Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

In Part 2 of my conversation with Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA), author of No Prophets, we expose the "shadow theocracy" operating inside the U.S. government: the Capitol-based ministries shaping policy, Speaker Mike Johnson's theology of power, and Russell Vought's plan to turn the federal government into an instrument of Christian dominion — the blueprint behind Project 2025. Is the separation of church and state quietly being dismantled from the inside? Huffman maps the machinery — who's funding it, who's staffing it, and what it means for American democracy when theocracy stops being a metaphor.

In this clip from Tuesday's live stream, Pat and Ken discuss the passing of Dolly Parton and how the legacy she leaves behind was defined by her actions, not what she claimed to be.

A MAGA psycophant is Trump's number one fan and his closest aid. What's the deeper story on Natalle Harp and her rise to her current position next to the President? Pat Kahnke discusses all this and more on Culture, Faith, and Politics live!

Congressman Jared Huffman — the only openly humanist member of Congress — sits down with Pat Kahnke to discuss his new book "No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism". Along the way, we discuss what the final January 6 report left out. Huffman argues the report's own findings called it a "Christian coup" — and that the explicit role of Christian nationalism was scrubbed before it reached the public.

The viral clip is everywhere — Sean Duffy telling his daughter that Harvard would "corrupt her mind," and that "me and mom can say no." It's been shared as a parenting joke. But it's only half the story. Sean Duffy isn't just a reality-TV dad with cameras following his family down the highway. He's the Secretary of Transportation — and while America laughs at the clip, he's using that office to advance a very specific vision of Christian nationalism, one truck route and one immigrant trucker at a time.