A Catholic couple in Indiana has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hold the state accountable for removing their son from their home because they wouldn't identify him as a girl. I'm privileged to speak with their attorney, Josh Hersberger, today on "I'm Glad You Said That". Josh is the lead counsel on the case and works with our sister organization, the Indiana Family Institute . In M.C. and J.C. v. Indiana Department of Child Services , Indiana investigated Mary and Jere...
Mar 16, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Isabel Brown is a Gen Z influencer on a grand scale. As a full-time streamer and independent content creator, author, and speaker, this 27 year old has figured out her Generation has to accept the baton at breakneck pace. And she's joyfully and ambitiously embraced that challenge. In her latest work, The End of the Alphabet - How Gen Z Can Save America , she says these "young and often underestimated Americans are here to fight for a better future—and we won’t wait for permission to le...
Mar 16, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast As Vice President of Government Relations at The Heritage Foundation, Eric Teetsel has a long track record of experience in government at the federal, state, and local levels. Most recently, he was Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, where he also held the roles of Legislative Director and Special Assistant. Teetsel previously served as President of the Family Policy Alliance of Kansas, Director of Faith Outreach for the Marco Rubio presidential campaign, Executive Director o...
Feb 15, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jon Faulkner is a lifelong Alaskan, graduate of Harvard, husband, father of five, and pilot. In addition to owning the spectacular Lands End Resort in Homer, he's invested in real estate projects on the Kenai River and in Girdwood. He's been in the political arena and has always been a voice for building Alaska into a place where people can dream and creating an economy where those dreams can flourish. Faulkner recently purchased the ubiquitous MustRead Alaska and in all likelihood, wi...
Feb 15, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mike Shower is a no-nonsense, former fighter pilot who speaks with the kind of confidence and clarity that is as refreshing as it is rare. He is existing right now in a three-member Alaska State Senate Minority because, once again, the Republicans in Juneau couldn't play together in the sand box. Despite having a majority, they gave power to the Democrats and sequestered the most conservative members to a small island. At least we know who is willing to stand for what they campaigned on and...
Jan 25, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alaska Senate Minority member Shelley Hughes, a Republican from Palmer, has always been someone I have deeply respected. She articulates her position with passion and clarity and grace whether sitting as the Senate Majority Leader or as a member of a micro-minority of just three (3) as she is now. Today, on "I'm Glad You Said That", we'll chat about what she has in store for this second half of the Alaska legislative session including bills she has introduced regarding concea...
Jan 25, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast I've worked alongside and have had the privilege of being friends with Bernadette Wilson for a long time. When she told me she was getting out of politics for awhile to go make "real money" in the private sector, I knew she could thrive in the business world. I didn't think she's be gone long for the world of civic engagement. It's in her blood. She's still building her business but her real passion, a love for our state and it's ability to be a prosperous...
Jan 25, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tami Jo Watson and Victoria Ross, Executive Director and Deputy Director of Alaska Adoption Services , know first hand of the challenges and joys of adoption. They both have adopted children and are engaged in that arena every work day. I'm thrilled to have both of them on the show today. Every year in Alaska, somewhere between 1,200 and 1,900 pre-born children are aborted primarily because of inconvenience. It is hard to estimate how many of those children would be alive today had the moth...
Jan 11, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Excited to talk today with Sarah Montalbano about two recent articles she wrote about education - " How We Spend Matters More Than What We Spend " " Charter Schools Are Public Schools " Sarah hails from Wasilla and is the Policy Manager for Alaska Policy Forum . where she writes about education, healthcare, state fiscal issues, and more. She is a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum and also the Northwest Regional Leader and writer with Young Voices. Graduating fr...
Dec 13, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Dowling has a story to tell. His own and through the books he now publishes. While holding an MBA degree from Columbia Business School in New York and an engineering degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, MIchael is also a professional "ghost-writer" and has written several children's books, including " Frog's Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables " that World Magazine has called one of the 6 best Christian picture books of the 21st century! From M...
Nov 29, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josie A is on the show today. It's a pseudonym. Jodie is the compiler of a recent book, Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. (PITT) She also helps to manage a substack with the same name. From their site... " We publish stories written and edited exclusively by parents with first-hand experience in the upside down world of gender ideology. Send your story to Pitt@genspect.org. PITT is a space for parents that have been impacted by gender ideology to share their uncensored stor...
Nov 28, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ole Larson is a salt of the earth guy who is running for MatSu School Board as an incumbent and former Board President. He worked in an arena, prisons and youth detention facilities, for decades and has a refreshing no-nonsense style free of pretension and manure you'll often find on school boards. I get to interview Ole today on the show but in many ways, it's as much about his opponent, Diane Shibe, as it is about Ole. As my friends Suzanne Downing in MustRead Alaska ( HERE ) and Joe...
Nov 02, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Peter Murphy and the group he represents called Invest In Education believes that school choice is something that is beneficial to all children. The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), a federal piece of legislation he is working hard to advance, is a $10 billion scholarship tax credit to expand educational freedom and opportunity for up to two million students throughout the nation. Under the bill, individuals and businesses contribute to non-profit scholarship granting organizations wh...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know that the Greek word for “sin” is hamartia, an archery term for “missing the mark”? Making Christ the Target of Our Lives is the slogan and vision of a wonderful group I've come to discover called CenterShot Ministries . Using archery as a means of reaching more people for Christ, CenterShot Ministries, when asked why, says... It is affordable. It levels the playing field. It can be done year-round. It is completely safe. It promotes a growth mindset. It is fun, exciting, and ad...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan Keller is one of the nicest guys I know working in one of the most difficult places to advance pro-family, pro-life, pro-liberty measures. He heads up our sister organization, California Family Council , and does an unbelievable job in one of the most socialist leaning locales in all the country. At the same time, he reminds me, there were more Republicans who voted for President Trump in California than in all of Texas. In other words, that's quite a "remnant" of Truth f...
Oct 11, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the great realities often overlooked is how people and groups don't fit as nice and tidy together in perceived boxes as we think. Gays Against Groomers is a fairly accurate example of that. If you have a mindset that everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community is supportive of sexually charged curricula in public schools, Drag Queen Story hours and 13 year old girls getting double masectomies because they feel as though they are boys...you would be wrong. From their website... " Our comm...
Oct 04, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Moms for Liberty has landed in the Great Land and they're on the show today. Their founders are former school board members, who witnessed how short-sighted and destructive policies directly hurt children and families. Now, with their growing organization, they're uniting parents across the country to fight those who stand in the way of liberty. Today, we'll chat with Melissa Wilkins & Kali Ponder who are leading the Mat Su Chapter and are hopeful other chapters will get going...
Oct 04, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The number 40 appears in the Bible over 150 times. Of those times, the words 40 days and 40 nights are found 24 times. Each time, they denote a significance for God and his people. The 40 Days for Life campaign, the world’s largest grassroots movement to end abortion, starts on Wednesday, September 27th and pro lifers across the globe, including here in Alaska, are gearing up. Mary Kemper, a local nurse in Anchorage and coordinator of the campaign, is on the show today to discuss this remarkable...
Sep 08, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast With nearly 350,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter) Chris Elston, now known internationally as Billboard Chris , has made quite a splash. A Canadian from Vancouver, BC, Chris simply calls himself a " Father of two girls. Traveling the world to expose gender ideology and why children cannot consent to medical transition. " On "I'm Glad You Said That" today, I get the privilege of interviewing Chris about his journey to educate the world on the distinct harms of the &quo...
Sep 06, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is always a big-time treat to chat with my good friend Suzanne Downing with MustRead Alaska . Her insight, wisdom and clarity are a blessing to the Great Land. Today, we'll chat on everything from Chloe Cole to Riley Gaines to Ben Carson. All with a common theme. Keep speaking truth and never give up. Support the show...
Aug 26, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ari DeWolf describes himself as somewhat of a "Unicorn" being gay, black and Jewish while leading the effort to expose "gender affirming" health care as fraudulent and harmful. Ari cut his political teeth through ten years of battling the Chicago political machine, first as an outspoken student activist and then as a lobbyist in the state legislature. For a season, he was an education outreach manager at Reason Foundation , working on legislative outreach and coalition buildi...
Aug 26, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dig deep on Dr. Jay Richards bio and your eyes keep widening. He's written more than a dozen books covering everything from physics to fasting to money to The Hobbit. He has produced multiple documentaries including The Call of the Entrepreneur, The Birth of Freedom, and The Privileged Planet. In addition to his current role as William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, he is also a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, Executive Editor of The ...
Jun 24, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Priscilla likes to say God saved her three times. As a Christ follower, she knows that your soul is saved once and for all but her story is different than most. She is a survivor of an attempted abortion, with her twin sister dying in the process. She had two abortions herself and while working at an abortion clinic in Southern California, was in a horrific car accident that should have killed her. And finally, through God's everlasting grace and mercy, she found salvation, forgiveness and ...
Jun 12, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Jim Garlow is a good friend and is my guest today on " I'm Glad You Said That. " In addition to writing 15 books, including the New York Times best-seller Cracking DaVinci's Code, Dr. Garlow is a former Senior Pastor at Skyline Church in La Mesa, California and is founder of Well Versed , an international ministry that brings biblical principles of governance to government leaders. Jim is a joy to speak with on so many levels and I'm honored to call him a brother in ...
Jun 03, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pat Trompeter is Director of Advancement of Regent University School of Law . That means he meets with people of influence every day to connect them with his school's mission. He is passionate about the fact that at Regent School of Law, they are serious about Christ. From their website, Regent's " commitment to faith-law integration is woven into our curriculum, as our faculty, dedicated to Christ’s call both personally and professionally, provide a caring and nurturing environme...
May 31, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Katie Faust is one of those humans that when I first met her, it felt like she was the sister I never had. She is brilliant. Hilarious. Bold. Scattered. Deep. And so relevant. The ministry she founded and runs, Them Before Us , says this on their website. " There’s nothing exceptional about the people behind Them Before Us. We aren’t professional writers or pedigreed activists. We are just people who think that children deserve to be the primary consideration when considering what is best f...
May 08, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Maybe it's because he's from Texas where quiet confidence reigns. Maybe it's because he's a Principal in Golovin, an Inupiat Eskimo village on the Seward Peninsula where respect for elders is generational. Whatever the reason, Alan Davis, Principal of Martin L. Olson School in Golovin, has given a desperately needed boost of confidence in the public school system by recently coming out in support of Governor Dunleavy's parental rights bill, HB 105 . Public school teacher...
Apr 26, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Zach Young is a life long Alaska with strong roots in conservative politics. He enjoys being involved with political activism all over Alaska. As the president of the Anchorage Young Republicans , Zach is uniquely equipped to help conservatives refine their messaging to attract young skulls full of mush to see how Government needs to be reigned in. As a local Anchorage Realtor, he knows the town like the back of his hand and when he's not engaged in the political arena, he enjoys fishing, h...
Apr 18, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast After yesterday's election results confirmed that Anchorage would be continuing down the road toward higher taxes, more rampant crime, homelessness and disgrace, I began wondering if I needed counseling. Suzanne Downing came to mind. As someone who always can put a smile on my face, I'm honored to have Suzanne on "I 'm Glad You Said That " today to digest the Anchorage elections results and keep a proper perspective. This is not the end folks.Very frustrating yes but the...
Apr 18, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tune in today for " I'm Glad You Said That " to learn about the Help Not Harm movement ! "A young girl who feels she is a boy – or a boy who feels he is a girl – may feel that way for any number of reasons. Perhaps she feels she doesn’t fit in socially with other girls, and would fit in better if she were a boy. Perhaps she is generally uncomfortable in her body or with the changes it’s going through, and she is reacting to that in a similar way to someone who, for example, h...
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