{"podcast":{"title":"CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics","slug":"cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177","podcast_index_feed_id":48177,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/FISCAL4034706215","website_url":"rollcall.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a2c98080-e517-11e9-b723-43c295b6d71c/image/uploads_2F1599593836879-zxkwivztusi-35bb65f988816d4eb07f0b1bb1e998aa_2FCQRC-POLICY-POLITICS_283000X3000_29.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CQ Roll Call","episode_count":1331,"summary":"This is CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics, formerly CQ on Congress, which has all of the audio content from the CQ Roll Call newsroom.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T00:17:57.730579+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177"},"episode":{"title":"Equal Time: Mixing religion and politics in America. That isn’t new. What makes today different?","slug":"equal-time-mixing-religion-and-politics-in-america-that-isn-t-new-what-makes-today-different","published_at":"2026-04-02T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/equal-time-mixing-religion-and-politics-in-america-that-isn-t-new-what-makes-today-different","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL5115542359.mp3","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL5115542359.mp3","summary":"If the line separating church and state in America has not yet disappeared, it is certainly fading fast. The evidence? A Supreme Court willing to rule in favor of faith-based lawsuits; a Secretary of Defense framing the war in Iran in apocalyptic terms; a president pushing a law restricting voting rights, exhorting legislators to pass it -- for “Jesus.” Is today’s elevation of a certain kind of Christianity at odds with the ideals of a diverse country where freedom of and from religion is guaranteed in the Constitution? David Gibson -- award-winning religion journalist, author, and filmmaker -- is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, and the guest on this episode of Equal Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"If the line separating church and state in America has not yet disappeared, it is certainly fading fast. The evidence? A Supreme Court willing to rule in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2739,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/episodes/equal-time-mixing-religion-and-politics-in-america-that-isn-t-new-what-makes-today-different/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/equal-time-mixing-religion-and-politics-in-america-that-isn-t-new-what-makes-today-different.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}