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Weekly Roundup: Big Bird Was Immunized
Brad and Dan begin by discussing the case of Aaron Rodgers, who was recently found out not to have been vaccinated. They discuss the various componen…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 8
Brad uses recent comments by Josh Hawley to talk about what people mean when they say that the country (and the church) needs to return to masculinit…
4 years, 4 months ago
Reading Evangelicals
Brad's spirited and at times contentious interview with Daniel Silliman, the news editor for Christianity Today and the author of Reading Evangelical…
4 years, 4 months ago
Weekly Roundup: Trumpism Without Trump
Brad and Dan begin by debating the fallout of the gubernatorial election in Virginia. Dan points out that historically the party in power doesn't per…
4 years, 4 months ago
Parenting After Purity Culture
Brad takes a break from Mild at Heart to talk to writer, podcaster, and organizer Cindy Wang Brandt, the person behind Parenting Forward. Cindy discu…
4 years, 4 months ago
Gay Activism and the Christian Gaze
Dr. Brett Krutsch is the editor of the Revealer and the Director of the Center for Religion and Media at NYU, He speaks to Brad about his book, "Dyin…
4 years, 4 months ago
Weekly Roundup: America on Trial
Brad and Dan begin by discussing three trials happening right now: the Charlottesville Unite the Right Trial, the Kenosha Shooter Trial, and the Murd…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 7
Why does love feel like death? Brad continues to reflect on the soulmate myth and purity culture's vision of love. He analyzes how the model of love …
4 years, 4 months ago
The Denomination Manufacturing the Culture Wars
Calvary Chapel started in Southern California in the 1960s. From the beginning, the aesthetic was laid-back, casual, and welcoming--the type of place…
4 years, 4 months ago
Weekly Roundup: Bad Fathers, Nation-Building, and the End of the World
Brad and Dan begin discussing the MAGA freakout over Mayor Pete's paternity leave. They use this to ask what kind of families and what kind of father…
4 years, 4 months ago