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Hosted by Zach Malm and David Lester · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 137 episodes
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Conversation on the beliefs, history, culture and personal stories from Evangelical Christianity as engaged by veteran culture warriors and friends.
Zach Malm and David Lester hosts Veterans of Culture Wars, a religion show with 137 episodes published.
Zach and Dave welcome Jared Stacy to the VCW hall to discuss Evangelicalism and conspiracy theories. We discuss why the religious right seems prone to be consumed by conspiracy theories and the fractures in relationships
We're back for our annual pre-Oscars special episode covering our favorite movies of the year with Six-Timer Club guest Jeffrey Overstreet, who also has a new memoir about art and movies and faith called Lost & Found in
On our annual Christmas episode, we welcome author and Christmas TV expert Joanna Wilson to the show to talk about, well, Christmas TV! The classic specials, the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, the film that def
In our first-ever double Zach episode, pastor Zach Lambert stops by to talk about the ideal spelling of his name, as well as his new book Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healin
Alycea (AKA Transvangelical) returns to the VCW to talk about her new book On Your Knees: The 69-Day Irreverent Devotional. It's equal parts funny and serious linguistic scholarship, and we have a good discussion about i
Paul and Billie Hoard return to the show to receive their Three-Timers Club jackets and talk about their brand-new book Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life. Buy the book here: https://wipfandstock.co
Talia Lavin joins the VCW to talk about her new book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America. We talk about the Satanic Panic, Dr. Dobson's influence in creating generations of evangelical families bui
Katherine Stewart (The Power Worshippers) returns to discuss her latest book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, which details the rise and increasing influence of anti-democratic for
Our 5th annual pre-Oscars look at at our favorite films of the past year is back and we managed to cover them all in only one (long) episode this time. Film critic, professor, and author Jeffrey Overstreet joins as usual
In our first episode since November, Tori Williams Douglass returns to the VCW hall to talk about *gestures wildly* allllll that, with a particular emphasis on the stated goal of the Trump administration to destroy Diver
Sergio Gonzalez and Lloyd Barba stop by the VCW to talk about their new podcast series Sanctuary: On the Border Between Church and State, which is part of the Axis Mundi network. We talk about the immigration crisis and
Award-winning author Liz Charlotte Grant joins the VCW hall to discuss her new book "Knock at the Sky" (out January 7, 2025 from Eerdmans). We talk about her faith journey, Biblical inerrancy including the 1978 Chicago S
Returning guests Dr. Paul Hoard and Billie Hoard share with us their thoughts and feelings on the recent presidential election and our serious concerns regarding the future of the country, in particular the existential t
A special election day 2024 edition of the VCW Podcast! Podcaster and content creator April Ajoy joins us to discuss her brand new book "Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith". We ta
Scott Coley joins the show to talk about his book Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right. We discuss the weaponization of the term "biblical", common sensism, the remarkable pivot
Justin Gentry joins the show to talk about his work as a former pastor and current co-podcaster (REVcovery Room, Scidentity Crisis, and Go Home Bible, You're Drunk), as well as helping organize the annual Content Warning
Podcaster and originator of the exvangelical hashtag Blake Chastain returns to the VCW hall to talk about his new book Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back
Dr. Matthew Taylor returns to the VCW hall to discuss his forthcoming book (out October 1, 2024) "The Violent Take it By Force: The Christian Movement That is Threatening Our Democracy". Dr. Taylor talks about some of th
Alycea, who uses the pseudonym Transvangelical, and Wyld Violet are online sex workers who incorporate their evangelical experience into their work and have a new podcast called Not Safe for Worship. We talk about decons
Dr. Matt Warner joins the VCW to talk about being fired from Grace College in Winona Lake, IN for what he describes as unspoken political expectations. Outside activists found old social media posts by him (involving pos
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Veterans of Culture Wars is hosted by Zach Malm and David Lester. The show is categorised under religion (spirituality) and has published 137 episodes.
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