Back Porch Files: The Secretary of Defense Has a Favorite Pastor, and It’s Not Good

In this edition of Back Porch Files, we dive into the unsettling alliance between Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his ideological North Star, Pastor Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho. Wilson — a Christian nationalist who has defended slavery, rejected women’s political rights, and preached patriarchal rule — has become one of Hegseth’s most-admired figures. And that devotion isn’t just creepy; it’s dangerous. We unpack who Wilson is, why Hegseth idolizes him, how that worldview is bleeding into the Pentagon, and why putting a culture-war crusader with a volatile past in charge of the U.S. military is not just absurd, but a genuine national security risk. It’s part biography, part warning flare, and part “how did we get here?”  As always, check out podcast related links on Link Tree at https://linktr.ee/NeighborOnTheLeft