Denise Harle (pronounced like the motorcycle) is a college football fanatic as am I. She named her boy after a former Ohio State Buckeye quarterback (Kirk Herbstreet) and if you know me, that is something that makes me smile. She went to Florida State University, as did my mom, so we have a lot in common but for today's episode of I'm Glad You Said That , we're not talking football. Denise Harle serves as Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of...
Jun 20, 2022•43 min
Chad Hufford is a guy who thinks about wealth creation and management as much from a Biblical perspective as a financial perspective. The two are actually intimately aligned. Money and possessions are mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible and the message is fairly clear: Nowhere in Scripture is debt viewed in a positive way. On today's show of " I'm Glad you Said That ", Chad and I will discuss - - How Christians should respond to a bad economy - Why Christians should be...
May 17, 2022•44 min
When Mike Robbins was running for Mayor of Anchorage, the liberal newspaper, Anchorage Press, did a story on him calling him "Trump Lite" presumably because of Robbins involvement as State Chair of the Trump Presidential campaign and his foray into pageants and fast times in his younger days. Mike has become a good friend and brother in Christ over the years and he is as interesting as he is pro-active in taking life by the horns. Currently, Robbins serves as Executive Director of the ...
May 11, 2022•44 min
Katy Talento is a veteran policy advisor, health care reformer, epidemiologist and thought leader. A compelling communicator, Katy has served as Director of Speechwriting for the Republican National Committee. She spent two years as a Catholic nun and has worked with the poorest of the poor from East Africa, to industrial Russia and inner-city America. Talenko now serves as Executive Director of the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries . The mission of AHCSM is to - Protect the liberty of ...
May 11, 2022•43 min
Bernadette Wilson is fiercely committed. Whether she's coaching figure and hockey skaters on how to more effectively use their edges, lambasting and educating the Anchorage Assembly on freedoms they've trampled or rallying conservatives on any number of issues, Bernadette is passionate. Her latest adventure is State Director of the Alaska Chapter of Americans for Prosperity and you can bet that she's taking the bull by the horns. AFP's legislative agenda includes eliminating ...
Mar 30, 2022•43 min
How do we take our Biblical knowledge and convictions into every sphere of our life including our jobs and relationships and entertainment and hobbies and politics and education ? In education today in particular, it seems as though there is an extremely overt, direct assault on our children by the academic elite set on undermining Biblical truth. As believers, is it our responsibility to put kids into private schools ? To homeschool ? Do we also have a responsibility to the majority of youth wh...
Mar 11, 2022•44 min
Do parents have any rights regarding concerns they have about their children being forced to mask up for 8-10 hours at a time in public schools ? Do you find it ironic and frustrating that nobody was masked at the Super Bowl, including celebrities and political influencers, and yet children the very next day were mandated to mask up all day at school ? Are there real studies that show masks are not only ineffective in preventing the transmission of the Wuhan virus but actually harm people, espec...
Mar 11, 2022•44 min
Do parents have any rights regarding concerns they have about their children being forced to mask up for 8-10 hours at a time in public schools ? Do you find it ironic and frustrating that nobody was masked at the Super Bowl, including celebrities and political influencers, and yet children the very next day were mandated to mask up all day at school ? Are there real studies that show masks are not only ineffective in preventing the transmission of the Wuhan virus but actually harm people, espec...
Mar 01, 2022•12 min
Michael Thiessen has taken a very prominent role in his native Canada to stand up for the rights of Christians and for freedoms in general that Prime Minister Trudeau and others are more than willing to eviscerate. With a heart for training and mentoring young adults and pastors, and advancing both church and cultural renewal, Michael Thiessen serves Liberty Coalition Canada as the Founder and President as well as a Fellow at the prestigious Ezra Institute whose vision is that - " God'...
Mar 01, 2022•44 min
Jonathan Quick lives up to his name in many ways. He's quick to engage on a wide assortment of vocational adventures that are pretty impressive. From serving as Chief of Staff to Mayor Charlie Pierce, who is currently running for Governor, to running an eclectic hardware store in Nikiski (click HERE for that) to launching an organic, vegan skin care line with his daughter (click HERE for that) to working with my friend Suzanne Downing at MustRead Alaska and my friend Bernadette Wilson at Am...
Feb 15, 2022•43 min
If there is one thing liberals in this state are afraid of, it's losing control of the judges and how they are selected. As has been written about countless times, see HERE , HERE and HERE for three examples, the Alaska Judicial Council and the Alaska Bar Association simply do not represent Alaska's political, social and cultural make up. In my conversation with Alaska State Senator Mike Shower today on "I'm Glad You Said That", we'll dive into a few pieces of legis...
Feb 15, 2022•44 min
"Unleash Your Citizenship" Over $30 million in revenue More than 300 staff members At least 25 attorneys on staff Nearly 650K on mailing lists; 750K on email lists Defeated nearly 350 bills in the last year Passed more than 200 bills in the last year Impressive statistics for a movement Alaska Family Council & Action is privileged to be a part of. The "movement" I'm referring to are the family policy council organizations just like us all over the country working day...
Jan 12, 2022•44 min
My good friend Jonathan Keller has been in the pro life arena since he was in high school. He is truly a gem in the movement and as President of the California Family Council , our sister organization, he's about to experience an unprecedented, almost unimaginable scenario. In light of abortion likely coming back to the states following the Dobbs decision in the summer of 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom along with dozens of abortion providers have proposed a plan to encourage America...
Jan 04, 2022•44 min
Dr. Josephine Glaser is a naturalized Filipina American who felt called into medicine in early childhood while growing up in a loving, faith-based home in a resource poor area of the Philippines. Her family immigrated to the US and settled in St Louis during her early adolescence. The lessons she learned from her experiences of culture shock helps inform her approach into each patient encounter to value & esteem each human being with love, respect, humility, sensitivity, & dignity. I met...
Dec 15, 2021•43 min
Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Jr really cares about people. All people. You can sense it in his sincerity and passion when he speaks. As a clinical psychologist based in California, Dr. Nicolosi runs the BreakThrough Clinic specializing in drug and alcohol addictions, binge eating, sexual addictions, and many other addiction-related disorders. Reinitegrative Therapy , a form of treatment Nicolosi pioneered, has made national news lately. "A new large-scale, peer-reviewed stu dy in the Journal of Hum...
Nov 24, 2021•43 min
Leigh Sloan is a podcaster , coach and consultant at "Brave Nation" where she empowers leaders to create significant cultural reform in their spheres of influence. Recently, she took on the role of overseeing a group called Alaska Parents' Rights in Education , part of a national movement to engage and equip Moms and Dads to counter some of the leftist indoctrination that's happening with greater frequency and overtness in our schools and culture. If there was a picture of so...
Nov 11, 2021•44 min
Pete Talbott is so much more than one of the founders of Relief Factor , one of the most successful dietary supplement companies in U.S. history. He started off his early career as a professional singer in his late teens, hosted his own cable talk show at the age of 18, founded Five Loaves and Two Fish, Co in 1974, followed by 12 Baskets Restaurants in 1976, 12 Baskets Catering in 1977, and 12 Baskets Distributors in 1978. Pete then founded the Talbott Group as a boutique advertising and product...
Nov 10, 2021•4 min
Pastor Ron Hoffman, shown here with his wife Crystal, had some big shoes to fill. The church he now leads, Anchorage Baptist Temple, has been an influential presence in Alaska for decades. ABT's founder and former lead pastor, Dr. Jerry Prevo, is now President of Liberty University, one of the largest Christian schools of higher education in the world. Based in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty was founded by Dr. Jerry Falwell, credited with establishing the "Moral Majority" in 1979. P...
Nov 10, 2021•18 min
Maggie Gallagher doesn't know when to stop. In a wonderful way. A syndicated columnist, Gallagher is a founder of the National Organization for Marriage as well as the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. Most recently, she has been charged by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to expand and promote the work of the archdiocese's Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship . That group, with a mission of "opening the door of Beauty to God", provi...
Oct 07, 2021•44 min
Ben Carpenter served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey and Kuwait as a member of the United States military. He has a few opinions on what just transpired in our country's 20 year engagement in that part of the world. Raised on an Eastern Washington apple orchard, Ben never thought he'd go back into farming. Turns out he was wrong. In addition to representing, as an Alaska House Member, the communities of Seward, Moose Pass, Cooper Landing, Sterling, Funny River, Salamatof, and Nikiski, whe...
Oct 06, 2021•43 min
As a Secondary Teacher at Anchorage Christian Schools (ACS), Spencer Moore has a unique view on how today's youth are impacted by corporate, media, political and other "woke" establishments. And as a young parent, he knew he had to get involved to advocate for his kids and their future. Now he's a Region 3 Representative for the Alaska Republican Party and is bringing salt and light into an arena that impacts all citizens - whether they engage or not. Anchorage Baptist Temple...
Sep 22, 2021•44 min
As a member of the Armed Services, Eagle River resident Ted Smith had the intensely cool job of training pilots how to survive in the wilderness of Alaska if their planes came down. It happens. And when it does, they needed to be prepared to respond with confidence in the harsh new environment. The obstacles were plenty but the training equipped them to make the best decisions. Later in life, Smith realized that as a Christ-follower, he didn't feel as equipped himself to deal with the cultu...
Sep 08, 2021•44 min
Chris Gatch is a soft spoken man with a hard core passion for reaching youth here in Alaska. With mask mandates, critical race theory and LGBTQ ideologies being force fed to students, suicide rates doubling, test scores plummeting despite funds continuing to explode, the school climate in the Great Land seems bleak. Until you open your eyes to ministries like Youth For Christ led by Chris. With extensive outreach to the Bush, public high school teacher sponsors standing boldly and students embra...
Aug 25, 2021•43 min
The saga, and the opportunities, continue. Join us today on Family Matters for Part 2 of my interview with the affable couple, Paul and Marilyn Hueper. As you might recall, the FBI broke down their door, pointed multiple firearms at the Huepers and their Homer Inn and Spa guests (including a 17 yr old minor), handcuffed and interrogated them for hours because Marilyn resembled someone who was inside the Capitol on January 6th. More recently, Marilyn was pulled over by a Homer police officer who ...
Aug 25, 2021•54 min
When Paul and Marilyn Hueper, owners of the beautiful Homer Inn and Spa , heard the crash of their door being broken down and saw the barrels of multiple guns pointed at them in their home, their minds remained on the Spirit that gave them life and peace. Was it frightening ? Yes. Was it startling ? Certainly. But they remained calm knowing their Savior was front and center and that they had nothing to hide. Marilyn even found it somewhat amusing. "They (the FBI) said, ‘Well, we’re here for...
Jul 21, 2021•44 min
Joel Davidson has so much to offer this great state. In addition to raising a huge, educated, God-fearing family out in the MatSu Valley who will almost certainly keep critical American traditions and love of country alive in the Great Land, Joel runs the ever-growing Alaska Watchman - a superbly written on-line news source reporting from an unabashedly Judeo-Christian perspective. Ironically, he does it with more fairness and balance than the mainstream media. It's just who Joel is. We&apo...
Jul 16, 2021•43 min
Alaskans and even those outside the Great Land have been hearing, reading and seeing a lot about Kelly Tshibaka. I'm so grateful to have another opportunity to visit with her on Family Matters today. - Was there a specific moment when she felt compelled to put her hat in the ring for U.S. Senate ? - What does she believe about protecting women from having to compete against men in sports ? - How does her faith animate her decisions ? - How does her experience working at a crisis pregnancy c...
Jun 28, 2021•43 min
Leigh Sloan's Facebook page says she likes to "influence pioneers with brave wisdom to create significant cultural reform." Heavy stuff. As is the issue of critical race theory (CRT) being debated heavily across our state and nation now. What is CRT and why is there such a heated discussion about it ? Can we do anything to stop it from being a part of the public education curriculum ? Should we ? Hope you can join Leigh and I as we dive into this very controversial and interesting...
Jun 16, 2021•44 min
It's a moment those of us in the pro-life community have waited a long time for. The United States Supreme Court has elected to take up a case directly related to the viability of pre-born babies. The case involves a Mississippi bill that preserves the human right to life and limits abortion when “the probable gestational age of the unborn human being” is “greater than” 15 weeks, “except in a medical emergency or in the case of a severe fetal abnormality….” The case is a " generational...
Jun 02, 2021•43 min
Did you know there was a Christian-centered baseball team competing in the Alaska Baseball League ? The Eagle River/Chugiak Chinooks is a group of men's college players, most of whom attend and play baseball at Christian schools like Biola, The Masters College and Arizona Christian University. They compete against the Anchorage Glacier Pilots, Anchorage Bucs, MatSu Miners and Kenai Peninsula Oilers. Those teams have some of the top college baseball players in the country. My guest on Family...
May 19, 2021•43 min
