Podcast artwork thumbnail for We Dissent

We Dissent

Rebecca Markert

Booking Overview

A monthly legal and public-affairs interview show focused on separation of church and state, religious liberty, constitutional rights, and secular advocacy, featuring occasional external experts from major legal, civil-rights, and research organizations. Credible pitches include constitutional and civil-liberties attorneys, legal scholars, nonprofit leaders, and experts on Christian nationalism, extremism, public education, or nonprofit rights; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally hold senior specialist or leadership roles.

Metrics

Episodes: 60

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 149 subscribers

Instagram: 355 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

we-dissent@ffrf.org

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Host

Rebecca Markert - Vice President and Legal Director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, specializing in legal advocacy involving religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior attorneys, legal scholars, nonprofit executives, policy researchers, and advocacy professionals with demonstrated expertise in religious liberty, constitutional rights, civil liberties, secularism, extremism, public education, or nonprofit law.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership or specialist roles at established legal, civil-rights, research, or advocacy organizations, Published legal or policy analysis, Direct involvement in significant constitutional, civil-liberties, religious-liberty, or nonprofit-rights matters

Recent Guest Discussions

Maya Henson - Christian Nationalism And Christian Supremacy In Public Education, Book Bans, Curriculum Control, Release-time Religious Programs, Parental-rights Rhetoric, And Anti-student Inclusion Movements.

Rachel Levinson-Waldman - Government Efforts To Investigate, Defund, Intimidate, And Punish Nonprofits And Viewpoints Through Executive Orders, Anti-terrorism Statutes, And Related Policies.

Recent Topics

Law, Separation Of Church And State, Religious Liberty, Constitutional Rights, Christian Nationalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
We Dissent
:

Christian Nationalism in Education with Maya Henson

September 16, 2026

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca welcome Maya Henson, Senior Research Analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, for a deep dive into the impact of Christian supremacy and anti-student inclusion movements on public education. They discuss the many strategies used by Christian nationalists to influence our public schools—from curriculum control and book bans to release-time religious programs and the weaponization of "parental rights."    Show Notes Southern Poverty Law Cen...

SCOTUS Term Round Up

August 19, 2026

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca recap the recent Supreme Court term and its implications for religious liberty. They break down the Court's rulings on conversion therapy bans, religious rights for prisoners, and transgender sports bans in public schools. They also discuss the ever-expanding "shadow docket" and the Court's alarming preference for deciding cases with no public hearing, briefing, or transparency.  Cases Chiles v. Salazar SCOTUSblog Opinion Previous episode: "Conversion Therapy...

Rededicate 250 & the "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias" Taskforce

July 14, 2026

America turns 250 and the Trump Administration is celebrating by rewriting the past and the present. Alison, Liz, and Rebecca discuss how the administration hijacked the nation's planned bipartisan 250th anniversary celebration and turned it into a tax-payer funded Christian nationalist prayer revival. Then they dig into the report issued by the "Taskforce to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias," one of several task forces created by the administration to manufacture a "Christian persecution" narra...

Publicly listed emails

we-dissent@ffrf.org

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings