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Dirt After Dark: You're a Mean One, Mr. Green(ch)

It's here! The Hobby Lobby episode is here! We explore the philosophical and business underpinnings of the Museum of the Bible, and take a closer look at the craft magnate Green family that's driving the whole operation. Thanks for your patience with us-- as we explain at the end, Anna had covid, Amber had a depression, it was an auspicious start to 2022 all around-- and we hope you find this episode as exciting and illuminating as we did researching and recording it!


There are A LOT of sources on this, including on topics I wasn't ultimately abut to include in the episode. Check 'em out!

Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby 

Can Hobby Lobby Buy the Bible? (The Atlantic - the article that preceded the book)

David Green & family (Forbes) - their realtime worth dropped since we started the script! shed a tear. 

Assemblies of God vs Church of God: What’s the Difference? (Christianity FAQ)

Inside Jerry Falwell Jr's Unlikely Rise and Precipitous Fall at Liberty University (Vanity Fair)

Darsee Lett Permanent Layoff Letter (Roys Report) 

Also in internal memos about covid, this one from David Green 

The DOJ just seized an ancient artifact from Hobby Lobby. Here are 16 of the biggest controversies in the craft chain's nearly 50-year history. (Business Insider)

Great Christians in Business (Giants for God)

The Green Family: Living and Giving Generously (Jesus Calling)

Hobby Lobby, Steve Green, and the New Bible Empire (Free Inquiry)

The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. (Washington Post)

A Bible museum is a good idea. The one that's opening is not. (Vox)

Dispelling the Myths Around the Hobby Lobby Antiquities Case (Hyperallergic)

Dr. David J. Trobisch

The Hobby Lobby Settlement: A Gathering Storm for Classicists? (Rogue Classicism, really going for it)

A Biblical Mystery at Oxford (The Atlantic)

The Museum of the Bible Is in Discussions With Iraq to Reach a Settlement Over Thousands of Disputed Antiquities in Its Collection (Artnet)

He Taught Ancient Texts at Oxford. Now He Is Accused of Stealing Some. (New York Times)

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As science communicators in anthropology and archaeology, we hosts of The Dirt acknowledge that we hold a position of considerable privilege and opportunity, and commit ourselves to continuous learning, unlearning and reflection. We recognize that our disciplines, as well as our own lives, are rooted in and propped up by settler colonialism, white supremacy, and dispossession.

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