Brad Unfiltered: The Gospel of Peter Thiel (Part I)

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this recording of a livestream from October 6, 2025, Dr. Brad Onishi delves into the complex religious worldview of Peter Thiel, exploring his beliefs about Christianity, technology, and the future. Thiel's perspective on Armageddon, the Antichrist, and the role of innovation in society is examined, alongside his influences from political theorists like Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss. The discussion also touches on the concept of mimesis and scapegoating in human behavior, and how these ideas shape Thiel's vision for a future led by tech founders.Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 850-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	Welcome, y'all.
0:33.3	Hope you are hanging in.
0:34.9	It's good to be with you today and want to talk about the gospel of Peter Thiel.
0:40.1	So let's do it.
1:07.2	Okay. All right. So I've been thinking about Peter Thiel and his religious worldview for a little bit now and thought today was a really good day to jump into that. I want to say thanks to all of you who are here and say that this is part one. I don't
1:12.2	think we're going to get to everything today. So if we need to do this again next week, I'll be back
1:17.2	and we'll do this until we feel like we've got it all covered and until people are no longer
1:23.1	interested. I'm Dr. Bradenishi, co-host of this podcast, Straight White American Jesus. I'm a scholar
1:28.9	of religion, the author of Preparing for War, the extremist history of white Christian nationalism,
1:33.4	and what comes next, the founder of Axis Moody Media. Would love for you to subscribe to our
1:38.2	channel. It would help us out a lot. And if you like what we're doing, you can think about
1:41.3	donating or becoming a premium subscriber so we can just keep our flag up and keep doing this work covering religious nationalism and
1:49.0	authoritarianism, Christian fascism, and so on and so forth.
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