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Straight White American Jesus
by Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 12 | #199 | #194 |
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The Sunday Interview: "Women Are a Snare"": Purity Culture and the Scandal at Wheaton
October 11, 2026 · 49 minBrad Onishi talks with three Wheaton College alumnae about the growing controversy over how the college handled abuse by a former administrator, and why they say the problem is systemic rather than the work of one person. The abuse took…
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Weekly Roundup: Hegseth’s Execution Livestream, “Bomb LA,” and "What Would Hitler Do?"
October 10, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minThey want to rule, not govern. This week on the Weekly Roundup, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down Trump’s “bomb LA” comments, the “enemy combatant” rhetoric aimed at Somalis in Minnesota, Hegseth’s plan to live-stream a firing squad…
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It's in the Code Ep. 208: What Happens to People Who Have Never Heard the Gospel?
October 8, 2026 · 28 minWhat happens to people who have never heard the gospel? It's one of the most common questions people raise in church, and one of the most uncomfortable: how can God be just if he condemns people who never had the chance to respond to the…
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Axis Live: The Antichrist is Already Here
October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minThe Antichrist is not a scary villain who shows up someday to rule the world. According to the New Testament, there are already many of them, and they look a lot like Christians who abuse power in Jesus' name. On the pub day of Defying…
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The Sunday Interview: James Talarico and the Christian Left
October 4, 2026 · 31 minBrought 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 and essayist Miguel Petrosky about his article for The Revealer…
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Weekly Roundup: Hegseth's Christian Crusader Army + Eric Schmitt, Jack Smith, & Crimes
October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minIn 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. military as a Christian crusader army defined by narrow standards of body…
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It's In the Code Ep. 207: Was Mary a Virgin?
September 30, 2026 · 29 min"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 line in Luke 1:34, which together explain why the tradition reads…
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Axis Live: Peter Thiel Is His Own Antichrist | Plus: Suing Texas Over the Ten Commandments
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minPeter 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) break down the viral clip: what Thiel means by "bad" versus "evil,"…
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The Sunday Interview: The Myth of the Persecuted Christian and the Inverted Golden Rule
September 27, 2026 · 51 minThis week on The Sunday Interview, Brad revisits a conversation with sociologist of religion Paul Djupe (Denison University) on two ideas shaping the current political moment: the myth of the persecuted Christian and the inverted golden…
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It's In the Code Ep. 207: Does God Change His Mind?
September 24, 2026 · 30 minDoes 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 represent such a threat to high-control religion and traditional…
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Axis Live: A CIA Insider on Trump, Iran, and the Collapse of American Powe
September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minMatthew 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 ideologically cohesive religious right — has long struggled to…
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The Sunday Interview: Strange People on the Hill: When White Nationalists Buy a Castle
September 20, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minIn 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 happened when Peter and Lydia Brimelow, the couple behind the white…
About the show
An in-depth examination of the culture and politics of Christian Nationalism and Evangelicalism by two ex-evangelical ministers-turned-religion professors. If you have ever wondered what social and historical forces led white evangelicals to usher Donald Trump into the White House this is the show for you. As former insiders and critical scholars of religion, Dan Miller and Bradley Onishi have a unique perspective on the Religious Right. Guests have included Chrissy Stroop, R. Marie Griffith, Janelle Wong, Randall Balmer, Katherine Stewart, and many others.