God Hates Fred Phelps (feat. Joseph)

Joseph joins Josiah to talk about Fred Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church, and the weird politics of fringe fundamentalism. 

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References

• God Hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalism, and the Religious Right by Rebecca Barrett-Fox
• "Conversion via Twitter," Adrian Chen in New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/conversion-via-twitter-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper

Music & Audio credits

• Groove - NoCopyrightMusic
• Bass - NoCopyrightMusic
• Funny - NoCopyrightMusic
• Yesterday – bloom.
• A Pillar of Salt - The Thermals

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What is Fruitless?

A show about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton. Aiming for at least two free episodes per month. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. More content can be found on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141