Michael and Us: He's Surely Alive w/ Alex Shephard

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Reports of God's death remain greatly exaggerated in GOD'S NOT DEAD 2 (2016), in which Evangelical Christianity is put literally on trial. We welcome back Alex Shephard (staff writer for The New Republic and expert in the blockbuster Christian film franchise), and discuss how this installment's relentless focus on Facts and Logic situates it in a recent but very different era of the culture war. PLUS: Ron DeSantis continues to have no juice.

"Ron DeSantis Has a Ron DeSantis Problem" by Alex Shephard - https://newrepublic.com/article/174327/ron-desantis-ron-desantis-problem

Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, my co-host Luke is a Stern Taskmaster who would be very upset if I didn't tell
0:11.4	you about the Michael and us Patreon.
0:14.2	For a mere 5 Yankee Dollars per month, you get an extra episode every week.
0:19.4	In recent episodes, we've discussed the Rambo franchise, specifically the 4th entry
0:24.5	from 2008, The Flash, Air Force 1, Tim Burton's Ed Wood, and Ingmar Bergman's Persona.
0:32.1	We've also had a recent run of Pink Floyd-related material.
0:35.7	Luke produced and hosted a special documentary episode on the making of Adam Hart Mother,
0:40.8	as well as an interview with drummer Nick Mason.
0:43.8	And from the sublime to the ridiculous, we did a deep dive into the worst piece of internet
0:48.4	content of all time, the nostalgic critics review of The Wall.
0:53.0	Call that and more on patreon.com slash Michael and us.
0:56.4	We're also grateful to partner with Jacob and Radio.
0:58.9	Be sure to check out other great shows on the Jacob and Radio Network, like Behind the
1:02.8	News, Long Reads, and The Dick.
1:24.0	Gentlemen, are we good?
1:25.5	Yeah, welcome to Michael and us.
1:27.2	I'm Will Sloan, here is always with Luke Savage.
1:29.8	Welcome back everyone.
1:30.9	And a very special guest on this episode.
1:33.0	You know him from The New Republic.
1:34.9	You know him from the previous episode on the first film in The God's Not Dead franchise,
1:40.8	which I haven't seen that film, but I've seen the movie on this episode.
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