Telling Jefferson Lies Podcast
1) Does Christian Nationalism Work? An Interview with Paul Matzko, Part Two
Send us a text Today's segment is the second part of my interview with Paul Matzko, historian and senior program manager at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. Paul is also an...Show More
2) What is Christian Nationalism? Interview with Paul Matzko
Send us a text Paul Matzko is a historian and senior program manager for AI and emerging technology at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. He is also an adjunct scholar at the...Show More
3) The Crisis of Christian Nationalism: An Interview with Jemar Tisby
Send us a text This segment includes a significant amount of a recent interview with historican and author Jemar Tisby. Although I interviewed Jemar in the spring, the content is incredibly timely and...Show More
4) Money, Lies, and God: An Interview with Katherine Stewart
Send us a text Today I feature an interview with Katherine Stewart, the author of the New York Time bestseller Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy. The segment is ...Show More
5) The Fears of Christian Nationalism: Interview with Andrew Whitehead
Send us a text Why are Christian nationalists angry about the New York City Democratic mayoral primary victory of Zohran Mamdani? They surely are. Many are blaming "unchecked" immigration for his win....Show More
6) Bonus Episode: America's Founding - Secular Government, Religious Freedom
Send us a text Be it resolved: America's founders established a secular government with provision for a religious people. When the delegates met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, they deliberatel...Show More
7) That's Not Fair and That's Not American
Recently, David Barton and Matt Krause testified in front of the Texas House of Representatives Public Education committee. Barton and Krause both said some historically questionable things to support...Show More
8) Charlie Kirk's Christian America, Part Two
In this segment, I examine the notion that there was something remarkably Christian about America's founding era. Last week, I fact-checked Charlie Kirk's viral video defense of the belief that Americ...Show More
9) Charlie Kirk's Christian America
In 2024, Charlie Kirk distributed a five-minute video defense of the idea that America was founded as a Christian nation. It has been played at least 20 million times on various social media platforms...Show More
10) Mike Johnson's False Jefferson Prayer: The Rest of the Story
On January 3, 2025, Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson was re-elected to be Speaker of the House. In his acceptance speech, he quoted a prayer that he said Thomas Jefferson said every day during hi...Show More