Extremely American

Feed Swap: Introducing A Whole Other Country, from Marfa Public Radio

As the country heads toward the 2026 midterm elections, we're getting ready for Season 3 of Extremely American, coming early 2027. In the meantime, we're sharing an episo

The American Storytelling collection explores the human stories behind the political headlines

Politics is the human story behind the headlines: our hopes, disagreements, choices and visions for what comes next. This fall, the American Storytelling Collection bring

Onward Christian Soldiers: What Trump's Victory Means For Christian Nationalism

Extremely American host Heath Druzin returns to Moscow, Idaho to give a talk about Christian nationalism and how American theocrats are now closer than ever to getting po

BONUS Onward Christian Soldiers: The Christian Case Against Christian Nationalism

A panel discussion with Christian leaders from across the political spectrum who are concerned about the rise of Christian nationalism. They talk about why they see the m

BONUS Onward Christian Soldiers: When Dinosaurs Walked With People

Heath and Jimmy travel to the Creation Museum, a kind of theme park dedicated to the idea that the Bible's creation story is literally true and that the earth is 6,000 ye

Onward Christian Soldiers: Joyful, Jolly Warriors

Heath and Jimmy travel to Kentucky to attend a kind of Christian nationalist festival in the shadow of a six-story replica of Noah's Ark. The gathering brings together le

Onward Christian Soldiers: Planting Christendom

Christian nationalists are trying to take over the country one church and one school at a time. They have a blueprint for how to gain influence community by community and

Onward Christian Soldiers: Wolves Among The Flock

Critics of Christ Church and Christian nationalism say the emphasis on women submitting to men fuels an underbelly of abuse. Emilie Paige Dye is an abuse survivor and she

Onward Christian Soldiers: Disobedience

Helen Shores Peters starts to break with the patriarchy, but the patriarchy isn't done with her. And her change of heart leads her into a fight for her kids. To manage p

Onward Christian Soldiers: Obedience

Helen Shores Peters was a true believer in patriarchal Christianity. She learned to be submissive to men in a fundamentalist school, got married at 20 and lived the life

Onward Christian Soldiers: The Charismatic Preacher And The Intoleristas

Doug Wilson has gone from small town preacher to a leader in America's Christian nationalist movement. Along the way he's been equally good at attracting congregants and

Onward Christian Soldiers: Is It A Kirker?

Christ Church is taking a novel approach to increasing their influence in Moscow. So far, they don't have the numbers to win elections, but they do have one resource: mon

Onward Christian Soldiers: Make It A Christian Town

In the season 2 premiere of Extremely American, we meet Pastor Doug Wilson who leads Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. His vision for the small college town? He wants to cl

Season 2: Onward Christian Soldiers

The Christian nationalist movement wants to make America a theocracy — a government under Biblical rule. Christ Church, embedded in a small, rural Idaho college town, is

Bonus: Beyond Jan. 6: How Militias Are Trying To Remake America

This was originally a Twitter Spaces hosted by NPR and Boise State Public Radio. It's a wide-ranging discussion about where the movements are headed, their outlook with D

Bonus: The Kenosha Kid

The Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial captured militias' attention like no other criminal case in recent memory. For them, Rittenhouse embodied the way they see themselves: p

Taking Militias to Court

Former federal prosecutor Mary McCord is trying to put militias out of business and she's got their attention. She's working on a national strategy to get prosecutors and

The Resistance

Jennifer Ellis has received threats in her fight to get the Idaho GOP out of the grips of an increasingly far-right ideology. But she's no liberal – she's a conservative

The 51st State

Way up in the Northern Rockies there's a sort of mythical 51st state. It's called the American Redoubt and it's a kind of theocratic limited government utopia, one with l

The Insurrection Wing

.R. Majewski was in Washington D.C. the day of the Capitol insurrection, hoping to see the presidential election of Joe Biden overturned. Now he wants your vote, at least