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Truce - History of the Christian Church
Truce explores the history of the evangelical church in America, from fundamentalism to pyramid schemes to political campaigns. Host Chris Staron uses journalistic tools to investigate how the church got here and how it can do better. The current season follows the rise of the Religious Right, exami...
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Republicans and Evangelicals | Bob Jones University v. The United States
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Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ca...
A Personal Message and Exciting News!
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Do you love Truce? I love making Truce! Together, we can continue this important show. Would...
Republicans and Evangelicals | George Wallace
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George Wallace was, as historian Dan Carter put it, "the most influential loser in American his...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Boston Against Busing
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We talk about racism in the United States like it only happens in the South. But the nasty truth is that the North...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 2)
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In 2 Samuel 24 David is told that he must buy a certain piece of land in an act of repentance for his...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 1)
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Update: I would like to apologize for an error I made in the original version of this story. I stated...
Scopes Monkey Trial - 100 Year Anniversay
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I made these episodes a few years ago, but since it is the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monk...
Republicans and Evangelicals I The Late Great Planet Earth
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Hal Lindsey published The Late Great Planet Earth in 1970. It was a HUGE hit, selling over 35 million...
The Camino del Norte part 2
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In the last episode, Chris and his brother Nick starte...
The Camino del Norte part 1
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On this bonus episode, Chris takes you along with him as he hiked 250 miles on an old C...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Boardroom Jacobins
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In November of 1965, a young lawyer published a book called Unsafe at Any Speed about t...
Republicans and Evangelicals I The Failure of Supply-Side Economics
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Gerald Ford's administration was in trouble. The country was experiencing stagflation, where prices were go...
Republicans and Evangelicals I The New Right
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A small group of men calling themselves The New Right had a major role to play in bonding some evangeli...
Bonus: Compelled: A New Song
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The Compelled podcast is hosted by my friend Paul Hastings. It's a testimony show that walks lis...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman and School Choice (part 2 of 2)
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Milton Friedman is one of the most important economists of the last hundred years. His ideas were quot...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman vs. John Maynard Keynes (1 of 2)
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Milton Friedman may be the most famous American economist. His research and theories have profoundly shaped...
Republicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley v. Ayn Rand and the John Birch Society
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William F. Buckley Jr. helped change the face of conservatism in the US because he gave it intellectual backing. B...
Republicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley Jr. and National Review
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Senator Robert Taft couldn't get the nomination. He tried to be the GOP's nominee for president t...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part Two
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In the first part of our series, Chris explored the beginning of Barry Goldwater's career, from his early days...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part One
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Barry Goldwater may be one of the most interesting figures in Republican history. He grew up the son of...
Republicans and Evangelicals I The John Birch Society (featuring Matthew Dallek)
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Robert Welch was a candy magnate who invented the Sugar Daddy and sold favorites like Junior Mints and Milk...
Republicans and Evangelicals | A Brief History of Libertarianism (featuring Andrew Koppelman)
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Modern evangelicalism sometimes incorporates pieces of different ideas. Things that are in the air. Social mes...
Republicans and Evangelicals I How Bad Drivers Prepare Us for Christmas
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Well, we survived the 2024 US presidential election! But many people still feel anxiety as we head into the...
Republicans and Evangelicals I How the Wealthy Dodge Taxes (w/ Pro Publica's Jesse Eisinger)
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How do ultra-wealthy people avoid paying taxes? It seems like a strange subject to bring up when discussing why so...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Fundamentalist Takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention
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It all started with a meeting over fancy donuts. Paige Patterson and a friend met together to plot the...
Mike Cosper: The Church in Dark Times
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What are the warning signs that a church leader will become a tyrant? How do we prevent church hurt fro...
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
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In the Kanawha County Textbook War episode, Chris shared that the people of that county fought...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Frances Schaeffer and the Shaping of Christian Nationalism (feat. Barry Hankins)
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Frances Schaeffer is one of the most important theological thinkers of the 20th century. He urged fundamentalists...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Women's Roundtable Book Discussion
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Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique kicked off second-wave feminism in the United States. The book wa...
Compelled - KKK Terrorist Finds Christ
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In the 1960s, Tom Tarrants was a young man on a mission - to save America from Communism, Marxism, and desegrega...
Republicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 2 (featuring Marjorie Spruill)
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The National Women's Conference was set to take place. State meetings were overrun by conservative wome...
Republicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 1 (featuring Marjorie Spruill)
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In 1977, the Congress of the United States allotted $5 million for the National Women's Conference. Th...
Chris Quits Driving A School Bus
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Republicans and Evangelicals I Phyllis Schlafly and the ERA (featuring Marjorie Spruill)
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Phyllis Schalfly was a remarkable woman. Regardless of your politics, you have to admire the impa...
Republicans and Evangelicals I RJ Rushdoony and Christian Reconstruction
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RJ Rushdoony is not a household name. But he influenced a lot of interesting people, from members of the New Right...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Kanawha County Textbook War
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In 1974, Alice Moore was a member of the school board in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The board met to hear the...
Republicans and Evangelicals I The New Deal
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Something had to be done. The Great Depression meant the loss of a vast number of jo...
Republicans and Evangelicals I End of School Prayer
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In 1955, the Board of Regents for New York issued an optional prayer to be used in public schools. It...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Can I Love Extremists?
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It seems like so many people define their faith by what they believe about Donald Trump. How can godly Christi...
Republicans and Evangelicals I Long Southern Strategy (featuring Angie Maxwell)
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When did Republicans, the party of Abraham Lincoln, start courting the American South? It's a bi...