Straight White American Jesus - Weekly Roundup: 187 Minutes Aired: 2022-07-22 Duration: 05:09 === Dan's Last Conference (03:34) === [00:00:00] Axis Mundy Axis Mundy You're listening to an Irreverent Podcast. [00:00:17] Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators. [00:00:21] Welcome to Straight White American Jesus. [00:00:38] My name is Brad Onishi, faculty at the University of San Francisco. [00:00:42] Our show is hosted in partnership with the Kapp Center, UCSB, and I'm here today with my co-host. [00:00:47] My name is Dan Miller. [00:00:48] I'm a, no, not associate professor. [00:00:50] I almost misstated my rank. [00:00:52] We can't have that. [00:00:53] I know. [00:00:53] I'm now a full professor of religion and social thought at Landmark College. [00:00:57] It's good to see you, Brad, as we dive into yet another week that's, you know, obviously slow in news and nothing happening in our country. [00:01:06] First, yeah, you know, you are a full professor. [00:01:09] The Academy, if I've learned anything, works on hierarchy and prestige. [00:01:13] You don't get paid that much and, you know, there's a lot of other drawbacks, but at least, you know, we have our hierarchy and our prestige. [00:01:21] That's what we always can go back on, Dan. [00:01:23] So that's, that's what really matters in life. [00:01:26] I missed last week. [00:01:27] Thank you to you and Sarah for holding down the fort. [00:01:28] I was at a conference, the Apari conference, which is a conference on Asian Pacific American religion down at USC, which was amazing. [00:01:36] I just wanna shout out all the folks there for an amazing conference. [00:01:39] So many times in the academy, sometimes conferences feel like competitions and who's the smartest, who's the most important. [00:01:46] And this just wasn't one of those. [00:01:49] It was one full of welcome and community, and it was just, it was really great. [00:01:53] So, if you were there and I got to meet you, I'm just thankful for that opportunity. [00:01:58] A couple things, Dan, before we start. [00:01:59] Sarah Mosener has a class seminar starting in August, Purity, Culture, Race, and Embodiment, and we have some spots left if you'd like to sign up. [00:02:08] So, go over to straightwhiteamericanjesus.com. [00:02:11] And you'll see all the info there, Sarah. [00:02:14] Just simply put is one of the world's experts on this topic. [00:02:17] And if you'd like to have a chance to take a class, a college style class that doesn't require, you know, college registration or tests or quizzes or writing papers. [00:02:29] And if you want to be around other folks who are interested in this stuff and just kind of learn a lot, this is really the place to be. [00:02:35] So that's happening now. [00:02:38] Dan series continues. [00:02:39] It's in the code and you're going strong, Dan, for 13 weeks now, which is incredible. [00:02:45] So check that out on Wednesdays. [00:02:47] And I'm still doing my interviews on Mondays. [00:02:49] So check those out. [00:02:50] All right. [00:02:51] Lots to talk about today. [00:02:52] We don't want to run out of time. [00:02:55] So last night, Dan, one more round of J6 hearings. [00:02:58] And I think this will lead us into some talk about AG Merrick Garland and a memo that was released and some other things that broke this week. [00:03:08] We'll also talk about what's happening around the country with just the slow moving coup and the Christian nationalist attempt to end our democracy. [00:03:15] So, you know, nothing big. [00:03:16] Why not? [00:03:17] All right. [00:03:18] Dan, here's some takeaways I have from the hearings last night. [00:03:22] I know many of you probably watched them. [00:03:24] I know some of you probably did not. [00:03:25] I know many of you might be catching up today in terms of just news and getting a summary. [00:03:31] Let's just go through some of the things that were talked about last night. === J6 Hearings Recap (01:34) === [00:03:35] Once again, the committee went through how there were multiple reports of weapons in the crowd. [00:03:40] And still, Donald Trump said, let's all walk down to the Capitol. [00:03:44] I'm going to walk with you. [00:03:46] So once again, we know Donald Trump is being told there are weapons in the crowd. [00:03:52] There are people trying to enter. [00:03:54] Uh, the crowd and their weapons are being taken off them because they're being detected by the metal detectors. [00:04:01] And still he's saying, let's go down together to the Capitol. [00:04:05] Okay. [00:04:05] There we go. [00:04:07] As the violence unfolds, and really this hearing was really about 187 minutes in my mind. [00:04:16] 187 minutes between when the violence starts and when Trump finally gets on video and says to stop and go home, in really kind of ambiguous terms. [00:04:27] Thanks for listening to this free preview of our Swadge episode. [00:04:31] In order to get access to the full episode and so much more, become a Straight White American Jesus Premium Subscriber by clicking the link in the show notes. [00:04:40] It'll take you like two clicks, I promise. [00:04:42] In addition to getting access to this episode, you'll have access to the entire Swadge archive, over 550 episodes. [00:04:50] You'll also get an extra episode every month, ad-free listening, Discord access, and so much more. [00:04:56] All that for less than six bucks a month, and it helps us keep our flag up and continue to safeguard democracy from religious nationalism, extremism, and rising authoritarianism. [00:05:08] Check it out. [00:05:09] It's not hard.