyy a thug, to Don’t Say Gay Bills—through the lens of the idea that Christian nationalism is about order and violence. The t...
March 9, 2022

You're Not Welcome Here, Ep 10: "My Identity Has Nothing to Do With It"

Why can it be so apparent to us that people’s political behavior or social views are a reflection of their group identity, but they will insist that they’re group identity has no impact on these areas of their life? Or why do...
March 7, 2022

Between Heaven and Russia

Putin's Allure to American Christians
March 5, 2022

Weekly Roundup: Putin, Neo-Nazis, and the American Right

Brad and Dan begin by discussing the recent AFPAC conference, where the far-right figure Nick Fuentes compared Putin to Hitler in a positive way, while giving a speech full of racial and ethnic slurs. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Gr...
March 2, 2022

You're Not Welcome Here, Ep. 9: "Don't Tell Me Who I Am."

What do we mean when we talk about “recognition”? What is it to recognize someone in their identity? What is it to recognize ourselves in a particular way? What happens when someone doesn’t recognize me in the way I identify ...
Feb. 28, 2022

Danté Stewart on Leaving the White Church to Follow Jesus

Brad speaks with the Danté Stewart about his journey into, and then out of, the White Church. Stewart grew up a Black Pentecostal until he reached university. There he began attending a White megachurch. He spent years in Whi...
Feb. 26, 2022

Weekly Roundup: Putin's Christian Values

Brad and Dan discuss Putin's war on Ukraine and the Christian nationalist/GOP responses at home. They focus the first segment on how the only people on the global stage defending Putin openly are Donald Trump and select polit...
Feb. 23, 2022

You're Not Welcome Here, Ep. 8:“They’re Acting Against Their Interests”

This episode explores the concern that people act against their own social or political interests because of their identity. Because they privilege their identity, they oppose political, social, or economic policies that woul...
Feb. 22, 2022

Special Episode: Undercover at Greg Locke's Book Burning

Brad speaks with a man he calls Jeff (identity hidden) who went undercover at the book burning led by Pastor Greg Locke. The book burning happened ominously in the wake of the banning of Art Spiegelman's acclaimed graphic nov...
Feb. 21, 2022

Steve Bannon's War on Democracy, Christianity, and You

Steve Bannon is a familiar figure by now. One of the super villains from the Trump administration, he is still a force in right-wing politics in the USA and across the globe. He reportedly pushed Trump to overturn the electio...
Feb. 18, 2022

Weekly Roundup: All Aboard the Sexual Anarchy Freedom Convoy

Brad and Dan begin by discussing the Jericho Marches connected to the "Freedom Convoy" protests in Ottawa. Drawing on work by the writer Chrissy Stroop and scholar Thomas Lecaque, they discuss how the Jericho story provides a...
Feb. 16, 2022

You're Not Welcome Here, Ep. 7: "What About Class?"

What is the relation to class and identity? Does a focus on identity and identity politics overlook, trivialize, or eliminate the significance of class or economic inequality in contemporary politics and social conflict? This...
Feb. 12, 2022

Weekly Roundup: Legitimate Fascist Discourse

+ Putin Stares Down the West
Feb. 9, 2022

You’re Not Welcome Here, Ep. 6: "You’re Not Who You Think You Are”

This episode revisits the idea that identity is about recognition and explores the significance of this. Because identity is not only about how I recognize myself, but also about how others recognize me, identity is never mer...
Feb. 9, 2022

"You’re Not Welcome Here", Ep. 6- "You’re Not Who You Think You Are”

This episode revisits the idea that identity is about recognition and explores the significance of this. Because identity is not only about how I recognize myself, but also about how others recognize me, identity is never mer...
Feb. 7, 2022

J6 ONE YEAR LATER, Ep. 6: This Was a Dress Rehearsal - with Anne Nelson

What if J6 and the Anti-CRT movements trace back to the same secretive organization? What if J6 was the result of years of planning and organizing? And what if there's a plan in place to make sure that a secretive network has...
Feb. 4, 2022

Weekly Roundup: Patriarchal Safe Spaces Aren't Safe

+ Militias in California and the Evolving Constitution
Feb. 2, 2022

You’re Not Welcome Here Ep. 5: “It’s Not Like Social Media”

Contemporary critics on both the right and the left essentially accuse those who politically mobilize around social identities of being fundamentally selfish in nature. The charge is that their politics reflects only personal...
Jan. 31, 2022

J6 ONE YEAR LATER, Ep. 5: The Violence of Playing Indian

Dr. Dana Lloyd is an expert on Native American religious traditions and faculty at Villanova University. She speaks to Brad about how the QAnon Shaman's appropriation of Native American symbols extends a long lineage of White...
Jan. 29, 2022

Weekly Roundup: Falwell's Fall and America's Backlash

+ Put A Black Woman on SCOTUS