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The Jim Wallis Podcast

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The Jim Wallis Podcast explains how our faith should inform our politics, and not the other way around. Each episode, Wallis, a prominent Christian ethicist and social justice advocate, host conversations about faith and justice with activists, authors, scholars, spiritual leaders and prominent politicians.

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00:34:23

The Looming Threat of White Nationalist' Political...

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2023/03/15

This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming Rachel Kleinfeld to the podcast. Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. Her work on troubled democracies facing problems such as polarized populations, violence, corruption, and poor governance bridges the United States and international cases. In their conversation, Rachel discusses the rising threats facing modern democracy in America and what can be

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00:32:11

Evangelicals' Dangerous Amnesia

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2023/03/01

This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming cultural sociologist Ruth Braunstein to the podcast. Braunstein is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, where she is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of the Meanings of Democracy Lab, which studies the moral and cultural foundations of American democratic life. Braunstein reveals the types of people who are attracted to White Christian Nationalism, what

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00:30:39

How to Talk About Racism with Your Kids

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2023/02/15

Jemar Tisby, a historian and author of "How to Fight Racism: Young Readers Edition," as well as several other books, joins the podcast to talk about his personal history with white evangelicalism, how he came to feel unwelcome in the tradition and how to talk to your kids about racism.

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00:37:40

What a New Survey Reveals About White Christian...

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2023/01/11

This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming pollster Robert P. Jones to the program. Jones is the president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, and the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity. The Public Religion Research Institute takes the pulse of Americans each fall on a range of issues at the intersection of religion, culture and politics. This year, they covered attitudes about

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00:31:18

Four Orientations Toward White Christian Nationalism

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/12/07

This week on Soul of the Nation we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming Andrew Whitehead, one of the foremost scholars of the movement in the United States. Andrew is the lead author of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States, and a sociologist at Indiana University–Purdue University in Indianapolis. Whitehead’s research on Christian nationalism has been featured across several national outlets including The New York Times, NPR, The New

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00:27:41

The Historical Roots of White Christian Nationalism

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/11/23

Yale University sociologist and author Phillip Gorski explains how White Christian Nationalists wove together stories from the Bible to create a theological justification for white supremacy, how current economic and political conditions have created a perfect storm for White Christian Nationalism to thrive and why it is not just a fringe movement.

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00:48:00

How White Christian Nationalism Threatens Democracy

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/11/09

A political ideology is rising that distorts the Christian faith and America’s constitutional democracy — and poses dangers to both. This episode features an live event sponsored by Georgetown’s Center on Faith and Justice with: The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee; Dr. Samuel Perry, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oklahoma.

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00:20:29

Crossing the Color Line

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/10/26

This episode is a recording of a TED-style talk Rev. Jim Wallis delivered this fall in Atlanta, Georgia. In it, Wallis talks about growing up in segregated Detroit as a young person -- and how crossing the color line educated him about the troubles and trials of Black life in America.

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00:37:58

Why Racism Still Makes Sense to White Folks

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/09/21

Heather McGhee, talks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the legacy of racism in the United States and the lies that allow America’s original sin to be perpetuated to this day.

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00:56:34

White Too Long: How Racism Lives in the DNA of White...

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/09/14

Robert P. Jones speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about how white American Christianity and white supremacy collaborate throughout our nation's history.

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00:32:30

How Universal Voting Could Save American Democracy

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/09/07

E.J. Dionne, Jr. a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and Georgetown University professor explains how universal voting could help alleviate some of the deeper problems plaguing our democracy, including voter suppression, rampant polarization and political apathy.

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00:27:33

What Latino Voters Want

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/08/24

This week on the Soul of the Nation, Jim Wallis speaks to Mark Magana, founder and CEO of GreenLatinos, a network of Latino environmental advocates, about why more than 80% of US. Latino voters say the global climate crisis is their greatest–or one of their greatest–concerns. Jim and Mark also spoke about how unprecedented barriers are being erected to disenfranchise Latino voters in several key states across the country and why some Latinos broke for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential

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00:31:52

The Secretive Group Behind the Religious Right

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/08/10

Anne Nelson is author of the book “Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Religious Right,” which examines the history of a secretive group called the Council for National Policy. The council, a mix of money men, religious fundamentalists, political operatives and media moguls, includes Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway and Wayne LaPierre of the NRA. As Nelson explains, its goals are curtailing civil and political rights for women and minorities, giving tax cuts to the rich, and white

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00:30:26

Why White evangelicals fell hard for Donald Trump

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/07/27

Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University, reveals why white evangelicals have become Donald Trump staunchest supporters, even after his lies about the election, his multiple affairs and his decidedly un-Christian behavior before, during and after his presidency. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the “moral majority” backed Donald Trump for purely pragmatic reasons, Du Mez reveals that Donald Trump in fact

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00:32:03

Kirsten Powers on Loving Your (Political) Enemies

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/07/06

During her time at Fox News, Kirsten Powers once ground her teeth so hard that she cracked a molar. That was the Road-to-Damascus moment for the author and columnist when she decided that -- even when dealing with political adversaries– we must approach them with grace. “I am talking about this very transformative kind of grace, which is really for the people we don’t like and may even hate. Grace helps you see the humanity in them because you are separating them out from your rage and your anger

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00:26:43

Eddie Glaude uncovers 'the heart of the rot’ in...

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/06/22

Dr. Eddie Glaude, chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, reveals how religion contributes to racial bigotry in America. “What are we fighting about? It's these basic ideas that all men and women are equal. White supremacy has overdetermined, distorted, disfigured democracy in this country,” says Glaude. “The situation that's at the heart of the rot of the polity isn't resolved.” Glaude and Rev. Jim Wallis discuss the need to shatter our illusions about the

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00:38:49

Rep. Jamie Raskin: The Jan. 6 Investigation will...

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/06/08

Rep. Jamie Raskin reveals details about his work with the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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00:26:27

The House is On Fire: Democracy Under Attack

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/05/18

Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die", assesses the critical condition of the health of our American democracy.

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00:29:40

Rep. Sewell and Sen. Warnock Fight to Save our Democracy

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/05/04

Representative Terri Sewell and Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock discuss their ongoing battle to protect voting rights for people who are at risk of losing their franchise to participate in our democratic elections.

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00:06:04

Democracy in Peril_Trailer

The Jim Wallis Podcast ·

2022/04/12

Democracy in Peril will examine the efforts playing out at the state, local, and federal levels of our government to thwart the will of the people and chip away at the democratic foundations of the country.

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