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Straight White American Jesus

Weekly Roundup: National Prayer Breakfast, ICE Theology, and the Super Bowl Halftime Debacle

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this Weekly Roundup, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller unpack the National Prayer Breakfast and what it revealed about the collapsing boundary between religion and state power in the Trump era. They analyze Paula White’s over-the-top praise of Trump, Trump’s own religious illiteracy, and his threats to weaponize tax-exempt status against critics, all while positioning Democrats as incapable of genuine faith. The conversation highlights how these moments reflect a broader push toward state-controlled religion and the dangers that poses to democratic pluralism. The episode also examines the racial and cultural flashpoints shaping the current moment, from Trump’s reposting of a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama, to Speaker Mike Johnson’s theological defense of ICE and mass deportation. Brad and Dan break down how scripture is distorted to justify ethnonationalism, what they call “ICE-egesis,” and how figures like Stephen Wolfe are reshaping Christian nationalism. The episode closes with a look at Super Bowl culture wars, contrasting evangelical counter-programming with Bad Bunny’s public resistance, and exploring how Christian parallel culture has shifted from evangelism to exclusion. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 1000+ episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Subscribe to Teología Sin Vergüenza Subscribe to American Exceptionalism Donate to SWAJ: https://axismundi.supercast.com/donations/new American Caesar: Now Available for Pre-Order HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.2

Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.

0:45.3

I'm Brad Anishi, author of American Caesar, how theocrats and tech lords are turning America

0:49.9

into a monarchy, founder of Access Mundi Media. Here today with my co-host.

0:55.7

I'm Dan Miller, Professor of Religion and Social Thought at Landmark College.

0:59.7

Brad, pleased to be with you as always.

1:03.2

You two, Super Bowl weekend, amidst everything that's happening in our country,

1:07.1

the ongoing occupation of the Twin Cities,

1:10.6

ice building concentration camps, all that stuff.

1:13.2

We still have the Super Bowl.

1:14.7

And even that is tinged with culture war controversy.

1:18.0

We'll talk about the alternative Super Bowl show that TPSA will be putting on and Kid Rock.

1:23.9

We'll be talking about the, the, sorry, there's too many things, and I'm eager to do this today.

1:33.3

The National Prayer Breakfast was also this week, Dan, fittingly.

1:36.9

And we'll talk about Trump's remarks and how he made those remarks of the National Prayer Breakfast

1:42.3

and then promptly went home and posted a video of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys.

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