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All Episodes

Veterans of Culture Wars — 136 episodes

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130: Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema with Jeffrey Overstreet and the Oscars

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129: Tis the Season for Christmas TV with Joanna Wilson

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128: Zach Lambert's Better Ways to Read the Bible

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127: David Was Doing WHAT in Rapid Succession? Transvangelical Returns!

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126: Hoard Questions: Paul and Billie Hoard

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125: Talia Lavin on Wild Faith and the Ritualized Violence of Evangelical Childhood

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124: Katherine Stewart: Money, Lies, and God

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123: Our Favorite Movies of 2024 with Jeffrey Overstreet and Melissa Tamminga

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122: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and DOGE with Tori Williams Douglass

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121: Sanctuary and Immigration in Trump's America with Sergio Gonzalez and Lloyd Barba

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120: Knock at the Sky: Liz Charlotte Grant

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119: Well That Sucked. Election Debrief With Paul and Billie Hoard

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118: April Ajoy Helps Us Handle Our Election Anxiety

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117: Ministers of Propaganda: Scott M. Coley

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116: Justin Gentry Has a Scidentity Crisis, Goes Home, and REVcovers

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115: Blake Chastain Goes Beyond #Exvangelical

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114: Dr. Matthew Taylor - The Violent Take it By Force

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113: Transvangelical and Wyld Violet are Not Safe for Worship

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112: Dr. Matt Warner was Cancelled at a Conservative College (With Dr. Paul Hoard)

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111: Meg Wise Deconstructed at John MacArthur's Church

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110: Jason Kirk: Hell is a World Without You and Nevaeh is Just Heaven Spelled Backwards

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109: The Ballot and the Bible: Kaitlyn Schiess

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108: Jewish Voices for Peace: Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman

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107: Theologizin' Bigger With Trey Ferguson

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106: Our Favorite Movies of 2023 Part 2 with Jeffrey Overstreet and Dr Mary McCampbell

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105: Our Favorite Movies of 2023 Part 1 with Jeffrey Overstreet and Dr Mary McCampbell

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104: Warren Throckmorton on David Barton's Christian Nationalist Lies

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103: Mason Mennenga Sinks Into the Youth Group Couch

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102: God Gave Rock and Roll to You: Dr. Leah Payne

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101: Holly Jolly X'masu and Christmas Underground: Scott Leopold and Jim Goodwin

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100: Leaving the Fold with Dr Marlene Winell

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099: Dave White of Linoleum Knife on Fundamentalism, Coming Out, Movies, and Christmas

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098: Chris and Mendi Tackett are For Public Schools and Against Christian Nationalism

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097: Death Doula: Virginia Spotts on Grief, Loss, Religious Trauma, Queerness, and Horror

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096: A Palestinian Christian Speaks on the Horror in Gaza: Rula Khoury

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095: Power, Fear, and Violence: Andrew Whitehead on Christian Nationalism and American Idolatry

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094: REAP On God's Campus: Erin Green and Paul Carlos Southwick

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093: RL Stollar on Child Liberation Theology and Homeschooling

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092: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: Robert P Jones

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091: Josh Larsen Gives Us Nightmares

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090: Back from Summer Break with Tiki Drinks

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089: The Adventures of Mr. Whitaker: Tim Whitaker (The New Evangelicals)

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088: American Prophets of the Religious Left: Jack Jenkins

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087: DisneyLand Mayfield: DL and Krispin Mayfield

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086: Come & See the Great Films: Elijah Davidson

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085: The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Dr. Pamela Cooper-White and Dr. Marcia Pally

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084: Culture War on Trans People: Billie Hoard

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083: Asian-American Apostate: R. Scott Okamoto

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082: Tales from the Union Gospel Mission: Kyle Reynolds

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081: Too Punk For the Christians and Too Christian For the Punks: Jeff Suffering

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080: Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Jonathan Merritt

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079: The Power Worshippers: Katherine Stewart

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078: The Best Movies of 2022: Sarah Welch-Larson and Jeffrey Overstreet (Part 2)

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077: The Best Movies of 2022: Sarah Welch-Larson and Jeffrey Overstreet (Part 1)

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076: Dave Ramsey (Non) Solutions: Amy Fritz

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075: To Be Religious or Not to Be Religious: Professor David Dark

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074: Fighting a Demon on Mount Everest with Dr. Matthew Taylor

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073: Jingle Bell Rocks: Mitchell Kezin

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072: The War on Christmas Movies: Alonso Duralde

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071: See You at the Polls: Brad Onishi on The Red Wave that Wasn't, January 6th, and the Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism

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070: New Apostolic Reformation (NAR): Dr. Andre Gagne

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069: Harvest Festival 2022: Christian Nightmares

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068: I'll See You Tomorrow: Dr. Heather Thompson Day

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067: Banned From Christian Bookstores: Matt Johnson on Tooth & Nail, Roadside Monument, and Mars Hill Church

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066: Hope and Faith: Alan Sparhawk of Low

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065: Psychoanalyzing Evangelicalism: Dr. Paul Hoard

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064: The Science of Mermaids: Tori Williams Douglass

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063: R. Scott Okamoto Puts Us on Chapel Probation

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062: Restorative Grief: Mandy Capehart

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061: The Deadwood Bible: Matt Zoller Seitz

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060: Hillsong of Trumpet the Bloodhound: Roxanne Stone

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059: Stumbling Cracks: George Azar on His Gay Church Days

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058: Evangelicalism and Right-Wing Populism: Dr. Marcia Pally

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057: Rise of the Religious Left?: Matthew Sitman

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056: Engayge the SPU Culture: Dr. Chris Hanson and Cambria Judd Babbitt

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055: SBC Abuse and Coverups: Dan Koch

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054: Death, Apocalypse and Karl Barth: Dr. Kait Dugan

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053: In the Margins: Shannon TL Kearns

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052: Chrissy Stroop at the VCW

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051: Holding One Elbow with Joel Heng Hartse

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050: Why Wham: Jon Smart

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049: Salty Not Psalty: Alissa Wilkinson on Food, Film, and Revolutionary Women

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048: A Call to End Homelessness: Kevin Nye

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047: Christofascism on the Road to Idaho: Bradley Onishi

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046: Flooding the Zone with Empathy: Josh Lieuallen of the Ravel Podcast

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045: Purity Culture: Meghan Crozier

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044: The Best Films of 2021 with Jeffrey Overstreet

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043: Attached to God: Krispin Mayfield

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042: Jazz Robertson is Not Toxic

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041: Shoutin' in the Fire: Danté Stewart

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040: International Christmas Folklore with Benito Cereno

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039: Empty Tombs and Dragons: Ian Adams (Wizards of the Coast) on Christian Video Games, Gamergate, Gaming Charity Work, and Duck Tales

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038: Death and the Afterlife with Comedian Dave Maher

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037: Religious Journalism and Post-Trump Evangelicalism with Katelyn Beaty

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036: Harvest Horror: Sarah Welch-Larson on Midnight Mass and Horror Films

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035: The Age of the Exvangelical: Blake Chastain

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034: Critical Driscoll Theory: Dr. Jessica Johnson on The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast

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EPISODE REPLAY: Jeffrey Overstreet on Evangelicals and the Movies

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EPISODE REPLAY: Dr. Kristin Du Mez on Jesus and John Wayne

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EPISODE REPLAY: Biblical Porn- Jessica Johnson on Mars Hill Church and Mark Driscoll

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EPISODE REPLAY: Shane Claiborne Conversation on Guns and the Death Penalty

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033: Driscoll's Spiritual Father Grift: Jolie Monea and Tiffany Eneas from Trinity Church

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032: Gregory Thornbury on Christian Rock Pioneer Larry Norman and Critical Kayfabe Theory

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031: Stephanie Drury and The Rise and Fall of "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill"

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030: All Christian. All Gay. All the Time: Pastor Matt Nightingale

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029: Inside Mark Driscoll's Castle: Former Security Director Chad Freese and Volunteer Ben Eneas

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028: The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill Podcast: Reactions and Thoughts On Episodes 1-4

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027: When Swamp Thing Met Jesus: Sam Thielman on Jack Chick and Christian Comic Books

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026: Companions in Suffering: Wendy Alsup

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025: First Church of Driscoll in Scottsdale: Professor Warren Throckmorton

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024: Dave is Wrong. Shrek is Not a Good Movie.

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023: A Reckoning for Evangelicalism: Pastor Paul Swearengin

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022: Hospital Chaplaincy in the time of COVID: Lindsey DuBois

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021: Beating Guns: Shane Claiborne

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020: Becoming Alien: Sarah Welch-Larson on Creation and Evil

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Mini-Episode: Naming the Victims of Gun Violence

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019: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Andrew Larsen and Cari Conklin-Larsen

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018: Jesus and John Wayne: Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez on Militant Evangelical Masculinity

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017: Hologram Jesus? Canonicity and Extra Gospels with Benito Cereno

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016: Jesus' Kingdom Vs Nationalism: Pastor Ryan Egli on his Evangelical Journey

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015: Looking Closer at Evangelicals and the Movies: Film Critic Jeffrey Overstreet

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014: The Late, Great World of Qanon: Kait Dugan

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013: The 'Fun' of Fundamentalism: Author Christy Rood on Fundamentalism and Identity

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012: "I'll Fire Your Butt" Dave Ramsey's Empire and the Demonic Danger of Christian Ventroliquism

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011: Toque and Nail: Joel Heng Hartse on Christian Indie Music and Canadian Evangelicalism

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010: Rethinking Hell: Chris Date and Nate Jacobson (SEASON ONE FINALE)

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009: The Mars Hill Church Episode: Interview with Author and Professor Jessica Johnson

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BONUS EPISODE: VCW Interviewed by Non-Partisan Evangelical Podcast

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008: The Darkest Time of Year: Christmas Music for the Trump Era

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007: Ambiguous Grief and Faith with Stephanie Drury

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006: Queer Theology: Interview with Shannon Kearns

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005: Adventures in Odyssey and Ableism with Randall Chrisman

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004: Focus on the Dobson

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003: Wayne Grudem's Systematic Trumpology

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002: Cassettes and Testimonies: The Origin stories

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001: In the Beginning...Defining Evangelicalism