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S2E14: A Dauntless Media Post-Election Roundtable
November 12, 202402:00:23

S2E14: A Dauntless Media Post-Election Roundtable

A few members of the Dauntless Media Collective team—Gail from Full Mutuality, Jessica from Leaving the Village, Maggie from Hello Deconstructionists, Nate from Full Mutuality, and Scott from Chapel Probation and Horny Chapel—shared their raw, unedited, and unfiltered reactions to the 2024 election results. If you're looking for Exvangelical community online, please feel free to join...

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan
August 01, 2024x
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1:19:21

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan

Maggie Harrigan, host of the podcast Hello Deconstructionists and creator behind the Instagram account of the same name joins Nate and Gail for a fun conversation about healing from religious trauma, deconstruction, and the power of storytelling in building community after leaving evangelicalism. TRIGGER WARNING: there are a ton of references to contemporary Christian music of the 2000's...

S1E26: Is Evangelicalism a Cult? (Part 3) — with Janice Lagata
February 14, 2023x
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59:40

S1E26: Is Evangelicalism a Cult? (Part 3) — with Janice Lagata

We conclude our roundtable conversation in this episode with the last two points in Steven Hassan's BITE model of authoritarian control and how Evangelicalism fits these descriptions. We also took a little bit of time to address the "He Gets Us" ad campaign that has the Evangelical world simultaneously giddy and furious. As a bonus, we wrap up with a few of the cornier Christian catchphr...

S1E24: Onward Christian Soldiers — with Dr. Brad Onishi
January 17, 2023x
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1:12:25

S1E24: Onward Christian Soldiers — with Dr. Brad Onishi

Nate and Gail are joined by Dr. Brad Onishi, expert on Christian nationalism and the history of White Evangelicalism. Brad is one of the hosts of the Straight White American Jesus podcast, a religion and politics show that analyzes the Christian nationalist movement in the United States. Brad's new book, Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism–And What Com...

The Canadian Insurrection Brought to You By the "Freedom" Convoy — with Tabi Wells
February 15, 2022x
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1:33:10

The Canadian Insurrection Brought to You By the "Freedom" Convoy — with Tabi Wells

Canada's capital Ottawa has now been under siege for 3 weeks. Canadian journalist Tabi Wells joins Gail and Nate to discuss how a fringe anti-mandate group of self-proclaimed "freedom fighters" inspired by American alt-right groups have held Canada hostage. How did we get here? Resources mentioned in this episode: This article by CBC explains the Emergencies Act Trudeau invoked. Vox expl...