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Social Security’s clock is ticking. Could benefits be cut by 28%?
The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – Social Security’s funding challenges put retirement security under pressure as rising bills strain older Americans. Senator Bill Cassidy urges congressional action, while families face their choices: build savings, prepare for possible benefit reductions, and help aging relatives meet everyday expenses instead of waiting for Washington...
Who shapes your children’s understanding of freedom?
The Tenpenny Files – Who shapes what your children believe about freedom? Dr. Bradley Thayer discusses his argument that communism’s influence outlasts the Soviet Union. On The Tenpenny Files, he examines ideological influence, political exhaustion, and AI, asking families to consider what informs their beliefs and their children’s future...
Parents on the level: A scholastic support system
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – Parents deserve to know what their children learn and how schools spend their tax dollars. Marsha Metzger discusses concerns about social-emotional learning, curriculum transparency, and parental authority while offering practical resources to help families ask questions, evaluate educational options, and advocate for their children’s future...
Trump’s economy and the kitchen-table reality
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Economic optimism means little to families struggling with everyday bills. Trump’s growth agenda offers reasons for hope, but debt and energy costs remain concerns. Gold and silver enter the discussion as diversification options, while financial knowledge and responsible planning help families navigate an uncertain economy...
Homeschool students rank at the top of the class
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Homeschool students score significantly higher than the conventional school test norm group (weighted mean percentiles 74 to 82). The researchers noted that “These new data and findings help scholars, educators, policymakers, and the public in evaluating homeschooling’s current outcomes, informing policy debates, and...
The formative years: Children’s media and family values
Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Who shapes a child’s values when the screen becomes a trusted teacher? Dr. Andrew Fox urges parents to examine children’s media, challenges churches to resist cultural approval, and calls Christians to speak with conviction, humility, and reason while giving younger generations a firmer moral foundation...
The American Dream isn’t dead. You just need a new strategy
The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – Across America, there are opportunities for individuals and couples willing to think outside the box, embrace temporary adventures, and pursue jobs that provide both income and housing. The key is to evaluate each opportunity carefully. Housing benefits vary, and some are taxable or come with employment conditions...
Autism, recovery, and the questions we’re not supposed to ask
The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – I speak with Kerri Rivera about autism, coexisting health concerns, nutrition, and parental advocacy. Our conversation examines controversial treatment claims, including chlorine dioxide, alongside questions about evidence, safety, censorship, and informed consent—and what families deserve when they seek answers for their children’s medical...
The fight for life starts with helping mothers
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – The fight for life requires more than court victories and campaign slogans. Mothers facing difficult pregnancies need practical help, reliable support, and compassionate communities. Pregnancy centers, families, and churches can ease financial fears, offer hope, and demonstrate love by showing up when it matters most...
From parking lot to paradise: A community garden transforms a town
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – The evolution of this community garden from a parking lot into a thriving educational hub that provides hundreds of pounds of produce to local food banks has been an amazing feat. It has been the stepping stone for a revitalization of a community that wants to have an infrastructure of quality-of-life amenities...
Are we witnessing the early stages of another manufactured panic?
Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke – Reports of a Russian laboratory worker’s death raise questions about plague, but uncertainty does not justify panic. Faith, practical preparedness, and careful scrutiny of medical claims help families protect their health and freedom while resisting frightening headlines that can cloud judgment and drive medical decisions...
Discrimination against homeschool graduates
Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – Homeschool graduates face barriers when employers prioritize accreditation over individual qualifications. A Nebraska firefighter applicant’s experience underscores concerns about parental authority, educational freedom, and equal opportunity. The call for congressional action and church support centers on protecting families’ choices and judging graduates by their...
Here’s one more reason parents are demanding school choice
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – After recent multiple Supreme Court decisions surrounding girls’ sports and parents’ rights, including a decision in June that bars male participation in girls’ sports and rejects the notion that doing so would violate Title IX, Keeler is hopeful. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Keeler’s requests last month because they didn’t...
Her PLAN: A pro-life safety net giving mothers hope
Last Hope of a Dying Republic with Rev. William Cook – Women facing difficult pregnancies often need housing, childcare, healthcare, and someone willing to help. Autumn Christensen explains how Her PLAN connects mothers with practical resources through a pro-life safety net, inviting churches, businesses, and neighbors to support women and children with compassion and lasting commitment...
Climbing the corporate ladder: Watch your step
The Counter Momentum of Spin, with Dr. Franco Musio – The negative points about climbing the company ladder will be discussed to include loss of personal time, health impacts, lower effective hourly pay, exhausting political machinations, loss of autonomy, diminishing returns on happiness, the illusion of security, and development of obsolete skill sets. However, there are positives of...
Joey Kastrat’s life-changing journey of faith, fatherhood, and redemption
Your Man, Monk with Monk Coleman – He lost his family, his possessions, and the stability he once had, finding himself on the streets with nothing but the clothes on his back. Yet, in the middle of what could have been the end of his story, Joey discovered the beginning of something completely different. One of the most powerful parts of his story is the impact of his daughter’s battle with cancer...
Beef Initiative maps help consumers find local ranchers
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Families deserve clear answers about their food. The Beef Initiative connects consumers with local ranchers, while South Dakota lawmakers address public funding for cultivated proteins. Food transparency, honest labeling, and direct relationships help parents make informed choices and demand accountability from schools, companies, and government...
COVID hospital protocols: The bereaved speak out, but where is the justice?
The Nurses Report with Nicole, Ashley & David – Bereaved families demand answers and accountability over COVID hospital protocols, patient isolation, and informed consent. Nurses and physicians discuss testimony presented at Senator Ron Johnson’s roundtable, exploring grief, moral injury, and alleged mistreatment. The conversation calls for stronger patient protections, ethical healthcare, and action to prevent future suffering...
When children become guinea pigs for adult agendas
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The writer behind the 1619 Project has admitted to sending her daughter to two of New York City’s worst schools, not because she had no choice, but as a sacrifice to change the system. Meanwhile, the experiment in “transitioning” children has another nail in its coffin. Do No Harm published a study showing that the study by the...
The real test of Trump’s economy is at the kitchen table
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Trump’s economy faces its real test at the kitchen table, where families struggle with groceries, fuel, and debt. Manufacturing investment and wage growth offer hope, but lasting progress requires affordable living, responsible borrowing, and realistic financial choices. Americans need results that help them save, own homes, and retire with dignity...
Child welfare policy and allegations of medical neglect
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Parents who question medical treatment can face neglect allegations and family separation. Child welfare policy must protect children while respecting parental rights, informed consent, and due process. Clear evidence, prompt reviews, and independent medical opinions help ensure genuine dangers receive attention without turning reasonable disagreements into devastating losses for families...
When school ideology puts children’s education at risk
After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – Children’s learning takes center stage as Maud Maron challenges ideological pressure in New York City schools. Debates over selective admissions, school integration, and parental choice reveal the personal stakes of education policy. Families need honest information, rigorous standards, and real options that prioritize students’ reading, math, growth, and future ambitions...
Beyond the diagnosis, autistic adults finding their own voice
The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Jennifer Rose shares her experiences as an autistic author and advocate, exploring independence, creativity, identity, and grief. Through her writing and plans for Autonomy, she creates space for autistic voices to speak freely. Her conversation with Kimberly Overton challenges assumptions and highlights the importance of listening...
The power of being seen: Tres Mitchell’s journey of love, connection, and service
Your Man, Monk with Monk Coleman – Perhaps one of the most defining parts of her childhood was growing up in a family that welcomed an extraordinary number of foster children. Alongside her two biological siblings, Tres had 56 foster siblings throughout her upbringing. Her home became a place where children from different backgrounds and circumstances were...
The classroom should teach students how to think, not what to think
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Allegations that a teacher singles out and disparages a conservative eighth grader at a nationally ranked Florida school raise questions about parental rights, classroom debate, and political bias. True educational excellence requires teachers to protect students’ dignity and cultivate independent thought across differences in belief...
Desist, de-Trans, and detox
The Tenpenny Files – When teenagers question their identity, Maria Keffler urges parents to examine the influences around them. She discusses schools, social media, medical guidance, and the importance of calm conversations at home, while offering practical ways to maintain trust, ask questions, and set clear boundaries...
Modern feminism, motherhood, and the fight for identity
Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Modern feminism and cultural pressures challenge motherhood, fatherhood, and family identity. Parents face competing messages about authority, truth, and responsibility, while faith and marriage come under scrutiny. Defending family life begins at home with courage, conviction, and adults who guide children through an uncertain world...
What’s really behind your child’s gender confusion
The Tenpenny Files – Denise Shick explores how trauma, family relationships, and cultural influences intersect with children’s questions about gender identity. Drawing on her personal experiences and Christian ministry, she encourages parents to listen closely, understand their children’s struggles, and approach difficult conversations with compassion, faith, and honest curiosity...
Remembering Rusty
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – Rusty’s memory reminds his family that love thrives in simple acts of kindness, loyalty, and presence. His loss brings grief, but his legacy offers enduring lessons in patience, forgiveness, and gratitude, inspiring families and communities to value connection and show greater compassion toward one another...
The calling behind your restlessness
Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – We live in a culture that confuses motion with meaning. We chase status, money, approval, and novelty, then wonder why success feels thin. The answer is not to shrink our desires. It is to redirect them. Fulfillment does not come from climbing higher for our own sake. It comes from surrendering our plans and letting God lead...
Gender issues in the autistic child
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – Autism and gender diversity intersect in ways that raise questions for parents. Understanding each child’s individual experience encourages thoughtful support. Open communication, careful assessment, and informed guidance help families navigate identity, puberty, and emotional needs while ensuring children feel heard, respected, supported, and consistently loved...
What are the four walls?
Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – Self-government, family, church, and civil authority form four distinct spheres of responsibility. Biblical principles define their roles, placing family duties and religious freedom beyond government overreach. Restoring these boundaries strengthens families, protects liberty, and reminds citizens of their essential obligations to God and one another...
The power to rise: Roberta Tekala’s story of resilience
Your Man, Monk with Monk Coleman – Roberta Tekala shares her journey from childhood trauma and teenage motherhood to earning a doctorate. Through cultural identity, education, and perseverance, she confronts alcoholism’s impact on her Native community and demonstrates how resilience transforms adversity into opportunity, offering hope to others facing their own struggles...
Environmental safety after pesticide spraying incidents
Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke – Residents of Ladera Ranch demand answers about pesticide spraying near parks, schools, and daycare centers. Concerns about children’s health, environmental exposure, and regulatory accountability fuel calls for transparency, public notification, and stronger protections as families challenge officials to put community safety before chemical industry interests...
California’s smart bet on financial literacy
The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – California’s financial literacy requirement gives high school students practical tools for budgeting, saving, and investing. As Americans face rising prices and mounting financial pressure, personal finance education helps young adults manage debt, build emergency funds, and prepare for unexpected expenses with greater confidence and resilience...
The Lindsay Clancy case: Has psychiatric care become iatrogenic harm?
The Nurses Report with Nicole, Ashley & David – The Lindsay Clancy case raises questions about postpartum mental healthcare, psychiatric medications, and fragmented treatment. Nurses examine potential medication harms, conflicting diagnoses, and barriers to seeking help while asking whether accountability for three children’s deaths can coexist with ongoing scrutiny of their mother’s psychiatric care...
Think outside the mortgage: Rethinking the American dream
The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – As home prices fall and inventory grows, buyers gain negotiating power, but affordability remains challenging. High mortgage rates strain budgets, while tiny homes, downsizing, and unconventional living arrangements offer alternatives. Creative housing choices help Americans reduce expenses, build savings, and pursue greater long-term financial freedom...
From positive to negative, Christianity in America
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Christianity in America faces growing cultural hostility as shared moral foundations weaken. Believers confront a changing public square with stronger communities, intentional education, and renewed commitment to family. Faith calls for courage, discipline, and conviction as churches and families uphold truth amid deepening cultural divisions...
Faith life logic and Lindsay Clancy
The Walls R Talkin’ with Kelly and Troy Walls – Kelly and Troy Walls share their Nashville journey, marriage, and contrasting perspectives on faith and reason. Through candid conversations about the Lindsay Clancy case, mental illness, and personal responsibility, the country duo explores difficult questions and invites listeners to consider what logic alone cannot explain...
The American Dream: Is it dead or alive?
Unleashed! The Political News Hour with Mayor Deb – Today, many Americans feel the traditional American Dream is out of reach due to rising costs of living, increasing wealth gaps, and declining upward mobility. In a recent CNBC survey, 51% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is out of reach for most people right now. Roughly four in five survey respondents identified the cost of living as...
