Listener Reviews

I love this podcast. It may finally get my writing career going! Brad, 5 hours on CRA, a man after my own heart!! Teach, teach, teach!!!

This is a podcast with a very specific theme that is extremely important today. The alarm about Christian Nationalism often goes unnoticed by the media in general. They break down the issues like academics and not like some commentators with little to no training in analyzing and critical thinking.

A show that helps so many of us who are trying to understand how so many Christians of varying stripes have willingly sacrificed their credibility and ethics.

I agree 100%. At Midnight, January 1, 2024, my Family gave a toast to “Democracy, may she live forever”. We resolved to get in shape (physically and mentally) to fight for democracy and NOT be afraid. “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” FDR Thank you for this thoughtful episode. It is not over. It will not be over. But we cannot give up.

I’ve been searching for a political podcast that examines the relationship between politics and White Christianity, this is it. It’s amazing to hear someone voice the thoughts I’ve had for MONTHS. Something needs to change or our country will fall to fascism. Love what y’all do!

SWAJ is a national treasure! Dan and Brad are calling out the dangers of conservative White evangelical politics and power. As a GenX, I never thought I would hear religion challenged like this in my whole lifetime. That’s why this podcast is such a thrill for me!!! Thanks for ur insightful analyses of so many topics we all deal with in our deconstruction. You guys have helped me so much to heal my broken heart and set me free from harmful indoctrination. Thx u sooo much!! #Exvangelical #SWAJ #ILeftBecause

I lean more conservative than the hosts but as a Christian I have learned a lot from this podcast. I appreciate the hosts’ deep understanding of Christianity, the challenge to traditional Evangelical beliefs and practices especially in the area of politics. I would love to hear more conversations with people who hold opposing viewpoints.

I had no idea WHY people supported trump but this information is really providing me a real understanding what we are really up against se move towards the 2024 election. Wonderful truths. Thank you

The hosts of this show are doing a serious labor of love for our country. Every topic is well thought out and well researched. They cover the dangers of white christian nationalism and its history. This is an essential podcast. As a queer person, I’m beyond grateful that there are folks like Bradley and Dan doing this work.

Really helped me to understand my religious upbringing, love this podcast

Great information and analysis. Thanks!

Great consistent reporting on Christian Nationalism

Brad and Dan really break down the code of the Christian Right and shed light on the true nature of their agenda. I always look forward to listening to them

I never miss an episode. Onishi and Miller are both ex-vangelicals and scholars of religion. They help us understand white Christian nationalism and the threats it poses to our human and civil rights, and to democracy itself. As someone from family with deep roots in Pentecostalism, I've been watching in horror as this maligned charismatic movement fuses with mainstream evangelicalism and infects government. I know firsthand that it's untethered from facts, science and reality. And that it's simpatico with violence, like on J6, as explained in the must-hear SWAJ series Charismatic Revival Fury. And now it's in the highest levers of power in Congress, at a time when we urgently need leaders rooted in facts and science to tackle environmental crises and more. SWAJ explains the razor's edge moment we face in an easy-to-process and -digest manner, and Onishi and Miller's personal experiences add rich insights. It's required listening.

One of the best podcasts to learn about how Christian Nationalism and the impact it’s having on all of us. Great, well researched show.

One of the most interesting and informative podcasts about the dangers Christian Nationalism poses to American democracy. A must listen for those who are concerned about that movement.

I love this podcast. These guys are so smart and as an atheist it is interesting to hear what religious experts talking about the happenings of the week in such an interesting way.

Appreciate all the work you do!!!

I love this pod. This last episode made me really wanna connect with my local Catholic workers, rare but wonderful folks. Great info, currently trying to go back and listen to all the episodes, I enjoy the perspective and relate to the content.

This show helps explain so much of the phenomena that we observe today. Much of what I believed faith to be when I was younger has morphed into an authoritarian movement and quest for worldly power at all costs. This is a good starting point for understanding how we got here and what we can do about it. Thanks, Brad and Dan.

I loved this podcast and this episode thank you so much. So informative thanks Brad!

Important and clear explanation of what’s going on in religion and politics today

SWAJ has been a breath of fresh air for me. I found them right after Trump was elected and needed to make sense of how and why this happened. But have stayed because all the conversations about “hot button” topics are so important and spot on.— not to mention, the deconstruction of my faith from growing up within evangelicalism/ fundamentalism has been painful, confusing and isolating at times- but the conversations in this podcast have given me a place to rest, so to speak, and helped me realize where religion, God and spirituality can still remain a part of my identity.

I love this podcast! As a person with friends and loved ones in the evangelical world, I’ve found myself being gradually shut out of their lives simply because of not holding their same world views. One day we were good and then we weren’t. Since Trump came into the picture, I began to notice that not only do they no longer reach out to me, they also don’t respond to my efforts to have contact. It has been sad, hurtful, puzzling, and hard to understand. I’ve found this podcast to be so informative and helpful to better understand the evangelical lens on the world, to learn about the people and leaders and beliefs in this movement, and why and how they do what they do. It sheds a light on things that haven’t made sense to me before and somehow that helps. Thank you, thank you!