Truce Podcast
1) How to Hide an Empire (featuring Daniel Immerwahr)
Donate a little to help the show on either Patreon or Paypal Please fill out our listener survey here: https://forms.gle/G5euVtM3JistChuz7 What do you think of when you hear the word "empire"? Maybe G...Show More
2) Republicans and Evangelicals: Bill Bright, Campus Crusade, and Cru
Give to help Chris continue to make Truce William R. “Bill” Bright was born in 1921 in Coweta, Oklahoma. Though raised in a religious environment, he initially pursued business success and personal...Show More
3) Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 2)
Give to help Chris make more Truce The New Right had a plan--to bring evangelical Christians together as a voting bloc. But how to do that? They chose a few targets, people with big followings, and c...Show More
4) Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 1)
Give to help Chris make Truce Jerry Falwell was a prominent American pastor, televangelist, and conservative political activist whose life and ministry had a significant impact on American evangelica...Show More
5) Republicans and Evangelicals: Abortion
Give to help Chris continue to make Truce A lot of evangelicals are now single-issue voters, and that issue is abortion. But that was not always the case. In fact, for a great deal of American histor...Show More
6) Republicans and Evangelicals: The Death Penalty
Give to help Chris continue making Truce In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the United States went years without using the death penalty. Not a single person was killed by injection, firing squad, ...Show More
7) Republicans and Evangelicals | Bob Jones University v. The United States
Give to help Chris continue to make Truce Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could deny ta...Show More
8) A Personal Message and Exciting News!
Give to help Chris make Truce! Do you love Truce? I love making Truce! Together, we can continue this important show. Would you help Chris reach his goal of $40,000? You can send a check to: PO...Show More
9) Republicans and Evangelicals | George Wallace
Give to help Chris continue to make Truce George Wallace was, as historian Dan Carter put it, "the most influential loser in American history". He was the governor of Alabama and lost multiple bids f...Show More
10) Republicans and Evangelicals I Boston Against Busing
Give to help Chris make Truce We talk about racism in the United States like it only happens in the South. But the nasty truth is that the North is also guilty of racist behavior. This is evident in t...Show More