Did King James I really rewrite the Bible to serve his own political purposes? The real story is far more interesting. In this episode, we trace the King James Bible back through Tyndale, the Matthew Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Bishops’ Bible to discover how the Authorized Version of 1611 was actually created. Along the way, we explore the religious and political struggles behind the translation—and ask just how much of the “King James Bible” actually belonged to King James.

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In this episode we interview Dr. Warren Throckmorton about his book; "The Christian Past that Wasn't; Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths that Hijack History." We often hear the narrative that America is a Christian Nation and that the Constitution has divine origins. Dr. Throckmorton's book corrects this narrative with the actual accounts of the Constitutional Convention and its aftermath.

Dr. Warren Throckmorton is an author and speaker specializing in psychology and history. Now retired, he worked as a psychology professor at a Christian college and produced, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast series Telling Jefferson Lies. His writing has appeared in Salon, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Christianity Today, and Religion Dispatches, among others, and he has appeared on CNN, NPR, the Holy Post podcast, and more. Throckmorton is the coauthor with Michael Coulter of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson.

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In this episode, John Ericson, Executive Director at St Luke’s Historic Church & Museum, interviews Dr. Amy Stallings, Adjunct Professor of History at the College of William & Mary, on the enduring lessons of Bacon’s Rebellion. Dr. Stallings is also a public Historian who portrays Lady Berkeley, the wife of Virginia Governor Sir William Berkeley. In this conversation, we explore the causes and personalities of some of the major figures in this civil war in Colonial Virginia’s last quarter of the 17th century, a conflict that echoes in our own time.

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