The Rhetoric of Radicalism & The Ideology of the Christian Right

I’ve published two new episodes of ReImagining Liberty today.

First up, in open access for free subscribers, is my conversation with frequent guest Cory Massimino about political radicalism and political rhetoric.

Today's conversation is a good one, but I struggle to come up with a straightforward summary for this intro. I brought back on my good friend, and frequent guest, Cory Massimino to discuss anarchism in theory and practice. And that where we start. But we also get into a larger conversation about the nature of political debate, and the rhetoric of political change that goes well beyond the narrow confines of whether anarchism is good or bad, or what we can learn from it.

This is one of those big ideas episodes of ReImagining Liberty, and why I so value talking with Cory. He's an independent scholar and a Fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society, where he hosts the podcasts "Mutual Exchange Radio" and "The Long Library."

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Next up, in early access for supporters, is a conversation with historian Paul Matzko about the ideology of Christian Nationalism, one of the most potent threats to liberalism and a free society today.

Among the various ideologies opposing liberalism that have seen new or renewed prominence in the last decade is Christian nationalism. It motivates quite a lot of the far right in the culture war, played a role in the attempted overthrow of American democracy on January 6th, and seems to be everywhere on social media.

But what is it? Where did it come from? And how can liberalism respond?

My guest today is my good friend Paul Matzko. He's an historian and author of The Radio Right: How a Band of Broadcasters Took on the Federal Government and Built the Modern Conservative Movement.

As a supporter (thank you!) you have access to that episode right now. If you need help accessing it, just reply to this email and let me know.