Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Pete Hegseth announced plans to livestream the Fort Hood shooter execution by firing squad. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling condemns the death penalty spectacle as depravity and war porn, and former pastor Pat Kahnke responds with a Christian critique of militant Christian nationalism.

Brad Onishi exposes the coming MAGA civil war over who controls Jesus' Kingdom in his new book American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords are Turning America Into a Monarchy. In part 1 of this conversation, Pat Kahnke and Brad Onishi break down Christian nationalism, the New Apostolic Reformation, and the fight for Trump's movement.

Christians are the death penalty's biggest supporters, yet capital punishment is cruel, ineffective and beneath the teachings of Jesus. Pat Kahnke talks with Tihomir Kukolja about Krista Pike's botched execution, what the Bible really says about the death penalty, and how to find wisdom for these difficult issues.

Ken Paxton's corruption is next level, but that might not stop Texas GOP voters from putting him in the Senate. Paxton is the best example of everything wrong with the Republican Party. The GOP playbook is to run absolute creeps and cretins in the primaries, and the worst people in America vote for them, forcing GOP voters into having to vote for that horrible candidate in the general election. It's then sold as a binary choice, and we'll lose our country if you don't vote against the Democrats. And it all keeps working. Plus, Pete Hegseth is continuing his religious war with his new Office of Religious Affairs, Trump wants us to say Super Intelligence, and who is Beni Rae Harmony? Pat Kahnke and Ken Napzok discuss all this and more on Culture, Faith, and Politics live!

Former evangelical pastor Pat Kahnke on Jon Ossoff, Christian nationalism, white evangelicals and Donald Trump — why despair is a luxury we can't afford in this MAGA politics marathon one month before the midterms.

Was Charlie Kirk worse in context? After 6 years tracking Turning Point USA, Tim Whitaker says yes — more hateful, more bigoted, and more dehumanizing in context than in isolated clips. In this conversation, Pat and Tim walk through Kirk's own words and show why this isn't about a few "mean tweets," but about rhetoric in service to a movement and worldview.

In this clip from Tuesday night's live stream with Ken Napzok, Pat and Ken discuss the controversy surrounding Life Surge, Tim Tebow, and other celebrities who are involved with this organization. Pat contends that while Tim Tebow might not have been fully aware of financial malfeasance being allegedly committed by Life Surge, he IS responsible for a grift of a higher sort -- preaching the prosperity gospel.

Fox News' Jessica Tarlov joins ex-evangelical pastor Pat Kahnke to ask: can you actually talk to Trump supporters and love your MAGA family while telling the truth? This Raging Moderates collaboration dives into her new book I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends.

Tarlov, Democratic strategist and co-host of The Five, shares her playbook for winning arguments without losing friends — how to debate family in the MAGA echo chamber, why "when you're being criticized on style, you have won on the substance," and how to be ruthless and kind, sharp but not cruel. Pat responds from his journey out of evangelical Republicanism after 2016, plus what he’s learning about corruption, cruelty, and the 2026 midterms with candidates like Jon Ossoff, James Talarico and Rob Sand.

Jack Smith's explosive Senate hearing exposed the crisis of MAGA Christians and Christian nationalism as Senators Eric Schmitt and John Kennedy grilled the former special counsel to defend Donald Trump. Pat argues this moment revealed exactly who they are — and why we must never forget what they did when they had the power — even if Trump-era political power fades.

Jack Smith went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to defend his investigations into Donald Trump and the Republicans were embarrassed with their failed "gotcha" attempt. Plus, what's going on with Tim Tebow and the Life Surge scandal and have we found Noah's Ark... again? Pat Kahnke discusses all this and more on Culture, Faith, and Politics live!