Above: clockwise from top left, Ron Pagitt, Kurtis Schaeffer, Jeanine Butler, and Catherine Butler

Ron Pagitt, pastor, activist, Executive Director of Vote Common Good, and host of the organization’s new daily program Common Good Podcast interviewed Religion, Race & Democracy Lab co-director Kurtis Schaeffer, director Jeanine Butler, and producer Catherine Butler, to discuss God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance, the newest documentary film to be collaboratively produced by the Lab and Butlerfilms. The film depicts how potent forces came together to mount an army of climate change skeptics in the name of God, country and capitalism. Pagitt’s central question: why did so many faith leaders turn away from supporting the environment? Watch the livestream conversation, linked below, or better yet watch the 20-minute film on our website for the most dazzling response.