Derate The Hate

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Have you ever wondered how to have a meaningful conversation with someone with whom you disagree vehemently on a particular topic? Do you have family members that you disagree with politically, and cannot have a conversation without things becoming heated and toxic? What if there were a book that could teach you "Ho...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Have you ever heard someone use the phrase, "Correlation does not equal Causation"? More importantly, have you ever taken the time to think about what that means? Quite often there are those on social media, in the main stream media, or opportunist politicians that love to take a situation, ignore all variables...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) As many of the regular listeners know, I love organizations that are all about bringing people together, promoting unity and community while also recognizing that we are all individuals with our own thoughts and ideas. This is why I truly adore and respect organizations like FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance & Rac...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) We as a society cannot be expected to bend reality in order to accommodate those who lack the ability to accept reality. We also must acknowledge that truth, no matter whether it offends me, you, or anyone else, is still the truth and by inhibiting one's ability to speak the truth, it does not make it any less true....

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I often say that it's unfortunate that those who know the least tend to say it the loudest. Social media, the main stream media, and politicians who would rather be in front of a camera or a microphone have proved this for us time and time again. As our next guest phrased it very well, "the internet ecosystem a...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Have you ever stopped to really think about what the root cause of racism is? Politicians at every level, and those in the media, now more than ever before, speak in platitudes about race, finding new ways to interject race and racism into every story and topic, but do you ever hear them present real solutions that speak...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) In this short video Daryl Davis talks about the very first time he experienced racism. Daryl Davis joins Wilk for a discussion on the Derate the Hate podcast to discuss, racism, and how he made it his goal from a very young age to learn what makes people hate others because of their skin color. This clip is just a small...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) One of the greatest problems we face in the battle we are fighting against woke culture and the perpetual victim mentality is that not enough young people are getting involved in a meaningful way. Striving for a more meaningful and civil discourse among those who have differing thoughts and opinions is not particularly f...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) One of the reasons I do this podcast is to help others that are getting, or have become discouraged. My primary reason for doing the DTH podcast is to Better the World, One Attitude At A Time. I believe the best way to do that is to tame the toxicity in our public discourse through individual accountability and having a...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) "Don't just go through life, GROW through life". That is a phrase I had not heard before, but recently I found out about Haran Singham and his group, "The Happiness Mission" . That phrase means a lot to me, because I have much personal experience in that arena. As I look back on my life, I see a...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Our country has been faced with, and is still facing extraordinary and unprecedented times in so many ways. Not only have we been plagued by a pandemic that is contributing to the loss of many of our friends and neighbors, but our government's reaction to the pandemic is taking an incredible toll of it's own. W...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) You know the phrase, "welcome to so & so, what can I get for you today" or some variation thereof... I don't know what it's like where you live, but it seems you cannot drive past a fast food restaurant around here without seeing a line stretched completely around the building. What's going o...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) In this current age of toxicity people often assume if someone states something they don't agree with, the automatic reaction is "YOU'RE LYING"... Are they really lying, or are they wrong? Can someone be wrong, and be sincere, but not be lying? Just because someone is sincere about their beliefs, does...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) What is a person of influence ? When most people think of people of influence, they often think of sports stars, celebrities, politicians, etc. What if I told you that you that you, no matter what you think of yourself, are most likely in some way a person of influence? This week I talk a little about one of the most wel...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Have you ever had the winter blues? Do you know what the winter blues is ? In a conversation I was recently having with some friends, a friend of mine mentioned the winter solstice , how the days were now going to start getting longer again, and how we were getting closer to spring and all the happiness that comes along...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) January 8 is not just another date for this family... In 1996 I was building houses in the foothills of the rockies and I found out my little sister had a baby boy. Kodi Allen Schroeder was born this day, 1/8/1996 In 2010 I was driving truck and unloading a load of propane in River Falls, Wisconsin when I got the call, m...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Are you one that makes new year's resolutions?  Have you ever made a new year's resolution that you've kept, or what's the longest you've stuck with that resolution? On average, more than 80% of new year's resolutions fail before the second week in February . What if instead of wasting our e...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) It's the holiday season once again, and the final DTH episode for 2021!!  I would just like to take this opportunity to say how grateful I am for my family and all those that support me in my efforts to make the world a better place.  This is not a long episode, but in it I highlight a conversation that I recently h...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) He saw Black Lives Matter yucking it up with ANTIFA, having a grand ol' time while black and brown businesses were burning, and Kevin McGary knew that something had to change. He figured people would see through the facade, but as things calmed down, and some of the noise subsided, people still didn't get it......

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) “If there is any one secret to success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” ~ Henry Ford In several of the conversations I’ve had the opportunity to have on the Derate the Hate podcast, many of my guests have either alluded to o...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Can you imagine spending a cold winter's night on a rooftop, in the windy city of Chicago? How about spending 100 cold winter nights on a rooftop in one of Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods? What if the cause was so great that you felt called to do so? Well Pastor Corey Brooks felt that calling, and he is...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Fans of the Derate the Hate podcast know that I love stories of those who triumph over adversity, and those who persevere through the toughest times in life to come out on the other side and start their own journey towards bettering the world. Being able to forgive is not something that comes easily to everyone, and to s...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I recently read an article that peaked my interest because it said something to the effect of "Flight Attendants' jobs have never been more dangerous". Obviously there had to be something here that involved hate, and I wanted to know why. Why is it that people have suddenly taken to hating flight attendant...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) It seems you cannot open an internet browser, browse social media, turn on a television or listen to the radio without finding out some group of "offended" or "aggrieved" people are again protesting something. Are all these people victims of something, or what I've referred to as those with the P...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) No situation in life has ever been made better by those who constantly beat the drum of negativity and/or victimhood. As someone who spent a large portion of my life with a bad attitude, I can definitively say that statement because I know it to be true. Gratitude is something I speak of often in this podcast, and in my...