MindShift Podcast

MindShift Podcast


Latest Episodes

Bonus Episode: Why is the Christian Right Amplifying Trump’s Conspiracy Theories?
December 07, 2020

In this fourth bonus episode, I’m taking a slightly different direction away from the charismatic “apostles and prophets” who failed in their predictions of a Trump landslide. This time, I’m looking at the issue of why voices on the Christian ...

Escaping from Charismatic Christianity (with Dean Krosecz)
December 04, 2020

This week’s episode features a conversation with ex-charismatic Christian and host of “The People I Meet” podcast: Dean Krosecz. Dean and I discuss not only a bit of his backstory, we also delve into the charismatic version of dominion theology–the ......

Bonus Episode – The “Prophets” Double Down: Conspiracy Theories and Failed “Trump Re-Election” Prophecies
November 23, 2020

There’s just so much information out there that I am having a hard time keeping up with all of it!  As I struggle to keep up, here’s my third bonus episode on this topic, as we continue to watch the ... Read More »

Exploring Celtic Spirituality (with Dara Molloy)
November 20, 2020

This week’s episode features a fascinating conversation with Dara Molloy, former Catholic priest from Dublin, Ireland. Now situated on the Aran Islands off the west Coast of Ireland, Dara ended up walking away from the institutionalized Roman Catholic ...

Bonus Episode – Denial, Delusion and Desperation: Revisiting the Many Failed “Trump Re-Election” Prophecies
November 16, 2020

Although it’s only been a week since my last bonus episode on this topic of the failed Trump prophecies, much has happened since then–so I felt that it needed to be revisited! In this episode, I’ll take a look at ... Read More »

Bonus Episode – When Prophecy Fails: Cognitive Dissonance and the Many Failed “Trump Re-Election” Prophecies
November 09, 2020

In this special post-electionbonus episode, I take a look at the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance as it relates to the wide variety of failed so-called “prophecies” laid out by a great number of charismatic and 7 mountains mandate dominion theology ....

Bonus Episode – The Christian Right: Power Politics, Dominion Theology, and Christian Nationalism (with Dr John Fea)
October 26, 2020

This special bonus episode is a chat with Dr John Fea, professor of American history at Messiah College in Pennsylvania–and although he’s an evangelical, he is a prominent voice who has been speaking out for years about what he terms ... Read More »

Homeschooling the Right: Conservative Education and Political Activism (with Heath Brown)
October 23, 2020

This week’s episode features Heath Brown, associate professor at CUNY and author of the upcoming book Homeschooling the Right: How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State, which is expected to drop in early 2021.

Bonus Episode – Amy Coney Barrett: The Legal, Political, and Religious Ambition to turn America into a Theocracy (with Frank Schaeffer)
October 18, 2020

This special bonus episode features author, filmmaker, artist and activist Frank Schaeffer, son of Francis Schaeffer–the hugely influential intellectual evangelical and anti-abortion activist. Frank, along with his famous father,

Separating the Beliefs from the Believer (with Matthew Taylor)
October 09, 2020

Is it possible to have a respectful dialogue between an atheist and an evangelical Christian?   Matthew Taylor, this week’s guest and co-host of the Still Unbelievable podcast, thinks that it is possible–provided, of course,