Trump’s cabinet picks, the future of the parties, and veteran mental health.

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Mike and Clarissa welcome Mary Trimble (The Dispatch) to recap and react to Trump’s cabinet picks. Then CT’s Nicole Martin and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger talk about the future of the Republican and Democrat parties post-election. Finally, we talk to Kinzinger about veteran mental health and the military suicide crisis. 

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Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as chief impact officer after serving on its board of directors. Martin oversees three major strategic initiatives that are shaping the future of CT: the Global Initiative, the Big Tent Initiative, and the Next Gen Initiative. 

Adam Kinzinger is an American politician, senior political commentator for CNN, and former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023.

Mary Trimble is the editor of The Morning Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C.

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How Donald Trump built a movement.

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On this deep-dive episode of The Bulletin, Mike Cosper welcomes Roger Berkowitz for a conversation about political movements and what liberals got wrong about MAGA. 

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Roger Berkowitz is founder and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and professor of politics, philosophy, and human rights at Bard College. Berkowitz is the author of a number of books including The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition, On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau and Hannah Arendt (forthcoming, 2024), and The Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The American Interest, Bookforum, The Forward, The Paris Review online, Democracy, and many other publications. Berkowitz edits HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center and the weekly newsletter Amor Mundi. He is the winner of the 2024 Compassion Award given by Con-solatio and the 2019 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought given by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Bremen, Germany.

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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Let’s talk about the election.

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The Bulletin welcomes guests Michael Wear (Center for Christianity and Public Life), Harvest Prude (Christianity Today), Justin Giboney (AND Campaign), Nicole Martin (Christianity Today), and Marvin Olasky (author and senior fellow, Discovery Institute) to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election. We cover general election results and what the voting tells us about constituents; how the results will affect issues of human dignity; and, finally, what the future holds for democracy.

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Michael Wear is the founder, president and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life. Wear is the author of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. He also writes for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Catapult Magazine, Christianity Today, and other publications on faith, politics, and culture.

Harvest Prude is a CT’s national political correspondent and a congressional reporter based in Washington, DC. She is a former reporter for The Dispatch and World, having served there as political reporter for their Washington bureau. 

Justin Giboney is an attorney, political strategist, and ordained minister in Atlanta. He is also the cofounder and president of the And Campaign, a coalition of urban Christians who address the sociopolitical arena with the compassion and conviction of the gospel. Giboney is the coauthor of Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement.

Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as chief impact officer after serving on its board of directors. Martin oversees three major strategic initiatives that are shaping the future of CT: the Global Initiative, the Big Tent Initiative, and the Next Gen Initiative. 

Marvin Olasky is a senior fellow of Discovery Institute and its Center for Science and Culture. He edited World magazine from 1992 to 2021 and was a professor, provost, chairholder, and dean at The University of Texas at Austin, The King’s College, Patrick Henry College, and the World Journalism Institute from 1983 to 2021. He is the author of 28 books, including The Tragedy of American Compassion, Fighting for Liberty and Virtue, Abortion Rites, Reforming Journalism, and Lament for a Father.

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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Final presidential campaign days, screen-free churches, and the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza.

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This week on the show, Clarissa, Mike, and Russell talk about campaign trail updates with less than a week before the presidential election. Then, we consider how churches can effectively and appropriately engage the world in the age of screens and digital media. Finally, Mark Tooley joins us to talk about the UN’s work in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. 

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Mark Tooley is president of The Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. He worked eight years for the CIA and is a graduate of Georgetown University. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, World, Law & Liberty, National Review, and other publications. 

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Voting for the Republican party candidate in this year’s presidential election.

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This is the final episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election. 

Eric Teetsel is voting for the Republican party candidate, Donald Trump. Teetsel was vice president of government relations at The Heritage Foundation, was chief of staff to US senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, and served as president of the Family Policy Alliance of Kansas.

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Campaign updates and China.

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The presidential campaign has hit the swing states in full force. We welcome Mike Murphy, who spent many years as a campaign manager, to talk about what’s happening on the road. Then, Jonathan Schanzer joins us to consider China’s recent military posturing and its powerful axis of adversaries. 

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Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party’s most successful political media consultants, having handled strategy and advertising for more than 26 successful gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns. He served as a top campaign messaging and political strategist for Sen. John McCain’s historic Straight Talk Express Presidential campaign in 2000, and also for successful gubernatorial candidates Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tommy Thompson, and John Engler. In 2020 he served as a key strategist for Republican Voters Against Trump. He currently cohosts the popular weekly politics podcast Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod, which boasts over 14 million downloads to date. 

Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power. He previously worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the US Department of the Treasury, where he played an integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. Schanzer has written hundreds of articles, monographs, and chapters for edited volumes on the Middle East. His book, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine, is still the only book on the market that analyzes the ongoing Palestinian civil war. Schanzer testifies often before Congress and publishes widely in the American and international media. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, Al-Arabiya, and Al-Jazeera.

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Voting for the Democrat party candidate in this year’s presidential election.

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This is the second episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election. 

David French is voting for the Democrat party candidate, Kamala Harris. He’s a columnist for The New York Times and a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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The Houthi attack, the Black vote, and Kmart’s closing.

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This week, we discuss the breaking news that US B-2 bombers attacked the Houthis in Yemen. Then, we welcome Christianity Today’s Big Tent editorial director, Sho Baraka, to talk about the presidential candidates and their appeal to Black male voters. Finally, the closure of the last Kmart invites conversation on the community implications of retail closures and why nostalgia holds such power. 

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Sho Baraka is a globally recognized recording artist, performer, culture curator, activist, and writer. Baraka’s work combines his artistic platform with his academic history to contribute a unique perspective, elevating the contemporary conversation on faith, art, and culture. An alumnus of Tuskegee University and the University of North Texas, Baraka is a cofounder of Forth District and the And Campaign, and he has served as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. He was also an original member of influential hip-hop consortium 116 Clique, recording with Reach Records. In 2024, Baraka became the Big Tent editorial director for Christianity Today. 

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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Voting for a third-party candidate in this year’s presidential election.

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This is the first episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election.

Matt Martens is voting for a third-party candidate from the American Solidarity Party. He’s a trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, a seminary graduate, a legal ethics professor, and an award-winning author. Martens’s writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other outlets, and he has spoken at numerous universities across the country.

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Presidential podcasts, hurricane rumors, Israel and Iran.

The Bulletin discusses the latest presidential podcast appearances, the rumors surrounding recent hurricanes, and the spiritual histories of Israel and Iran.

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Emily Belz is a staff writer with Christianity Today. She is a former senior reporter for World magazine. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and also previously reported for the New York Daily News, The Indianapolis Star, and Philanthropy magazine. Belz resides in New York City.

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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The Bulletin welcomes American-Jewish journalist Yossi Klein Halevi to recall the tragic events that took place in Israel on October 7, 2023 and discuss the year of turmoil that has come after.

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Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. He writes for leading op-ed pages in the US, including the Times and the Wall Street Journal, and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic. His first book, Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, tells the story of his teenage years as a follower of the militant rightwing rabbi Meir Kahane, and his subsequent disillusionment with Jewish radicalism. The New York Times called it “a book of burning importance.” Born in Brooklyn, Yossi moved to Israel in 1982, and lives in Jerusalem with wife, Sarah, who helps run a center for Jewish meditation. They have three children.

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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