Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid

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Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid episodes

  • Protecting life is a Christian duty at the ballot box
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – Every human life bears God’s image, regardless of age, health, or ability. Protecting the unborn, the elderly, and those who suffer calls Christians to compassionate care and civic responsibility. The duty to love our neighbors extends to holding officials accountable and voting to protect life...
    57 min
  • 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...
    58 min
  • Defending America’s freedoms starts at the ballot box
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – America’s freedoms depend on citizens who stay informed and vote. Protecting liberty, public safety, and constitutional government requires examining candidates’ policies and resisting political discouragement. Christians, parents, and churches share a responsibility to teach faith and character while helping preserve a free republic for children...
    57 min
  • 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...
    57 min
  • The influence of LGBT activism in America’s classrooms
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Brian Kamenker of MassResistance argues that Gay Straight Alliance clubs have become a powerful channel for promoting LGBT activism in schools. His warning deserves attention: withdrawing your own children from public school does not remove your responsibility to the community. Those classrooms are educating future teachers, doctors, and...
    57 min
  • Self-government fails when citizens stop showing up
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Perfect candidates do not exist. We live among flawed people, and we are flawed ourselves. Discernment means weighing character, policies, and long-term consequences instead of treating imperfection as permission to surrender our voice. Ask candidates what they have done to uphold the Constitution. Keep asking once they take office...
    57 min
  • The founders’ view of government and the right to life
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – We must ask a question our politics too often avoids: Does human dignity depend on strength, independence, or convenience? A child in the womb depends on another person. So does a newborn. So do many elderly people and neighbors living with disabilities. Dependence should summon our care. It should never erase...
    57 min
  • Could America repeat the mistakes of the Roman Empire?
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – A government can borrow for years before the bill feels real. A politician can promise benefits without explaining who pays for them. A crowded arena can offer a welcome escape from problems at home. None of these things alone brings down a country. Together, they can make it easier to look away. Rome’s history offers no simple checklist for...
    57 min
  • The fall of Rome and the cost of political complacency
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Rome’s decline warns that political complacency grows when citizens trade participation for spectacle. Today, responsible self-government begins with informed questions, local meetings, conversations, and teaching history. The future remains open when people look beyond headlines and take part in the work of shaping their communities...
    57 min
  • Constitutional Republic vs direct democracy explained
    Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – A constitutional republic protects individual rights by limiting power, even when majorities disagree. Honest civic education examines founding principles alongside slavery, suffrage, and the nation’s failures. Understanding how institutions work helps each generation defend freedom, question leaders, and respect the rights of neighbors in public...
    58 min

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America Out Loud Network © – Hosts Kim Kennedy and Pastor David Whitney question the narrative, challenge groupthink, and encourage people to think for themselves. Culture, media, business,…