Leaving the Left for Liberty

Kenneth Stevenson is a filmmaker illustrating stories centered on bodily autonomy, the virtue of suffering, self-governance, diversity of thought, voluntaryism, and the struggle of displaced transcendentalists. He frequently draws inspiration from punk / y’alternative rock music and Libertarianism to express his frustrations with centralized power and oppressive ideologies.

During Part 3 of 3, Kenneth opens up about the murder that happened on his street in Louisville, Kentucky, its effects on his immediate family, and the perspective gained from hearing the opinions of the neighbors and the police.

Kenneth and host, Sienna Mae Heath, explore the nature of the liberty conscience, worries about loved ones’ ideological capture, and discerning what are the real or biggest threats while entertaining conspiracy theories. Rooted in free will, liberty is beautiful and yet cursed with its price: eternal vigilance. Americans owe it to each other to shoulder the burden of vigilance so that there is headspace for one to live in the present moment.

(This episode was recorded prior to the election)

This series is also available as a podcast on your app of choice.

Follow Sienna Mae Heath on Instagram @sovereign_sienna, Facebook @ sienna.m.heath, or at  https://siennamaeheath.substack.com.
Be sure to follow Kenneth on his socials!
www.instagram.com/the_kennethstevenson/ 

www.facebook.com/kennethtstevenson 

Also check out Sienna's other works:

Real Unity film

https://freethepeople.org/real-unity/

Food is Freedom series

https://bit.ly/foodisfreedom

Flowers of One Garden video

https://siennamaeheath.substack.com/p/unite-the-hearts-why-i-love-the-bahai

Sienna's 10 Questions Post-Pandemic

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbydPZlrYuv/?igsh=MWJnaTM4MDU5bzJ3YQ==

The Trampled Woman
(poem produced during the Defeat the Mandates/Freedom Convoy era)
https://freethepeople.org/the-trampled-woman/ 

Kenneth Stevenson has worked for Time Warner and SONY. He has won film festival awards and even a scholarship from David Letterman. A dual entrepreneur and artist at heart, Kenneth co-founded Digital Alliance in 2015 to serve nonprofits and brands with their video marketing. In 2021 he won a scholarship from the Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

During Part 2 of 3, Kenneth and Sienna Mae Heath discuss whether unity is seen in the natural world, the creation of art in joy and fear, and the people-pleasing done in the advertising industry in an attempt to attract a wider audience.

We also talk about Kenneth’s first feature film, Cheery Point, the story of a totalitarian medical state enforced on a small town, and how joyful the awakening process can be.

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Follow Sienna Mae Heath on Instagram @sovereign_sienna, Facebook @ sienna.m.heath, or at https://siennamaeheath.substack.com

Real Unity film
https://freethepeople.org/real-unity

The Trampled Woman

https://freethepeople.org/the-trampled-woman/⁠ 

(poem produced during the Defeat the Mandates/Freedom Convoy era)

Kenneth Stevenson is a director and dramatist focused on the expansion of personal sovereignty. His career and scholarship extends to cinema, episodics, and advertising. In 2021, Kenneth discovered host Sienna Mae Heath after viewing her Free the People film, Real Unity.

During Part 1 of 3, Kenneth and Sienna discuss the growing desire for leaders who lead by inspiration, not force. They explore Kenneth’s experience running a film business during this authoritarian moment. Can the original American dream be revived with wonder and adventure?

(This episode was filmed prior to the election)

This series is also available as a podcast on your app of choice. Follow Sienna Mae Heath on Instagram @sovereign_sienna, Facebook @ sienna.m.heath, or at ⁠https://siennamaeheath.substack.com⁠

Also check out Sienna's other works:

Leslie Elliott is the co-founder of Solid Ground, a peer support community for ordinary people navigating extreme ideologies. Based outside Seattle, she also participates in a strong homeschooling community.In this episode, Sienna Mae Heath and Leslie Elliott explore the psychology of dissident acts. What makes a person resist groupthink? What are the qualities of a modern-day dissident? What combination of time, place, and deep care or value can motivate someone to speak their conscience?

Travis Brown is an independent filmmaker living in the Pacific Northwest. He is the president of The Signal Education Project, which is a non-profit that creates engaging content that shines a light on how dogma and tribalism distort the truth. Since leaving his religious faith behind, he has been interested in how religious and political ideology shape our view of reality, how ideology affects our conversations and what it does to relationships and society as a whole. His previous work includes The Woke Reformation, which features Peter Boghossian, Douglas Murray, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Vivek Ramaswamy and many other brave intellectuals. He is currently exploring the difficult topic of gender identity in his upcoming docuseries Uncomfortable Truths: The Reality of Gender Identity Ideology.

In this episode Travis and Sienna discuss the problems with the paradigm of good vs. evil and what makes a mindset inherently totalitarian. We also explore his journey from Christianity to atheism, pseudo-sacred texts that deem some of our fellow people as possessors of original sin, and attempts to avoid self-righteousness no matter what beliefs you hold - reflecting on the famed Friedrich Nietzsche (Nee-Chuh) quote: “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

You can find Travis' work at https://www.youtube.com/becomethesignal

Kyle Warner is the first full-time vaccine injury lobbyist in the United States and a three-time North American Enduro Mountain Bike Champion. Since his own battle with vaccine-induced myo/peri carditis in the summer of 2021, Kyle began speaking out to help raise awareness for others who were vaccine-injured and was surprised by the active suppression of their stories. He has been helping with the mission of React 19, a science-based non-profit offering financial, physical, and emotional support for those suffering from long-term Covid-19 vaccine adverse events. Gaining drive and momentum, Kyle is now lobbying for React 19 to help advocate for fair and timely vaccine injury compensation.

Seeking to depoliticize and humanize the issue, Kyle and show host, Sienna Mae Heath, explore the winding curves on his journey so far, his experience of being interviewed by a New York Times reporter, and how the twisting of words in Big Pharma is making an already complex, corrupt system more deceptive. He also unearths some of what congresspeople are saying behind closed doors. 

Jacqueline Claire concerns herself with the moral downfall of society while creating a homestead for her growing family. She is a painter, illustrator, storyteller, and a good friend of the show’s host, Sienna Mae Heath. During part 2 of the interview, Jacqueline and Sienna deepen on writings from the Baha’i Faith about liberty, the movement of the Left, and the weakening of family solidarity.

Jacqueline Claire is a painter, illustrator, storyteller, and a dear friend of the shows host, Sienna Mae Heath. During part 1 of the interview, they discuss why she has changed her show title from Spiritual Conversation to Spiritual Realism, the disintegrative and integrative forces in our society, co-creating art as an individual and homesteading with her husband in small-town Texas. Jacqueline and Sienna also muse on the potential for a grass-roots unfoldment of an interconnected civilization and how the universal language of artful agriculture could create a much-needed momentous unity.

As human rights advocates, The Sonic Universe is recognized for their performance at Defeat The Mandates in Los Angeles in 2022 and for their TikTok video address calling on humanity with over a quarter-million views. With releases like “Shatter (Unplugged)” which charted at #4 on Amazon Music USA, the group seeks to unify humanity one song at a time.

During his interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, founder and frontman Alex Arndt explores his spiritual growth, his adventures of spreading light on mainstream media, and the lines and vibrations he is currently holding.

The video version of this podcast is available on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@freethepeople⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

To learn more about Free the People, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freethepeople.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Follow Sienna Mae Heath on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sovereign_sienna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sienna.m.heath⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://siennamaeheath.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Dr. James Coates is the pastor-teacher at GraceLife Church of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. He has been pastoring there for more than 13 years. In 2021, James was arrested for opening his church in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. He is a graduate of the Master’s Seminary (MDiv, DMin), co-author of “God vs. Government: Taking a Biblical Stand When Christ and Compliance Collide,” and author of “Preaching and Hearing God’s Word.” During his interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, Coates discusses the God-centered process of forgiving foes and showing love in adversity, commitment to faith during social upheaval and spiritual warfare, and how the story of The Garden of Eden offers wisdom on the creation of relationships.

The video version of this podcast is available on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@freethepeople⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

To learn more about Free the People, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freethepeople.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Follow Sienna Mae Heath on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sovereign_sienna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sienna.m.heath⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://siennamaeheath.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.