Special Episode: The Killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE w/ Angela Denker

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this special episode of Straight White American Jesus, Brad Onishi is joined by the Reverend Angela Denker to discuss the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE in Minneapolis on January 7th. As video footage circulates and national leaders offer sharply conflicting accounts—from Minnesota officials describing an unjustified killing to figures like JD Vance and Kristi Noem framing it as lawful self-defense—the episode centers on the human cost of gaslighting and state-sanctioned violence. Denker, a Minneapolis resident who lives near the site of the shooting, offers an on-the-ground account of the aftermath: canceled schools, traumatized children, vigils and protests, and a city once again forced to grieve amid gaslighting and cruelty from those in power. Drawing on her experience as a Lutheran pastor, journalist, and leading critic of Christian nationalism, Denker reflects on courage, solidarity, and the widening scope of state-sanctioned violence. Together, she and Onishi explore why this killing—of a white American woman—has jolted public consciousness, even as similar violence has long been inflicted on Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities. The conversation situates Minneapolis’s response within its history of resistance, faith-based organizing, and collective care, while naming the lie that white supremacy protects anyone. This episode is a raw, urgent meditation on grief, truth-telling, and the moral stakes of this political moment—and a call to remember Renee Nicole Goode not only in death, but in the fullness of her life and humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:14.0	Yesterday, January 7th, a woman named Renee Nicole Good was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
0:23.4	Most of you are familiar with the story already.
0:29.6	Videos have emerged showing that Renee Nicole Good was trying to leave the scene when an ICE officer put his gun in her car and murdered her.
0:35.5	Since then, conflicting reports have emerged with Governor Tim Wals and
0:40.0	Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, saying that there was nothing involved here except for a woman
0:46.4	trying to leave the scene and who was then murdered in cold blood. Others like Kristine Ome and
0:52.7	J.D. Vance have said that this officer was defending himself,
0:56.7	saying that if one is resisting or somehow threatening law enforcement, then they should expect
1:03.0	to be hurt or punished. Today I speak with the Reverend Angela Danker, who is a Minneapolis
1:10.8	resident. The Reverend Angela Danker, who is a Minneapolis resident.
1:12.2	The Reverend Angela Danker is an award-winning author and journalist.
1:15.5	She wrote the book Red State Christians and also Disciples of White Jesus, the radicalization
1:20.3	of American Boyhood.
1:21.5	We feature both of those books on this show, and she is, to me, an insightful voice when
1:26.5	it comes to Christian nationalism and the ways
1:29.0	that the church has turned towards authoritarianism. We're going to talk about what happened yesterday.
1:34.4	I'm going to get her account of what took place, what is happening on the ground with
1:40.0	vigils and protests and the general feeling of everything that is going on in the city
1:45.8	and her perspective as both a journalist as a pastor and a critic of Christian nationalism
1:51.7	and Maga-Trumpism about what's really going on here. I'm Brad Onishi. This is a special
1:57.9	episode of straight white American Jesus.
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