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The Muckrake Political Podcast

Weekender PREVIEW: A Cult of Power and Enrichment

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Nick is out for the week, so Jared Yates Sexton welcomes Rev. Angela Denker, a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and author of Red State Christians and the forthcoming Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood. Jared and Angela discuss the basis and historical context of Christian Nationalism, a leaked Trump executive order using "religious freedom" as a weapon to reshape the country, and how the Catholic and evangelical churches are being radicalized by political authoritarians. To gain access to the full episode and support the show, head over to Patreon and subscribe today.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. This is a free preview of the Weekender Edition, the Muckraig podcast.

0:07.7

We've got Reverend Angela Dinker today, and she's fantastic, and it is a episode that you're going to want to hear.

0:15.0

We get really in depth about a lot of stuff, so go over to patreon.com slash Muckrake podcast.

0:19.9

Also, that way you're going to be hanging out with Nick and me next Monday after the first

0:23.8

night of the Republican National Convention as well as, I don't know if there's a need for any

0:28.4

emergency podcast.

0:29.7

But anyway, let's get to it.

0:31.1

patreon.com slash muckrake podcast.

0:37.1

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the weekender edition of Muckuckrake podcast. I'm Jerry D. Sexton.

0:42.2

It has been a long, long week. It's been a long, long, long couple of weeks. There is so much going on.

0:50.6

As everybody knows, Nick Houseman is out for vacation. That's the way vacation always works.

0:55.3

The world explodes. We've got to figure things out. Luckily, today, I am joined by Reverend Angela

1:01.6

Denker, who is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She is the author of Red State Christians

1:07.2

and the forthcoming Disciples of White Jesus,, the radicalization of American boyhood.

1:11.6

Angela, it is so good to have you on the show. It's so good to see you. Unfortunately, as it's

1:16.4

always the case, my favorite people, I have to talk about the absolute worst things with.

1:22.2

Exactly. Now, at least, I mean, maybe by, I feel like my word lately is cathartic. Maybe it

1:26.9

will be cathartic.

1:28.1

You know, in days like these, catharsis is one of the, like, you know, it's not a small thing by any stretch of the imagination, but it's important.

1:37.0

A reminder to anybody listening to this episode, if you want to get the full week under episode, if you want to support the show, go to patreon.com slash muckrake podcast. Also next week, unfortunately, the Republican National Convention begins

1:50.0

for our patrons. We will be taping our live Tuesday episode next Monday night

1:56.0

immediately following the cessation of the first night of the Republican convention.

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