Evangelical Christianity was the great boogeyman of the George W. Bush era. We revisit the film that helped define it in the liberal imagination, JESUS CAMP (2006), and consider what became of Evangelicals in the Trump era. PLUS: a call for unity against our greatest enemy, Tom Hanks.

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In 2004, a group of liberal comedians and commentators came together to break the conservative monopoly on talk radio. The result was the ill-fated Air America. We watched the candid 2005 HBO documentary LEFT OF THE DIAL to analyze what went wrong. PLUS: Luke reflects on the passing of Harry Leslie Smith.

Thank you to listener Will Chapman for the suggestion. Also, apologies that one of the hosts keeps mistaking Randhi Rhodes' name as "Randhi Reid." It was a late night, folks.

"Harry Leslie Smith (1923 - 2018)" by Luke Savage - https://jacobinmag.com/2018/11/harry-leslie-smith-nhs-labour-obituary

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"But OK. You want to make my day, huh...?" At the 2012 Republican National Convention, America's most durable movie star confronted an invisible Barack Obama. We revisit the speech that made history.

This is some hot bonus content to make up for the fact we didn't post anything last week. NOTE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: A new full-length premium episode is coming this week.

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In our Halloween spooktacular, we look back at the Reagan/Bush era via the Bush/Cheney era via DONNIE DARKO (2001).

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Everything is political, folks -- even the writer/director/star of THE ROOM (2003). Luke and Will re-examine one of their shared passions by watching THE NEIGHBORS -- Mr. Wiseau's little-loved follow-up to his generation-defining "so-bad-it's-good" hit -- and consider the politics of cult cinema and vanity projects. PLUS: "cannabis" mania sweeps Canada!

"The Streaming Void" by Judy Berman - https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-streaming-void-berman

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