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Truce - History of the Christian Church

Truce explores the history of the evangelical church in America, from fundamentalism to pyramid schemes to political campaigns. Host Chris Staron uses journalistic tools to investigate how the church got here and how it can do better.The current season follows the rise of the Religious Right, examining the link between evangelicals and the Republican Party. Featuring special guests like Rick Perlstein, Frances Fitzgerald, Jesse Eisinger, Daniel K. Williams, and more.

Republicans and Evangelicals | Why Christians Didn't Vote for Carter

42 mins; March 24, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals | The Many Plagues of Jimmy Carter

43 mins; March 10, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals | The Council for National Policy: Dark Money in the Church

55 mins; February 24, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals | The Battle for the Mind

53 mins; February 10, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals | What Scared Tim LaHaye

36 mins; January 27, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals | Pat Robertson and the Prosperity Gospel

44 mins; January 13, 2026

An American Coup in Guatemala

41 mins; January 06, 2026

Republicans and Evangelicals: Bill Bright, Campus Crusade, and Cru

53 mins; December 16, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 2)

36 mins; December 02, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 1)

40 mins; November 18, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals: Abortion

47 mins; November 04, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals: The Death Penalty

45 mins; October 21, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals | Bob Jones University v. The United States

29 mins; October 07, 2025

A Personal Message and Exciting News!

5 mins; September 23, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals | George Wallace

64 hours 6 mins; September 09, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Boston Against Busing

31 mins; August 26, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 2)

46 mins; August 12, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 1)

32 mins; July 29, 2025

Scopes Monkey Trial - 100 Year Anniversay

73 hours 4 mins; July 18, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I The Late Great Planet Earth

51 mins; July 15, 2025

The Camino del Norte part 2

55 mins; July 01, 2025

The Camino del Norte

51 mins; June 17, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Boardroom Jacobins

30 mins; June 03, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I The Failure of Supply-Side Economics

31 mins; May 20, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I The New Right

44 mins; May 06, 2025

Bonus: Compelled: A New Song

53 mins; April 22, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman and School Choice (part 2 of 2)

27 mins; April 08, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman vs. John Maynard Keynes (1 of 2)

37 mins; March 25, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley v. Ayn Rand and the John Birch Society

16 mins; March 11, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley Jr. and National Review

43 mins; March 04, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part Two

42 mins; February 18, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part One

38 mins; February 04, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I The John Birch Society (featuring Matthew Dallek)

43 mins; January 21, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals | A Brief History of Libertarianism (featuring Andrew Koppelman)

62 hours 11 mins; January 07, 2025

Republicans and Evangelicals I How Bad Drivers Prepare Us for Christmas

42 mins; December 17, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I How the Wealthy Dodge Taxes (w/ Pro Publica's Jesse Eisinger)

46 mins; December 03, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Fundamentalist Takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention

28 mins; November 19, 2024

Mike Cosper: The Church in Dark Times

40 mins; November 04, 2024

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

17 mins; October 29, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Christian Nationalism

52 mins; October 22, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Women's Roundtable Book Discussion

50 mins; October 08, 2024

Compelled - KKK Terrorist Finds Christ

33 mins; October 02, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 2

38 mins; September 24, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 1

49 mins; September 10, 2024

Chris Quits Driving A School Bus

3 mins; September 07, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Phyllis Schlafly and the ERA

34 mins; August 27, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I RJ Rushdoony and Christian Reconstruction

49 mins; August 13, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Kanawha County Textbook War

34 mins; July 30, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I The New Deal

36 mins; July 09, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I End of School Prayer

28 mins; June 25, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Can I Love Extremists?

46 mins; June 11, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Long Southern Strategy

37 mins; May 28, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Billy Graham and Nixon

35 mins; May 14, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Harold Ockenga - Can Christians Unite?

31 mins; April 30, 2024

Republicans and Evangelicals I Prologue: What Is Biblical?

20 mins; April 16, 2024

Behind the Scenes Bonus

11 mins; March 26, 2024

Season 6 Trailer

1 min; March 19, 2024

Advertising, New Cover Art, Season 6 Update

2 mins; December 21, 2023

Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn (featuring Larry Tye, author of Demagogue)

46 mins; September 12, 2023

Love Thy Neighborhood - Where the Gospel Meets Artificial Intelligence

63 hours 51 mins; August 29, 2023

Season 6 Update

3 mins; July 04, 2023

Takeaway #5 - The Only Thing We Have to Fear

15 mins; June 13, 2023

Takeaway #4 - We Are A People of the Means

37 mins; May 30, 2023

Takeaway #3 - The Great Divorce

14 mins; May 16, 2023

Takeaway #2 - Extremes Lead to Extremes

12 mins; May 02, 2023

Takeaway #1 - How Should We Deal With Heretics?

19 mins; April 18, 2023

REBROADCAST: Can I Still Love the Church?

43 mins; April 04, 2023

Inherit the Wind | Christian Fundamentalism Series

44 mins; March 21, 2023

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial Part Two | Christian Fundamentalism Series

38 mins; March 07, 2023

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial Part One | Christian Fundamentalism Series

36 mins; February 21, 2023

Are All Christians Anti-Evolution? | Christian Fundamentalism Series

41 mins; February 07, 2023

Leopold and Loeb | Christian Fundamentalism Series

40 mins; January 24, 2023

Eugenics (featuring Paul Lombardo) | Christian Fundamentalism Series

50 mins; January 10, 2023

Christmas 2022

1 min; December 20, 2022

The Battle for the Presbyterian Soul | Christian Fundamentalism Series

27 mins; December 06, 2022

Mr. Fundamentalist | Christian Fundamentalism Series

26 mins; November 22, 2022

World War One I Christian Fundamentalism Series

39 mins; November 08, 2022

Exciting News About the Future!

4 mins; November 01, 2022

Walter Rauschenbusch and the Great Reversal

26 mins; October 25, 2022

The Fundamentals | Christian Fundamentalism Series

44 mins; October 11, 2022

The Scofield Reference Bible | Christian Fundamentalism Series

23 mins; September 27, 2022

The Treaties of William Jennings Bryan

15 mins; September 13, 2022

Looking Backward

12 mins; August 30, 2022

In His Steps Discussion

45 mins; August 16, 2022

In His Steps (part 3)

160 hours 42 mins; August 02, 2022

In His Steps (part 2)

140 hours 43 mins; July 26, 2022

Bonus Episode - In His Steps

1 min; July 22, 2022

In His Steps (part 1)

180 hours 41 mins; July 19, 2022

The Holiness Movement | Christian Fundamentalism Series

21 mins; July 05, 2022

Moody's Lieutenants | Christian Fundamentalism Series

21 mins; June 21, 2022

D.L. Moody | Christian Fundamentalism Series

36 mins; June 07, 2022

Social Darwinism and the Spanish-American War | Christian Fundamentalism Series

41 mins; May 24, 2022

Populism | Christian Fundamentalism Series

40 mins; May 10, 2022

The Gold Standard and the Great Depression

14 mins; May 03, 2022

The Gold Standard | Christian Fundamentalism Series

33 mins; April 26, 2022

How Do We Deal with Christian Fundamentalism? | Christian Fundamentalism Series

37 mins; April 12, 2022

The Liberals | Christian Fundamentalism Series

39 mins; March 29, 2022

The End of Reconstruction | Christian Fundamentalism Series

27 mins; March 15, 2022

Dispensationalism and John Nelson Darby | Christian Fundamentalism Series

30 mins; March 01, 2022

Premillennialism and Postmillennialism | Christian Fundamentalism Series

22 mins; February 15, 2022

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