Podcast Episodes

The Day Jesus Got Heckled

For most of my life, I thought I knew Jesus. My image of Him came from pop Catholicism, Easter sermons, and Hollywood movies where He looked untouchable, glowing, and serenely above it all. I imagine…

Published on 5 months ago

Session Fourteen: The Angel in the Abbey

After surviving the werewolf ambush on the Old Svalich Road, the adventurers reached Kresk, the last settlement before the mists swallow the valley. The guards at the gate opened only when they saw t…

Published on 5 months ago

Why I Joined Meritus Media

Meritus Media isn’t just another digital agency. It’s not a growth hack lab, a content mill, or a stitched-together team of Upwork freelancers. It’s a convergence—a rare blend of what still works, wh…

Published on 5 months ago

Order Lobster, Make 'Em Pay

There was a time when being a member of the ACLU meant defending the speech of people you despised—not because you endorsed them, but because the principle of liberty mattered more than comfort. I jo…

Published on 5 months ago

The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare: How Strategic Patience Lets Conservatives Win While Progressives Burn Out

In the culture war, it’s not ideology that wins. It’s tempo. Progressives operate in existential no…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Gold Rush of Deportation

This is not just another crackdown. It’s not even just another culture war. It’s a full-spectrum economic and psychological operation, aimed not only at the undocumented population but also at Americ…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

How NPR and Public Media Lost Me

I was born in 1970—the same cultural moment, almost to the year, that NPR emerged. My parents were daily drinkers and secular humanists who raised me in Hawaii with Carl Sagan, PBS, and an FM radio d…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Deportation Industrial Complex

At first glance, the idea of deporting 30 million undocumented immigrants sounds logistically absurd. It seems politically suicidal, morally grotesque, and economically unviable. And that’s precisely…

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Opt-In Apartheid

We talk a lot about racism in America, but what we’re really contending with today isn’t just race—it’s culture. It’s not about the color of your skin, but the code you speak. Not the blood in your v…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Poi Dogs and Purity Tests

I didn’t plan to write this. It started with a Thread, sparked by a conversation with someone who spoke as if identity was destiny, and belonging was determined by pain. They spoke in the voice of ce…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago