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Episode 4148 │ June 2026

Gen Z doesn't have a work ethic problem. The institutions do. Gen Z won't follow systems that offer pointless work. FMX proves it.

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Scott Kesterson builds the case through the lens of Freestyle Motocross — where physics don't negotiate, the bike doesn't care about your feelings, and the consequence of insufficient preparation is a collarbone — that Gen Z's refusal to perform enthusiasm for meaningless institutional work is not laziness but clarity. The generations loudly condemning Gen Z built the gig economy, automated away the jobs they're telling Gen Z to a...

Episode 4147 │ June 15, 2026

An optometrist with 30 years of practice says macular degeneration and cataracts are preventable — and he has seen both reverse with nutrition alone.

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Dr. Ronald Pugh — optometrist, philanthropist, and 40-year student of nutrition — walks through the top five causes of blindness in America, explaining how free radical damage drives macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetes-related vision loss, and hypertensive eye disease, and how therapeutic doses of plant-derived minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and the full 90-essential-nutrient protocol can prevent and in documented cases reverse these conditions. Drawing on Senate Document 264 from 193...

Episode 4146 │ June 15, 2026

Trump declared victory 35 times. The Strait is still mined. The MOU isn't a peace deal. China brokered it all without putting its name on anything.

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Scott Kesterson reviews the documented lies of the Iran war — the fabricated nuclear timeline, the bombed girls' school, the 35-plus false victory declarations, the suppression of Pentagon press briefings, and the removal of civilian harm safeguards before the first strike — and maps them against the MOU announced on Trump's birthday as a peace deal that Iran has not confirmed, the Strait has not ope...

Episode 4145 │ June 14, 2026

America's 250th isn't a celebration — it's a covenant reckoning. What does God author for a nation that has walked away from its founding covenant?

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Scott Kesterson and Brad Cummings open the 250th anniversary conversation with a question the ceremonies won't ask: what does it mean for a covenant nation to face God's fire when it has walked away from the covenant that founded it? The discussion moves through the purpose of anointing, Trump as disrupter rather than savior, the hijacked pulpit and American Christian Zionism, and a de...

Episode 4144 │ June 13, 2026

Xi named America's decline. Trump called it an honor to be his friend. China has been building to this moment since the first panda sent West in 1869.

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The Panda Gambit concludes with the Beijing summit of May 2026 — where Xi opened with the Thucydides Trap, Trump accepted the framing of American decline, and a room full of US corporate titans with primary interests already shaped toward China produced what Goldman Sachs called managed coexistence. Scott Kesterson maps the 157-year arc from the panda's 1869 Western introduction through depleted Tomahawk stoc...

Episode 4143 │ June 11, 2026

Mike Lindell: "God just shattered the Minnesota GOP's 30-year candidate machine." Now he's polling number one and the primary is wide open.

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Scott Kesterson sits down with Mike Lindell for a full update on the Minnesota governor's race — and what just happened at the Duluth state convention is unlike anything the state Republican Party has seen since 1994. Lindell opens by crediting God's timing and his own prayer discipline as the operating foundation beneath every strategic decision in the campaign, describing a deliberate choice to release the need for...

Episode 4142 │ June 10, 2026

China has used pandas as a precision geopolitical weapon for 1,400 years. The same strategy that sent bears to Nixon sent Trump to Beijing.

Part Four of the Panda Gambit series moves from symbol to weapon, documenting 1,400 years of Chinese panda diplomacy as a precision instrument of state power — from Empress Wu Zetian's 658 AD deployment to Japan through Nixon's National Zoo gift to the 2023 mass global recall that mapped China's alliance structure in real time. Scott Kesterson unpacks the five mythological layers of the Pixiu — the panda's imperial name — including its roles as military sovereig...

Episode 4141 │ June 8, 2026

Congress is locking the US into a permanent military alliance with Israel by voice vote — no record, no debate, no treaty and no accountability.

Scott Kesterson delivers a comprehensive breakdown of two simultaneous congressional measures — NDAA Section 224 in the House and Senate Bill S.4615 Section 622 — that together would permanently embed the US-Israel military relationship into federal statute, bypassing the constitutional treaty process, removing annual appropriations oversight, and creating procedural barriers against any future president or Congress attempting to limit the relationship. The episode opens with a 57-year legal history beginning with the illegal diversio...

Episode 3140 │ June 7, 2026

The Second Continental Congress was an information war, a spy network, and a theological covenant. The parallels to today are exact.

Scott Kesterson and Rochelle Porto continue the Our Sacred Honor series on the founding era, moving into the Second Continental Congress convened May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. The discussion dismantles the simplified textbook version of the Revolution and replaces it with the operational reality: an information war run through spy networks, intercepted

Episode 4139 │ June 7, 2026

The average person is talking to God through a closed door for 3.6 minutes a day. Brad Cummings explains what happens when you finally open it.

Scott Kesterson and Brad Cummings return for Part 2 of their deep dive into Pentecost, pressing further into what the indwelling of the Holy Spirit actually means for daily life — and why most believers are living far below what God has made available. Brad draws on Romans 8, Hebrews, Luke 12, Daniel 7, Deuteronomy 29, and Acts 8 to build a connected case: that God's consuming fire is not punishment but refining transformation, that fait...

Episode 4138 │ June 2026

Gun rights are expanding. Free speech is contracting. Both are moving at the same time — and that's not a coincidence.

This episode maps an 18-year legal through-line in Second Amendment jurisprudence — from District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) through the pending Wolford v. Lopez decision — showing how gun rights have been methodically restored case by case. Scott then juxtaposes that restoration against the simultaneous erosion of First Amendment protections: government-by-proxy censorship exposed in Murthy v. Missouri, antisemitism laws that courts are already finding unconstitutional as viewpoint discrimination, and AI surveillance infrastructure being built faster than jud...

Episode 4137 │ May 2026

A foreign ethnic minority of 300,000 ruled 100 million Han Chinese for 268 years. The resistance network that formed to restore Han sovereignty never stopped. It outlasted the Qing, the Nationalists, and Mao.

Scott Kesterson examines the Han and Manchu distinction — the ethnic occupation at the root of China's 400-year shadow power structure — and connects it to the Opium Wars Britain launched to protect its drug trade, the Boxer Rebellion that was anti-Qing before it was anti-Western, and the Eight-Nation Alliance that forced China to pay reparations for suppressing its own people's uprising. The episode traces the Tr...

Episode 4136 │ June 2, 2026

Dr. Joel Wallach reveals why obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome are nutritional deficiency diseases — and why medicine profits from keeping you sick.

In this featured presentation, veterinarian and physician Dr. Joel Wallach delivers his landmark Hell's Kitchen talk — a systematic breakdown of why obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome are not genetic failures or lifestyle weaknesses, but predictable outcomes of mineral-depleted food and a medical system with no financial incentive to cure what it can manage. Wallach draws on four decades of animal and human research, including 17,500 autopsies across 454 species, to show that the sa...

Episode 4135│ May 2026
For 4,000 years, one animal in China was reserved exclusively for the emperor. Its image on a battlefield flag stopped wars. In 1869, a French priest introduced it to the West — and nobody told us what it meant.

Scott Kesterson traces the giant panda's ancient Chinese name — Pixiu — and the five layers of imperial mythology encoded in it: military sovereignty, exclusive wealth, cosmic authority, the power to stop wars, and the seal of dynastic legitimacy. The episode examines why the panda's black-and-white markings were read by every educated Chinese person as a living Yin-Yang — the physical embodiment...

Episode 4134 │ May 2026
A small Oregon town rejected a data center that would have consumed 15x local household power. That local stand connects to 4,000 years of Chinese imperial strategy — and a bear.

Scott Kesterson opens the Panda Gambit series by examining Karl Wittfogel's hydraulic hypothesis — the theory that control of water infrastructure produces centralized state power — and its application to China's documented cycle of dynasty, collapse, and return. The series then enters its central question: the giant panda is a carnivore that eats only bamboo, reproduces through a 24-to-72-hour annual window, and by every biological measure should n...

We are beginning our show today with another look at General Gauge. From the previous shows it has become clear there are some historical points we need to clarify. Then we are moving forward into the Battle of Bunker Hill; one of the most important engagements in the American Revolution. Understanding our history is an essential pillar of being part of a Republic. We must know your history so that we can learn from our history, both the admirable and the failures. 

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Today Brad Cummings and I explore Pentecost. What is the purpose? What is the biblical reason? What is the meaning of it all? Pentecost was last weekend, and today we will go deeper to add to its meaning and depth that links Jesus and disciples to our practice of faith today. 

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We are a nation that has printed on our money "In God We Trust." A nation built on the foundation of Christian values and love in Christ. Yet as a nation we now spend nearly 7 hours a day before a screen, with 50-60% of that content related to food or money, while spending on average 3.6 min a day dedicated to our Faith. Is there any wonder why we are where we are? Its not some magic mystery influence of the deep state; accountability begins with each of us. 

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Don Trump Jr just married Bettina Anderson on May 21, with a ceremony at a private island called Little Pipe Clay in the Bahamas on May 23. Bettina's family was there, Don's siblings where there but absent was President Trump, Melania and Barron. The event was a blip on the news cycle.  In the circles of the elites nothing is coincidence. And once I started digging on this rabbit hole, I was left with more questions than answers. 

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Brett Bashawaty, CEO of My Total Nutrition, joins us today to dig into whole body heath and the nutrification of the body. The work is grounded in years of research and autopsies conducted by Dr. Joel Wallach, that established the importance of the 90 essential nutrients to ensure long, healthy life. 

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The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — the SAVE Act — is a federal bill passed by the House of Representatives in February 2026 that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. It is the gateway to national digital ID.

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Today is a vigil for the fallen. Those that paid the ultimate price. Every number a name. Every name a story. On this day we remember the cost, and we agree to carry it. 

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Mike Lindell joins us to discuss his ongoing battles with the RNC in his race for Governor of Minnesota. The most recent poll shows Mike in the lead, but the RNC wants him to withdraw from the primary so that their preferred candidate will win the primary. What Mike reveals in today's show is how deeply the rigging is within the uni-party system. Its not just the vote that needs to be protected, but the uni-party system needs to be dismantled. 

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Today is Pentecost. Happy Pentecost. Brad and I dig into the meaning of salvation. What it is to have the holy spirit indwell within and how that looks in our lives today. A relationship with Jesus is available to anyone... that is part of the many gifts of life that were given. Seek his face. 

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Coffee and Jesus. The perfect roast. Don Cox, owner of Bald Guy Brew in Boone, North Carolina returns for our twice monthly discussion ... now on Friday's. What is in your cup is more than words, it is a way of walking with Christ, in living out the Gospels and being what Christ calls us to be. Don and I dig into our "cups" and discuss coffee, people and Faith. 

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There is another critical layer in understanding the Massie loss in the Kentucky election. There is a generational exit in American politics that is happening right now. Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and even some of the Boomers. These voters are not leaving to another party, they are just exiting the political arena. This is further amplified by the American Christian pulpit that has become increasingly controlled by Israel. The political machine is not trying to stop the exit, because the absence of those that are leaving is exactly what the political machine needs to survive. 

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What happened to Thomas Massie was not an election. It was a demonstration of concept of a fully managed democratic system that preserves the form and function of free elections, while engineering the outcome. Today's show is Part 1 of an 8 part series moving from Massie to the global positioning of Oligarchs and China. 

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Omniwar is a term defined by author and academic David A. Hughes as a stealth, undeclared global conflict waged by a transnational ruling class ("the few") against the general population ("the many") by weaponizing every domain of human life, including economics, propaganda, biology, and neuroscience, while remaining invisible to the public to prevent resistance. The goal is to establish global technocracy. That war is happening now.

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Epigenetics is the way our genes express themselves. That expression is influenced in part by the nutrification of the body system. Our bodies are a whole body system that is perfectly designed to heal and restore itself. However, it needs the foundational elements to accomplish this. 

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Trump's visit to China lasted two days. Nothing concrete came of it. What is becoming increasingly clear is that China held the winning hand. Controlling over 85% of the rare earth minerals needed for our 21st century techno military, China dictates the terms. So it comes as no surprise that in spite of the rhetoric, the sanctions on oil with Iran are apparently being suspended following Trump's visit. Trump sat in the Emperor's throne and was reminded of the sword hanging over his head held by a single strand of horse hair... the parable of The Sword of Damocles.

Brad Cummings and I look at salvation and the walk with Jesus. The times we live in are shaped by the cult of death, rather than the gift of life. So much of what we are focussed on is the wrathful, angry God. The Gospels tell a different story. Join us in a very personal look at the new covenant and the walk with Jesus.

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In the opening statements from China's President Xi to President Trump, Xi made reference to the Thucydides Trap. This was a pivotal historical moment when the rising power of Greece was facing off with Sparta. Xi positioned China as Athens, implying that the US was Sparta in decline. The new world order of a multi polar world is showing its form, and the US is not in the lead but subject to the new emerging power of China. Reminder... Trump went to China, China did not come to the US. 

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Rochelle Porto joins us this week to discuss Benedict Arnold. Was he a traitor or was he living out his true belief as a loyalist? His story is complex and the way he was treated leading up to his betrayal left him open to choosing sides, rather than following the people seeking independence. History writes the story of the victors, but life is always more complicated. 

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Trump has traveled to China with Elon Musk and Larry Fink in tow. China is receiving them, not from a position of weakness but from a position of strength. This is not about war, but about the parsing up of the world and its resources for the new world order. The world of Corporatocracy has arrived; the nation state is dead.  

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So much of the content we are being exposed to is designed to entertain rather than inform. The visual emphasis on news and analysis has become increasingly driven by set design, image of the presenter and lighting. The question that must be asked is what do these layers of information do to enhance the information being delivered. When watching becomes more important than listening, we are not building the deep cognitive critique the information age demands. 

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When you follow the money and look at the trillions spent on advertising and marketing, its not just to influence the purchase of goods and services, but to shape how people think. The predominate narrative is some form of We The People are not worthy. Believe that, and you are a slave. Embrace the walk with Christ, and you are free. 

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Fasting is something that every civilization and every organized religion has done. In this episode I share my fasting protocols, my research on what happens in the body during a fast each day, and the overall architecture of my fasting program. From my daily 16/8 intermittent fasting protocol to my 3-4 times per year 7 day fasts. It is a system I have found that is manageable, provides great rewards and strengthens our spiritual core. 

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The engine of the ruling elites is about consolidation of authority and ownership to control the destiny of humanity. The human voice has been reduced to the very few who control the wealth, the might and the technology. Building out a sovereignty model house by house, county by county is giving communities resiliency to stand up to and push back against the oligarchs. That framework is the 9 pillars of County by County. 

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President Theodore Roosevelt was a man who built himself from nothing, governed without apology, and believed that the highest form of patriotism was to tell the truth, do the hard work, and leave the country better than you found it. He fought the powerful, protected the land because he understood it was not his to keep, and charged every hill — physical, political, and moral — not because victory was certain but because the attempt was required. He was, above all, a man who meant what he said and said what he meant, at a cost he was always willing to pay...

There seems to be a frenzy of creating increasing levels of chaos at the national and strategic level. The leadership ignores the will of people, pursuing wars and polices that are only for the benefit the elite. The effect is to disempower the people. What the ruling elite don't want the people to realize is how much power we have by acting locally. County by County actions are the root of national change. 

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