572 - Interview with Katherine Stewart, author of "Money, Lies, and God"
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Katherine Stewart has long been the canary in the coal mine when it comes to Christian Nationalism. In 2020, just before the presidential election, she published "The Power Worshippers," all about the threat of that movement. It even inspired the documentary "God & Country."
Her new book is even scarier, in part because she is so good at knowing what's coming down the pipeline. It's called "Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy," and it reveals the connection between Christian Nationalism, wealth, and the death of American democracy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hemet Menta for the Friendly Atheist Podcast. |
| 0:02.9 | If you enjoy the show, please go to patreon.com slash friendly atheist podcast to support it. |
| 0:10.4 | Jessica will be back next week. |
| 0:12.9 | But this week, I wanted to present you with an interview I got to do with Catherine Stewart. |
| 0:19.6 | She's the author of a book that's called Money, Lies, |
| 0:22.8 | and God Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy. And since it covers so much of what |
| 0:29.6 | Jessica and I discuss on this podcast all the time, I think you will appreciate everything |
| 0:35.2 | Catherine had to say. And then Jess and I will be back next week |
| 0:38.9 | to talk about other news stories. You all know my guest, Catherine Stewart, because she's been |
| 0:44.7 | the canary in the coal mine when it comes to Christian nationalism. In 2020, just before that |
| 0:50.4 | year's presidential election, she published the power worshippers all about the threat |
| 0:55.2 | of that movement. It even inspired the documentary God and Country. If you can believe it, her new book |
| 1:02.2 | is even scarier than the last one, in part because Catherine is really good at knowing what's |
| 1:08.8 | coming down the pipeline. It's called money, lies, and God |
| 1:13.0 | inside the movement to destroy American democracy. It is a lighthearted, illustrated children's |
| 1:19.9 | book. I'm kidding. It's terrifying. But it's also clarifying because she contextualizes what we |
| 1:26.5 | are seeing in the news right now. The book really shows the |
| 1:29.6 | connection between Christian nationalism, wealth, and the death of American democracy. So let me bring |
| 1:37.4 | Catherine in here. Hello. How are you doing? Hi. Thanks so much for having me. Thank you for doing this. Let me start off by just asking you, |
| 1:47.1 | your title is money, lies, and God, what is the bigger problem right now? Is it billionaires using |
| 1:53.7 | the treasury as an ATM or Christian nationalist using their majorities to impose their faith |
| 2:00.1 | on everyone else? |
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