Bill Kole
@billkole.bsky.social
Veteran journalist and author of two big-idea books: IN GUNS WE TRUST (out now via Broadleaf) and THE BIG 100 (2023, Diversion). Runner, sailor, fly fisherman. billkolebooks.com https://substack.com/@billkole
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Bill Kole
@billkole.bsky.social
· Oct 23
IN GUNS WE TRUST is out now, wherever you buy your books!
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
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1st podcast episode of 2026! "Guns and White Evangelicals"
Why do many white evangelicals believe they have a “God-given right” to own guns? @billkole.bsky.social, author of In Guns We Trust, discusses evangelicals’ fixation w/gun access & what we can do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify
Why do many white evangelicals believe they have a “God-given right” to own guns? @billkole.bsky.social, author of In Guns We Trust, discusses evangelicals’ fixation w/gun access & what we can do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify
Guns and White Evangelicals
Podcast Episode · The Revealer · 01/28/2026 · 49m
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January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
1st podcast episode of 2026! "Guns and White Evangelicals"
Why do many white evangelicals believe they have a “God-given right” to own guns? @billkole.bsky.social, author of In Guns We Trust, discusses evangelicals’ fixation w/gun access & what we can do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify
Why do many white evangelicals believe they have a “God-given right” to own guns? @billkole.bsky.social, author of In Guns We Trust, discusses evangelicals’ fixation w/gun access & what we can do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify
Girl with a pearl earring, but make it Paris.
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Girl with a pearl earring, but make it Paris.
RIP to this remarkable human, whom I included in my first book, THE BIG 100: The New World of Super-Aging.
“I’m going to retire when I die,” she said in 2023, when she was ‘just’ 103. 💪🏼 #booksky #longevity
“I’m going to retire when I die,” she said in 2023, when she was ‘just’ 103. 💪🏼 #booksky #longevity
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
RIP to this remarkable human, whom I included in my first book, THE BIG 100: The New World of Super-Aging.
“I’m going to retire when I die,” she said in 2023, when she was ‘just’ 103. 💪🏼 #booksky #longevity
“I’m going to retire when I die,” she said in 2023, when she was ‘just’ 103. 💪🏼 #booksky #longevity
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Rhode Island Atheists is happy to present this exciting new event featuring @billkole.bsky.social
Currently working as a local author and as editor for Axios, Kole is an award-winning veteran journalist. He has reported from North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Currently working as a local author and as editor for Axios, Kole is an award-winning veteran journalist. He has reported from North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Rhode Island Atheists is happy to present this exciting new event featuring @billkole.bsky.social
Currently working as a local author and as editor for Axios, Kole is an award-winning veteran journalist. He has reported from North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Currently working as a local author and as editor for Axios, Kole is an award-winning veteran journalist. He has reported from North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Australia was the first country to adopt decisive, effective gun control — in 1996, after a horrific mass shooting — and they’ve done it again.
The U.S., meanwhile, has more mass shootings than days of the year. Why? Because unlike Australia, we just don’t give a f*ck.
apnews.com/article/aust...
The U.S., meanwhile, has more mass shootings than days of the year. Why? Because unlike Australia, we just don’t give a f*ck.
apnews.com/article/aust...
Australia's Parliament passes gun restrictions and anti-hate speech law after Bondi shooting
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Parliament's passing anti-hate speech and gun laws following a deadly shooting at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach last month.
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Australia was the first country to adopt decisive, effective gun control — in 1996, after a horrific mass shooting — and they’ve done it again.
The U.S., meanwhile, has more mass shootings than days of the year. Why? Because unlike Australia, we just don’t give a f*ck.
apnews.com/article/aust...
The U.S., meanwhile, has more mass shootings than days of the year. Why? Because unlike Australia, we just don’t give a f*ck.
apnews.com/article/aust...
🏈 Read this fun piece that I (a diehard #Patriots fan) and my Axios colleague Russell Contreras (a long-suffering #Texans fan) wrote together about our yearslong rivalry. 🏈
Bite me, Russ! GO PATS!
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Bite me, Russ! GO PATS!
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Texans vs Patriots: 2 teams these frenemies love to hate
One is a long-suffering Houston Texans fan. The other is a diehard New England Patriots supporter. They're frenemies.
www.axios.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🏈 Read this fun piece that I (a diehard #Patriots fan) and my Axios colleague Russell Contreras (a long-suffering #Texans fan) wrote together about our yearslong rivalry. 🏈
Bite me, Russ! GO PATS!
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Bite me, Russ! GO PATS!
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
It was a privilege to talk about my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, and the strange nexus of faith and firearms with Josh Patterson on his amazing (Re)Thinking Faith podcast. Give it a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6pKU...
#guns #gunviolence #booksky #evangelicals
open.spotify.com/episode/6pKU...
#guns #gunviolence #booksky #evangelicals
In Guns We Trust: White Evangelicals and the Gospel of Guns - With William J. Kole
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It was a privilege to talk about my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, and the strange nexus of faith and firearms with Josh Patterson on his amazing (Re)Thinking Faith podcast. Give it a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6pKU...
#guns #gunviolence #booksky #evangelicals
open.spotify.com/episode/6pKU...
#guns #gunviolence #booksky #evangelicals
My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣 ... the inevitable horror show of hooking oneself instead of the fish.
billkole.substack.com/p/hooked
#booksky #flyfishing #fishing #humor
billkole.substack.com/p/hooked
#booksky #flyfishing #fishing #humor
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣 ... the inevitable horror show of hooking oneself instead of the fish.
billkole.substack.com/p/hooked
#booksky #flyfishing #fishing #humor
billkole.substack.com/p/hooked
#booksky #flyfishing #fishing #humor
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If you're a nonfiction author considering a book-tour stop in PVD and you'd like a conversation partner, feel free to reach out. If timing/scheduling allows, I'd be happy to help.
Next up: a chat with @billkole.bsky.social about "In Guns We Trust" at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social in March.
Next up: a chat with @billkole.bsky.social about "In Guns We Trust" at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social in March.
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you're a nonfiction author considering a book-tour stop in PVD and you'd like a conversation partner, feel free to reach out. If timing/scheduling allows, I'd be happy to help.
Next up: a chat with @billkole.bsky.social about "In Guns We Trust" at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social in March.
Next up: a chat with @billkole.bsky.social about "In Guns We Trust" at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social in March.
Of all the solid reviews IN GUNS WE TRUST has gotten, this one is perhaps the most gratifying.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was an editor at @christiancentury.bsky.social, and it was the first to publish his "Letters from a Birmingham Jail." #booksky
www.christiancentury.org/books/lethal...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was an editor at @christiancentury.bsky.social, and it was the first to publish his "Letters from a Birmingham Jail." #booksky
www.christiancentury.org/books/lethal...
A lethal article of faith
Veteran journalist William Kole sets out to understand White evangelical devotion to the Second...
www.christiancentury.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Of all the solid reviews IN GUNS WE TRUST has gotten, this one is perhaps the most gratifying.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was an editor at @christiancentury.bsky.social, and it was the first to publish his "Letters from a Birmingham Jail." #booksky
www.christiancentury.org/books/lethal...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was an editor at @christiancentury.bsky.social, and it was the first to publish his "Letters from a Birmingham Jail." #booksky
www.christiancentury.org/books/lethal...
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Do you want to live to 100 and beyond? Author @billkole.bsky.social says: you may whether you like it or not. On this week's podcast: the pros and cons of the coming centenarian boom, aka "Super #Aging." LISTEN TO THE #PODCAST HERE: open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Do you want to live to 100 and beyond? Author @billkole.bsky.social says: you may whether you like it or not. On this week's podcast: the pros and cons of the coming centenarian boom, aka "Super #Aging." LISTEN TO THE #PODCAST HERE: open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
This may be the most fun I've ever had on a podcast.
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare had me on to talk about my first book, THE BIG 100, and how society will change as many more of us live into triple digits.
open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...?
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare had me on to talk about my first book, THE BIG 100, and how society will change as many more of us live into triple digits.
open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...?
Living to 100 and Beyond - Super Aging with Author William J. Kole
open.spotify.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This may be the most fun I've ever had on a podcast.
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare had me on to talk about my first book, THE BIG 100, and how society will change as many more of us live into triple digits.
open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...?
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare had me on to talk about my first book, THE BIG 100, and how society will change as many more of us live into triple digits.
open.spotify.com/episode/0hvw...?
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Fear has become the water we’re swimming in.
On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with journalist @billkole.bsky.social about guns in churches, fear-based faith, and how the way of Jesus, rooted in nonviolence, got replaced by power and protection.
Listen: pod.link/1566243892
On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with journalist @billkole.bsky.social about guns in churches, fear-based faith, and how the way of Jesus, rooted in nonviolence, got replaced by power and protection.
Listen: pod.link/1566243892
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fear has become the water we’re swimming in.
On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with journalist @billkole.bsky.social about guns in churches, fear-based faith, and how the way of Jesus, rooted in nonviolence, got replaced by power and protection.
Listen: pod.link/1566243892
On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with journalist @billkole.bsky.social about guns in churches, fear-based faith, and how the way of Jesus, rooted in nonviolence, got replaced by power and protection.
Listen: pod.link/1566243892
Great to see IN GUNS WE TRUST get traction in academia! (It’s a natural text for any university-level ethics or religion courses …)
More on this important new @broadleafbooks.bsky.social title here: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
#guns #gunculture #booksky
More on this important new @broadleafbooks.bsky.social title here: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
#guns #gunculture #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Great to see IN GUNS WE TRUST get traction in academia! (It’s a natural text for any university-level ethics or religion courses …)
More on this important new @broadleafbooks.bsky.social title here: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
#guns #gunculture #booksky
More on this important new @broadleafbooks.bsky.social title here: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
#guns #gunculture #booksky
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I just finished #reading this #book: #InGunsWeTrust by #WilliamJKole.
This was a wonderful book. I've read a few books on this subject & this is one of the best ones. It can be depressing but it also offers some hope. Everybody should read this @billkole.bsky.social book
#Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
This was a wonderful book. I've read a few books on this subject & this is one of the best ones. It can be depressing but it also offers some hope. Everybody should read this @billkole.bsky.social book
#Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I just finished #reading this #book: #InGunsWeTrust by #WilliamJKole.
This was a wonderful book. I've read a few books on this subject & this is one of the best ones. It can be depressing but it also offers some hope. Everybody should read this @billkole.bsky.social book
#Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
This was a wonderful book. I've read a few books on this subject & this is one of the best ones. It can be depressing but it also offers some hope. Everybody should read this @billkole.bsky.social book
#Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
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“Is anyone here carrying a gun?”
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
US gun violence is a preventable health crisis
America feels familiar to a British person—until it doesn’t. Lucinda Hiam writes from the US, observing that nothing has felt more foreign than living in a country where the threat of gun violence is ...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Is anyone here carrying a gun?”
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
Hope they're bitin' up there, brother. billkole.substack.com/p/cast-adrift
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hope they're bitin' up there, brother. billkole.substack.com/p/cast-adrift
My heart is full after this evening's spirited discussion about America's gun scourge at Boston's Grace Community Church.
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My heart is full after this evening's spirited discussion about America's gun scourge at Boston's Grace Community Church.
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
Greater Boston peeps: Join us this coming Sunday! It’s gonna be 🔥
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Greater Boston peeps: Join us this coming Sunday! It’s gonna be 🔥