Faith & the Founders, Part 2: The Godless Constitution Thesis
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Faith & the Founders, Part 2: The Godless Constitution Thesis

We’re back with another crossover of American Angst and Church Potluck—and it’s the middle slice of a three-part series. In Part 1, we explored evidence for a religious impulse at the founding of the United States. Today, we flip the coin and examine the “godless constitution” thesis: why the U.S. Constitution reads secular by design, how the framers imagined church–state separation, and what that meant in practice—from oath vs. affirmation options and chaplains, to presidential proclamations...

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Trump Derangement Syndrome: Sincerity, Bulls**t, and the Death of Dialogue

Trump Derangement Syndrome: Sincerity, Bulls**t, and the Death of Dialogue

Political philosopher Michael Bailey joins host Dale McConkey to unpack “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a window into America’s fractured political discourse. They begin with how shifting cultural gua...

9 Syys 202545min

American Inequality: From Gilded Age Tycoons to Tech Oligarchs

American Inequality: From Gilded Age Tycoons to Tech Oligarchs

In this episode of American Angst 101, host Dale McConkey hands the reins to Michael Bailey, political philosopher at Berry College, for a thoughtful deep dive into the growing problem of inequality i...

3 Syys 202556min

Campaigns, Congress, and Cattle: A Conversation with Candidate Shawn Harris

Campaigns, Congress, and Cattle: A Conversation with Candidate Shawn Harris

In this special episode of American Angst, political scientist Michael Bailey and host Dale McConkey welcome retired Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressi...

29 Elo 20251h 6min

End of an Era? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 4

End of an Era? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 4

In our fourth and final installment of our "Democrats in the Hot Seat" series, political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey shifts the focus squarely onto the Democratic Party—its historic dominance since t...

20 Elo 20251h 2min

Patriarchy in the Pulpit and the Pentagon: Pete Hegseth and Doug Wilson

Patriarchy in the Pulpit and the Pentagon: Pete Hegseth and Doug Wilson

CROSSOVER EPISODE! In this first-ever crossover episode between Church Potluck and American Angst 101, host Dale McConkey, political scientist Michael Bailey, and historian Christy Snider dive into a...

14 Elo 202556min

Limits to Pluralism? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 3

Limits to Pluralism? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 3

Political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey leads this episode of American Angst 101 with a sweeping exploration of how the United States’ founding-era vision of a liberal federal government—meaning one gr...

11 Elo 202549min

Elitism, Crime, and Borders: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 2

Elitism, Crime, and Borders: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 2

In this follow-up to the previous conversation on MAGA critiques of the Democratic Party, Political Scientist Michael Bailey dives into the final three charges: (1) being elitist cultural snobs, (2) s...

8 Elo 202558min

Wokeness, Patriotism, and Religion: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 1

Wokeness, Patriotism, and Religion: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 1

In this episode of American Angst, political philosopher Michael Bailey analyzes the first three of six major criticisms often leveled against the Democratic Party by conservatives and MAGA supporters...

5 Elo 202550min

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