The Subtext: Rent Free: All is Fair in Love And (Culture) War

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Lee Camp

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This episode has been living rent-free in our heads leading up to the Super Bowl, so we're dropping it back in your feed. What does it mean when the Super Bowl Halftime Show has become a front line in the latest culture wars? When Turning Point USA launches an “All-American Halftime Show” to rival Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, it’s more than a musical critique; it’s a signal of a culture war. In this episode, Savannah and Lee unpack why something as ordinary as a halftime show can feel like a referendum on faith, family, and freedom. From the backlash that followed Reconstruction to Reagan’s alliance with the religious right, to today’s debates over gender, race, and education, the culture wars have always been about who stays in power. How can we interact with culture wars better? How should we treat “hot topic” issues? Things we mentioned in this episode: Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton James by Percival Everett All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert Awake by Jen Hatmaker The Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin Bad Faith by Randall Balmer Mere Discipleship by Lee C. Camp All the Buried Women podcast Ed Larson on No Small Endeavor Randall Balmer on No Small Endeavor Garrett Graff on No Small Endeavor Follow The Subtext: Instagram | Threads | X | YouTube | TikTok Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter | Lee's Newsletter Follow Savannah: Instagram | Substack Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Savannah Locke, co-host of the subtext.
0:04.3	And this episode has been living rent-free in our minds since it first aired.
0:08.9	In it, Lee and I talk about the Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny,
0:13.3	alongside an alternative broadcast airing at the same time,
0:16.7	the All-American Half-Time Show, produced by Turning Point USA,
0:20.8	which just announced this week that Kid Rock and three country acts will be performing.
0:25.3	When this episode originally dropped, we got lots of feedback,
0:28.6	and with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend,
0:30.5	we thought it was the perfect time to bring it back.
0:32.9	So enjoy listening, and this Wednesday be on the lookout for a brand new episode
0:36.9	recapping both shows and sharing our thoughts.
0:41.3	Hello, Lee. Welcome to the subjects.
0:44.6	Hello, Savannah. Why does that tickle you? I think it's just funny to welcome you to your own show.
0:51.5	It's our show? Yes. And I think that's funny. And we both just discussed how we had
0:57.1	so many meetings before this. And I do feel that I clawed through hours of meetings to get here.
1:03.4	Yes, me too, me too. But it's good to be here. It's so good to be here. A relief from the meetings.
1:08.4	A relief from our revolt against the meetings, if you will.
1:11.9	That's right. That's right. Well, how are you feeling? What are you bringing in today? I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good. Lots of good work going on. Lots of wonderful people to meet and talk to and connect with. So it's good. How about you? Other than the meeting.
1:28.7	Other than my meeting fatigue.
1:30.4	Yeah.
1:30.7	I have been told by two people in the last 10 years that I've worked with that I have
1:35.2	something called communication fatigue.
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