The Bulletin
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Civility in the Midterms and Christianity Today Turns 70
Oct 16, 2026
42m 28s
A Social Media Reckoning
Oct 9, 2026
42m 40s
Jim Crow Theobros, Pastors Running as Democrats, and 2028 Polling Data
Oct 2, 2026
48m 53s
Trump Hosts Xi Jinping, Military Might in Greenland, and AI Alarmism
Sep 25, 2026
48m 24s
The Allure of Zyn, Women and Erotica, and the Neuroscience of Revenge
Sep 18, 2026
46m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 |  Civility in the Midterms and Christianity Today Turns 70 | This week, President of the Trinity Forum Cherie Harder shares about what healthy political discourse looks like and what we can keep in mind as we approach the midterm elections. Then, Courtney Blair sits down at The Museum of the Bible with Christianity Today President and CEO Nicole Martin for a discussion about where CT has come from, where we’re going, and what remains at our core. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Cherie Harder serves as President of The Trinity Forum. Previously, she worked in the White House as special assistant to the President and director of policy and projects for First Lady Laura Bush. She has also worked as the policy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and the senior counselor to the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has ghost-written articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, and elsewhere. Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as President and CEO. She has more than 25 years of nonprofit, academic, ministry leadership, and church engagement experience and has served at CT since 2023 as Chief Impact Officer and most recently Chief Operating Officer. Special thanks to the Museum of the Bible for hosting us for the recording of the interview with Dr. Nicole Martin! ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly news analysis podcast from Christianity Today. Each episode offers commentary on current events and headlining news with a roundtable of premier guests, and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 28s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  A Social Media Reckoning | This week, Frances Haugen drops by The Bulletin to discuss the events in her life that inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new movie The Social Reckoning. Frances shares what she learned as a data scientist at Facebook that led her to become a corporate whistleblower, as well as how we can think about integrity in the workplace. Then, CT contributor Brad East joins the show to talk about his piece ‘Why Christians Should Delete Social Media’ and the value of living an offline life. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: Why Christians Should Delete Social Media - Brad East The Screen Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology - Brad East Audio clip from the trailer of Sony Pictures' The Social Reckoning. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Frances Haugen is an American product manager, data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021. Brad East is an associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of five books, including his upcoming book The Screen-Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology. He also writes regularly on his personal blog and cohosts the podcast Mere Fidelity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 40s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  Jim Crow Theobros, Pastors Running as Democrats, and 2028 Polling Data | Theobros are a new genre of Internet influencer who discuss theology on podcasts. They have been gaining an online following by saying the Bible supports their segregationist and antisemitic views. Bob Smietana from Religion News Service reported on these Theobros, and spoke to The Bulletin about their beliefs. Then, as the mid-term elections approach, we discuss the phenomenon of pastors, seminarians and former clergy running as Democratic candidates. We re-air a conversation with Mockingcast’s David Zahl, diving specifically into the rise of Texas’s Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Lastly, Charlie Sykes and Russell Moore discuss how to interpret polling data around the 2028 election, if they think JD Vance or Marco Rubio is more likely to become the Republican candidate, and what to value when thinking about who to vote for. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: The rise of the Jim Crow theobros - Bob Smietana 'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith - Religion News Service Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral Highground? - Jia Lynn Yang GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Bob Smietana is a national reporter for Religion News Service based near Chicago, covering evangelicals, weird religion, and the changing religious landscape. David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird website, and co-host of both The Mockingcast and The Brothers Zahl podcasts. His latest book is, The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Guardian, among others. Charles J. Sykes is a political commentator who hosted a conservative talk show in Wisconsin for 23 years. He was the former editor-in-chief of The Bulwark, and is currently an MSNBC contributor. Sykes has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Salon, and other national publications. He has appeared on the Today Show, ABC, NBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS, and the BBC. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly news analysis podcast from Christianity Today, with editor-at-large Russell Moore. Each episode offers commentary on current events and headlining news with a roundtable of premier guests, and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today Host: Alexa Copeland Producer: Nathan Nipper Associate Producer: Alexa Copeland Editing and Mix: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps Executive Producer: Erik Petrik Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 48m 53s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Trump Hosts Xi Jinping, Military Might in Greenland, and AI Alarmism | This week, President Trump welcomed China’s president Xi Jinping to Washington, D.C. for a two-day summit. Knox Thames joins to discuss Chinese religious liberty violations and why the two world leaders will most likely avoid the issue. Then, President Trump signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland regarding the US’s military presence in Greenland. We re-air a segment in which Noah Rothman, Mike Cosper, Russell Moore, and Clarissa Moll discuss Trump’s comments from January about wanting to claim Greenland, and the harm that those comments may have caused. Finally, amidst the AI alarmism in the media cycle, we re-play a conversation featuring Meghan Sullivan from Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. She discusses some ways we can approach the AI issue, and what is in store for our work. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: The Other Victims of China’s Church Crackdown - Vivian Wang DBU Center for Global Religious Freedom Resources Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far - The Ezra Klein Show GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Knox Thames is a diplomat and international human rights lawyer who served for 20 years in the US government across multiple administrations, most recently in the Obama and Trump administrations as a State Department special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and South/Central Asia. He is the executive director of the new Center for Global Religious Freedom, an initiative of Dallas Baptist University. Noah Rothman is a senior writer with National Review and a contributor to MSNBC. He is the author of Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America and The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun. Meghan Sullivan is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as director of the ethics Initiative and is the founding director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. She is the author of Time Biases, and The Good Life Method based on a popular introductory philosophy course she developed at Notre Dame called “God and the Good Life.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 48m 24s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  The Allure of Zyn, Women and Erotica, and the Neuroscience of Revenge | In June, the FDA authorized the nicotine pouch brand Zyn to advertise themselves as a lower-risk option than cigarettes. With Zyn has been growing in popularity with younger folks, it threatens to become a gateway into nicotine addiction. Luke Simon joins Russell Moore and Clarissa Moll to discuss whether using Zyn is a sin, and how addiction to nicotine pouches can develop. Then, Phylicia Masonheimer shares about overcoming her addiction to erotic novels, and how “romantasy” books warp our sense of the good and beautiful. Finally, Yale psychiatrist James Kimmell Jr. shares about neuroscience research on revenge, and how it looks very similar to an addiction. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: Have Mercy on Me, a Zynner - Luke Simon GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Luke Simon is a content strategist for The Crossing church in Columbia, Missouri, and a M.Div. student at Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written on Gen Z, technology, masculinity, and the church. His writing appears in Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, and The Gospel Coalition. Phylicia Masonheimer is a bestselling author, Bible teacher, and host of the Verity podcast. She is the founder of Every Woman a Theologian, whose mission is to equip Christian women to know what they believe, why they believe it, and to communicate it graciously to the world. Phylicia ministers in Northern Michigan alongside her husband and team. James Kimmel Jr. is a violence researcher, psychiatry professor, and author who explores the science of revenge, addiction, forgiveness, and violence. He identified compulsive revenge seeking as an addiction, and founded Revenge Anonymous, a 12-step program for recovering from revenge addiction. He is most recently the author of The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction--and How to Overcome It. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 46m 35s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | midterm electionspolitical power+4 | David FrenchEric Teetsel+1 | The New York TimesThe Dispatch+1 | — | midterm electionsChristian voting+5 | — | 1h 02m 45s | ||
| 9/4/26 | lonelinesscommunity+3 | Alan NobleJon Tyson+2 | Oklahoma Baptist UniversityChurch of the City New York+3 | — | lonelinessblessing+5 | — | 48m 12s | ||
| 9/1/26 | immigrationchurch advocacy+3 | — | ICEChristianity Today | East BostonHonduras+1 | ICEdetention+6 | — | 41m 47s | ||
| 8/28/26 | gun lobby tacticsfree speech+5 | Jack PanyardTaylor Schumann | CIAThe Atlantic+1 | United States | gun lobbyfree speech+5 | — | 48m 25s | ||
| 8/21/26 | marriageinfidelity+3 | Harrison Scott Key | Christianity TodayHow to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Every Told | — | infidelitymarriage+3 | — | 45m 43s | ||
| 8/14/26 | humanitarian aidTrump administration+4 | Mindy BelzDavid Graham+3 | World VisionSamaritan’s Purse+4 | — | Trump administrationhumanitarian aid+5 | — | 48m 02s | ||
| 8/7/26 | technology in educationsocial media impact+3 | Krista Boan | Screen SanityThe Russell Moore Show+2 | — | cell phonesschool+5 | — | 45m 05s | ||
| 7/31/26 | politicshealth+4 | Russell MooreRabbi Michael Holzman+2 | Wall Street JournalNorthern Virginia Hebrew Congregation+5 | — | NetanyahuTrump+6 | — | 44m 20s | ||
| 7/24/26 | church trendsreligiosity+4 | Daniel SillimanRussell Moore+3 | Christianity TodayLiving Proof Ministries+2 | — | churchreligiosity+5 | — | 45m 04s | ||
| 7/17/26 | immigrationelection fraud+3 | Emily BelzAdam Kinzinger | Christianity TodayAmerican Institute for Boys and Men | Minneapolis | ICEtraffic stop+6 | — | 43m 00s | ||
| 7/10/26 | politicssexual allegations+3 | Charlie SykesRussell Moore+2 | Christianity TodayMSNBC+4 | Strait of Hormuz | Graham PlatnerStrait of Hormuz+5 | — | 44m 09s | ||
| 7/3/26 | patriotismnationalism+3 | Mona CharenRebeccah Heinrichs+1 | The BulwarkHudson Institute+1 | United States | patriotismnationalism+5 | — | 46m 51s | ||
| 6/26/26 | birthright citizenshiphousing construction+3 | Clarissa MollAnna Gallagher+2 | Catholic Legal Immigration NetworkForbes+2 | — | birthright citizenshiphousing bill+3 | — | 40m 30s | ||
| 6/19/26 | Iran dealTrump's birthday+4 | Russell MooreBonnie Kristian+4 | Southern Baptist ConventionSaddleback Community Church+1 | — | IranTrump+5 | — | 44m 40s | ||
| 6/12/26 | tribalismcancel culture+4 | Frank BruniDavid Zahl+1 | New York TimesDuke University+1 | — | tribalismcancel culture+5 | — | 46m 59s | ||
| 6/5/26 | truth in medialocal reporting+3 | Chris StirewaltFrancis Haugen+2 | American Enterprise InstituteThe Dispatch+3 | — | truth in medialocal reporting+3 | — | 38m 48s | ||
| 5/29/26 | anxietyresilience+3 | Sara BillupsSheila Wise Rowe+1 | Nervous Systems: Spiritual Practices to Calm Anxiety in Your Body, the Church, and PoliticsHealing Leadership Trauma+1 | — | anxietyresilience+3 | — | 38m 27s | ||
| 5/22/26 | higher educationpolitical tension+3 | Alan NobelDavid Litt | Oklahoma Baptist UniversityChristianity Today+1 | — | Christian universitiespolitical tension+5 | — | 28m 44s | ||
| 5/19/26 | oilChristianity+4 | — | Christianity Today | Strait of HormuzTexas+1 | oilChristianity+5 | — | 36m 53s | ||
| 5/15/26 | polling datamodern vices+5 | Charlie SykesClarissa Moll+1 | Christianity TodayMSNBC+4 | TigrisEuphrates | pollingmodern vices+8 | — | 52m 51s | ||
| 5/12/26 | politicscybercrime+3 | Michael ReneauDan Allender | ShinyHuntersThe Allender Institute+7 | Greeneville, TennesseeEast Tennessee | Marco RubioShinyHunters+5 | — | 41m 59s | ||
| 5/8/26 | Midwest PrimariesTaiwan+4 | Chris ButlerMark Tooley | Institute on Religion and DemocracyAmericans United for Life+1 | IndianaOhio+3 | Midwest PrimariesTaiwan+5 | — | 45m 19s | ||
| 5/5/26 | Supreme Court rulingDepartment of Homeland Security+4 | Warren Cole SmithWalter Kim+1 | MinistryWatch.comWORLD News Group+3 | GermanyVancouver+3 | Supreme CourtDHS funding+4 | — | 38m 45s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Iran DealCelebrity Christianity+3 | Bonnie KristianClarissa Moll+1 | Christianity TodayUntrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community+2 | — | IranRussell Brand+6 | — | 56m 15s | ||
| 4/28/26 | higher educationmarijuana legislation+3 | Jennifer Murtazashvili | Yale UniversityChristianity Today+2 | West BankCuba | higher educationmarijuana+5 | — | 29m 29s | ||
| 4/24/26 | Israeldefamation lawsuit+4 | Rabbi Michael HolzmanJustin Giboney+2 | The AtlanticThe FBI Director Is MIA+1 | — | IsraelKash Patel+5 | — | 57m 46s | ||
| 4/21/26 | Israel-Lebanon CeasefireTrump's ballroom project+3 | Warren Cole Smith | MinistryWatch.comChristianity Today | Washington D.C.Strait of Hormuz | ceasefireTrump+5 | — | 31m 24s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Hungary electionpolitical coalition+4 | Dalibor RohacCharlie Sykes+1 | American Enterprise InstituteWilfried Martens Centre for European Studies+3 | — | HungaryViktor Orban+7 | The LampLAMP26 | 49m 38s | ||
| 4/14/26 | Iran nuclear talksSelective Service System+3 | Mona CharenJames Kimmel Jr | The New York TimesYale School of Medicine+2 | — | Irandraft registration+3 | — | 37m 26s | ||
| 4/10/26 | politicsAI technology+3 | Pete WehnerJim Bridenstine+1 | The AtlanticNASA+5 | — | TrumpIran+7 | — | 50m 55s | ||
| 4/7/26 | military rescuesocial media addiction+3 | Michael ReneauMark Lanier+2 | Johnson & Johnson baby powderMerck & Co.'s Vioxx drug+3 | Iran | military rescueIran+5 | — | 40m 02s | ||
| 4/3/26 | free speechreligious liberty+5 | Luke GoodrichSho Baraka+1 | The Becket Fund for Religious LibertyChristianity Today+6 | — | Supreme CourtColorado law+5 | — | 52m 53s | ||
| 3/31/26 | classroom technologyanti-Trump protests+3 | Adam KinzingerAnna Lee Stangl | MetaYouTube+1 | IranCuba | MetaYouTube+5 | — | 37m 44s | ||
| 3/27/26 | ICE agentsschool shooting convictions+4 | Elizabeth NeumannHarvest Prude+4 | Department of Homeland SecurityFacebook+4 | Georgia | ICE agentsschool shooting+5 | — | 1h 01m 13s | ||
| 3/24/26 | Iran war2028 presidential campaign+3 | Ben SmithIsaac Bledsoe | HachetteAmerican Institute for Boys and Men | — | Iran war2028 election+3 | — | 41m 16s | ||
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Peaked at #54 in TR, currently #54 in TR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| TR | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| United States | — | #61 | #61 | — |
| SG | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Canada | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #101 | #101 | — |
| HK | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| South Africa | — | #126 | #126 | — |
| MY | — | #127 | #127 | — |
| TW | — | #135 | #135 | — |
| Norway | — | #139 | #139 | — |
| PH | — | #146 | #146 | — |
| Ireland | — | #147 | #147 | — |
| Finland | — | #152 | #152 | — |
| Australia | — | #175 | #175 | — |
| TH | — | #194 | #194 | — |
| Denmark | — | #199 | #199 | — |
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16 placements across 16 markets.
Chart Positions
16 placements across 16 markets.