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#86 Why a Harvard Professor Walked Away · And What the University Can’t Say Out Loud
Episode 86
After forty years at Harvard, historian James Hankins quietly walked away.
Not in protest. Not in anger. But with a diagnosis.
In this episode of Think First, we examine Hankins’ final essay and a rece…
Published on 1 day, 20 hours ago
#85 Nick Fuentes and the Internet’s Real Power
Episode 85
Nick Fuentes didn’t appear in a vacuum — and this episode isn’t about defending or denouncing him.
It’s about why certain voices cut through during moments of institutional fatigue — and why the same …
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
#84 The 150-Terabyte Moment No One Talks About
Episode 84
Every human carries the most advanced backup system on Earth — and it’s not your phone, your cloud account, or anything designed in Silicon Valley. It’s older, denser, more durable, and capable of mo…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
🔸 Poetic Truth · When Feeling Replaces Fact
Episode 37
What if the most powerful lies… don’t look like lies at all?
In this episode of Think First, we unpack poetic truth — the kind of storytelling that sounds noble, feels right, and spreads fast… even wh…
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
#83 The Video That Crossed the Line · Congress, the Military, and the Fog Between Them
Episode 83
When six lawmakers released a highly polished “You can refuse illegal orders” video aimed at America’s troops, the official explanation was simple:
It was just a reminder.
But that’s not how the Pentag…
Published on 1 month ago
#82 The Shift No One Explained · Inside the LGB → LGBTQIA+ Break
Episode 82
Something happened to the movement that began as L-G-B.
It expanded — then expanded again — until the letters outgrew the definitions they were built on.
This Think First investigation walks through th…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
#81 Something Is Killing the Cows
Episode 81
A rancher finds his best bull bloodless at sunrise.
No tracks. No struggle. No answers.
From the 1970s panic to the Oregon cases making headlines today, “cattle mutilations” have never really gone away…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#81 Cattle Mutilations · What the Evidence Says—and What We Keep Believing
Episode 81
A rancher finds his best bull bloodless at sunrise.
No tracks. No struggle. No answers.
From the 1970s panic to the Oregon cases making headlines today, “cattle mutilations” have never really gone away…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#80 DNA and the Soul · The Architecture of Continuity
Episode 80
What if DNA isn’t just a code of flesh, but the anchor of something older?
In this episode, Jim Detjen explores the thin line between biology and belief — from inherited trauma and quantum biology to …
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
#79 Ten Headlines, One Comet, and a Cold.
Episode 79
Between Air Force Academy swim meets, a fiftieth-birthday celebration, Harvard Parent Weekend for two kids, a Distorted publishing deadline, and a world-class case of COVID — Jim’s finally back behin…
Published on 2 months ago