Andrew Seidel - Christian Nationalism & Information Warfare

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Constitutional attorney, author, and YouTuber Andrew Seidel joins Lola & Meagan to discuss Christian Nationalism, why its based on a myth, how it led to cultural shifts in the U.S. during the 1950s, its impact on the Supreme Court today, the practice of cherry picking ideas from the Bible, the worst case scenario of where it can lead, and why the separation of church and state was a uniquely American concept. Trust Me is brought to you by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive! Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 Trust. That's 347-868-7878. Or shoot us an email at
0:17.3	trustmepod at gmail.com. Trust me. Trust me. I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you.
0:28.5	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't! Welcome to Trust Me. The podcast about cult,
0:35.6	extreme belief, and manipulation from two founding daughters who've actually experienced it,
0:40.4	I'm Lola Blanc, and I'm Megan Elizabeth. And today our guest is Andrew's
0:45.0	title, Constitutional Attorney, Fighting for the Separation of Church and State. He's got a YouTube
0:50.0	channel, he's written books, he's done it all, he's going to define what Christian nationalism is
0:54.8	and why it's based on a myth, how the separation of church and state was an explicit intention that
0:59.5	was uniquely American and why it matters, why prayer and schools and government is antithetical to
1:04.4	the First Amendment and how mentions of God and things like the Pledge of Allegiance were only added
1:08.6	in the 1950s. I did not know that. A lot of surprising information in this episode will discuss
1:13.8	recent Christian nationalist decisions in the Supreme Court, the worst case scenario of where
1:18.6	this goes. The practice of Bible cherry picking, how many Christians do understand the importance
1:23.8	of the separation of church and state and want to preserve it and so much more? Amen! There's so much
1:30.5	information in this episode, you might need to listen to it several times. Lots of really good
1:36.3	stuff I've been wanting to do an episode on this for a while. Before we jump in, what's your
1:40.8	cultiest thing Megan? I'm diving in deep with Jill Duggers, new book counting the cost, where she
1:47.2	talks about her experience growing up in the Dugger cult, which we recently did an episode on,
1:54.2	wow, the famous Megan Kelly interview that her and her sister were forced to do where they
2:00.1	denounced basically that her brother did anything wrong to them, Josh Dugger, who's now in prison
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