The Uncomfortable Awakening: Redefining Worldviews with Monte Mader Part 2

Cate & Ty Break It Down

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Monte is back for part 2 of the conversation on the collision of faith and politics. Cate, Tyler and Monte discuss the toxic roots of Christian nationalism and the power of young voters in the most recent NYC elections. Plus, Monte shares her intensely personal journey of deconstruction, discussing how to find peace, freedom, and self-acceptance after leaving a fundamentalist upbringing, and why anger is a necessary step towards authentic forgiveness.

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	U.K. slash Wondery. That's audible.com.uk slash Wondery.
0:20.0	Hey guys, welcome back to Kate and Ty, Break It Down.
0:23.0	Last week we left off with Monty talking about her fundamentalist upbringing and how she has seen an increase of Christ's followers finally questioning Christian nationalism.
0:32.2	So, nice to have you back, Monty.
0:34.4	So what I've tried to do with my platform, and that's why I don't talk about my faith on my page.
0:38.9	Right, right.
0:39.3	Because I'm like, no, no, no, no. Let's just look at the information. What do you think? The data. Can you be curious? Can you sit with the question, even if it makes you uncomfortable? Because what else is happening is as they've taken the hoods off and they've revealed, they've kind of exposed their underbelly.
0:53.7	We're seeing people wake up.
0:55.2	Which I'm so glad.
0:56.5	Please wake up.
0:57.0	The most dangerous thing. taken the hoods off and they've revealed they've kind of exposed their underbelly. We're seeing people wake up.
0:55.3	Which I'm so glad.
0:56.5	Please wake up.
0:57.1	The most dangerous thing when it comes to fundamentalists and especially theocracies, which
1:01.7	is what Christian nationalism is.
1:04.5	And fundamentalism, the only common element that every single fundamentalist group has in
1:10.3	every single religion is the is the
1:12.2	subjugation of women yeah right any fundamentalist group across the world that is the only common
1:17.4	thread they all have regardless of what the religion is but the most dangerous thing in the face
1:22.2	of a theocracy or a nationalistic movement is apathy oh right people not choosing to get involved now it's getting bad enough people are like I don't know what to do
1:30.4	But we have people who've never voted before who are voting
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