Weekly Roundup: Bombing for God and Country
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 alliance between anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers with the Proud Boys and how cultural melding leads to strange–and in […]
Ex-Evangelical Apologetics: “There Are Only Two Genders” + “Pronouns?”
+ 5 Minutes on Josh Harris
On “Pray Away” -the New Documentary on “Conversion Therapy”
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 Netflix doc “Pray Away.” They discuss the complexities of those who are both survivor and perpetrator sharing their stories and taking the […]
Weekly Roundup: The Make America Great Again Migration
Sean Feucht, the Proud Boys, 2020 Census Data, and What’s Happening in Idaho
Religious Trauma and Purity Culture: Part II
Podcaster and Writer Emily Torres
Sexual Purity and Religious Trauma: Part I
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 to label it trauma, and how it can be treated. One of the issues for victims of religious trauma […]
Weekly Roundup: Patriarchal Nationalism is a Helluva Drug
Tucker Carlson in Hungary, Latino Evangelicals, and COVID Culture Wars with Uncle Ron DeSantis
Ex-Evangelical Apologetics: “Racism is a Heart Issue” + “Not of This World”
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 to issues like race and guns. They don’t want the systems changed, so the response is to turn it into […]
There’s Less of Them, But They’re More Violent
Can Autocracy and Nihilism Work for the GOP?
Weekly Roundup: This is America
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 attacked, words marked by the racism, xenophobia, Trumpism, and Christianity of the capitol rioters. They then […]
Ex-Evangelical Apologetics: Are Leavers Broken and/or Just Giving Up?
Response to Skillet’s John Cooper
New Age Spirituality, MAGA Nation, and Conspirituality
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 the various spiritual beliefs, cosmologies, and rituals that makeup the peculiar and dazzling form of spirituality in the Arizona desert. She also […]
