A Girl and her Dad

The Iran War is raising a serious question inside the conservative movement: Is this really America First? In this episode of A Girl and Her Dad , we break down the growing conflict with Iran, the history between the United States and Iran, and the debate happening inside MAGA right now about whether this war aligns with President Trump’s America First foreign policy. Instead of focusing on daily...

Is the West breaking from within? In this episode, a Gen Z voice clashes with a Boomer over MAGA, faith, immigration, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, the Federal Reserve , and the future of the conservative movement . What happens when young conservatives start questioning the Right? Is MAGA reshaping the Republican Party or dividing it? And can the West survive if even conservatives no longer agree on its...

This isn’t a recap of the Super Bowl halftime show, it’s a conversation about what it says about America. As a Gen Z pop-culture lover, I thought the backlash to Bad Bunny was dramatic… until I watched both shows and realized this debate is really about culture, values, and what we’re normalizing. My dad brings a completely different perspective, not a political rant, but a philosophical one , pul...

Men are working less, marrying later, and disengaging from society, but why? In this episode, Jackie (the Gen Z daughter) and her boomer dad explore how modern culture blurred the line between equality and sameness, redefined masculinity as something suspect, and removed clear roles for men. We discuss the cultural, social, and economic consequences of this shift—and how it’s affecting men, women,...

In this episode, we break down the Somali story behind Minneapolis : how Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigration, how politics and policy shaped the community, and why a major fraud scandal put the state under a national spotlight. We also cover ICE operations in Minneapolis, the protests , and the Alex Pretti shooting, and what’s confirmed vs. what’s still unfolding. New episodes weekly. Ma...

In Part 2 of this conversation, we move past policy wins and into the question that determines if any of it lasts: accountability . We begin by tracing how the DOJ and FBI changed during the Trump era: from the moment Trump announced his presidential run to the institutional battles that followed. What began as political opposition evolved into investigations, surveillance, prosecutions, and a lev...

One year into Trump's second term, the pace of change has been relentless. Policies that were dismissed as “impossible” were suddenly implemented. Executive authority reasserted. A federal government that, for better or for worse, started acting decisively again. But this episode is not a recap and it’s not a victory lap. This conversation breaks down what Trump’s first year back actually reve...

A tragic death. A media firestorm. And a narrative that does not fully match reality. In this episode of A Girl and Her Dad , Jackie and her dad Marty break down the Minneapolis ICE shooting that has dominated headlines and social media, separating emotions from facts, and media framing from what actually happened. We discuss: What the body cam footage really shows Why both the left and the right...

Why does Israel spark more emotion than any other global issue in U.S. discourse? Why are people afraid to ask questions? And why does political unity fracture internally over a topic most people don't fully understand? Jackie and her dad Marty explore why: The Israel conversation feels emotionally overwhelming and socially risky to discuss History and religion shape opinions more than politic...

Welcome back to A Girl and Her Dad , the show that slows down the loudest cultural debates and actually thinks them through. In this episode, we unpack transgender ideology through the lens of Catholic philosophical anthropology , personhood, and the age-old debate of truth vs. feelings . Marty (the Dad) breaks down: The classical definition of the human person (form + matter, soul + body) Mind-bo...

Feeling overwhelmed by politics, culture, and faith? Tired of being expected to have strong opinions on complex issues without anyone actually slowing down to explain them? In this episode, Jackie shared why A Girl and Her Dad exists and what this conservative podcast is really about. From feeling unfulfilled in a “dream” corporate job to being called toward something deeper, Jackie explains the h...

In this first-ever video episode of A Girl and Her Dad , we examine one of the most divisive controversies in conservative media today: Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, and the rise of conspiracy culture within the right. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens has accused the FBI, Turning Point USA leadership, domestic and foreign governments, and even Charlie's closest allies of c...

In this episode of A Girl and Her Dad , Jackie (your Gen Z host) and Marty (your boomer dad host) dig into one of the most explosive issues in America today: deportations, illegal immigration, political hypocrisy, and what the Catholic Church gets wrong . With Trump back in office and ICE enforcement ramping up, the country is divided. The media is outraged. Protestors are blocking raids. Catholic...

Welcome to Episode 1 of A Girl and Her Dad . In this special, wide-ranging introduction, we invite you into the kind of father and daughter conversations that shaped this podcast. Before we begin our usual focused episodes, we wanted to give you a real look at who we are, how we think, and how we see the world today. In this episode, Jackie (the Gen Z daughter) brings the questions, the stats, and...