Derate The Hate

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Do you approach all of your personal interactions with Grace, Gratitude, Respect and Integrity? What do the words grace, gratitude, respect and integrity mean to you? I make the statement every week on the DTH podcast that we cannot control everything that happens to us in life, but we can control how we react to it. Thi...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) What is the Theory of Racelessness? Have you ever heard of the theory of racelessness? What if there were no such thing as race, if race as a "thing" did not exist? Would we then be able to conquer racism? It's not a hard theory to grab a hold of if you try. This week's guest has developed the Theory...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Is our country at  odds with its own identity? What is our country's true identity? My guest this week, James E. Palombo, makes the claim that there is not enough dialogue about the character and culture of our great nation. Who is James E. Palombo? Jim Palombo was a self-described drug dealer and wise-guy who while...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Nothing good comes of Hate I’ve made the statement so many times on this podcast, but I’m reminded daily that nothing good comes of hate. There is no greater reminder in my mind than the speech given this past week, and other things said recently by the current President of the United States . For clarification, THE DTH...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) The importance of family and family time cannot be overstated. I spoke last week about taking a little time for myself and the family. We enjoyed our little weekend camping trip, and so grateful for the memories. As I was thinking about the importance of family and family time, I began thinking about an early DTH convers...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Friends, what is Freedom if you don't take the time to enjoy it? In the past week it became very apparent to me that I've been neglecting one of the greatest gifts that I have been blessed to receive. That is freedom. As we, my wife and I, were preparing for an upcoming camping trip, I realized how little we do...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Sometimes the prize is the experience itself. In this quick episode, I take on the defeatist attitude that unless you're going to win, why bother trying. That may be an exaggeration of the way it was said, but this comes as a result of something someone said to my wife recently regarding my participation in a BBQ co...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) What role does fear and trust play in the gun safety debate? I recently sat down for a follow up conversation on the topic of gun safety with 2 friends of mine from Braver Angels . In December of 2021, I conducted a round table event with some friends on the same topic. A lot of things were left unsaid and unresolved in...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply)  Do you trust that our public health officials are telling you the truth? This question, for me, lead to the Truth and Trust Project. I for one find myself very skeptical these days. As many who’ve listened to the DTH podcast for long know, I’ve been highly critical of the government’s response to the pandemic from the v...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Did you hear about the Nazis at the Turning Point USA event? If those in the media, and more specifically, the gals on The View trying to perpetuate the Hate, you probably wouldn't have. I thought it was another staged bit of nonsense. This is why I called up my friend Jeff Schoep. We live in an age when certain peo...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Do you trust that our public health officials are telling you the truth? I for one find myself very skeptical these days. As many who've listened to the DTH podcast for long know, I've been highly critical of the government's response to the pandemic from the very beginning. How does someone like me have a...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) "Don't Believe The Lies, Believe Your Life"... it wasn't but a few months ago when I first heard of Brian Echevarria. Nationally, he was little known with respect to politics but then a video of him speaking in front of his local school board went viral. This episode is not about politics, but about B...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Does money buy happiness? If you find your happiness in material things, you might say yes. I would challenge whether that is real happiness. Material things may bring moments, or even periods of joy in one's life, but moments of joy are only a sliver of what amounts to true happiness. Should money be the yardstick...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I recently read that a Gallup poll revealed that a record low number of Americans now believe in God . As I look around at all those that seem to be drifting through life like a ship without a rudder, it really comes as no surprise. It is very disheartening, but comes as no surprise. Is there answers to this age of outra...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Have you ever asked yourself the question, "what is the best way for me to obtain and secure a meaningful life?" or "Is hate getting in the way of me winning at life?"    What is a meaningful life? People find meaning in all different sorts of ways. For some, it's family, some it's career, s...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Is hate being taught to our children in the public, and some private schools ? A couple months ago my cousin brought to my attention a book that his 8th grade daughter had been assigned for a book review in her NW Iowa school. I was familiar with some of the toxicity that Ibram X. Kendi had been spreading, but I was not...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I started this podcast a couple years ago with the slogan, "Bettering the World, One Attitude at a Time"... That is more than just a mission statement for me, that has become one of my central purposes in life. Why you might ask? In many ways, it's because I see our world, but more specifically our country...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I have said it time and time again on this podcast, and many of my guests have referenced the notion, that a common factor that leads to much anger and hate, is ignorance.  It should come as no surprise then, and cannot be overstated, how much effort is put in by opportunist politicians and media outlets in driving the H...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Well my friends, it has finally happened, I have the Covid-19... It's bound to catch us all at some point and this is my week. I'm beyond the worst of it, but not feeling up to doing a whole show, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to run a replay of one of my great guest interviews. In light of the fa...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) With the news in recent  leak coming out of the Supreme Court that the landmark case of Roe vs. Wade will be overturned in the very near future, I thought it only made sense to reach out to my friend Kevin McGary of Every Black Life Matters. You may remember Kevin from our conversation back in Episode 88 of the podcast w...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) My heart is heavy in the wake of another senseless evil act carried out this week by someone who allowed hate to overtake them. The world in which we live is a dark place, and it is up to each and every one of us as individuals whether we want to be a light in that darkness, or be a contributor to the darkness. Human bei...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) In this week’s episode, I am joined again by my friend Dan Garscia of FAIR Twin Cities. We’re shaking things up a little this week and doing things a bit different. Some current events have been on my mind as they are quite divisive, bringing out the hate in a lot of folks, so I’ve asked my friend Dan to join me for a co...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) I'm sure you've heard the phrase, and it may sound cliche, "Don't be mad that it's over, be glad that it happened." Now, quite often this is said in regards to a relationship that has ended,  but this is not one of those times... This week I was devastated by some revelations having to do wi...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Are we able to manifest the life we truly desire by having the right mindset? For some, this may be hard to believe, yet there are others that are sure of it, because they are living it. I say it in every episode, "Make each and every day the day that you want it to be". This is, in fact, what I am saying with...

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) It is a well known problem in the course of discussions, especially when someone is having a discussion with someone with whom they disagree, that they spend more time listening with the intention of responding rather than with the desire to truly understand. I am fully aware, and can readily admit that I am personally g...