Jared Yates Sexton is an American writer and political commentator. Having begun his career writing and teaching fiction, things changed as his investigative journaling in the run up to the 2016 Presidential election plunged him into the world of politics. He is also the host of the Muckrake Podcast.

He spoke about his childhood in a fundamentalist Christian church, the need for 'good brokership' when engaging across the political divide, and why despite the joy they may bring, Marvel movies are still propaganda for the 'old order'.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/02/01/jared-yates-sexton-on-escaping-fundamentalism-and-the-mythology-of-marvel-movies

You can buy his latest book, The Midnight Kingdom here:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673035/the-midnight-kingdom-by-jared-yates-sexton/

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

01:20 What is sacred to you? Jared Yates Sexton’s answer

06:34 Religious childhood trauma and being curious

18:40 The original idea of God

23:38 From fiction writer to political commentator

29:02 Political storytelling and authoritarianism

36:12 The power of the people

46:41 Marvel movies and the mythology of the Old Order

51:40 Reflection and Outro

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