Weekly Roundup: Like Amazon Prime for Human Beings

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 800-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Brad and Dan discuss the chaos unleashed by Donald Trump's recent tariffs and draconian deportation policies. They tie these events to broader themes of Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and Trump's governing style. The episode covers Trump's unpredictable tariff policies, the economic repercussions, and the administration's harsh immigration practices, including erasing the social security numbers of migrants and canceling student visas. Dan & Brad touch on the theological implications, the reaction from right-wing pundits, and the disturbing vision of a dystopian governance model inspired by business efficiencies, culminating in a critique of the Trump administration's approach to ruling without governing. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:08.3	Ready to launch your business?
0:15.7	Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:18.9	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your
0:22.5	business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand, marketing tools that
0:27.4	get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time, from
0:31.6	startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go. Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.
0:38.5	Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
0:45.2	This week, Donald Trump sent the world into chaos through his rollercoaster of tariffs.
0:51.2	His administration also continued to pursue a draconian deportation policy, canceling student
0:58.0	visas without notice, erasing the social security numbers of migrants, and continuing to refuse
1:06.7	to bring back migrants from El Salvador who were deported based on administrative errors.
1:13.4	Today we tie in the tariffs and the deportations to theological aspects of Christian nationalism, authoritarianism,
1:21.6	and Trump's general maxim of ruling without governing.
1:26.8	I'm Bradenishi, and this is the straight white American Jesus.
1:29.8	Weekly Roundup.
1:47.7	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus. Great to be with you on this Friday, joined as always by my co-host.
1:53.0	Dan Miller, Professor of Religion and Social Thought at Lamarck College.
1:57.0	Good to be with you, Brad, as always.
2:00.0	You too, we recorded a special episode yesterday.
2:03.8	And so I think today, you know, it's, A, it's nice to see you again this week, but B, you're feeling tired of like, hey, I just did this.
2:13.9	And now we're doing it again.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 6 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.