The Slow Civil War with Jeff Sharlet

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Brad speaks with Jeff Sharlet about his NYT bestseller The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. Jeff talks about everything from his long conversations about MLK Jr. with Harry Belafonte, to the lustful feeling of the first Trump rallies in 2015, to the desire for vengeance felt among MAGA nation in the wake of 2020, to following the ghost of Ashli Babbitt all over the country. In all, he paints a picture of a cracked nation filled with fear - and a longing for hope. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Merch: BUY OUR NEW Come and Take It and Election Affirmer ! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 To Donate: venmo - @straightwhitejc https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an irreverent podcast.
0:03.7	Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.
0:22.5	Welcome to straight white American Jesus.
0:24.0	My name is Brad O'Neill.
0:24.8	She faculty at the University of San Francisco.
0:27.3	And today I have somebody who just absolutely thrilled.
0:30.5	Someone who's writing many of you are going to be familiar with and whose work in many ways has been groundbreaking on many levels over the last couple of decades.
0:39.0	And that's Jeff Charlotte.
0:39.8	So Jeff, thank you for doing this.
0:42.7	Thanks, Brad.
0:43.3	It's great to be talking about these horrible things.
0:47.2	This is a toll.
0:49.2	But that would start with a good thing.
0:50.6	And you suggested that we begin our conversation with Harry Belfonte.
0:55.2	And I'm really glad you did.
0:56.4	Harry Belfonte, I opened this book, The Undertale.
0:59.1	Seems from a slow civil war, which is about the bad times we are in now with Harry Belfonte.
1:04.9	And I'm grateful to my publisher for letting me do it because some people are going to open it up and say,
1:09.4	what? I wanted to learn about, you know, fascism and the Christian right.
1:13.6	And you're, you're giving me the, the banana boat song guy.
1:19.2	I think it was essential to do so.
1:20.6	It was essential for my own sanity.
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