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   Number 1: ALGOP Chairman Scott Stadthagen on Gen Z, Voter Turnout, & Closing the Primaries

   What does the future of the Alabama Republican Party look like? On this episode of 1819 News: The Podcast, host Bryan Dawson sits down with Alabama Republican Party Chairman Scott Stadthagen for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of the GOP, engaging the next generation, voter turnout, election integrity, and the fight to close Alabama’s party primaries. Stadthagen shares the story of his journey from House Majority Leader to ALGOP Chairman and explains why he believes conservatives must focus on creating a generational impact. Dawson and Stadthagen discuss Project Future Generation, an initiative aimed at bringing young Alabamians into the Republican Party and developing the next generation of conservative voters and leaders. They also tackle: • Why Alabama’s voter turnout is far too low • The growing political engagement of Gen Z • Project Future Generation and its plans for young conservatives • Why Stadthagen wants to close Alabama’s party primaries • Election integrity and voter fraud enforcement • Building Republican strength in local races • The importance of sheriffs, school boards, county commissioners and other local offices • The new conservative leadership emerging across Alabama • Bridging the gap between the Alabama Republican Party and Republican legislators • What it will take for Republicans to win—and continue winning—in Alabama With a new generation becoming increasingly engaged in politics, Stadthagen believes the Alabama GOP has an opportunity to build something much bigger than the next election cycle. Watch the full conversation with Bryan Dawson and ALGOP Chairman Scott Stadthagen. Subscribe to 1819 News, like the video, and share this episode with someone who cares about the future of Alabama.

   August 19, 2026·33min
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   Number 2: Public Schools Are Discipling Your Kids | Pastor Rich Lusk

   Is your child's education actually neutral? In this episode, 1819 News sits down with Pastor Rich Lusk (Trinity Presbyterian Church / Trinity Classical Academy) to argue that no classroom is neutral—every school disciples children into someone's kingdom. Lusk makes the biblical and historical case that Christian children need a thoroughly Christian education and why this is the front line of the culture war. From Deuteronomy 6 and Ephesians 6 to the Greek concept of "paideia," and from Horace Mann and John Dewey to King Alfred the Great, this is a blueprint for rebuilding Christian civilization one child at a time. "Progressives don't reproduce in the bedroom, they reproduce in the classroom." If you're a Christian parent, this one is for you. TOPICS TACKLED: The myth of "neutral" education and secular humanism as an established state religion Who owns your children — God, the state, or Satan? Deuteronomy 6, Ephesians 6 & "paideia" — what God commands parents to do How American public schools went from Protestant common schools to gender ideology King Alfred the Great, English common law, and rebuilding Christian civilization CONNECT WITH PASTOR RICH LUSK: X / Twitter: https://x.com/Vicar1973 Substack: https://richlusk.substack.com Trinity Presbyterian Church (Birmingham, AL): https://www.trinity-pres.net Trinity Classical Academy (Birmingham, AL): https://trinityclassical.academy Writing at American Reformer, The Federalist & Theopolis Institute Watch the full conversation with Bryan Dawson and Pastor Rich Lusk. Subscribe to 1819 News, like the video, and share this episode with someone who cares about the future of Alabama.

   August 26, 2026·55min
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   Number 3: We Sowed Bloodshed in the Womb. Now We're Reaping It in the Streets. | Seth Gruber

   A mother in Massachusetts strangled her three children. Her trial ended in a mistrial. A fundraiser tied to the case has now passed $1.2 million, with the goal raised to $3 million. Seth Gruber says none of this should surprise anyone. "All she's done is apply the pro-abortion ideology this side of the womb." Bryan Dawson sits down with Gruber, founder of The White Rose Resistance and author of The Last Stand: Christ or Chaos, The War For The West, for a hard conversation about why the family is the engine of civilization, why the left has understood that better than most pastors do, and why a gospel that stops at personal salvation leaves a culture defenseless. From Tom Holland's "Dominion" to Simone de Beauvoir's admission that women could not be trusted to choose motherhood freely, this is the argument that Christian civilization is not a bonus feature of the faith. It is the thing being fought over. Topics Tackled Why the natural outworking of the gospel is the building of a civilization, not just individual conversions Tom Holland, "Dominion," and the agnostic historian's case that the West runs on borrowed Christian capital The Lindsay Clancy case, the mistrial, and what the reaction revealed on both the left and the right What the founders of modern feminism said out loud about destroying the family Simone de Beauvoir: "We cannot allow women to make that decision, because too many of them will choose it" Why the fiercest early opponents of women's suffrage were married American women JD Vance, family policy, and whether the right is willing to use power to rebuild the home The Last Stand: a documentary and book on Christian resistance, and how to host a screening CONNECT WITH SETH GRUBER: The Last Stand film, host a screening: https://thelaststand.com/film/ The Last Stand book: https://thelaststand.com/book/ The White Rose Resistance: https://thewhiterose.life Seth Gruber: https://sethgruber.com X / Twitter: https://x.com/sgruber91 #SethGruber #TheLastStand #WhiteRoseResistance #Christendom #ChristianCivilization #ProLife #Family #CultureWar #Alabama #1819News

   September 09, 2026·36min
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   Number 4: The Story of US Attorney Phil Williams: from Army Ranger to US Attorney

   Army Ranger. Two combat tours. Youth pastor. State senator. Talk radio host. CNN contributor. And now the top federal prosecutor in Alabama’s largest federal district. Bryan Dawson sits down with Phil Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, for the full story: the troubled kid who got shipped overseas to live with his father and met Christ in a youth choir in London; the reserve officer who was among the first Alabamians on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11; the law student who came home from war and had to sue the Alabama State Bar to sit for the bar exam; and the day a lieutenant changed the convoy route for no reason he could explain and a car bomb went off on the road they were supposed to be on. Five years ago, Phil and Bryan were launching Rightside Radio and 1819 News out of the same building, betting that Alabama could become an outpost of freedom. This is the story of what God did with that bet. “Personnel is policy.” When the nomination came, Phil said no. Here’s what happened next. Watch the full conversation with Bryan Dawson and U.S. Attorney Phil Williams. Subscribe to 1819 News, like the video, and share this episode with someone who needs to hear what God can do with a life. Topics Tackled • Fitting square pegs in round holes: an army kid, a broken home, and the structure that saved him • Afghanistan and Baghdad including the route change that stopped a convoy from driving into a car bomb • Ranger School and the lesson: “When you want to quit, that’s your mind, not your body” • Suing the Alabama State Bar after a combat deployment cost him his ethics exam score • The 2010 Senate class, 136 years of one-party rule, and voting to cut their own pay • From Rightside Radio to CNN, making the conservative case in hostile rooms • Turning down the U.S. Attorney nomination, and the phone call that changed his mind Connect With Phil Williams • U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal • X / Twitter (personal, from his Rightside era): https://x.com/SenPhilWilliams • Rightside Radio archive (Rumble): https://rumble.com/c/c-1625445 • His years of work at 1819 News: https://1819news.com/author/PhilWilliams #PhilWilliams #USAttorney #Alabama #NorthernDistrictOfAlabama #ArmyRanger #RuleOfLaw #Veterans #RightsideRadio #AlabamaPolitics #1819News

   September 02, 2026·1h 18min
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   Number 5: Foxes Guarding the Henhouse: Living in an Upside Down World

   Who is actually guarding the institutions Americans are supposed to trust? This week, Bryan Dawson takes on what he sees as an upside-down reality across the country—beginning with a bizarre TSA experience in Seattle and expanding into a much bigger conversation about airport security, public schools, immigration, cultural change, and the people entrusted with protecting the public. Dawson also revisits stories reported by 1819 News involving Alabama educators, asks why warning signs are so often ignored by those in authority, and argues that fear of being labeled or criticized has made leaders unwilling to make common-sense decisions. The episode ultimately turns to immigration, the “Great Replacement” debate, Western identity, and Dawson’s argument that Americans need to pay closer attention to the cultural and demographic changes happening around them. In this episode: * Dawson’s bizarre experience with TSA in Seattle * Airport security and who we trust to protect travelers * Alabama schools and controversies involving educators * Why institutional leaders ignore warning signs * Immigration, refugees, and cultural assimilation * The “Great Replacement” debate * Western identity, borders, and America’s future * Why Dawson says Americans need to “wake up” Subscribe to 1819 News for more Alabama news, commentary, investigations, and conversations.

   August 12, 2026·44min
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