The Don Johnson Show

The Don Johnson Show

Reflections on life from author and filmmaker Don Johnson. Learn more about Don's projects at https://donjohnsonmedia.com and read his Substack at https://americanbabylon.substack.com

Episodes

Why Some People Become Catholic While Others Refuse

May 3, 2025 • 64 mins
Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss the nature of conversion to the Catholic Church, as well as why some people refuse to take that step. 
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When Shepherds Harm the Flock

December 28, 2023 • 54 mins
Carl Olson joins Don to discuss Fiducia Supplicans, the Catholic Church's recently released document that allows a "blessing" for same-sex "couples."
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The Futility of "Journeying Together" Without a Proper Goal

October 21, 2023 • 50 mins
Carl Olson joins Don to discuss the similarities between Andy Stanley's recent Unconditional conference and the ongoing Catholic Synod on Synodality. In both instances leaders claim to want to "journey together with people," especially those with same sex attraction, without bringing theology or doctrine into the conversation. It is a fool's errand.

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Synodality, Soteriology, and “Sharing the journey”
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The Danger of Dispensing Cheap Grace

September 16, 2023 • 51 mins
Welcoming sinners where they are is one thing; affirming them in their sin and encouraging them to stay there is another. Carl Olson joins Don to discuss the disturbing tendency among Church leaders to use the language of love and grace to entrench people in destructive lifestyles.

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How much Sexual Sin is OK?
The conflict over Communion is really about the cheapening of God's grace
The Consequences of Not Taking S...
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The Great American Dechurching

August 27, 2023 • 50 mins
Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss the sharp decline in church attendance over the past few years as well as offer some thoughts towards a solution.

Show links:
How to Talk to a Skeptic
Twisted Unto Destruction: How Bible Alone Theology Made the World a Worse Place
What’s Behind America’s ‘Great Dechurching’?
The Largest and Fastest Religious Shift in America Is Well Underway

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A Cry for Justice

August 19, 2023 • 56 mins
Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss the popularity of Rich Men North of Richmond and how it fits into a growing resentment of the ruling class. This leads into some thoughts about the nature of sin and the relationship between justice, mercy, and judgment, and why everything boils down to worship. Also, Don explains how this relates to his new project about Sodom and Gomorrah: Libertyville

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Hurt Girl Summer

August 2, 2023 • 53 mins
What do the Barbie movie and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour have in common? Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss the two biggest cultural phenomenons of the summer, and offer some movie and music reviews along the way.
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What Feminism Gets Wrong about Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
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On Trying to Preserve "Conservative" Morality without an Objective Foundation

June 19, 2023 • 57 mins
Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss various news stories from the week, incuding the explusion of Saddleback Church from the Southern Baptist Convention and the rise of pro-gay and pro-feminist groups battling gender ideology.
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The Anti-Science Covid Cult

April 27, 2021 • 60 mins
Who is really following the science, here? Don and Alden discuss the increasingly cult-like and superstitious nature of the pro-lockdown postion.

Links to go with the show:

Why Christianity is the Worldview that Best Supports Science: http://donjohnsonministries.org/why-christianity-is-the-worldview-that-best-supports-science/

Masking craziness:
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A Crisis of Authority and the Death of Truth

January 17, 2021 • 63 mins
What happens when you mix the weak epistemology of the postmodern West with a crooked ruling class? The death of truth. In this episode, Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss several factors that have led to the current cultural chaos, including the crisis of authority that results from widespread corruption among our media, tech, and political elite. They also examine the phrase "it's not who we are as Americans" and chat about wheth...
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A Culture that Has Forgotten God

December 5, 2020 • 58 mins
Don Johnson and Carl Olson discuss various aspects of of our cultural moment, including the fact that even our religious leaders don't seem willing to offer God's perspective on our predicament. Along they way, they reference a recent New York Times article by Pope Francis as well as "Mr Biden and the Matter of Scandal," a First Things piece by Archbishop Charles Chaput. Carl Olson is the editor of Catholic World Report and the aut...
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The Corona Grifters

July 25, 2020 • 36 mins
Don and Alden try to makes sense of some of the latest coronavirus developments by following the money. They also discuss Alden's interview with Erik Rittenberry about Erik's article "The American Life is Killing You."
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Manufacturing Mask Consent

July 8, 2020 • 55 mins
Don and Alden discuss the history of propaganda in America, and how the practices and principles perfected in the first half of the twentieth century are still being used to great effect today.
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When all We Have is Fear, Anger, and Corruption

June 5, 2020 • 39 mins
Don and Alden discuss an America in which the media and political ruling class is completely corrupt and the general population seems to have only fear and anger to keep them going each day.
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The Emperor Has No Clothes

May 23, 2020 • 42 mins
Don and Alden chat about living in a culture in which so many people act in public as if something is true, even when they don't actually believe it. They also discuss why there is no such thing as common sense anymore, and how various churches are dealing with the coronavirus.
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To Mask or Not to Mask?

May 12, 2020 • 37 mins
Don and Alden discuss why mask wearing has become such a cultural flash point. They also examine what it means that the government is deciding what is essential and what isn't, and how this differs from their normal lawmaking role.
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Coronavirus, Social Media, and the Marketing of Fear

May 4, 2020 • 55 mins
Don and Alden discuss the negative role social media is having on the coronavirus debate, and how relating to people only online makes it much more difficult to find truth, or even just common ground. They also talk about how historical ignorance leads people to be more trusting of their cultural gatekeepers, and how the way the media markets fear makes people far less rational when it comes to evaluating risk.
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Follow the Evidence, or Cling to My Personal Narrative?

April 22, 2020 • 54 mins
Don and Alden talk about the latest developments in the Coronapocalypse, and discuss why it is important to be willing to follow the evidence where it leads, even when it overturns something you have long thought to be true.
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It's a Brave New World

April 13, 2020 • 54 mins
Why is it currently socially unacceptable to ask questions? Do we have to simply accept the “official” narrative of events and blindly obey our media and political overlords? What can we learn from scripture and history about our current cultural moment? And are we actually living in The Truman Show? On this Coronavirus edition of the show, Don is joined by artist and filmmaker Alden Olmstead to tackle these issues and more. You ca...
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What Too Many Protestants Get Wrong About the Bible

January 9, 2020 • 45 mins
What is the Bible? Protestants like to say "The Word of God." OK, what is the word of God? Protestants like to say, "The Bible?" How does that work?

In this episode Don unpacks some common errors many Protestants make in understanding how God reveals himself, and what part the Bible plays in that revelation.
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