The Joshua Generation grows up

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A group of evangelical Christians raised their children to become influential in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the Supreme Court. We’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year in which now-adult members of the “Joshua generation” reckon with their upbringing. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The documentary
0:02.4	The Documentary Shiny Happy People, Dugger Family Secrets, was Amazon's biggest documentary debut ever.
0:09.2	It's about the Evangelical Christian family who were stars of TLC's 19 kids and counting.
0:15.0	Some things about the dugers were already well known.
0:18.0	They were part of a movement where having and then homeschooling many, many children was
0:21.8	encouraged,
0:23.0	creating an army for God it was sometimes called.
0:25.8	Less well known was that the Duggers considered themselves
0:28.8	and their kids part of something called the Joshua generation.
0:32.2	It sounds almost conspiratorial,
0:33.5	but these kids were raised to become influential
0:36.1	in places where influence mattered.
0:38.4	The goal was Christian homeschool graduates
0:40.4	who would be US senators, who would be US presidents, and most importantly who
0:46.1	would be US Supreme Court justices.
0:49.2	Coming up on today explained, a show we aired earlier this year on what the Joshua generation is and why
0:55.4	some evangelical Christians are turning their backs on it.
0:59.4	Spark your creativity with the Sims.
1:03.0	Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative,
1:06.0	and you have to go in search of your creative spark again.
1:09.0	Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,
1:12.0	experimenting with a new look, or trying out a new recipe.
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