"I'm a Fascist"

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Brad speaks with Dr. Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Recovering Truth Project (Arizona State University) about her recent article, "The Hybridity of Rural Fascism." She discusses the Evangelical converts to Orthodoxy in rural Appalachia, at least one of which self-identifies as a fascist. She explains how the group sees Trump as too conservative, and instead looks to Putin as the model leader for this--and any--country. As her and Brad explore, the community represents the extreme end of Christian patriarchy, authoritarianism, and trad-values. While it would be easy to label it as a fringe movement, Dr. Riccardi-Swartz reminds us just how prevalent these values are in contemporary White Christian America. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Venmo: @straightwhitejc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an irreverent podcast.
0:03.7	Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.
0:22.0	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.
0:24.0	I am Brad O'Nishi, Faculty and Religion at Skidmore College.
0:26.9	Our show is hosted in partnership with the Cap Center at UCSB.
0:30.9	I am joined today by a friend and colleague who does amazing work.
0:34.9	And that is Sarah Ricardi Swartz, who is a postdoctoral fellow for the loose-funded
0:38.9	recovering truth project.
0:40.9	And that project is on religion, journalism, democracy, and a post-truth era.
0:45.9	It's hosted at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.
0:50.9	Sarah is an anthropologist, a scholar of American religion, and trained documentary filmmaker.
0:55.9	Who specializes in social politics, media, and orthodox Christianity.
1:00.9	Her research has been funded by New York University, the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia.
1:06.9	The Louisville Institute, a Charlotte Nukem Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
1:12.9	Fordham University, and a Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship
1:17.9	from the Social Science Research Council and the Fetzer Institute.
1:21.9	Her first book manuscript is titled Political Apostasy, American Convergence to Russian Orthodoxy
1:27.9	during the Trump Putin era.
1:29.9	Sarah, thanks so much for taking the time to be here.
1:32.9	Thank you so much for having me on your amazing show.
1:35.9	No, I mean, it's a pleasure.
1:38.9	And we're here to talk about a piece of writing you did recently that is what I described to you as a gut punch.
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