The Big Lie of January 6: Dr. Robert P. Jones on The State of Belief Podcast
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The Big Lie of January 6: Dr. Robert P. Jones on The State of Belief Podcast

Ray Kirstein
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Ray Kirstein
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January 6, 2025

This week on The State of Belief podcast, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush sat down with Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, for a powerful conversation about how race, religion, and politics collide in America - and how truth is the casualty. This is particularly true around the relentless efforts to rewrite the history of January 6th, 2021.

Robby’s the expert behind some pretty eye-opening books like The End of White Christian America and his latest, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. He’s all about mixing solid research with deep insights, making him a go-to voice for understanding what’s really shaping our democracy and the forces trying to influence it.

A little more about Robby Jones: he’s been published in The Atlantic, TIME, and Religion News Service, and you’ve probably seen him on CNN, NPR, or MSNBC. His books, like White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, have won major awards, and his Substack on tackling white supremacy is a must-read at www.whitetoolong.net.

We also pay tribute to the late Jimmy Carter. Paul shares highlights of interviews he conducted with the 39th president of the United States over the years.

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Hear this week’s episode below:

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