We were thrilled to have Kristin Du Mez on the show to talk about her new book, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made (September 2026). This book and her most recent — Jesus and John Wayne — are required reading for anyone trying wrap their minds around culture, politics, and the good ol’ USofA.
Kristin is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History at Calvin University. She is a Senior Democracy Fellow with the Public Religion Research Institute. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book was Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (2020).