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American Reformer
The American Reformer Podcast’s mission is to promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, rooted in the rich tradition of Protestant social and political thought. Focusing particularly on issues facing American Christians, we will seek to contribute to the reformation of Christian institutions that have become corrupted by false ideologies and practices.
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Dec 3, 2025 • 1h 14min
The Art of the Chimp (ft. Auron MacIntyre)
Auron MacIntyre joins the show to talk about intramural conflicts in the MAGA coalition.
Auron MacIntyre is the host of “The Auron MacIntyre Show” and a columnist for Blaze News. He offers thought-provoking and mold-breaking insights, drawing from the best political thinkers throughout history to make sense of our current political climate in a way that is easy to digest. He is Author of The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies.
Learn more about Auron MacIntyre's work:
https://www.theblaze.com/u/auronmacintyre
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre
https://www.regnery.com/9781684515585/the-total-state/
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Nov 26, 2025 • 1h 6min
Protestant Apologetics (ft. Austin Suggs)
How do Protestants compete in the online apologetics space? Austin Suggs joins the show to provide some insight.
Austin Suggs is the founder of Gospel Simplicity, an online apologetics platform that dives deep on theological issues. Austin is a non-denominational Protestant and theology graduate from Moody Bible Institute.
Learn more about Austin Suggs' work:
https://www.gospelsimplicity.com/about
https://www.youtube.com/gospelsimplicity
https://austinsuggs.substack.com/
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Nov 19, 2025 • 57min
Plan Trusting (ft. Patrick Casey)
Patrick Casey talks to Timon about how to maintain focus in the MAGA coalition.
Patrick Casey is an American writer, podcaster, and political commentator based in Washington, D.C. He is the host of the podcast Restoring Order, where he discusses topics such as politics, social science, longevity, gene editing, and credentialism, often from a moderate paleoconservative perspective. Casey contributes written work to publications including Chronicles Magazine, The Federalist, The Blaze, and American Conservative.
Show Notes:
Restoring Order | Patrick Casey | Substack
Restoring Order | Podcast on Spotify
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The American Reformer Podcast is hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.
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Oct 29, 2025 • 1h 12min
The Wade Show (ft. Wade Stotts)
Wade Stotts, host of the Wade Show with Wade Stotts, talks to Timon about Trump, media, humor, the future of the right after Charlie Kirk, and much more.
Wade Stotts is an American thought leader, host of "The Wade Show with Wade," and an acclaimed voice actor having narrated a pleathora of audiobooks. He previously worked as Creative Director for the Louder with Crowder show. He lives in Moscow, Idaho with his wife and kids.
Learn more about Wade Stotts' work:
https://canonplus.com/pages/wade-stotts
https://x.com/wadestotts
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The American Reformer Podcast is hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.
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Oct 20, 2025 • 55min
Reconquista (ft. Jake Dell)
Pastor Jake Dell joins the show to talk about how we can revive the Protestant mainline and save historic churches from the Left.
Jake Dell is the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Woodbury, Connecticut, and a former Episcopal priest.
Learn more about Jake Dell's work:
https://www.firstchurchwoodbury.org/
https://substack.com/@jwdell
https://americanreformer.org/author/jake-dell/
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The American Reformer Podcast is hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.
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Oct 8, 2025 • 1h 10min
Religious Freedom & Conservatism (ft. John Wilsey)
Professor of Church History at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, John Wilsey, joins the show to talk about his new book, a primer on the conservative tradition and religious freedom.
Show Notes:
Purchase Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer – https://a.co/d/i2Y99jj
Dr. John Wilsey is Professor of Church History and Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Church History and Historical Theology. Prior to coming to Southern, Wilsey taught elementary, middle, and high school students in history and Bible for eleven years in North Carolina and Virginia. He also has served Southern Baptist churches, as an associate pastor in Charlottesville, Virginia for eight years and interim pastor for three years in Spring, Texas
Learn more about John Wilsey's work:
https://www.sbts.edu/faculty/john-d-wilsey/
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Oct 1, 2025 • 57min
Light on the Hill (ft. Caleb Morell)
Caleb Morell, assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church and PhD candidate at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, talks to Timon about his new book, a history of Capitol Hill Baptist.
Show Notes:
Purchase A Light on the Hill – https://www.amazon.com/Light-Hill-Surprising-Influenced-Evangelicalism/dp/1433592894/?tag=thegospcoal-20
Caleb Morell is a historian and assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He completed his Master of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and is currently a doctoral student in historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri and an Associate of Newton House, Oxford.
Learn more about Caleb Morell's work:
https://x.com/calebmorell
https://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/about-us/leadership-staff/member/1527259/
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The American Reformer Podcast is hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.
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Sep 23, 2025 • 1h 11min
Charlie Kirk & the Future of the Right (ft. Mike Sabo & Ben Crenshaw)
The editorial team discusses the meaning and impact of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and what the right needs to do going forward.
Timon Cline is the Editor-in-chief of American Reformer. Prior to his appointment as editor-in-chief, he was a deputy attorney general in the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General. He is a graduate of Rutgers Law School and Westminster Theological Seminary, the Director of Scholarly Initiatives at the Hale Institute at New Saint Andrews College, a fellow at the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary, and an opinion contributor at World. His writing has appeared at American Mind, the American Conservative, and Modern Reformation, among others. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son.
https://americanreformer.org/about/
Mike Sabo is a Contributing Editor of American Reformer and an Assistant Editor of The American Mind, the online journal of the Claremont Institute. His writing has appeared at RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, Public Discourse, and American Greatness, among other outlets. He lives with his wife and son in Cincinnati.
https://americanreformer.org/author/mike-sabo/
Ben R. Crenshaw is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Declaration of Independence Center at the University of Mississippi. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Politics at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. You can follow him on X at @benrcrenshaw.
https://americanreformer.org/author/bencrenshaw/
https://gradschool.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Benjamin-Crenshaw/
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Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 26min
Behind the Declaration (ft. Pavlos Papadopoulos)
Pavlos Papadopoulos, professor of humanities at Wyoming Catholic College, talks to Timon about the ideas that undergird the Declaration of Independence.
Notes: American Heritage and the American Idea - American Reformer
Dr. Papadopoulos joined the Wyoming Catholic College faculty in 2018. A native of New England, he has traveled steadily south and west in pursuit of a liberal education: to St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he first encountered the great books, and to the University of Dallas, where he received his doctorate in political philosophy. At Wyoming Catholic College, he has taught courses in the humanities, trivium, and philosophy tracks. Dr. Papadopoulos’s essays on politics, culture, and education have appeared in First Things, The American Conservative, The American Mind, and elsewhere. Since 2023, he has served as faculty representative to the college’s Board of Directors.
Learn more about Pavlos Papadopoulos:
https://wyomingcatholic.edu/person/pavlos-papadopoulos-ph-d/
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Sep 12, 2025 • 1h 4min
Actually Existing Postliberalism (ft. Nathan Pinkoski)
Nathan Pinkoski, fellow at the Center for Renewing America, talks to Timon about postliberalism, the radical shifts of the 1990s, and right wing literature.
Notes: Actually Existing Postliberalism - First Things
The Camp of the Saints - Paperback – Itasca Books
Spiritual Death of the West - First Things
Nathan Pinkoski earned his BA (Hon) from the University of Alberta and his MPhil and DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford. He’s taught at Princeton University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Florida. Pinkoski’s research and writings cover the decline of republican government and the rise of postconstitutionalism in the United States and Western Europe. He has published in a variety of academic and popular journals, including Compact, First Things, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Claremont Review of Books. His book project, Actually Existing Postliberalism, examines the transformation of the West since 1989. It is under contract with Basic Books. He is also translating Éric Zemmour’s bestseller The Suicide of the French (Le Suicide français) into English for Encounter Books.
Learn more about Nathan Pinkowski:
https://americarenewing.com/team/nathan-pinkoski/
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