David Gornoski

"If you don't have a family first society, you won't have the environment necessary for individual liberty to flourish." How do we create that family first society? Join David Gornoski as he explores this question while commenting on the government's decision to pay out stimulus checks. Is creating money out of thin air a viable economic solution? David asks. Do we imitate the government to get fr...

Nuclear scientist Dr. Max Zamilov returns to the show to talk about the next Galileo and Renaissance moments in history. Why is it that we are not interested in innovation anymore? Is everything already solved? Dr. Max says that the biggest problem is an outdated educational system that "grounds its student to a pulp" and has largely become irrelevant. Instead of having theories presented as dogma...

"Change doesn't happen by appealing to the crowd. Since when has truth won by appealing to the crowd?" Join David Gornoski as he dives deep into the magnetic nature of crowds and unravels the bind of groupthink that controls almost every part of our society. How do we break from this attraction of persecuting crowds? David argues that we must do the opposite of what violent crowds do, and because...

Dr. Weiping Yu returns with Science and U and comments on the mystery surrounding dark energy and the universe's rate of expansion. Is Einstein's "cosmological constant" reliable? the physicist asks. Is the universe an isolated system? Is the second law of thermodynamics accurate in its conclusion? Mises Institute's Tho Bishop calls in to comment on the latest news reports from around the country....

"The modus operandi of our time: If you want more power you have to look more vulnerable." David Gornoski argues that this is due to the haunting of Christ's crucifixion in American society. Without looking to Jesus as a model for imitation, David says, we will devolve into fighting over and weaponizing all external identity markers. "Without goodness behind the universe, the only thing left to cl...

Dr. Paul Axton, theologian and host of the Forging Ploughshares podcast, sits down with David Gornoski to talk about his experience of living in Japan, the idea of shame in death, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and seeing Japanese culture through Christian eyes. While pointing out that Romans 7 is absolutely essential for understanding what it is to imitate Jesus, Dr. Axton observes that death is "an or...

How do we build and model our relationships in a Triune way as opposed to the way of scapegoating? Rich Bledsoe, chaplain at Boulder Community Hospital, calls in to answer this pressing question. Bledsoe likens the activity of the Trinity to a network of human beings. "The first corporation in the world," Bledsoe says, "is the church, and the church is a body." Listen to the full episode as Rich B...

Roy Barzilai, independent researcher and author of The Testosterone Hypothesis , joins David Gornoski to explain how the decrease in testosterone has correlated with the current crisis in our health, politics, and culture. Barzilai argues that exposure to solar activity is not only the key to fighting the coronavirus pandemic but also important in tackling the coddling of our culture. How importan...

David Gornoski gives his opinion on the news report saying that the New York Times tried to dox Tucker Carlson. Should the New York Times be trusted after it, time and time again, lied us into wars and hid the truth? The host of A Neighbor's Choice also explains why parents should pull their children out of public schools and why wearing masks shouldn't be imposed with government coercion. Plus, r...

Curt Mills, Senior Reporter at The American Conservative , joins David Gornoski to provide some much-needed analysis of the 2020 election showdown between Biden and Trump. Is there any chance for Trump to excel without the massive rallies that were commonplace in 2016? Why has Trump lost his energy in the campaign and is there any possibility of him making a comeback? Also, David Gornoski reads th...

What is the Real ID Act? Journalist and author James Bovard calls in to explain how the REAL ID Act, like the Patriot Act, is government overreach under the pretext of protection. Also joining David Gornoski, to explore the injustice of locking up non-violent offenders in federal prisons and exposing them to the pandemic, is former prisoner Chad Marks. Plus, David Gornoski comments on the bizarre...

How do we understand the growing undifferentiation--the breaking apart of traditional hierarchies--in western society? How can the church regain the gospel aesthetic of standing for the hidden victims of our society? The church must tell the stories of victims, David says, and in doing so, woke culture would evaporate in an instant. But then how would Jesus' salvation of the world look like when w...

Historian Chris Calton calls in to talk about the history of policing in America. The primary contributor to issues like rioting and police brutality, Calton says, is urban policing. Crime is not the primary determiner in arrest and incarceration statistics, Calton shockingly states. If crimes haven't increased then why are arrests increasing? The reason, according to Calton, is top-down pressure...

In this episode, FEE.org's Sean Malone joins David Gornoski to look at 'Mr. Jones,' a movie based on the Holodomor tragedy and the media cover-up that followed. Why isn't the Holodomor as widely known as the Holocaust is in America? Totalitarian regimes were expected to hide the truth, Malone says, but what was really astonishing is the complacency of the New York Times and much of Western media w...

Dr. Weiping Yu, the show's chief science officer, returns to comment on the news that the army is building an anti-gravity, water-purifying solar panel. What does Dr. Yu think about the discovery of new planets circling faraway suns? Does magnetism decay over time? Listen to the full podcast as Dr. Yu tackles the latest science news and questions. Also joining the show is Mises Institute's Jeff De...

Should we be optimistic about our long-term future? Join David Gornoski for another exciting episode as he presents the case of why should be optimistic despite the bombardment of bad news around us. Jesus said the nations will be judged by their treatment of the hungry, the sick, the prisoner, and the stranger. How do we care for those whom Jesus referred to as 'the least of these?' Should we tak...

Professor Wilfred Reilly, author and political scientist at Kentucky State University, returns to the show to talk about political radicalism in America. Professor Reilly explains why he speaks out against radical movements and how the real struggle in America is between moderates and extremists. Is the far-right as powerful as the extreme-left? Are there double standards at play in the media's na...

Kerry Baldwin, writer and founder of MereLiberty.com , joins David Gornoski to discuss the medical tyranny of using coercion during this pandemic. Are we handing over far too much to the government? Kerry points out how governments have always used crises to gain control over their people. Is it ethical to mandate wearing masks in high-density population areas such as New York? Kerry argues that t...

Human beings are primarily storytelling creatures; and storytelling is crucial for us. Which story should our society bind itself around? Many, including Karl Marx, have tried to distort Jesus' concern for victims, and each has failed to tell the non-violent, redemptive story of Christ. "The McWoke crowd intends to justify themselves by donning the god-mask of victims to sacrifice their neighbors,...

David Gornoski examines the latest news of Bari Weiss resigning from the New York Times. How much credibility does the media have as it continues to misdirect people on behalf of the political establishment? "These are not media outlets but stinky, crusty PR firms," David remarks as he observes the anti-science stance that mainstream media outlets have taken during this pandemic. "These corporate...

"Everything that you see in politics is based on a zero-sum frame of reality," David Gornoski says. He points out how politicians rely on you to vote them into defeating your enemies without actually dealing with any of the core issues. "Excellence doesn't require a savior; it requires skin in the game." Amid social scandals, it's important to realize that, thanks to the crucifixion of Christ, we...

Coinciding with the release of his book 12 Rules for Life, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson provides powerful new insights on self sacrifice vs. sacrifice of others, how to dismantle mob violence and defeat witch hunts, his response to the Cathy Newman interview, and how the imitation of Christ can save our civilization. Dr. Peterson also engages the groundbreaking anthropological work of Rene Girard and hi...

How has Christianity affected western civilization? Tom Holland, author of Dominion, starts by giving us a glimpse at what pre-Christian justice looked like; he then takes us through the transformation of criminal justice as Christianity was absorbed more and more into the culture by western civilization. Tom Holland also describes how Christianity, as preached by Paul, was presented as a parody o...

David Gornoski gives the example of Nikola Tesla's story and highlights that revolutionary breakthroughs come, not through top-down coercion, but always through unhindered innovation. Solutions start with the question: Do you love yourself? How can you love and help others if you don't love yourself? Join David Gornoski as he goes through the latest news reports and explains how the solutions to o...

In this episode, Shannon Braswell calls in from Washington to deconstruct cancel culture and the revolutionary zeal that drives it forward. Shannon exposes the violent, cyclical nature of revolutions and points out how Jesus gave us the key to break that cycle. What does the kingdom of heaven look like and how does it differ from the world? How can we further scientific progress without falling in...