In 2016, anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy led a deadly 41-day militia standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Earlier this week on Easter Sunday, Bundy hosted a large worship gathering in open defiance of Idaho’s stay-at-home orders. What are the connections between Bundy’s politics, public lands, and the COVID-19 pandemic? On today’s episode, we […]
Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are
The phrase “coming out” has its origins in the debutante balls “or coming out parties” aristocratic young women traditionally held to announce their entrance into high society and their eligibility for marriage. But, starting at the turn of the twentieth century, gay subcultures began appropriating the term, and now the idea of “coming out” to […]
