{"podcast":{"title":"Jesuitical","slug":"jesuitical-1116545","podcast_index_feed_id":1116545,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AMMD2442073612","website_url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/jesuiticalshow","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7da8032e-1e25-11eb-809b-33879b279c21/image/ee1b6ac753e4894598a91ab89e271faa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"America Media","episode_count":442,"summary":"Welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast for young Catholics hosted by two young, lay editors at America—Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless. Each episode features a guest who offers a unique perspective on faith, culture or current events. We also bring you some of the top (and maybe more obscure) Catholic news of the week. And we'll ask: Where do we find God in all this?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T14:20:13.574836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545"},"episode":{"title":"David French on Christianity and the MAGA movement","slug":"david-french-on-christianity-and-the-maga-movement","published_at":"2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/david-french-on-christianity-and-the-maga-movement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545","url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/subscribe","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD9153294161.mp3?updated=1769727200","summary":"This week on a special episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sam Sawyer, S.J., president and editor in chief of America, have a conversation with David French, political commentator and opinion columnist at The New York Times, about the complex relationship between Christianity and politics during the Trump administration. Ashley, Father Sawyer and David discuss: - David’s journey as a never-Trump evangelical Christian - The future identity of Christianity in the United States - How Christians should respond to events like the killings in Minneapolis Links for further reading: A Christian Answer to Trump and Trumpism Is Finally Here Trump Is No Longer the Most Important American David’s Podcast: “Advisory Opinions” Twin Cities pastors preach on the killing of Alex Pretti: ‘We are walking in darkness and living in fear’ You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical. Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America magazine at americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week on a special episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sam Sawyer, S.J., president and editor in chief of America, have a conversation with David Fren…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3396,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jesuitical-1116545/episodes/david-french-on-christianity-and-the-maga-movement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/david-french-on-christianity-and-the-maga-movement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}