Episodes

Oct. 17, 2026

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...
Oct. 16, 2026

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...
Oct. 15, 2026

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...
Oct. 10, 2026

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...
Oct. 9, 2026

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...
Oct. 8, 2026

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...
Oct. 3, 2026

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...
Oct. 1, 2026

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...
Sept. 26, 2026

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...
Sept. 25, 2026

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...
Sept. 24, 2026

Modern feminism, motherhood, and the fight for identity

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Modern feminism and cultural pressures challenge motherhood, fatherhood, and family identity. Parents face competing messages about authority, truth, and responsibility, while faith and marriage come under scrutiny. Defending family life begins at home with courage, conviction, and adults who guide children through an uncertain world...
Sept. 23, 2026

The calling behind your restlessness

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – We live in a culture that confuses motion with meaning. We chase status, money, approval, and novelty, then wonder why success feels thin. The answer is not to shrink our desires. It is to redirect them. Fulfillment does not come from climbing higher for our own sake. It comes from surrendering our plans and letting God lead...
Sept. 22, 2026

What are the four walls?

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – Self-government, family, church, and civil authority form four distinct spheres of responsibility. Biblical principles define their roles, placing family duties and religious freedom beyond government overreach. Restoring these boundaries strengthens families, protects liberty, and reminds citizens of their essential obligations to God and one another...
Sept. 17, 2026

Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Americans face rising living costs while political leaders offer flashy checks instead of lasting solutions. Inflation, national debt, and unchecked spending demand honesty and restraint. Financial stability depends on responsible leadership, disciplined saving, and careful financial planning that make everyday life more affordable for families...
Sept. 16, 2026

A test of national memory—and American resolve

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Americans do not need more polished slogans. We need civic courage. We need voters who study records, parents who teach history, communities that support law enforcement, and citizens who refuse to surrender freedom out of fear or fatigue. We need institutions that remember the Constitution is not a decoration. It is the contract...
Sept. 15, 2026

Historical debates that shaped the Constitution

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Constitution Day highlights the founding principles that protect American liberty: limited federal power, state authority, and citizen responsibility. As debates over elections and government authority continue, preserving the republic requires respect for constitutional boundaries, lawful amendments, and an informed public willing to hold leaders accountable...
Sept. 12, 2026

Have you heard the claim that our Founders were not Christians?

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – America’s founders invoke faith, providence, and God-given rights as foundations of liberty. Their words and beliefs invite renewed debate over Christianity’s influence on the republic and challenge Americans to consider how faith, justice, and moral responsibility shape the nation’s identity and preserve its freedoms today...
Sept. 11, 2026

The complexity of modern Republican politics with JD Vance

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – J.D. Vance reflects a changing Republican Party, bringing working-class priorities, skepticism of foreign intervention, and distrust of institutions into focus. His deliberate approach challenges the old guard and raises questions about the party’s future, its coalition, and its willingness to confront entrenched power in Washington...
Sept. 10, 2026

Minnesota’s fraud scandal is a huge warning for America

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – The scandal in Minnesota is not an isolated stain. It is a symptom of a larger sickness. Across the country, public money is siphoned through bloated programs, protected by political theater, and defended with the tired excuse that the system is too complex to fix. Nonsense. A government that can track every dollar from your...
Sept. 9, 2026

The Republic depends on what we teach the next generation

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Pastor David Whitney – America’s constitutional republic depends on citizens who understand its founding documents and defend their God-given rights. Constitution Day calls families, schools, and churches to renew civic education, embrace faithful citizenship, and preserve liberty through knowledge, responsibility, and active participation in the nation’s shared public life...
Sept. 8, 2026

Preserving American democracy against communist threats

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – America’s constitutional republic faces ideological threats as communism presents itself through promises of fairness and progress. Defending freedom requires citizens to recognize historical patterns, challenge institutional influence, and participate in schools, elections, and local government. Liberty survives when Americans actively protect their rights and responsibilities...
Sept. 5, 2026

JD Vance and the future of conservative politics

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Trump rewrote the political map by making the GOP less the home of corporate polish and more the party of working Americans. Vance seems to be building on that shift. He talks less like a salesman and more like a strategist. JD Vance has become one of the clearest tests of where the Republican Party is headed after Trump...
Sept. 4, 2026

The battle for childhood: Identity, authority, and the right to grow up

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – Children face growing pressure from schools, clinics, social media, and cultural institutions shaping beliefs about gender, identity, and truth. The debate centers on vulnerability, parental authority, medical intervention, misinformation, faith, and whether compassion protects children or pushes them toward lasting harm and regret without restraint...
Sept. 3, 2026

Beyond the virus: The damage America still refuses to confront

Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy – When government power reaches into the most personal corners of life, it should be held to the highest standard, not granted a free pass because the moment is urgent. Privacy matters. Due process matters. Religious liberty matters. So does plain common sense. If a policy harms the young, the vulnerable, and the working people who...