This F*cking Guy: Jerry Falwell

<p>Erin and Alyssa dive into the past of the father of white Christian Nationalism, Jerry Falwell. From founding Liberty University, to taking advantage of pregnant teens, to spreading his bigoted and homophobic beliefs like wildfire, this is may be our most shameless guy yet.</p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/2ppcoFL4KnM">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p><a href="https://wondery.com/shows/liberty-lost/">https://wondery.com/shows/liberty-lost/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-Falwell">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-Falwell</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/jerry-falwell">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/jerry-falwell</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-biography-of-jerry-falwell/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-biography-of-jerry-falwell/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/inside-jerry-falwell-jr-unlikely-rise-and-precipitous-fall?srsltid=AfmBOoqLERGUjQ07rO9_PVqsOujPeHa3c7TDKqJX5Un4ev1snV7NCqvJ">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/inside-jerry-falwell-jr-unlikely-rise-and-precipitous-fall?srsltid=AfmBOoqLERGUjQ07rO9_PVqsOujPeHa3c7TDKqJX5Un4ev1snV7NCqvJ</a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2006/05/15/5519116/timeline-a-half-century-of-falwells-ministry">https://www.npr.org/2006/05/15/5519116/timeline-a-half-century-of-falwells-ministry</a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/09/26/the-rise-of-the-falwell-empire/9dda636e-3475-4b64-899a-650a1d6dbb89/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/09/26/the-rise-of-the-falwell-empire/9dda636e-3475-4b64-899a-650a1d6dbb89/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/07/us/falwell-s-gospel-hour-fined-for-political-activity.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/07/us/falwell-s-gospel-hour-fined-for-political-activity.html</a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt9304/930403/04030069.htm">https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt9304/930403/04030069.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/inside-jerry-falwell-jr-unlikely-rise-and-precipitous-fall?srsltid=AfmBOoqLERGUjQ07rO9_PVqsOujPeHa3c7TDKqJX5Un4ev1snV7NCqvJ">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/inside-jerry-falwell-jr-unlikely-rise-and-precipitous-fall?srsltid=AfmBOoqLERGUjQ07rO9_PVqsOujPeHa3c7TDKqJX5Un4ev1snV7NCqvJ</a></p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/12/15/jerry-falwell-jr-funneled-millions-of-dollars-from-nonprofit-liberty-university-to-gop-efforts-rpt/">https://www.salon.com/2020/12/15/jerry-falwell-jr-funneled-millions-of-dollars-from-nonprofit-liberty-university-to-gop-efforts-rpt/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/19/september11.usa9">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/19/september11.usa9</a></p><p><a href="https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/a-troubling-legacy-revealing-the-white/">https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/a-troubling-legacy-revealing-the-white/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/agent-intolerance/">https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/agent-intolerance/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/moral-majority-founded">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/moral-majority-founded</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/2007/05/17/rev-falwells-moral-majority-mission-accomplished/">https://www.pewresearch.org/2007/05/17/rev-falwells-moral-majority-mission-accomplished/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/</a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/revisiting-the-legacy-of-jerry-falwell-sr-in-trumps-america-79551">https://theconversation.com/revisiting-the-legacy-of-jerry-falwell-sr-in-trumps-america-79551</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/hustler-magazine-v-falwell">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/hustler-magazine-v-falwell</a></p><p><a href="https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-0v89g5gw13">https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-0v89g5gw13</a></p>