This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Talia Lavin [X/Twitter, Bluesky]. Talia is a journalist and writer and a keen fan of swords and sandwiches. Her latest book is titled Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America (Hachette) and answers the question ‘WWJD?’ if he was an American warlord rather than a Jewish pacifist.
All across America, a storm is gathering: from book bans in school libraries to anti-trans laws in state legislatures; firebombings of abortion clinics and protests against gay rights. The Christian Right, a cunning political force in America for more than half a century, has never been more powerful than it is right now—it propelled Donald Trump to power, and it won’t stop until it’s refashioned America in its own image.
In Wild Faith, critically acclaimed author Talia Lavin goes deep into what motivates the Christian Right, from its segregationist past to a future riddled with apocalyptic ideology.
Wild Faith is released in the US next week and in Australia in December. Pre-orders are encouraged and you can read an excerpt — ‘Breaking a Child’s Will: The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment’ here. The book covers a lot of territory: inter alia, we spoke to Talia about the war on gender non-conformity, wooden spoons and child indoctrination, Christian Zionism and Revelation. (We last spoke to Talia in October 2020 about Culture Warlords.)
4.30pm, Thursday, October 10, 2024 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website
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