It’s In the Code Ep. 86: “The Last Line of Defense”
What do those who insist that the Bible is inerrant, literally “without error,” do if they’re finally confronted with contradictions or errors in the biblical text that no one can plausibly explain? Does this lead them to abandon the doctrine? Do they finally have to give in to the evidence of the text they themselves […]
We Are Living in the Klan’s America Part II + Bonus Content: Abolish the National Prayer Breakfast
Bonus Content: Abolish the National Prayer Breakfast
Weekly Roundup: Walk by Faith, Not by Impeachment Votes (or Immunity Claims)
Brad and Dan take a winding tour through a bundle of issues: the GOP’s failed impeachment vote; the lampooning of their own bill in the Senate; Red Shirts beating a Latino man live on Fox News; Elise Stefanik saying she wouldn’t have certified the election if she was VP; book burning political candidates; a woman […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 85: “I Know What the Bible Says”
Inerrantists who claim that the Bible is “without error,” right down to the individual words of the text, also recognize that the Bible is full of factual inaccuracies. How do they reconcile these two positions? How can they acknowledge factually inaccurate claims and still insist that the Bible is “without error”? One theological strategy is […]
We Are Living in the Klan’s America Part I + Bonus Content
Brad speaks with Dr. Kelly J. Baker, author of Gospel of the Klan. In the first segment, Brad outlines how TPUSA is akin to the 1920s Klan. Then he speaks with Dr. Baker, who outlines how the Klan was seen as a patriotic Christian organization that put God and country first. Sound familiar? In its […]
Bonus Ep. 1: That Time God Wanted Dan to Get Arrested
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Weekly Roundup: Taylor Swift Plays Fool’s Ball + Trucker Convoy and Satanists in Idaho
Brad and Dan begin by discussing the right-wing meltdown about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl. They point out the misogyny at the heart of the discourse, as well as the Christian nationalist and patriarchal dimensions. In the second segment, Brad analyzes the trucker convoy headed the Border – centering on how its participants are […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 84: The Original Manuscripts
Those who claim that the Bible is “inerrant” are clear that this applies to the “autographs,” or original manuscripts, of the Bible. But we don’t have ANY of those original manuscripts. What does that mean for claims that the Bible is “inerrant”? And even if we did have those originals, most of us can’t read […]
Ahead in 2024? Abortion, Violence, and the Global Far-Right + Bonus Content
In the first part of this episode, Brad talks with journalist Annika Brockschmidt about what under reported or under the radar things she is watching in 2024. Annika walks through a number of court cases on reproductive rights and what they will mean for access to the abortion pill. She also analyzes the violent rhetoric […]
Weekly Roundup: Ron DeSantis Aborts 8 Months In
Brad and Dan begin by discussing what happened to Ron DeSantis. Taking stock of pundits who blame his failure on policy or lack of people skills, Brad argues that DeSantis lacks the aesthetic and eroticism to be a fascist leader. He was never Trump+. Just Diet Trump. The MAGA movement wants a strongman autocrat – […]