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.
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We Want a King
What Christian America Really Wants in the Trump Era
21 min
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Rebrodcast: Why Does Donald Trump Appeal to Eva...
Why does President Trump appeal to American Christians?
15 min
128
The Ad Council, CIA, and Christian America (fea...
How the CIA and big business use marketing to target Americans
34 min
129
Rebroadcast: Fatty Arbuckle and the MPAA
How Christians Censored the Golden Age of Cinema
21 min
130
Marketing Christian Libertarianism
James Fifield, Cecil B. DeMille, and The History of Ten Commandments Monuments
35 min
131
The National Prayer Breakfast and The Family
How Abraham Vereide and the labor movement created the National Prayer Breakfast
26 min
132
An Evaluation
7 min
133
The New Deal (feat. Justin Rosolino)
What is the Christian response to financial disaster?
33 min
134
Is the Church with Workers? (feat Heath Carter)
Labor movements, Christian socialism, and making Christian unions
26 min
135
The Pew and the Picket Line (feat. Heath Carter)
Heath Carter of Princeton Theological Seminary and the rise of unions
33 min
136
$12,400
Non-Profits are not for everyone
5 min
137
Spiritual Life and Leadership
Markus Watson talks with Chris about Truce
50 min
138
The Case Against the Pledge
How the Pledge of Allegiance Stopped Being Mandatory
9 min
139
Your Youth Group Trip Was Cancelled - Now What?
Truce Podcast Needs Your Help
3 min
140
The Pledge of Allegiance (Featuring Charles Dorn)
The Weird History of How a Christian Socialist Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
32 min
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Truce Needs Your Support
2 min
142
Empire: The Game!
Is empire always a bad thing? We played a game to find out.
36 min
143
Home of the Forgotten
How a "Christian" nation forgets its own people
24 min
144
Teddy Roosevelt and the Guano Islands
How bird poop and Teddy Roosevelt reshaped the American map
28 min
145
How to Hide an Empire (featuring Daniel Immerwahr)
Is the USA an empire?
18 min
146
Is the US a Christian Nation?
Questioning the Christian America Argument with Gregg Frazer
28 min
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Is Revolution Biblical?
Questioning the Biblical Backing of the American Revolution
19 min
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Faith of the Founding Fathers (featuring Dr. Gr...
Were the Founding Fathers Deists or Christians?
34 min
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Why Are We Covering This? A Conversation with E...
Why is a Christian Podcast Covering Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism?
25 min
150
Godless Utopia (featuring Roland Elliott Brown)
The story of anti-Christian Soviet propaganda
28 min