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Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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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 begin with a deep dive into the GOP’s controversial new bill targeting Medicaid access and how it ties into white Christian nationalist ideology. The conversation moves to JD Vance’s pro-natalist rhetoric and his troubling comments on immigration, revealing the racial and religious undertones driving the GOP’s messaging. Brad and Dan also discuss Trump’s escalating feud with Elon Musk and the disturbing implications of Trump’s remarks about Zoran Momani. Throughout the episode, Brad and Dan connect the dots between these stories—examining how immigration, xenophobia, and Christian nationalism are shaping American politics and threatening democratic norms. 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

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0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:14.0	Welcome to straight white American Jesus. My name is Brad Onishi, author of preparing for war,
0:20.0	the extremist history of White Christian Nationalism
0:21.7	and What Comes Next, here today with my co-host.
0:24.6	Dan Miller, Professor of Religion and Social Thought at Landmark College.
0:28.1	Good to see you, Brad, had a little break like I was gone, and then you've had a couple
0:31.8	life events taking place in the last couple weeks, I think.
0:35.8	Yeah, a lot going on behind the scenes.
0:37.8	I will share some of that with subscribers at some point, but I am back kind of on the fly.
0:42.4	Not in my normal setup or anything, but that's okay.
0:45.7	But you're also not like in an airport in Las Vegas or anything.
0:49.1	So, you know, it could be worse.
0:51.3	I think there are two weekly roundups that stand out as hard to do.
0:55.0	One was in the Las Vegas airport.
0:56.4	The other was in my car, like at 5 a.m. at a San Diego airport, and I had to leave, or a hotel,
1:03.4	and I had to go in the car because my kids were sleeping.
1:05.3	All right.
1:06.9	So today is better than that.
1:08.6	All right.
1:09.0	We're going to jump into the bill, and we don't know if it's passed yet.
1:12.8	We're recording this July 3rd, Thursday.
1:16.3	And not only go through some of the dynamics, I'm sure many of you are familiar with those already,
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