Trump’s Crazy Holy Week
- Esau McCaulley
- Apr 9
- 1 min read
A government official claims God teleported him to a Waffle House, and somehow that is not the strangest part of this conversation. Esau is joined by producer Mike and Stephen Harris to discuss Holy Week at the White House, where the language of resurrection, sacrifice, and salvation was tangled up with politics, power, and some very questionable comparisons. They also wrestle with how Christians can believe in the miraculous without losing their grip on wisdom, and why performative faith kee
ps missing the point of the gospel. Finally, Esau and Stephen disagree about the casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape in the new Harry Potter series, raising questions about storytelling, representation, and when creative changes actually make a story worse.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:55 - Teleporting to Waffle House!
11:38 - Comparing Trump to Christ
15:23 - Trump’s Easter Tweet
20:21 - God and the State
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30:05 - Saul and Performative Christianity
38:42 - HBO Cast a Black Actor as Snape?
55:55 - End Credits
I wish there'd be more discussion of why many of us are not happy with Rowling (whatever one believes about trans issues, Rowling has made it her crusade to be cruel and aggressive and fight against the rights of trans people). It's as if any discussion of Harry Potter by HP totally ignores that elephant in the room.
I listen to every single episode of the Esau McCaulley podcast - thank you for having fun and for being serious all at the same time. I especially enjoyed this week's segment about the new Harry Potter series and the discussion around a black actor playing Severous Snape.
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