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It's in the Code ep 189: “Jesus Isn’t An Alpha”
Despite his promises, Josh Hawley’s vision of masculinity and masculine virtue is not “Christian” in any definable way. But while this may be surprising, given his Christian nationalist credentials, it actually serves the interests of his ideology not to be distinctly Christian? ... Show More
33m 23s
Apr 27
Hegseth Repeals Vax Mandate: The Anti-Vax Playbook Comes to the Pentagon
The repeal of the military’s flu vaccine mandate by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might seem like a minor policy shift, but it opens a window into a much larger movement reshaping American politics, religion, and public health. In this episode, we unpack how vaccine hesitancy—on ... Show More
28m 8s
Apr 27
The Sunday Interview: Weathering the Backlash: Navigating The Anti-DEI Wave with Dr. Tiffany Townsend
In this compelling installment of the Sunday Interview, host Brad Onishi engages in a deep-dive conversation with Dr. Tiffany Townsend, a distinguished psychologist and former Chief Diversity Officer, to discuss her timely new book, Weathering the Storm: Navigating the Anti-Socia ... Show More
47m 39s
Aug 2023
Sophie Bjork-James, "The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family (Rutgers University Press, 2021) provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corol ... Show More
52m 43s
Oct 2025
The lost children of Tuam - The Sunday Story
<p>The small Irish town of Tuam is home to one of Ireland's most shocking secrets. During the 20th century, thousands of children born out of wedlock were taken from their mothers, branded the 'children of sin' and sent to institutions run by nuns. At St Mary's, it’s claimed 800 ... Show More
36m 24s
May 2025
Mark Sutherland: Eugenics & Population Control in 1920s Britain & Today
Mark Sutherland discusses the historical context and ongoing relevance of eugenics and population control, as explored in his book “Exterminating Poverty”. Sutherland details his grandfather, Dr. Halliday Sutherland’s, true motivations for opposing “Britain’s Margaret Sanger” Mar ... Show More
1h 43m
Mar 2019
Joyce Antler, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement" (NYU Press, 2018)
Joyce Antler is the Samuel J. Lane Professor Emerita of American Jewish history and culture at Brandeis University. Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement (New York University Press, 2018) provides richly detailed biographies of known and unknown Jew ... Show More
51m 54s
Dr. Audrey Clare Farley stops by to discuss her article, "The Eugenics Roots of Evangelical Family Values," which outlines how the family values discourse so prevalent in Evangelical culture has its origins in eugenics. Eugenics was a junk-science movement started in the early 20th century that tried to show the genealogical and biological superiority of Whi ... Show More
<p>People in the 17th century were at spiritual war with the devil. </p><br><p>It was a time of huge upheaval. What became known as the witch trials soon followed.</p><br><p>In this first episode of a limited series, <em>Inside the Witch Trials</em>, we go back to the E ... Show More