2024 Will Shape America for the Rest of Our Lives
On the first episode of the year, Brad looks ahead to various scenarios in 2024 and what they might mean for our country. One thing is certain: This year will shape our country for the rest of our lives. It could mean a second Trump term. It could mean more political violence. It could mean […]
Episode 6: True Love Waits and Sexual Accountability
This episode focuses on the organization True Love Waits and its founding as a highly ambitious campaign to transform the diversity of sexual cultures, expressions, and ethics in the US into a singular ethic based on Christian principles. While doing so, the campaign also contributed to the culture of abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention […]
Weekly Roundup + Festivus (Brad’s Version): Slavery, Stolen Elections, Civil War, In n Out, and Cauliflower “Rice”
Brad begins by discussing the news that Trump is off the ballot in Maine and what that means in the wake of the Colorado decisions. He breaks down why the complexity and tumult of these decisions does not warrant objection to them and why they are necessary in order to safeguard democracy. In the second […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 79: “Everyone Has An Ultimate Authority II”
“Everyone has an ultimate authority.” Last episode considered the intellectual merits of this claim. In this episode, Dan considers the emotional appeal of this claim and the work that claims like this do within high-control religious contexts. How do claims to ultimate authority provide us with a sense of control over, or assurance about, our […]
In Texas, It All Goes Back to Christian Nationalism
School Vouchers, Abortion, Chaplains, and Bought Elections
SWAJ Festivus: Dan’s Version
For the end of the year Weekly Roundup, Dan provides his airing of grievances in the great Festivus tradition. Brad’s to come soon. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Subscribe now to Pure White: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pure-white/id1718974286 To Donate: venmo – @straightwhitejc […]
Episode 5: Myths of Sexual Danger
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Trump Off the Ballot in Colorado w/ Andrew Seidel
Brad speaks to constitutional lawyer Andrew Seidel about the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump from the ballot. They discuss whether or not this was the right decision, what will happen if it goes to SCOTUS, the arguments for leaving Trump on the ballot, and much more. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus […]
Episode 4: White Women and the Lynching Myth
This episode is named after an especially violent time in US history immediately following Reconstruction in the US South. Frequent racial-terror lynchings were justified by what journalist Ida B. Wells called the lynching myth. The myth was rooted in two racialized stereotypes: sexually violent black men and sexually pure white women. When Wells publicized her […]
Episode 3: True Womanhood
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