In this episode Helen and Matthew talk with Matthew Rowley about his new book Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again. We discuss the ways that Protestants on both wings of the USA's political spectrum make use of American history. In his book, Matthew offers a constructive way forward, which we explore with him.
Dr Matthew Rowley is  Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester, and Research Associate at the Cambridge Institute of Religion and International Studies.

In this episode, Helen and Matthew talk with Dr Keith Kahn-Harris, sociologist and author of Strange Hate. We discuss antisemitism, national repentance, and why 'strange hate' might be a better way forward for societal cohesion than love.

In this episode, Helen Paynter and Matthew Feldman talk with Dr Liam Liburd, historian  at the University of Sheffield, whose special interest is decolonisation. We talk about the toppling of the Colston Statue, the Black Lives Matter protests,  and the power of historical memory and symbolic action.

In this episode, podcast hosts Helen Paynter and Matthew Feldman introduce themselves and open up some of the questions that the series will be addressing.
Helen Paynter is the director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, and Matthew Feldman is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, although in this podcast series he is speaking in a private capacity.
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Helen's book on domestic abuse and the Bible can be found here.