Podcast Episodes

237: Your Revolution is Out of Network

The murder of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson has set off shockwaves across America. This week we look at the story’s online impact, people myth…

1 year, 2 months ago

Relief Project #5: Annie Kelly

The fifth installment of Matthew's Five Big Questions Posed to an Extremely Thoughtful Person. 

Dr. Annie Kelly joined us in Episode 61 to lay out her…

1 year, 3 months ago

Bonus Sample: TheoBros, Political Religion, and Christmas

Extremely online, bearded, Millennial pastors in tailored suits want to repeal women’s suffrage, criminalize gays, and Make America Christian Again. …

1 year, 3 months ago

Brief: The Unfreedom of Others (w/Talia Lavin)

Journalist Talia Lavin joins Derek to discuss her recent book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America. 

Show Notes

Wild Faith: How …

1 year, 3 months ago

236: Damage Control

As we ride out the aftershocks of the election and prepare for Trump 2.0, it’s as if nothing is bolted down. Trump’s cabinet appointments signal a di…

1 year, 3 months ago

Bonus Sample: The Raw Truth About Health

Researchers in California recently warned that just one mutation in H5N1, the bird flu virus, could make the disease transmissible between humans. Wh…

1 year, 3 months ago

Brief: Freeing the Well-Trained Wife (w/Tia Levings)

Exvangelical author Tia Levings joins Matthew to discuss her harrowing memoir of indoctrination, abuse, recovery, and advocacy, The Well-Trained Wife…

1 year, 3 months ago

235: MAHA Mamas (feat Mallory DeMille)

If you’ve spent one minute on social media in the last few months, you’ve probably heard that seed oils are extremely toxic, food dyes are the reason…

1 year, 3 months ago

Bonus Sample: Deep State Religion

An essay from Matthew on how MAGA religiosity obscures the religious nature of liberalism, and how both obscure the underlying religion of capitalism…

1 year, 3 months ago

Brief: The $100M Free Press

The Free Press founder, Bari Weiss, recently hosted Peter Thiel on her podcast. While The FP markets itself as as a return to independent and non-par…

1 year, 3 months ago