It's in the Code ep 187: “It’s Important Work—As Long As Someone Else Does It”

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Josh Hawley tells us that blue-collar and manual labor are the domains of true masculinity. He tells us that they are the path to freedom, and meaning, and purpose. He tells us that men have no social value if they do not undertake this kind of work. But is any of this true? Does this kind of work bring us the freedom he claims? Is he really the voice of “working men?” Or is he another elitist who benefits from the exploitation of workers while masquerading as a liberator? Dan argues that this is the real story. Listen to this week’s episode to find out why. Subscribe for $3.65: ⁠https://axismundi.supercast.com/⁠ Subscribe to our free newsletter: ⁠https://swaj.substack.com/⁠ Order American Caesar by Brad Onishi: ⁠https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/⁠ Donate to SWAJ: https://axismundi.supercast.com/donations/new Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.1	Hello and welcome to It's in the Code.
1:33.4	Series is part of the podcast, Straight White American Jesus.
1:37.5	My name is Dan Miller, Professor of Religion and Social Thought at Lamar College.
1:40.9	Your host, pleased to be with you as always.
1:43.5	And as always, I want to say thank you for listening.
1:44.8	Thank you for taking the time to be here with us as we do this. And as always, want to invite you to reach out to me. Best way, Daniel Miller, Swage, Daniel Miller, S-W-A-J at gmail.com. If you've got thoughts, comments, feedback, also do office hours live once a month. You can me there in discord we have our live events supplemental
2:01.6	episodes once a month take any questions that you might have if you want to bring up things about
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