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"Christmas is not just a love story with red and green coats... Christmas has to do with the birth of Christ." - Karen Kingsbury

Join Matthew West for a special LIVE episode of the podcast featuring the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karen Kingsbury! Recorded in front of a studio audience in Franklin, TN during Come Home For Christmas, this conversation goes deep into the heart of storytelling, faith, and the miraculous way God uses fiction to reveal the ultimate Truth. Let’s go to the Story House!

Two writers from the New York Times say the liberal values that have flooded our culture with online gambling, pornography, and cannabis have backfired, but secular progressives, like Ezra Klein, admit that they don't have a framework for explaining why. Phil, Skye, and Kaitlyn discuss the benefits and limitations of liberalism as a political and social philosophy, and why those on the left are increasingly aware of their need for religion. Matthew Soerens from World Relief is back to discuss why the Trump administration's immigration policies are so different in his second term, how the President's ever-changing rhetoric is causing chaos, and why America is accepting the collective punishment of immigrants. Also this week, raccoons are on a mission to be the pets of the future.

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0:00 - Show Starts

4:45 - Theme Song

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7:40 - Racoons Got Cuter!

14:35 - Ross Douthet on Liberalism's Failures

28:45 - The Economy Can't Form Ethics

41:30 - Black and Latino Voices

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54:57 - Interview

57:03 - Afghanistan and Immigration

1:03:07 - Dehumanizing Rhetoric

1:21:12 - Christian Persecution and Immigration

1:31:14 - End Credits

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Raccoons Getting Cuter?

https://allthatsinteresting.com/north-american-raccoon-domestication

Ross Douthet Piece on Liberalism

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/liberalism-postliberalism-affordability.html

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