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The Orange Wave: A History of the Religious Right Since 1960

In this ten-part docu-series Dr. Bradley Onishi (co-host of Straight White American Jesus) uses Orange County, CA as a prism in order to trace the rise of the Religious Right through homegrown activis... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Episode 1: Oranges and Peanuts

Episode 1: Oranges and Peanuts

The Religious Right has not always existed. White evangelicals have not always been the guardians of far-right immigrati... Read more

2 Jul 2021

42mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 2: Every End is a Beginning

Episode 2: Every End is a Beginning

On this installment of the Orange Wave, Brad traces two intertwined histories. First, the Sun Belt Migration, which led ... Read more

11 May 2022

2mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 3: From the Gold Rush to the Tea Party

Episode 3: From the Gold Rush to the Tea Party

In the early 1960s, Orange County became the hub for both white evangelical Christianity and libertarian politics. It wa... Read more

11 May 2022

2mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 4: It's Not Democracy. It's War

Episode 4: It's Not Democracy. It's War

In the wake of the 1964 Goldwater campaign, three young men decided to start the Council for National Policy in order to... Read more

11 May 2022

2mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 5: Putin's Russia: City on a Hill

Episode 5: Putin's Russia: City on a Hill

Brad explores the alliance between the alt-right and the Religious Right in and through Trump's presidency. In tracing t... Read more

11 May 2022

4mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 6: Non-Biblical Christian Manhood

Episode 6: Non-Biblical Christian Manhood

Since the mid-twentieth century, evangelicals and others on the Religious Right have looked to Hollywood, rather than th... Read more

11 May 2022

3mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 7: Sexless Ed

Episode 7: Sexless Ed

You might be surprised to learn that the history of sex ed in the USA is a religious history. Christians were not always... Read more

11 May 2022

3mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 9: This is How it Ends

Episode 9: This is How it Ends

Some just want to watch the world burn. But for others, the end of the world is an opportunity to rebuild it in their im... Read more

11 May 2022

3mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 8: Old School

Episode 8: Old School

If you want to take the country back for God, if you want to have dominion over every level of society, if you want to e... Read more

11 May 2022

3mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 10: The Orange Curtain

Episode 10: The Orange Curtain

On the series finale, Brad reflects on his departure from Orange County and evangelicalism. This provides a jumping off ... Read more

11 May 2022

1hr 6mins

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