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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Weekly News Roundup: The Christian Nationalist Agenda Is No Longer Fringe (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Doug Wilson's latest NPR interview has reignited debate over Christian nationalism—but what does he actually believe, and why does it matter?

This week, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down Wilson's comments on voting, patriarchy, the Constitution, and the future of American government. They explain why Wilson's vision isn't simply "traditional values," but a fundamentally different political philosophy that replaces individual rights with patriarchal households as the basic unit of American society.

They also connect Wilson's ideas to broader political developments, including:

Ken Paxton's latest controversies and what they reveal about evangelical political power.
The GOP's renewed push to end birthright citizenship and why the issue continues to dominate conservative politics despite recent Supreme Court rulings.
The growing mainstream acceptance of Christian Reconstructionism and why Doug Wilson has become one of the country's most influential Christian nationalist thinkers.
Tech billionaire Bryan Johnson's quest to defeat aging—and what Silicon Valley's obsession with "hacking" the human condition says about modern culture.

Throughout the episode, Brad and Dan explore how Christian nationalism, technocracy, and the pursuit of political power are reshaping American democracy, religion, and public life.

Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/live/SaY4zokH65U?si=lBla5CUxuzv1XMK_

This Christian Pastor Fooled Everyone (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #643)

— The pastor going viral for rejecting Christian Nationalism isn’t what he seems. (0:45)

— Chuck Schumer’s favorite Founding Fathers quote is completely made up. (16:25)

— Ken Ham is furious that a reporter didn’t pretend Creationism is science. (25:17)

— A Catholic hospital was sold. Reproductive care returned immediately. (44:35)

— Even the “Great American State Fair” can’t escape Christian preachers making it worse. (53:27)
Interview:

https://youtu.be/55p5nxjqJ9U?si=fgC3hp1tywaVbm-Z

The War on Science (Conspirituality podcast, #316)

With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup in recent weeks, we’re going to focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of expertise occurring in health and science.

First, Derek looks into a recent 412-page OMB proposal that hands political appointees veto power over federal science grants, effectively killing peer review, blocking research on health disparities, and walling off American scientists from the rest of the world. Matthew counters with Canada’s own corrosive behavior.

Then we dig into the contradiction of MAHA: the pro-health movement running cover for the EPA quietly approving new forever chemical pesticides mere days after the Supreme Court gutted Americans’ ability to sue Monsanto (by way of their parent company, Bayer). Again, there’s a Canadian parallel: Bill C-30 hands cabinet the power to override Health Canada’s own scientists and approve pesticides they’ve already ruled unsafe.

Finally, Julian removes gravity from the situation by covering congressional UAP hearings where unverified whistleblower claims about alien bodies and secret programs get treated with peer-reviewed science seriousness.

Only, as with everything else in Trump’s America, the science is thin and the theater, thick.
Interview:

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/316-the-war-on-science

State/Church Advocacy (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

After reporting a slew of Christian Nationalist nonsense from pastors, government officials and our President, FFRF Action Fund’s Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne and State Policy Manager Ryan Dudley describe a slew of good and bad state-church bills in state legislatures so far this year.

Interview:

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-july-9-2026/