This week’s guest is Jonathan Larsen, managing editor over at The Young Turks (TYT) Network.  Ever since he and his colleagues obtained the formerly-secret invitation list to the yearly National Prayer Breakfast that The Family–otherwise known as “The Fellowship Foundation”–wanted ... Read More »

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Inside the Dominionist Agenda of The Family (with Jonathan Larsen)

In this special bonus episode, which I’ve long been promising is indeed coming, I was able to interview therapist Rachel Bernstein of the IndoctriNation Podcast. This is actually Part 2 of two episodes we did–for the first half of the ... Read More »

Bonus Episode: How Religion Affects Our Mental Health (with Rachel Bernstein)

Kurt Andersen is a returning guest, this time to talk about his sequel to Fantasyland, which is his excellent and thought-provoking work, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America–A Recent History. How exactly does it function as a sequel to Fantasyland? ... Read More »

Evil Geniuses: Explaining America’s Vast Wealth Inequality (with Kurt Andersen)

For those two or three people who are unaware of who Seth Andrews is, all we have to say is “The Thinking Atheist” and you’ll understand everything. Seth and I had a fantastic conversation recently in which we discussed his ... Read More »

A Conversation with Seth Andrews, Host of The Thinking Atheist

In this special bonus episode, I’m welcoming back returning guest Dr David Madison, who was on the podcast several years ago. Our mutual friend Tim Sledge suggested I interview him about his new book, Ten Things Christians Wish Jesus Hadn’t ... Read More »

Bonus Episode: Ten Things Christians Wish Jesus Hadn’t Taught (with Dr David Madison)

This episode features author and activist Ryan Stollar, who grew up in the Christian homeschooling bubble, but has since become a staunch advocate for those who unfortunately suffered a great many abuses within that system. A former editor and author ... Read More »

Taking Dominion: Inside the Christian Homeschooling Bubble (with Ryan Stollar)

This special bonus episode features returning guest, Dr Warren Throckmorton. Though he identifies as a Christian himself, Dr Throckmorton has long been an outspoken activist and blogger for what he clearly sees as abuses within evangelicalism. In the current Christianity ... Read More »

Bonus Episode – The Mars Hill Legacy: Mark Driscoll’s Toxic Cult of Personality (with Dr Warren Throckmorton)

This week’s guest is Daniel Phelps, who grew up in the World Revival Church, now located in Kansas City, MO. A recent investigation by Fox News has shone some light on this church’s disturbing cult-like practices and tactics. Off the ... Read More »

Surviving the World Revival Church Cult of Kansas City (with Daniel Phelps)

In this special bonus episode, I recently caught up with Kurt Andersen, author of the 2017 book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire–A 500-Year History.   Kurt’s book explains so much about the current state of America today by looking at ... Read More »

Bonus Episode – Fantasyland: Blurring Fiction and Reality (with Kurt Andersen)

It’s finally out! This is an absolutely incredible, informative and educational conversation I had a while back with David Johnson, host of the Skeptics and Seekers podcast. I met David when we were guests on the Still Unbelievable podcast, and ... Read More »

Papering Over the Ugly Truth: The History of the Church and Racism (with David Johnson)

This week’s episode features another super informative–and potentially disturbing–conversation with returning guest, Fred Clarkson of the Political Research Associates. Matt Shea is a former Republican state legislator from my home state of Washington, up in the Pacific Northwest. He’s long ... Read More »

Theocratic Visions: Matt Shea, Timothy Taylor, and Taking Dominion (with Frederick Clarkson)

In this special bonus episode, I spoke recently with Dr Audrey Clare Farley, who wrote a fascinating (and quite disturbing) article not long ago exploring the connections between Dr James Dobson of Focus on the Family and…eugenics. Sounds crazy, right? ... Read More »

Bonus Episode – Dr James Dobson and the Eugenics Connection (with Dr Audrey Clare Farley)

After last week’s conversation with Jared Yates Sexton about his book American Rule, that spurred me to do some more investigation into this issue of the “noble lie”–what is it, and how exactly does it relate to the official American ... Read More »

The Noble Lie and American Mythology

Jared Yates Sexton, the co-host of the Muckrake Podcast, is back! This time we are taking a super deep dive into his excellent and thought-provoking book American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed its People. As always, ... Read More »

Bonus Episode – American Rule: Unpacking the Noble Lie of American Exceptionalism (with Jared Yates Sexton)

This week’s episode features an amazing survivor–Maya Ram. She not only survived a traumatic relationship with the Seventh Day Adventist cult, she also had to deal with a controlling, abusive mother too–who also used religion as a means of coercion. ... Read More »

Surviving a Toxic Faith, Mother, and Missions (with Maya Ram)

Reconstruction After Deconstruction, Post-Religion

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