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The Sunday Interview: James Talarico and the Christian Left

Brought to you by Homerserve: www.homeserve.com/swaj Can the Christian left challenge the religious right’s claim to moral authority? Leah Payne speaks with journalist

Weekly Roundup: Hegseth's Christian Crusader Army + Eric Schmitt, Jack Smith, & Crimes

In this episode of Straight White American Jesus, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down Pete Hegseth's State of the Force speech, which they argue recasts the U.S. milita

It's In the Code Ep. 207: Was Mary a Virgin?

"Was Mary a virgin?" Dan Miller unpacks the question in layers. First, the textual evidence: the Greek word parthenos and its relationship to the Hebrew alma; plus Mary's

Axis Live: Peter Thiel Is His Own Antichrist | Plus: Suing Texas Over the Ten Commandments

Peter Thiel says that if you're evil, maybe you're actually good. Brad Onishi (author of American Caesar) and Matthew D. Taylor (author of The Violent Take It by Force) b

The Sunday Interview: The Myth of the Persecuted Christian and the Inverted Golden Rule

This week on The Sunday Interview, Brad revisits a conversation with sociologist of religion Paul Djupe (Denison University) on two ideas shaping the current political mo

It's In the Code Ep. 207: Does God Change His Mind?

Does God change his mind? CAN God change his mind? The traditional theological answer to both of these questions is “no.” But what if the answer is “yes”? Why would this

Axis Live: A CIA Insider on Trump, Iran, and the Collapse of American Powe

Matthew Taylor is joined by historian and former CIA Africa analyst Holly Berkley Fletcher (author of The Missionary Kids) to unpack why the religious left — unlike the i

The Sunday Interview: Strange People on the Hill: When White Nationalists Buy a Castle

In this Sunday interview, Annika Brockschmidt talks with journalist and podcaster Michael Edison Hayden about his new book, Strange People on the Hill, which follows what

Weekly Roundup: Trump Gets SCOTUS Blocked (and the GOP's Nazi Problem)

SCOTUS just blocked Donald Trump's attempt to use the U.S. Postal Service to interfere with mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms — but is the fight over election int

It's In the Code 206: What the Hell? (Part 2)

Can God be perfectly good and perfectly just and still send people to hell? What’s at stake with questions like these? How do adherents of high-control religion respond t

Axis Live: The Tech-Monarchist - Christian Civilizationalist Alliance No One is Talking About

Brad Onishi on "American Caesar": Inside the Movement to End American DemocracyToday is release day for Brad Onishi's new book American Caesar, and Matt Taylor sits down

The Sunday Interview: The Tech-Fascist - Christian Supremacist Alliance

Brad Onishi previews his new book American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy, out this week, and shares its audiobook introduction.

Weekly Roundup: 9/11, Mamdani, and MAGA's Holy War

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Brad breaks down Donald Trump's false claims about his experience that day, Rudy Giuliani's attacks on Mayor Zohran Mamdani for attending

It's In the Code Ep. 205: What the Hell? (Part I)

The idea of “hell” is a central focus within conservative, high-control Christianity (with analogues in some other traditions as well). But what, exactly, is the teaching

Axis Live: Elon Musk, AfD, and the Global Far-Right Network Nobody's Covering

For the first time since 1945, a far-right party bordering on Nazism has won real power in Germany. Brad Onishi and Matthew D. Taylor break down the AfD's stunning electi

The Sunday Interview: The Christian Turn Against Democracy (PART II)

In PART II A conversation between Robert P. Jones and Brad Onishi, whose books—Backslide and American Caesar—arrive one week apart from the same publisher. Jones traces h

The Sunday Interview: The Christian Turn Against Democracy w/ Robert P. Jones (PART 1)

In PART I of this conversation, Brad Onishi and Robert P. Jones (author of Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith in a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy) discuss w

Weekly Roundup: JD Vance, the End Times, and the Antichrist

Brad and Dan break down JD Vance's wide-ranging interview with Gen Z podcaster Bryce Crawford, unpacking his comments on the end times, the possibility that the Antichris

It's In the Code 205: "What is Baptism?"

Even people have never set foot in a church have probably heard of “baptism” and know that it’s something…well…Christian. But what exactly IS baptism? Why do Christians d

Axis Live: Hegseth Is Firing Generals and Hiring Influencers — Inside the Pentagon's Collapse

Brad Onishi and Matthew D. Taylor break down two major stories reshaping the Trump-era right: the sudden deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos and the escalating chaos inside