Straight White American Jesus

A podcast on religion and politics hosted by Daniel Miller and Bradley Onishi, ex-ministers who are now scholars of religion.

Weekly Roundup: Trump Attacks Kamala Harris’ Racial Identity

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Annika Brockschmidt joins us to discuss recent shifts in American politics, particularly focusing on identity politics. The conversation delves into controversies surrounding race and identity, spotlighting Donald […]

It’s in the Code Ep 108: “No Stake in the Country”

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ In the run-up to the 2024 election, Republican Vice President nominee JD Vance made waves for claiming that people without biological children have “no stake” in America’s […]

Misogyny, Breeding, and the Right’s “Sacred” Family

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ We are thrilled to introduce an audio essay by Anika Brockschmidt, a Berlin-based journalist who spent three days at the National Conservatism Conference (NatCon). Anika’s insights critically […]

Mini-Episode: The Human Cost of Project 2025: A Story of Religious Discrimination in Adoption

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Co-produced with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the episode features a story narrated by Andrew Seidel about Liz and Gabe Rootenram, a Jewish couple […]

Weekly Roundup: Kamala Harris Rises Despite Jezebel Attacks from the Right

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ In this weekly roundup, we discuss the unexpected shifts in the political landscape following Joe Biden’s decision not to run for re-election and Kamala Harris emerging as […]

It’s in the Code Ep 107: “DEI Candidate”

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ GOP rep. Tim Burchett posted on social media and has said in interviews that Kamala Harris is the “DEI candidate” for president? What does he mean by […]

LifeWise Academy: The Project 2025 Connected Religious Release Program in Public Schools

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Brad interviews activist and parent Natalie Hastings, LifeWise Academy, a religious release program in public schools that takes children out of their school day for Bible study. […]

Biden Out + JD Vance’s Postliberal Monarchist Catholicism

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ In this episode, we react to President Joe Biden’s surprising decision not to seek reelection, focusing on Kamala Harris’s rapid emergence as the new Democratic frontrunner after […]

Weekly Roundup: JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and Leonard Leo

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ In this episode of the Weekly Roundup, we explore JD Vance’s controversial political stance, religious conversion, and influential connections. We discuss Vance’s advice for Trump to fire […]

It’s in the Code Ep 106: “Why Do They Support Their Own Oppression?”

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Why do people who are oppressed within high-control religious contexts so often support their own oppression? This is a question that baffles critics of high-control religion, particularly […]

Mini-Episode: How Christian Nationalists Will Interpret the Attempted Assassination of Trump

Brad delivers a mini episode analyzing how Christian nationalists are likely to interpret the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. He emphasizes his condemnation of political violence and its anti-democratic nature. Brad references Lauren Kirby’s book ‘Saving History,’ explaining that white Christian nationalists see themselves either as founders or victims. Trump’s assassination attempt reinforces their view […]