In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer

Frank Schaeffer talks with political strategist and author Atima Omara about her new book The Instigators and the deeper failures shaping American politics today.
They discuss race, religion, Trumpism, Project 2025, Kamala Harris, media ecosystems, the Democratic Party’s blind spots, and the historic role Black women have played in defending democracy while rarely receiving full recognition or power.
Atima also reflects on growing up in Virginia as the daughter of Ugandan immigrants and what years inside political organizing taught her about how change actually happens.
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LINKS
https://atima-omara.com

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The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them) on Bookshop
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In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Frank Schaeffer talks with sociologist Michael O. Emerson about the updated edition of Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America.
They discuss why racial division inside white evangelical culture has intensified over the last 25 years, how Christian nationalism reshaped American politics, and why churches often failed to confront segregation while other institutions succeeded.
Frank also shares personal reflections on growing up in Francis Schaeffer’s community in Switzerland and living in apartheid South Africa.
A grounded conversation about race, religion, power, memory, and the America we built.
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LINKS
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/michael-o-emerson
https://christiansmith.nd.edu
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Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Second Edition on Bookshop
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In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Frank Schaeffer talks with Vatican journalist Elise Ann Allen about her new biography of Pope Leo XIV and why the new pope has already become such an important moral figure for many people around the world.
Elise was the first journalist to interview Pope Leo after his election and shares personal stories about their friendship, his years serving the poor in Peru, and the humility that continues to shape him even now.
The conversation also explores faith, politics, AI, immigration, polarization, and what happens when human dignity is forgotten.
A thoughtful and deeply human conversation about leadership, conscience, and hope.
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LINKS

https://cruxnow.com/author/elise-ann-allen

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In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

A conversation about power, fear, nationalism, and the rewriting of American history.
Keri Ladner joins Frank Schaeffer for a conversation about the rise of Christian nationalism and the mythology surrounding America’s founding.
They discuss the Religious Right, the Seven Mountain Mandate, January 6th, white extremism, and the growing influence of authoritarian politics inside evangelical culture.
The conversation also turns toward immigration, fear, nationalism, neo-confederacy, and the role of powerful tech figures shaped by apartheid-era politics and ideology who are reshaping public life in America and beyond.
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LINKS
Keri Ladner on Substack
American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom on Bookshop
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In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Jonathan Tepper joins Frank Schaeffer to discuss his memoir Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Addiction.

The conversation explores growing up in Madrid during the AIDS crisis, missionary life among heroin addicts, the loss of Jonathan’s younger brother, literature, homeschooling, faith, suffering, and the role empathy plays in shaping human life.

Frank and Jonathan also reflect on Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, prayer, grief, and the troubling loss of compassion inside modern American evangelical politics.
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LINKS

https://jonathan-tepper.com
Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Addiction
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