@coreysnathan.bsky.social
Creative Businessman, Engaged Citizen Hubby, dad and die hard @mets fan Exec. Producer, Host of Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other
America used to be described as an idea.
Lately it’s described more like a variable.
Carney’s comments made that clearer and Tocqueville explains why the response has to be civic, not just electoral.
Essay: coreysnathan.substack.com/p/after-the-...
Tocqueville warned that democracy decays not through sudden tyranny but gradual withdrawal.
What if we’re watching that withdrawal at scale?
New essay: After the Pleasant Fiction.
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Kazadi Katambwa’s career arc is wild.
He started as a runner delivering tapes across LA and ended up working on campaigns for Dunkirk, Inception, Mad Max and more.
We got deep into how trailers actually get made and why the best ones trust the audience.
Really loved this conversation.
How do we practice connection across difference without surrendering moral clarity?
Photographer John Noltner argues that proximity changes everything.
“It's hard to hate somebody up close.”
New TP&R episode: www.politicsandreligion.us/e/johnnoltne...
Anonymity doesn’t just change how we speak.
It changes who we are allowed to see as human.
New essay: Anonymity and the Collapse of the Thou
A culture trained to dehumanize eventually turns lethal.
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The most dangerous historical mistake isn’t forgetting the past.
It’s remembering it in a way that lets us claim righteousness while excusing harm.
This essay asks where we actually belong in the stories we tell about ourselves.
coreysnathan.substack.com/p/cosplaying...
Trust and taste do not age out.
They compound.
Debi Struzan and Dana Flowers Mitchell on Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Episode 137
Trust the Taste
A new essay on sports, ritual, memory, and shared attention.
A Ballgame. A Ritual. And What We Carry Forward
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New TP&R episode is live.
Talked with @mattklewis.bsky.social about the ten year anniversary of Too Dumb to Fail and how populism, media incentives, and tribalism reshaped American politics.
Worth the full listen: www.politicsandreligion.us/e/mattlewis2026
@coreysnathan.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking a lot about how scripted our public conversations have become, how rarely we actually listen anymore, and what that costs us as human beings.
I wrote about it on the latest Substack.
👉 bit.ly/1-11-26_Subs...
“Please don’t explain Venezuela to Venezuelans. Listen to them.”
Powerful reminder from today’s episode with Lori Adams-Brown.
www.politicsandreligion.us/e/loriadamsb...
New TP&R episode with @walshfreedom.bsky.social, recorded weeks ago but released today as many return from the holidays.
It’s about character, silence, and what democracy asks of us when things get uncomfortable.
🎧 How We Argue — and Why It Matters
www.politicsandreligion.us/e/joewalsh_2026/
January 6th Was—and Still Is—a Big Deal
What That Day Revealed—and the Civic Disease We Let Fester
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Waking up to breaking news out of Venezuela and renewed questions about power and constitutional limits.
Five years after January 6, I published an essay this morning about what that day revealed—and what we chose to do with it afterward.
Not a hot take. An invitation to read.
bit.ly/49lcAT0
This essay grew out of a question a friend asked me over dinner:
“Do you feel more Jewish or more Christian?”
It led me through history, faith, and the limits of choosing who we are.
If you have time and space today, I’d be grateful for your reading.
coreysnathan.substack.com/p/more-jewis...
We talk a lot about civility.
Less often about when confrontation becomes a moral imperative.
I wrote about this through Jesus, Dr. King, and lived experience.
bit.ly/4peEqqj
What Followed the Reiner Murders:
On Tragedy, Cruelty, and the Mirror We’re Being Shown
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On tragedy, cruelty, and the mirror we’re being shown
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Listen here: www.politicsandreligion.us/e/gregsmith_...
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Greg Smith of @pewresearch.org has studied religion in America for 20+ years. We explore what the data actually tells us about belief in 2025:
✝️ Religious affiliation is holding steady
🙏 Gen Z is not as secular as you’ve heard
📉 And most Christians say faith ≠ party loyalty
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This is about the challenges one faces and internal tools required to engage on such fraught subjects as "politics & religion" - not coming from a place of an expert who's got it all figured out; more from a fellow traveler who's learning along the way.
coreysnathan.substack.com/p/a-thicker-...
On Boundaries, Criticism, and Protecting the Tender Places
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I had a great time talking with @coreysnathan.bsky.social on his fantastic podcast Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other. You all should be following his podcast as he engaging in some important, timely conversations today. @prri.org
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I've been appreciating Substack more so than other platforms (but don't tell Bluesky air traffic control). Anyway, when you get a chance to digest my latest over there, it'd be great to hear your thoughts and engage.
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How an anti-moral presidency corrodes a nation’s imagination - and its people
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