Highest Power: Church + State
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A podcast from Baptist News Global examining the intersection of faith and politics at the highest levels of power. Hosted by Rick Pidcock.
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Ep131: Al Mohler's Views about Why Young Men are Turning to Conservative Christianity while Young Women are Leaving It
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Ep130: The Race Between Ken Paxton and James Talarico & How Communion Theology Shapes Democracy
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May 28, 2026 |
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Ep129: Al Mohler's Latest Attempt to Silence Women, with Meredith Stone
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May 26, 2026 |
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Ep128: I Attended the Events in Washington D.C. Rededicating the Country to being One Nation under God, Part Two, with Pat Kahnke
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May 21, 2026 |
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Ep127: I Attended the Events in Washington D.C. Rededicating the Country to being One Nation under God, Part One
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ep126: How Should We Respond to the GOP Targeting Black Communities Through Gerrymandering? with Edmond W. Davis
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May 14, 2026 |
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Ep125: How Pro-Natalists Coopted Mother's Day & How Black Women Liberate Us from White Patriarchy, with Braxton Wade
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep124: Are Aliens Here? Why Pastors are Claiming that Government Officials are Asking Them to Prepare Their Congregations for Disclosure
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May 07, 2026 |
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Ep123: The Newsboys Scandal & How American Dominion Theology Is Coopting the Worship Industry, with Keri Ladner
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep122: How MLK Jr.'s Nonviolent Support of the Oppressed Contrasts with the Motive in the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, with Lerone Martin
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Ep121: How Theologies of Hell Can Hold Violent Men Accountable Rather than Threaten Women and Children
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ep120: How "America Reads the Bible" Is an Attempt to Normalize a Theocracy
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Ep119: Mark Driscoll's Role in the Freedom 250 Event & How Complementarianism Sacralizes Violence Against Women, with Sheila Gregoire
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ep118: How the "America Reads the Bible" Event Promotes Myths about Our Christian Past, with Warren Throckmorton
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Ep117: The 'Trump as Jesus' Painting & My Conversation with Pat Kahnke about the Common Values of Diverse Christian Nationalist Expressions
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ep116: Healing When Our Families Break Apart over Politics, with Lauren Smallcomb
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Ep115: How the White House Holy Week Events Promoted Trump
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Ep114: The SCOTUS Ruling Against Colorado's Ban on Conversion Therapy, with Cody Sanders
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ep113: Attending CPAC and a No Kings Rally Back to Back, with Mara Richards Bim
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ep112: Pete Hegseth's Holy War in Iran & the Absurdity of Authoritarian Power, with Ginny Brown Daniel
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Ep111: The Duggar Scandal, Christian Nationalism, & the Seeming Inescapability of the Abusive Power Dynamics Many of Us Left Behind, with Tia Levings
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Ep110: Rhymes of Power between the Epstein Files & Complementarian Ministries like The Gospel Coalition
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Ep109: James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett, & Liberating Feminine Wisdom from Christian Patriarchy, with Angela J. Herrington
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Ep108: Responding to Sexual Abuse in the Church & in the Epstein Files, with Laura Thien & Robert Peters of GRACE
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ep107: How Evangelicals Pick and Choose What Parts of the Bible to Emphasize to Sacralize Trump's Violence
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Ep106: How the IFB Dispensationalism We Grew Up with Is Affecting Opinions on the Iran War Today, with David Bumgardner
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Ep105: The American Military Fetish, Pacifism, & the War in Iran, with Ben Daniel
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ep104: Trump's State of the Union Address & Belittling the Women's Olympic Hockey Team
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Ep103: Doug Wilson Preaches at the Pentagon, with Brian Kaylor
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Ep102: How Jesse Jackson's Legacy Inspires Young Black Civil Rights Leaders Today, with Braxton Wade
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Ep101: How the Worship Industry's Racial & Ethnic Hierarchies are Harming Black Christians
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ep100: Howard Thurman's View of Jesus Could Heal Us from Today's Christian Nationalism, with Jacob Robinson
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Ep99: Bad Bunny vs. TPUSA – A Tale of Two Super Bowl Halftime Shows
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Ep98: Trump's Sexist Attack on Kaitlan Collins
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Ep97: Erika Kirk and Sean Feucht's ICE Revivals, Their Demonization of Protestors, & James Dobson in the Epstein Files
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ep96: Does Law Enforcement Deserve Benefit of the Doubt & How Regular People Can Expose the Truth
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Ep95: Alex Pretti & How Patriarchy Cares More about Power over Women than Protecting Women
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Ep94: How Patriarchal Pastors (Like Those at Cities Church) Use Theology to Sacralize Violence Against Women and Minorities
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Ep93: How White Congregations Can Listen to and Learn from Marginalized Communities, with Braxton Wade
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ep92: ICE is Building Warehouses to Store and Ship Humans like Amazon Prime Packages, with Mara Richards Bim
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Ep91: ICE Agents are Getting Angry, Reckless, and Violent Over Feeling Disrespected
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Ep90: The Killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE Agent in Minnesota, with Martha Bardwell
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Ep89: How Trump's Kidnapping of Maduro and Attacks on Venezuela Compare to the Colonizing Doctrine of Discovery
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ep88: Making All Things New
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Ep87: BNG's Three Podcasts & What We Covered in Them in 2025
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Ep86: How the Incarnation Informs Conversations about Salvation & Sexuality
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Ep85: The Willful Ignorance of Our "Christian Nation" Claims & the Violence They Cover Up
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ep84: How Trump & Hegseth's Speeches Blame Others & Solve Problems that Aren't Real
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Ep83: How Evangelical Theologies of Hell Produce the Fruit of Sexual Abuse
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Ep82: Should Journalists Write from a Place of Anger? with Wendell Griffen
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Ep81: The Advent Candle of Peace & the U.S. Government's Bombing of Defenseless People
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep80: How Advent Helps Us Process the Darkness in the News Today, with Marc Schelske
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Ep79: Immigration Hypocrisy, Demonic Puppetry, & How We Respond to Family Members Who are Okay with Violence Against Us
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ep78: Thankfulness in Light of Hierarchy
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Ep77: Trump's Threats to Execute Democratic Lawmakers by Hanging
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep76: How Our Allegiance to Political Teams Leads Us to Excuse Sexual Abuse
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Ep75: The Epstein Coverup & How Rightwing Pundits are Minimizing Sexual Abuse
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Ep74: Reopening the Government & Releasing the Epstein Files - What Our Political Parties' Internal Debates Say About Their Values
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Ep73: The GOP's Islamophobia and the War Between Authoritarian Christianity & Authoritarian Islam
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep72: Election Results & the GOP Nazi Civil War
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Ep71: ICE Attacks on Chicago & Pastors Getting Arrested, with Hannah Kardon & Quincy Worthington
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ep70: Government Overreach & How Misogynists are Tapping into Christian Biases to Gain Power
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Ep69: The Government Shutdown & Trump's Ballroom
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep68: The Nazi Chat Groups Among Young Republicans
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Ep67: The Republican Reaction to No Kings Day and the GOP's Plan for a Dictatorship
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep66: How Biblical Interpretation & Theology Contribute to Our Political Differences, with Lily Wood
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ep65: The War and the Peace Deal Between Israel and Hamas
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ep64: Authoritarian Christian Nationalists are Redefining the Church, Communion, and Revival
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Ep63: Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Worship Service
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Ep62: How the Teachings of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham Harmed Kids & What Christian Parenting Alternatives are Available, with R. L. Stollar
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ep61: "Render Unto Caesar" - Matthew D. Taylor on Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ep60: How Rapture Predictions Center Ourselves Over Valuing Our Neighbors
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Ep59: How the Trump Administration's Attack on Free Speech & Press Serves the Seven Mountain Mandate
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ep58: Charlie Kirk's Popularity with College Students & How Universities Should Respond, with Matthew Boedy
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep57: Charlie Kirk
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep56: Vaccines, Autism, & the Chaos at the CDC, with Janet Kellogg Ray
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Ep55: Listening to Survivors of Abuse & the Epstein Survivors' News Conference, with Mallory Challis
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep54: The Battle Between Christian Nationalist Worshipers and LGBTQ-Supporting Kazoo Players in Seattle
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep53: The Unhealed Trauma & Theology of God Driving Violent Authoritarianism in White Evangelical Politics
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Ep52: The Toll on Women of Doug Wilson's Christian Nationalist Patriarchy, with Sarah Bader
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep51: How Authoritarian Christians Appeal to the Bible but End Up Recreating Ancient Empire Dynamics in Modern Politics
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep50: Getting Trump into Heaven Through His Foreign Policy, & the Death of James Dobson
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Ep49: The Big Meeting & How Christian Nationalists are Torn Between Allegiance to Trump and Idolization of Putin
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep48: How Should the Media Cover Doug Wilson? with Sarah Stankorb & Peter Bell
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep47: An Update on Laura Anderson & Navigating Therapy, Coaching, & Religious Trauma, with Emily Maynard
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep46: Gun Violence & the Shooting at Fort Stewart
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Ep45: Eugenics, JD Vance, & Sydney Sweeney's "Jeans," with Audrey Clare Farley
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep44: Religious Trauma Coach Laura Anderson's Code of Ethics Violations
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep43: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters Caught with Porn on Screen During School Board Meeting
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep42: Trump's Distractions & Ego
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Ep41: "When Deconstruction Becomes a Brand" by Katelyn Beaty
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep40: John MacArthur, Alligator Alcatraz, & the Epstein Coverups
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep39: Sexual Entitlement & the Epstein Files
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep38: BNG Writer's Roundtable
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Ep37: The So-Called Big Beautiful Bill
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep36: Alligator Alcatraz
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ep35: Traci D. Blackmon Preaches Romans 13 at CBF's McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer Luncheon
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep34: Paul Raushenbush's Keynote Speech at the CBF General Assembly
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Ep33: Bombing Iran, Violent Men, & Why Women are Leaving the Church, with Liz Cooledge Jenkins
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep32: MAGA's False Dichotomies: The Minnesota Shooting, the War in Iran, & Immigration
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep31: No Kings Day, Trump's Parade, & the Assassination in Minnesota
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep30: Protests in L.A. & Trump's Targeting of White Evangelical Support
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep29: SBC Annual Meeting & the Role of Denominational Institutions in Our Lives, with Matt Tebbe
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ep28: Allegations Against Sean Feucht & Tensions in the Worship Industry, with Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep27: RFK Jr.'s Attack on Science, with Kristine Johnson
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep26: Battle of Seattle Follow-up - How Violent Rhetoric Leads to Violent Retribution
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ep25: Worship Battle of Seattle
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep24: Biden's Cancer Diagnosis
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep23: Conservative Christianity Erased Her Asian Heritage, with Priska
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep22: The GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' & the Seven Mountain Mandate, with Matthew Boedy
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep21: Is Pope Leo XIV 'Woke'?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ep20: Authoritarian Theology & Entitlement, with Christa Brown
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep19: Healing Wounds Caused by White Communities, with Tori Williams Douglass
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep18: The Pope & the President, Part 2 - JD Vance & Catholic Integralism
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ep17: The Pope & the President, Part 1 - Traditional Latin Mass & Christian Nationalism
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep16: Responding to the Claims of Trump's Anti-Christian Bias Task Force
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Ep15: Pope Francis, Resurrection, & Restorative Justice, with Nicole Wiesen
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep14: White Evangelical Atonement Theologies & Holy Week
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Ep13: Effects of Tariffs on Asian Americans, with R. Scott Okamoto
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep12: Immigration, Tariffs, & Loving Neighbors, with Karen Swallow Prior
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep11: Flags as Symbolic Power, with Mara Richards Bim
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep10: Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech, Tariffs, & Retributive Justice
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ep9: Trump's Executive Order & Rewriting History, with Beth Allison Barr
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep8: Domination, Liberation, & Christian Aid, with Chrissy Stroop
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ep7: Crisis of Masculinity, with Rev. Angela Denker
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep6: GRACE Report: Tim Whitaker & The New Evangelicals
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ep5: The Media vs. Trump, with Mark Wingfield
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep4: Standing Up for the Marginalized Amid Trump's Reign of Terror, with Susan M. Shaw
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep3: Measles Outbreak & Listening to the Experts, with Janet Kellogg Ray
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep2: Trump's Address to Congress, with Anthea Butler
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ep1: Zelensky, Trump-Gaza, Prayer, & Andrew Tate
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Pilot
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Feb 20, 2025 |