The Anarchodox Podcast

This week on Anarchodox:

• Pope Leo XIV has a surprisingly relevant dissertation
• Elon broke his LLM mechanical daemon, proving Mary Shelley was right all along
• The Democrats keep making baffling decisions
• Trump declares war on the Boss and the T-Swift nation, impending Swiftie melee begins
• Porn bans threaten queer people everywhere
• Theology Bites: Jesus heals a blind man, and provides us with a model for both disability justice and anarchy

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This week on Anarchodox:

• HABEMUS PAPUM! We have a pope! We have Pope Leo XIV on the brain, and much frivolity ensues
• The Episcopal Church ends partnership with the government to resettle white Afrikaners
• LIGHTNING ROUND--a quick look into the firehose of chaos
• Theology Bites: Revelation, and the apocalyptic hope of anarchism

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We have a very special episode on this week's Anarchodox, featuring our first guest: Micah Belong, from the Word in Black and Red! They have come to have a friendly conversation with us about the role of authority, specifically episcopacy, and how it can coexist with our anarchist outlook. It's an extra-long but also extra-good episode, and we hope you all enjoy the ride.

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This week on Anarchodox:

• Popewatch 2025 continues, and already one Cardinal drops out before we begin
• White House announces that it's going to release the Cass Review: Donald's Version
• Pastors hold protest in the rotunda, get arrested. So much for religious freedom!
• Anarchy 101: the Where and the How

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This week on Anarchodox:

• The death of Pope Francis prompts us to ponder THE CONCLAVE

• Mae’s article: ⁠https://maeforrestbarnes.substack.com/p/dignity-and-the-transgender-person?r=2x9a9e⁠

• Podcast with Queer Polifaith: ⁠https://sites.libsyn.com/410384/dignitas-infinita-with-mae⁠

• The UK Supreme Court deems that trans people are legally their assigned sex at birth; existential dread ensues
• RFK Jr. wants to make an autism registry. Do you hear the jackboots marching?
• Christian Anarchy 101: What does Christian Anarchism mean to you?

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This week, Bill and Mae have decided to take a break from the unrelenting onslaught that is the news, and instead serve a full 7 course meal, chock full of theology bites! We walk through the Holy Week liturgy and scripture, and have a blast doing it. A full hour and a half of extremely church-nerdy talk, you love to see it.

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On Anarchodox this week:

• The Regime admitted to sending a man to hell in error, and we gaze into that gaping maw of depravity
• Georgia Democrats dusted off their spines and protested an anti-trans bill
• Tariff nonsense continues, but we pause to consider the globalized economy built on exploitation
• Religious folks in Philadelphia build an altar in protest of ICE
• Anarchy 101: A reading list

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The books mentioned:

Anarchy and Christianity, by Jacques EllulChristian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel, by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

That Holy Anarchist: Reflections on Christianity and Anarchism, by Mark Van Steenwyk (now Maki Van Steenwyk)

The Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin

The Rule of Saint Benedict

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Topics for today's episode:

• Elon tries to bribe voters in Wisconsin, winds up losing the election. Masterful gambit, sir!
• Cory Booker sets a new filibuster record on the senate floor
• Trump's tariffs got announced, and hoo boy the stove is HOT
• Mae becomes visible, inexplicably
• We talk about the Diggers, a 17th century proto-anarchist movement in England!

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Things we talk about this week:

• The chief editor of The Atlantic was added to a top secret Signal group chat, because fascists are buffoons
• A car drove into a crowd of anti-Tesla protestors, which prompts us to talk about protest best practices
• AOC and Bernie Sanders take their show on the road, and we have conflicting feelings about the whole thing
• Mae yaps about Pyotr Kropotkin for a bit
• Some sober reflection on the Prodigal Son parable

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Things we covered this week:

• Voters are flooding GOP and Dem town halls
• The utter failure of Senate Democrats, and Chuck Schumer in particular
• Trump goes against court orders to deport immigrants
• Texas is the fascism laboratory
• Mainline protestant denominations are downsizing due to lack of money
• The curious case of the Charizard Cheeto
• Bill talks about the secret origins of Christian Anarchy via the 12 Articles of the Swabian Peasants

Articles referenced:

• https://apnews.com/politics/christianity-ted-cruz-texas-religion-and-politics-donna-campbell-d272e4cf0ae598b356f2a676cbcf3d01
• https://apnews.com/article/us-protestant-denominations-budget-cutbacks-episcopal-presbyterian-342c6d294ee2ab687981fb171a7b95cd

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