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...