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We talk with journalist Jonathan Larson about allegations that some US commanders framed the Iran war as part of God’s plan to trigger Armageddon and the return of Jesus. We dig into what the Military Religious Freedom Foundation is hearing, why the Pentagon’s silence matters, and how religious nationalism can shape policy in plain sight.
• how MRFF gathers complaints from service members and why many complainants are Christian
• what the alleged Armageddon messaging looked like in a combat preparation context
• why the Pentagon’s lack of denial becomes a story of its own
• how religious framing of war can amplify danger and widen perceived enemies
• whether the US is trending toward theocracy versus declining religiosity overall
• how end-times beliefs can affect policy
• why corporate media often underreports religion’s impact on geopolitics
• who The Family is, how the National Prayer Breakfast fits in, and what “ministering to power” means
• why we should avoid conspiratorial thinking and focus on systems and incentives

Jonathan Larson, is a veteran reporter and TV news producer who has worked as an executive producer at MSNBS on such shows as “Up with Chris Hayes”, Countdown with Keith Olvermann. Larsen also worked for United Press International and Al Jazeera America.

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We trace how the Great Plains still lives with Dust Bowl forces as Dr. Joshua Anderson links soil loss, monoculture, and rural decline to a culture that no longer asks if we are growing food. Caregiving for his father with MS shapes a vision to “restory” land and rebuild soil health through minimal disturbance, living roots, diversity, and cover.

Joshua T. Anderson is a writer and soil conservationist from rural North Dakota committed to flyways, foodways, and folkways. His featured article on the intersection of soil health and human health appears in the fall issue ofEarth Island Journal, and his creative nonfiction essay on the dominance of the sugar industry in North Dakota’s Red River Valley appears in Open Space(the online journal of North American Review). His recent publications on regenerative agriculture and grassland conservation appear inMary Swander's Emerging Voices,Iowa Capital Dispatch, andNorth Dakota Monitor. He was recently an artist-in-residence at the Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture in Sisters, Oregon. His soil and water conservation efforts have been featured in newspapers throughout the Great Plains, including feature interviews about his podcast, prairie conservation through arts and education, and his work to protect his home watershed. He is the co-founder of the Flyway Institute, which brings artists to rural communities in support of conservation efforts throughout the North American flyways. His first narrative nonfiction book Soil Horizons will be published by Plainspoken Books.

In this episode:

• topsoil loss in North Dakota since the 1960s
• monoculture sugar and fuel displacing real food
• food deserts amid vast agricultural acres
• soil health principles and prairie ecology
• costs of inputs rising as organic matter falls
• cultural change and land consolidation pressures
• small diversified farms feeding communities
• language links: humus, humility, human
• excerpt reading from Rooted In Care
• forthcoming book Soil Horizons and its themes

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We talk with Oglala Lakota poet and organizer Mark K. Tilson about the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the killing of Renee Good, and how neighbors are building a decentralized resistance. The conversation traces lawless tactics, historical patterns, and the courage that grows when people act together.

• collapse of civic life in Minneapolis under raids and fear
• judicial warrants versus administrative actions
• masked agents, unmarked vehicles, and disinformation
• legal observers, community recording, and evidence
• targeting at churches, schools, and traffic stops
• Indigenous detentions and the Whipple Building’s history
• AIM patrol legacy and modern rapid response
• AI surveillance, stingrays, and counter-tactics
• decentralized movement led by everyday neighbors
• fear transforming into large-scale public courage
• poem “Around the Neighborhood” honoring Renee Good

This episode of Breaking Green is dedicated to Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the VA hospital in Minneapolis who was shot and killed by ICE on 24 January 2026

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