It’s In the Code Ep. 59: “Don’t They Care?”
Why do so many on the Christian, cultural, and political right receive such obvious pleasure in enacting policies and legislation that harm others? Don’t they care about the harm they’re doing? And if not, why not? Dan tackles this issue in this week’s episode, taking a look empathy, and its lack, as key concept for […]
We Are in a Lawsuit, in Texas, Over Free Speech!
Brad is scheduled to speak on August 26th at an interfaith event held by the Metropolex Atheists. However, the city of Fort Worth refuses to allow the group to advertise. Brad speaks with Nick Fish, president of the American Atheists, on how the City is creating a false pretext to prevent a group of non-religious […]
Weekly Roundup: Jesus Said Push Them in the River
Brad and Dan begin by discussing a bombshell report at the New York Times outlining Trump’s plans to completely transform the executive branch if he becomes president again. Brad analyzes how the playbook he and his team are using comes right from Orban’s takeover of Hungary’s government from within. In the second segment Dan analyzes […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 58: “It’s a Mental Illness”
Why do those on the religious and cultural right often describe transgender or gender-nonconforming identity as a mental illness? What is the relationship of “gender dysphoria” and trans or gender-nonconforming identity? Why would some who target trans and gender-nonconforming people claim that they are doing it because they care for them? And finally, how can […]
The Women Taking Down Abusive Evangelical Men
Brad speaks with veteran journalist Sarah Stankorb about her new book Disobedient Women. Disobedient Women is not just a look at the women who have used the internet to bring down the religious power structures that were meant to keep them quiet, but also a picture of the large-scale changes that are happening within evangelical culture […]
Weekly Roundup: Straights Only at the Hair Salon + White Nationalists in the Military
303 Creative Fallout, Tuberville, the Long Term Effects of Protest
It’s In the Code Ep. 57: Religious Freedom Part II
The language of “religious freedom” is often used as a code for the preservation of traditional White Christian privilege in the US. But it is also used as a code for efforts to use religious ideology to influence the secular government, so that the beliefs of a minority of White conservative Christians in the US […]
Moms for “Liberty”
Last weekend Moms for Liberty held their national conference in Philadelphia. Annika Brockschmidt attended the conference. She talks to Brad about the protests outside the conference, conversations with rank and file members, and speeches from Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and many others. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the […]
Weekly Roundup: Klanned Karenhood (Moms for Liberty)
Brad begins with a long discussion of the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadephia. He centers his comments on the long history of “housewife populism” that goes back to the 1950s. Drawing on work from Gill Frank and Melissa Deckman, Brad argues that Moms for Liberty stands in a long lineage of grassroots movements led […]
Asian Americans + Affirmative Action
Myths, Data, Predictions