Charlie Kirk's Got Me Thinking

What started as a simple attempt to process how Charlie Kirk influenced my thinking quietly turned into something heavier – something harder to ignore. Not dirty politics, but passionate justice. Not talking points, but freedom. At this final episode of Season 1, I arrived at the uncomfortable realization that once you see certain things and feel pulled to do something about it… you don’t get to unsee them.

They stay in your mind until you do something about it.

There’s no grand conclusion here. Just honest tension:

The pull to speak.

The weight of what’s happening in the world.

The growing sense that staying silent isn’t a neutral position; it’s a complicit one.

And maybe the biggest question of all: What now?

No clean answers. Just a line in the sand for now.

And yes, Charlie’s still got me thinking… and maybe far more.

(Check out Episode 10 for Part 1 – Islamic Oppression: An Iranian Australian's Heartfelt Personal Experience, A Warning To Australia and The Commonwealth)

In Part 2 of this conversation with Janet Shea, the story gets even harder to ignore: a child raised in Iran under oppressive Islamic rule, taught to chant “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” before she was old enough to even understand the words, and now she speaks from the other side of that fire with compassion and grace – compassion and grace being the opposite of the government she endured.

Janet takes us inside the machinery of indoctrination, escape, fear, and survival – then into the Australian Senate moment that turned her personal testimony into a national flashpoint. What happens when a victim names what harmed her… and the system tries to shut her down for saying it out loud?

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Also mentioned in this episode: Reflections of Courage – an award-winning short documentary produced and directed by a woman raised under the oppressive Islam Regime, who now tells the astonishing true story of the only known Jewish family of four to survive the Holocaust together. The only known account of a family going into the concentration camps together and coming out together. Reflections of Courage is already making waves on the film festival circuit, and now it’s raising support to reach cinema screens across Australia. Support it through Documentary Australia and help bring this remarkable story to more people. Find it here: https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/

This is what it sounds like when someone who’s lived through it looks you dead in the eye and says: “I’ve seen how fast freedom dies.”

For the first time on the show, I speak live with Janet Shea, an Iranian-Australian storyteller whose words were powerful enough to echo inside Parliament. And what unfolds isn’t a neat conversation.

It’s a collision between the version of reality we want… and the one quietly knocking at the door.

We go deep – fast.

We talk about what happens when “tolerance” becomes a Trojan horse.

How entire nations can flip in 12 months flat.

Why evil doesn’t kick the door in – it waits for you to leave it open.

And what it feels like to carry truth that’s too heavy to ignore… but too dangerous to say out loud.

There’s faith here, too. Raw, unfiltered, wrestled-with faith.

We talk about God.

About evil.

About joy that exists even when everything looks like it’s burning.

And somewhere in the middle of it all…

You’ll feel that tension.

The one that says:

“I can’t unsee this now.”

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Also mentioned in this episode: Reflections of Courage – an award-winning short documentary produced and directed by a woman raised under the oppressive Islam Regime, who now tells the astonishing true story of the only known Jewish family of four to survive the Holocaust together. The only known account of a family going into the concentration camps together and coming out together. Reflections of Courage is already making waves on the film festival circuit, and now it’s raising support to reach cinema screens across Australia. Support it through Documentary Australia and help bring this remarkable story to more people. Find it here: https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/

There’s a quiet moment where denying what you’ve seen starts taking more faith than believing it.

This episode starts with relief at the thought – the possibility – that the outrageous horrors committed under Islamic rule in the world might die down for a while with the removal of the terrorist Islamic Regime… but that topic pivots fast into something more personal and inspiring: five unforgettable true experiences in my life that make God so real, so close, … I can almost touch him.

At some point, the question changes.

Not “Is this real?”

But “How much proof do I keep ignoring?”

And yet I continue wrestling with all the questions.

This episode isn’t light. I’m thinking out loud what many people feel right now in certain parts of the world… but they’re scared to say it. What happens when questioning an ideology is harshly unwelcome?

There’s a moment from the Australian Senate that cracked this wide open for me – free speech, Islam, and where the line actually is. Not politically. Personally. And honestly? I’m wrestling with it.

The weight of what’s happening in the world. The pull to speak up. And the tension between justice, mercy, and staying silent just to keep things comfortable.

In the “My Evidence” segment, I also share two personal experiences that challenged what I believe about God, reality, and whether we’re actually being heard.

No clean answers. Just real questions. If you’ve been feeling that quiet pressure to think deeper—but weren’t sure how to say it… this one’s for you. Charlie’s still got me thinking.

Charlie said it’s one of the most misunderstood things Jesus said. The phrase “judge not” has been the spiritual equivalent of duct tape for difficult conversations – slapped over anything uncomfortable and called spiritual. But when you slow down and actually read its source, Matthew Chapter 7, the message lands shockingly different. It isn’t a ban on discernment. It’s a warning about hypocrisy. The difference matters more than ever in a world where ideology, propaganda, and moral confusion move far faster than truth.

Then in the segment I call “My Evidence,” I share a personal story from a hospital room – a sudden recovery that shocked everyone involved, and the uncomfortable realization that sometimes belief needs lessons.

Then there’s the bigger question hovering over everything.

How do you love your enemies when injustice feels obvious?

When oppression is real?

When violence hides behind religious language?

Just wrestling honestly with the tension between justice, humility, and discernment.

Still watching the world.

Charlie’s still got me thinking.

In this episode, I talk about intention – how unspoken motives quietly sabotage far too often. Dating without drifting. Attraction without self-betrayal. Boundaries that don’t shrink connection but give it shape.

There’s a reckoning with language once again, too – names, translations, history, and why understanding context matters more than ever in a world addicted to tiny clips and outrage. I name the Stephen King Effect: the many millions of clips taken seriously when social media wasn't meant to be a university lecture room with professors grading post accuracy. People respond for entertainment and click-baiting on socials – not with reason, credible critique, and calm fact-checking.

The “My Evidence” segment continues with two moments from my life I can’t reduce to coincidence.

And then there’s the confession. How do you love enemies when injustice feels structural? When leadership harms instead of protects? What does love look like in the face of injustice?

No answers tied with bows. Just honesty. Just thinking out loud. Protecting where my world orbits. Staying with the questions long enough to let them tell the truth.

Still guarding what matters most. Still thinking.

It’s Episode 5 and it’s also now five months after that fateful day in September, and my emotional capacity is still wide open. Softer. Sharper. Scrolling socials now feels heavier. I feel the injustice, suffering, and half-truths on a deeper level – and they weigh me down like never before.

When “God’s will” stops being comforting and starts raising uncomfortable questions. When praying “Your will be done” quietly admits it isn’t already happening.

I talk about competing wills, why evil exists, and why sovereignty doesn’t mean control. About law as group boundaries — and what those boundaries reveal about what a society actually values. About prophets sounding less like poets and more like truth-tellers with no filter.

Then there’s dating after Charlie. Intentions upfront. Marriage as the healthy goal, not pressure. Sexual boundaries without becoming rigid, ashamed, or fake-holy. Accountability as the only safety net.

I also unpack why I stopped close one-on-one close male friendships.

Still thinking. Still unfolding.

In Episode 4, it’s looking like this isn’t just a phase but more like a rewiring.

What started back in September 2025 has continued. Somewhere between treadmill workouts and Charlie Kirk debates, my attention stopped drifting… and started locking in. Dating apps lost their shine. Reality dating TV stopped working. And suddenly I’m consuming leadership decisions, global crises, and cultural fault lines like they actually affect my nervous system. (Because they do.)

In this one, I talk about walking away from daily social media posting for the first time in many months – a five-day social fast. About how meaningful content isn’t lighthearted — and how speaking for those with no voice has weight no one prepares you for.

The “Meet Joshua” segment returns. We crack open Bible translation landmines and land hard on one commandment most of us were taught wrong: “Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain.” Turns out it’s not just about what you say when you stub your toe. It’s far more than that.

That realization collides head-on with dating, labels, religious titles, and why I’m increasingly cautious about calling myself anything at all.

I also share a personal story — one I don’t tell lightly — that still stands as evidence I can’t dismiss. Not doctrine. Not theory. Experience.

In Episode 3, I continue tracing what’s been happening to me since September 2025, when my attention snapped to the topics that Charlie Kirk debated, and my inner world suddenly started undergoing renovation. Now, I’m testing “church experiences” for something that feels real for me, not only an inspiring movie theater experience. I’m also noticing the weirdest plot twist: I used to treat politics like a bad smell in the room… and now I’m doomscrolling government decisions like it’s oxygen. Who even am I?

We swipe through saved Charlie clips – yes, “swiping” because that word reminds me how I’ve been rethinking dating, the timing of sexual intimacy, and what it means to aim for something more meaningful without turning into a cold-hearted religious robot.

And then we enter the “Meet Joshua” segment: The rabbit hole that starts with Bible translation issues and ends with me realizing how much meaning gets shaved off when ancient language gets forced into shortcuts.

Content note: this episode includes discussion of dating, marriage, divorce, Jesus, social-media hostility and keyboard warriors, to-do lists, sexual intimacy, and one or two fiery geopolitical news headlines.