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Owen Morgan's Fireside Chat

Owen Morgan's Fireside Chat

By: Owen Morgan
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Deconstructing high control religions and political movements


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  • Trump's Iran Deal Pays Out More Than Obama's — MAGA Is Furious
    Jun 29 2026
    Kunneman claims God told him on 9/11 that a man from New York City would rise with Solomon-like wisdom — and he's retroactively pinning that on Trump. This episode tears that apart claim by claim. We also fact-check the MAGA forum panic over the Iran peace deal, where the $300 billion reparations figure circulating on Patriots.win turns out to have zero credible sourcing — the actual number is $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets being released, which is still more than the $3 billion Obama-era release that MAGA spent years condemning. Hank Kunneman prophesied Trump would win in 2020, was wrong, never properly accounted for it, and now hides behind the convenient excuse that prophecies are conditional on human free will. We follow the logic of that excuse to its embarrassing conclusion. Plus: Christian nationalism dressed up as biblical history, AI compared to the Tower of Babel, and a guest who thinks Pol Pot is a relevant argument against food stamps. Subscribe and leave a review if this is the kind of homework you want done for you.
    🔥 Support the Show:
    Become a Patreon Member: https://owenmorgan.com/patreon
    Read my books:
    📖 God's People: Christian Nationalism in the Third Reich https://owenmorgan.com/godspeople
    📖 Understanding Jehovah''s Witnesses: https://owenmorgan.com/ujw
    🎥 Watch on YouTube:
    Telltale: https://www.youtube.com/@owenmorgantelltale
    Telltale Fireside Chat: https://www.youtube.com/@telltalefiresidechat
    Telltale Unfiltered: https://www.youtube.com/@telltaleunfiltered
    Pixel Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/@owenpixeldreams
    Twitch: https://owenmorgan.com/twitch


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    1 hr
  • 1 Jehovah's Witnesses' TikTok PR Campaign Is Built on Lies About Who They Are
    Jun 27 2026
    Jehovah's Witnesses are running a slick TikTok campaign claiming members are your doctors and lawyers — while the organization effectively bans higher education. This episode tears apart that PR campaign claim by claim. Then: a licensed psychiatrist is pushing to add Trump Derangement Syndrome to the DSM, arguing women who dislike Trump just hate men. The APA will never approve it, but the fact that a credentialed doctor is pitching this is worth examining. Oklahoma Christian nationalist Dusty Devers just lost his election — we break down exactly what voters rejected: no-fault divorce bans, IVF framed as mass murder, and Biblical law placed above the Constitution. Plus, the Mormon Church is suing podcaster John Dehlin over the word Mormon — a term the Church itself has been discouraging for years. And Maine GOP candidate Bobby Charles repeats the debunked litter boxes in classrooms story while promising to personally counsel women out of abortions. Every claim gets checked. Subscribe and leave a review if this episode delivered.
    🔥 Support the Show:
    Become a Patreon Member: https://owenmorgan.com/patreon
    Read my books:
    📖 God's People: Christian Nationalism in the Third Reich https://owenmorgan.com/godspeople
    📖 Understanding Jehovah''s Witnesses: https://owenmorgan.com/ujw
    🎥 Watch on YouTube:
    Telltale: https://www.youtube.com/@owenmorgantelltale
    Telltale Fireside Chat: https://www.youtube.com/@telltalefiresidechat
    Telltale Unfiltered: https://www.youtube.com/@telltaleunfiltered
    Pixel Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/@owenpixeldreams
    Twitch: https://owenmorgan.com/twitch


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    50 mins
  • The JW Shunning Lie: How a 2002 Watchtower Contradicts Their Legal Defense
    Jun 22 2026
    Jehovah's Witnesses just won court rulings in Norway and Sweden by arguing their shunning practices don't coerce members. A 2002 Watchtower article still live on their own website says otherwise. This episode tears apart the legal strategy, the scriptural justification, and the organizational spin in the latest Governing Body Update. We trace the disfellowshipping doctrine back to its actual origin in 1952 — no biblical mandate, just a policy decision — and read the Watchtower's own instructions for how members should treat shunned relatives. We also cover a Christian nationalist figure who called Black culture murderous and evil at a conference where neo-Nazi vendors were distributing flyers, and whose response focused more on tarot cards than the actual white supremacist material. The JW legal victories in Scandinavia are being framed as religious freedom wins. What they actually secured is continued government funding for a group that systematically cuts members off from their families for leaving. Subscribe, leave a review, and find more at oamorgan.com.
    🔥 Support the Show:
    Become a Patreon Member: https://owenmorgan.com/patreon
    Read my books:
    📖 God's People: Christian Nationalism in the Third Reich https://owenmorgan.com/godspeople
    📖 Understanding Jehovah''s Witnesses: https://owenmorgan.com/ujw
    🎥 Watch on YouTube:
    Telltale: https://www.youtube.com/@owenmorgantelltale
    Telltale Fireside Chat: https://www.youtube.com/@telltalefiresidechat
    Telltale Unfiltered: https://www.youtube.com/@telltaleunfiltered
    Pixel Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/@owenpixeldreams
    Twitch: https://owenmorgan.com/twitch


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    57 mins
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