Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the Muckrick podcast.

I'm Jared Y. Sexton.

Nick Houselman is not here today, but we have a really important interview that we're

really excited for you to hear.

I got a chance to talk to Catherine Stewart, who is a journalist and the author of

the power worshippers Inside the Dangerous

Rise of Religious Nationalism.

We had a really good chat like we always do, and Catherine and I talked about the forces

that were behind the overtaking of the Supreme Court, eventually the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as well as the

rise of Christian nationalism, which, you know, we've been warning about for a while now.

You know, it's sort of been hiding a little bit behind the power structure of the Republican Party,

but now it's just completely out there in the

wide, wide open.

It's terrifying stuff.

And Catherine and I talk at length about what that means and what these people are actually

planning to do should they gain power over the system.

Before we get to that interview, a couple of bits of housekeeping.

A reminder, if you want to support this show, keep it ad-free, editorially independent,

go over to patreon.com slash monkwreck podcast. There you'll gain access to the additional

episode on Fridays, the Weekender, as well as some of these live tapings that we do.

We did one last week. We had a heck of a time. These are some of my favorite things. As well,

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