Who’s Afraid Of (Talking About) The Christian Right?

Sam talks with returning guest Annika Brockschmidt about the ideology that binds Trump's GOP. Brockschmidt is a trained historian, author and journalist. She wrote two bestselling books on the history of the US religious right and the Republican Party. Follow Annika on BlueSky. German-speaking audiences can read her latest book Die Brandstifter: Wie Extremisten die Republikanische Partei übernahmen and listen to her on the two podcasts she hosts Kreuz und Flagge and Feminist Shelf Control. Mentioned In The Interview: The GOP Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud by Annika Brockschmidt Coverage of NATCON for Religion Dispatches by Annika Brockschmidt and Ben Lober Related Episodes: Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy Fascism Isn't Just a German Problem Rick Perlstein: The Infernal Triangle + Christian Nationalist Project 2025 The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump By popular demand! Get your Refuse Fascism T-Shirt here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bonfire.com/refuse-fascism-pod-shirt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Find us on all the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@RefuseFascism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@samgoldmanrf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/RefuseFascism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Photo copyright for Annika Brockshchmidt is Frederike Wetzels