Today we're talking about Chick-fil-A's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which have provoked backlash today after conservatives discovered some rather left-leaning language on the company's site. We look at what the company claims in these initiatives (and the fact that it has a VP of DEI to begin with) and share the real problems with DEI. Then, Khloe Kardashian shines some light on the dark truth of surrogacy in a new clip from her show "The Kardashians." In the show, she expresses how transactional her surrogacy experience seemed to be. We explain why she's absolutely right and why more and more people are realizing the many dark sides of surrogacy, which has more ties to human trafficking than most are willing to admit. We also offer some encouragement for the week.

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Timecodes:

(00:54) Intro / Indy 500 / airport breakdown

(07:58) Encouragement for the week

(14:16) Chick-fil-A

(31:00) Target update

(34:40) Power of influence

(40:30) Khloe Kardashian surrogacy

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Links:

Chick-fil-a DEI: https://www.chick-fil-a.com/dei

Heritage Foundation: "DEI Hasn’t Just Infected the Left" https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/dei-hasnt-just-infected-the-left

Page Six: "Khloé Kardashian struggled to ‘connect’ with surrogate-born son: It was a ‘transactional’ experience" https://pagesix.com/2023/05/25/khloe-kardashian-struggled-to-connect-with-surrogate-born-son/

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Relevant Episodes:

Ep 805 | One Year of My Target Boycott (And They're Queerer Than Ever) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-805-one-year-of-no-target-theyre-worse-than-ever/id1359249098?i=1000613121337

Ep 614 | Bye Bye, Target. You Crossed the Line https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-614-bye-bye-target-you-crossed-the-line/id1359249098?i=1000560357941

Ep 791 | The U.N.’s Push to Decriminalize Child Rape | Guest: James Lindsay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-791-the-secret-reason-why-bud-light-chose-dylan/id1359249098?i=1000609701396

Ep 552 | "Big Fertility" & the Truth Behind The Surrogacy Industry | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-552-big-fertility-the-truth-behind-the/id1359249098?i=1000548511958

Ep 554 | IVF, Embryo Adoption, & Surrogacy: Answering the Hard Questions | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-554-ivf-embryo-adoption-surrogacy-answering-the/id1359249098?i=1000549207733

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