How do we protect kids from the dangers of technology? We might delay issuing a phone but kids still need good habits when they day comes that they have one in their hand.

Chris McKenna started Protect Young Eyes eleven years ago with the goal of helping families navigate technology well. Chris opens our eyes to the dangers of the “world wide web,” gives us practical tips and tells us about some current events related to the tech space (Elon suing Minnesota for a deepfake law and NY working to ban AI robots in the classroom).

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https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-deepfake-law-x-elon-musk-twitter-c423540850ca3837891d62d69c6639f1

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We are living in a broken and fragmented country. Conversations can and do feel fruitless when the people having them lack any sort of parallel foundational principles.

In today’s episode, Rita will discuss why without a foundational understanding of what America is, what our governments role was intended to be, and even what conservatism is…the divide will only continue to grow deeper.

It is crucial that we have a firm and moral foundation, push aside the desire for comfort, and seek the truth.

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PODCAST MENTIONS:

RFK talks vaccines, measles in interview with CNN's Dana Bash

https://youtu.be/FcJDqsDCZj4?is=0I4FLlyq1pbZ_vOo

John Quincy Adams "Monsters To Destroy” 

https://jqas.org/jqas-monsters-to-destroy-speech-full-text/

Young Americans Don't Need Socialism. They Need Financial Freedom. By Drake & Jayme Franklin

https://www.theconservateur.com/politics/young-americans-dont-need-socialism-they-need-financial-freedom

Ep 104: Them Before Us: why we need a children's rights movement with Katy Faust

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000608113605

EP 122: Parents, YOU are the Anti-Woke Program with Katy Faust

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000628204154

EP 151: Pro-Child Politics with Katy Faust

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000669162284

EP 216: Uncovering IVF with Josh Wood of Them Before Us

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000766445887

Trump stands to profit off US policy announcements by selling fast access to his social media posts

Truth Social plan to sell early access to Trump posts 'makes me want to puke, CNBC reporter fumes

https://www.foxnews.com/media/truth-social-plan-sell-early-access-trump-posts-makes-want-puke-cnbc-reporter-fumes

The Fauci Diary

https://www.paul.senate.gov/wp-Truth%20Social%20plan%20to%20sell%20early%20access%20to%20Trump%20posts%20'makes%20me%20want%20to%20puke,%20CNBC%20reporter%20fumescontent/uploads/2026/07/2026.07.31Gates.pdf

EP 227: Privacy is Power: the digital age is a tyrannical government's dream with Carissa Veliz

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000778982710

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In a world trying to sell you products and ideals based on fear, it’s never been more important to have a firm foundation. 

Today’s episode is part 2 with Doug Smith. Doug is a Christian, author, and software engineer who also recently left his dream job because of his convictions.

Rita and Doug discuss the importance of knowing what your convictions are and how to stand in them…before you need to.

Doug will also touch on AI’s staying power (or lack thereof), the AI bubble, and the hope we are seeing in the younger generations opposition to AI.

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https://thatdougsmith.com/

PODCAST MENTIONS:

EP 226: A Software Engineer's

Warning: what you should know about

Big Tech & Al with Doug Smith

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000777883346

[Un]intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free, Doug Smith

https://a.co/d/07RpaYWL

12 Reasons I Will Not Use GenAI For Software Development

https://thatdougsmith.com/2026/05/04/12-reasons-i-will-not-use-genai-for-software-development/

Is AI Profitable Yet?

https://isaiprofitable.com

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Dr. Carissa Veliz is an author, keynote speaker, and associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford. As a naturally private person herself and in researching her own family, Carissa was lead to the philosophy of privacy…or lack thereof.

Being ‘watched’ (monitored, tracked, surveilled) almost continuously has been normalized and BigTech and our own government are working together to do it.

Carissa and Rita will discuss why you should care at all and what you can do about it.

Today’s conversation will cover privacy, data collection, Big Tech, AI, and prediction and why the future is ours to write.

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https://www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/dr-carissa-veliz

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carissa-véliz-a5781555?originalSubdomain=uk

https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social

PODCAST MENTIONS:

EP 226: A Software Engineer's

Warning: what you should know about

Big Tech & Al with Doug Smith

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000777883346

Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, Carissa Veliz

https://a.co/d/0c7JBkUZ

Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to Al, Carissa Veliz

https://a.co/d/0dbZzHHJ

Technology is not destiny.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DahRDU0MNuv/?igsh=MXFsbTFwN2t4aWRvNg==

Proton (email)

https://proton.me

China and Russia Are Behind the War on AI Data Centers, Ben Shapiro

https://youtu.be/Ug4nsMLQ0oc?is=TwRC8ciFIkNaH2ih

Something Strange:

Data Centers, Big Tech & The American Right, Rita Rogers

https://ritarogersco.com/2026/07/25/something-strange-data-centers-big-tech-the-american-right/

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Will you actually be left behind if you don’t embrace A.I.? And as Christian’s, how should we engage?

Today’s conversation is part 1 of 2 with Doug Smith, a Christian, author, and software engineer with over 30 years experience.

Doug will remind you that God created you with unique gifts and purpose. We were never meant to outsource that, especially to a machine. 

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[Un]intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free, Doug Smith

https://a.co/d/0dPbrW3U

Should Christians Use Al? A Dialogical Debate w/Doug Smith and Jay Owen

https://youtu.be/EPCYHsy8SuM?is=ze3uuuDi1ecbxrUt

iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us, Jean M. Twenge PhD

https://a.co/d/03kcHShq

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman

https://a.co/d/01URcEqj

The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning -- And How To Help Them Thrive Again, Jared Cooney Horvath

https://a.co/d/0gLKsmpa

Open Letter to BibleHub.com: Please Remove LLM-Generated Word Sausage, Doug Smith

Open Letter to BibleHub.com: Please Remove LLM-Generated Word Sausage – Doug Smith

Harvard Business Review: How People Are Really Using AI in 2026, Marc Zao-Sanders

https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-people-are-really-using-ai-in-2026

Screen Strong

https://screenstrong.org

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Is the far left the biggest threat to our country? Or, is it something more broad and overarching? Today, Rita hashes out the evolving nature of deception with the rise of technology and how the idea of conspiracy can be used to manipulate us.

Proverbs 4 anchors the conversation as a reminder to choose our path carefully and seek wisdom.

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https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/us-news/lindsey-graham-toured-top-secret-ukrainian-drone-factory-days-before-his-death/

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There’s a lot of tension in politics and dissatisfaction with our steady drift away from the constitution… but don’t let that suck you in to having a negative attitude toward the momentous occasion of America’s

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Podcast mentions:

https://ritarogersco.com/2026/07/01/america-250-reading-list/

https://www.dar.org/collections/exhibitions/revolution-their-words

https://jqas.org/jqas-monsters-to-destroy-speech-full-text/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZsput7gFqh/?igsh=MXAwODVxYjdidmJseg==

In today’s episode Rita combines her passion for AI and her 15 years of experience as an ICU nurse to discuss AI and Healthcare.

AI is being thrust upon us and sold to us as only being of benefit. Meanwhile, you have legislation being introduced in NY State that leaves the door open to restricting our access to it. You have hospitals replacing staff with AI and you have Elon Musk discouraging young people from even becoming doctors and surgeons because of AI.

Rita encourages us to remember who we are and how we should respond to living through this ever evolving technological landscape.

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Senate Bill S7263Ahttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7263/amendment/

World Economic Forum, AI in Healthcare

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYjtHt5Ao8w/?igsh=cXM0cmdtcGtjMnVt

Reddit User’s Uncle is diagnosed by Claude

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWgRea2DTYx/?igsh=MXhiM2kyYmFxeWEwaw==

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By now we’ve all heard the phrase ‘Speak Your Truth’ or some variation of it.  As believers we know where our truth derives from. While the world tries to legislate its way into something better, we know that it can’t do any better than what God has already done.

We live in an ever increasing age of technology, AI, self-idolization, and contradictions. In today’s episode, Rita will discuss why Your and Truth can’t go together, the difference between “living your truth” and “using your unique voice,” and why it doesn’t feel possible to embrace your unique self and AI at the same time.

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EP 221: Modern day eugenics & hardened hearts with Cecily Dickey

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000771983232

The Post Heard Around The World (Jesse Ridgway), Here Are The Headlines

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZLC8PVESUh/

EPISODE 84: U.S. Congresswoman

Mary Miller

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000585260339

EIA: Petroleum & Other Liquids

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCSSTUS1&f=W

FFA

https://www.ffa.org

Dave Eggers, Wild Card with Rachel Martin/Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZdG7xgjxlV/?igsh=MXVzb29oMXJncGJraA==

EP 217: How to Heal Modern Medicine:

COVID and Control over Life & Death with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000767583028

EP 218: Cattle Ranch vs Data Center with Lily Hill Farms' Avery Wrigglesworth

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000768744049

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“…you can actually live with peace and hope and courage and conviction if you know you’re living in a world held lovingly by your Heavenly Father.” - Cecily Dickey

Today Rita is joined by her friend and former cohost, Cecily Dickey. One of the main themes of today’s conversation is balance.

How do we, as believers, help unbelievers see what is right and true. How to be in this world but not of this world. How to stay informed but not consumed. 

We live in a world that seeks to and encourages the elimination of suffering but as Christians we know that ‘easy’ doesn’t benefit us. 

Rita and Cecily touch on the tragic story of YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife choosing to abort their unborn child after receiving a Down Syndrome diagnosis.

Hearts are being hardened {Romans 1:21} and truth is being exchanged for lies {Romans 1:25}. This conversation, between friends, is an encouraging one and another reminder of the importance of a firm foundation.

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https://www.instagram.com/cecily.dickey

Central Women’s Ministry

https://www.instagram.com/central.women.ministry

PODCAST MENTIONS:

EP 200: Will we retreat to our own lives in 2026? Truth, impact & priorities with Cecily Dickey

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000741691552

Jesse Ridgway, YouTube

https://youtube.com/@jesseridgwaymjn?si=rAOmGJMWKAR3fTPF

The Post Heard Around The World, Here Are The Headlines

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZLC8PVESUh/?igsh=MTQ2dnEzbTdrbzcyOQ==

Jesse Ridgway, Dog Instagram Post

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQL0sWj4k-/?igsh=MTJ5Z3hieXF1b3M4ZA==

Association Between Rates of Down Syndrome Diagnosis in States With vs Without 20-Week Abortion Bans From 2011 to 2018

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10031387/

EP 220: Big Government, your data,

"private" property & the irony of celebrating 250 years of independence

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000770972845

EP 161: RuthAnn Zimmerman: Modern culture, old fashioned work ethic & peace through following Jesus

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boom-clap-podcast/id1558282990?i=1000677635545

This Is My Father’s World, Davy Flowers

https://youtu.be/pF0mMpotrFI?si=jD7jkKrRGrDiE-mm

This Is My Father’s World, Central Women’s Ministry Instagram Post

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZNe79rzmbA/

EPISODE 27: 87 Years

Worth of Wisdom...

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