Hosted by Lydia Wilson
Directed by Mikey Andreasson
Script Supervised by Mindi Roscoe
Produced by Mindi Roscoe & Ola Salem
Do Pete Hegseth’s bold tattoos reveal ideological signals — a curated myth of Christian masculinity and Western identity, revived by a new wave of Christian nationalism? Lydia Wilson is joined by medieval scholar Eleanor Janega to explore the roots of this “Crusader aesthetic” — from ancient pilgrimages and Victorian mythmaking to 21st-century extremism — and discuss how the far right has weaponized religious imagery as part of its militant identity in America’s culture wars.