This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast, I'm your host Kyle Thompson.

Let's get into it.

Alright guys, we got a special guest on the podcast today.

His name is Ryan Burge, so he is a podcast alum.

He was just back on episode 264 that will be in the show notes, so you can check that

out.

But if you missed that episode, he is a pastor, writer and PhD in political science, and

he's also a professor.

So kind of a unique bird in all those types of things.

He's a pastor of a small Baptist church.

And he's also the assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University.

And on the last podcast, we talked about a book that he released called The Nuns, where

they came from, who they are, and where they are going.

So this book does a really deep statistical dive into the increasing number of Americans

that have no religious affiliation.

But then he did a follow up book, and I just finished reading this follow up book.

This book is out now.

If you're listening to this podcast, it's called 20 myths about religion and politics

in America.

So as you're reading through this, and we talk about this in the show, we get into individual

myths, and they just don't seem like they would be right.

But then he gives you a statistical reason as to why these things are myths.

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