Leaving the Left for Liberty

Kenneth Stevenson is a filmmaker illustrating stories centered on bodily autonomy, the virtue of suffering, self-governance, diversity of thought, voluntaryism, and the struggle of displaced transcendentalists. He frequently draws inspiration from punk / y’alternative rock music and Libertarianism to express his frustrations with centralized power and oppressive ideologies. During Part 3 of 3, Ken...

Kenneth Stevenson has worked for Time Warner and SONY. He has won film festival awards and even a scholarship from David Letterman. A dual entrepreneur and artist at heart, Kenneth co-founded Digital Alliance in 2015 to serve nonprofits and brands with their video marketing. In 2021 he won a scholarship from the Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity. During Part 2 of 3, Kenneth and Sienna...

Kenneth Stevenson is a director and dramatist focused on the expansion of personal sovereignty. His career and scholarship extends to cinema, episodics, and advertising. In 2021, Kenneth discovered host Sienna Mae Heath after viewing her Free the People film, Real Unity. During Part 1 of 3, Kenneth and Sienna discuss the growing desire for leaders who lead by inspiration, not force. They explore K...

Leslie Elliott is the co-founder of Solid Ground, a peer support community for ordinary people navigating extreme ideologies. Based outside Seattle, she also participates in a strong homeschooling community. In this episode, Sienna Mae Heath and Leslie Elliott explore the psychology of dissident acts. What makes a person resist groupthink? What are the qualities of a modern-day dissident? What com...

Travis Brown is an independent filmmaker living in the Pacific Northwest. He is the president of The Signal Education Project, which is a non-profit that creates engaging content that shines a light on how dogma and tribalism distort the truth. Since leaving his religious faith behind, he has been interested in how religious and political ideology shape our view of reality, how ideology affects ou...

Kyle Warner is the first full-time vaccine injury lobbyist in the United States and a three-time North American Enduro Mountain Bike Champion. Since his own battle with vaccine-induced myo/peri carditis in the summer of 2021, Kyle began speaking out to help raise awareness for others who were vaccine-injured and was surprised by the active suppression of their stories. He has been helping with the...

Jacqueline Claire concerns herself with the moral downfall of society while creating a homestead for her growing family. She is a painter, illustrator, storyteller, and a good friend of the show’s host, Sienna Mae Heath. During part 2 of the interview, Jacqueline and Sienna deepen on writings from the Baha’i Faith about liberty, the movement of the Left, and the weakening of family solidarity.

Jacqueline Claire is a painter, illustrator, storyteller, and a dear friend of the shows host, Sienna Mae Heath. During part 1 of the interview, they discuss why she has changed her show title from Spiritual Conversation to Spiritual Realism, the disintegrative and integrative forces in our society, co-creating art as an individual and homesteading with her husband in small-town Texas. Jacqueline...

As human rights advocates, The Sonic Universe is recognized for their performance at Defeat The Mandates in Los Angeles in 2022 and for their TikTok video address calling on humanity with over a quarter-million views. With releases like “Shatter (Unplugged)” which charted at #4 on Amazon Music USA, the group seeks to unify humanity one song at a time. During his interview with host Sienna Mae Heat...

Dr. James Coates is the pastor-teacher at GraceLife Church of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. He has been pastoring there for more than 13 years. In 2021, James was arrested for opening his church in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. He is a graduate of the Master’s Seminary (MDiv, DMin), co-author of “God vs. Government: Taking a Biblical Stand When Christ and Compliance Collide,” and author of “P...

Jo Rose is releasing an interview series with New Yorkers from all walks of life who faced discrimination during the pandemic. She is a first-generation Dominican American with a strong sense of justice. Jo is a medical freedom activist, former New York City Department of Education employee, and survivor of narcissistic abuse. In part 2 of her interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, Jo discusses exa...

Jo Rose is a medical freedom activist, former New York City Department of Education employee, and survivor of narcissistic abuse. Liberating herself from mental slavery, her activism has taken her from the streets of New York to the Defeat the Mandates rally in Los Angeles. During her interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, Rose explores the cycle of abuse, the dynamics of power and control, and her...

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, host of The Lou Perez Podcast, and author of the book, That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore. Free the People has teamed up with Lou to produce a new series, Comedy Is Murder. In the first episode, one of Lou’s characters is arrested for a murder “she” says she didn’t commit. During an interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, the morbid joke is on us as the smoke from the C...

Kyle J. Maxwell is an entrepreneur, business consultant, musician, philosopher, and author. He is the CEO of VivoMedia and founder of Vivo Group (a PR Agency). Kyle used to post black squares in support of BLM, but then encountered Jordan Peterson and announced in a viral Tweet that he had fundamentally changed his perception. Kyle is on a quest for seeking knowledge, growing closer to God, and fi...

Leslie Elliott has come to realize that many universities are sterilizing language. In 2019, she began to learn valuable therapeutic approaches in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master’s program at Antioch University, but also encountered something deeply disturbing: the usurping of traditional therapy values by Critical Social Justice ideology. Leslie took a leave of absence after her cour...

Noelle Fitchett is a Christian cultural and political commentator originally from Los Angeles, CA. She’s a first-generation college grad and now a graduate student. Noelle lives by the motto “facts don’t change minds, rather friendships do” and seeks to amplify this message in the delivery of her commentary. Noelle is the host of “Out of Context,” where she aims to reach Gen Z through uncommon con...

Matt Kibbe is President at Free the People, an educational foundation that uses video storytelling to turn on the next generation to the values of personal liberty and peaceful cooperation. He is the host of BlazeTV’s Kibbe on Liberty, a popular podcast that invites you to think for yourself. Host Sienna Mae Heath continues the conversation started in Kibbe on Liberty | Ep 207 to explore Matt’s or...

Teva Johnstone helps parents get creative about homeschooling their spirited children. Known as @NeurocuriousTherapist on Instagram, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, Parent Educator, and Consultant. Teva is a proud unschooling mom who offers a workshop for parents interested in modern homeschool and unschool. She is passionate about raising spirited and creative kids with a hea...

Sienna Mae Heath is joined by Teva Johnstone, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Children’s Mental Health Consultant and Parent Coach. She specializes in Autism Parent Training with a main focus of her work helping parents of gender questioning youth. Teva was born and raised in Southern California and is a lover of free speech and personal liberty. She is now libertarian-leaning...

Bahereh Khodadoost is an Iranian-American artist. She is also host Sienna Mae Heath’s mother. The present-day revolution in Iran is led by the chant “woman, life, freedom” or “zan, zendegi, azadi.” Bahereh and Sienna consider what these words evoke in a sociopolitical context in Iran, and here in the US, and what womanhood, liberty, and life mean at their core. Bahereh also shares more of her expe...

Bahereh Khodadoost is an Iranian-American artist and mystic. She is also host Sienna Mae Heath’s mother. As a member of the Baha’i Faith, Bahereh experienced human rights violations in Iran and left the country two months after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. During the interview, Sienna and Bahereh reflect on the recent killing of Mahsa Amini, which sparked a new revolution of men, women, and chi...

Ryan Hartwig was a content moderator for nearly two years working for Cognizant, subcontracted by Facebook. He reviewed and deleted groups, pages, posts, comments, and videos for Facebook and Instagram. After noticing many trends that favored liberal viewpoints and banned conservative ideologies, Ryan went public in June 2020. He has done more than 170 interviews and his efforts have led to a crim...

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW is known as The Truthful Therapist. She is working to help people find support for their mental health during the rise of a new sect of Scientism enforcing gender identity theory. Pamela has spoken to many therapists who agree that pushing gender ideology is not healthy for children because it often asserts a one-size-fits-all approach for individuals with unique strug...

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger is a licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience. In her interview with host Sienna Mae Heath, Pamela describes how much the mental health profession has changed in just a few short years, particularly when it comes to treatment of gender dysphoric patients. In 2021, at a teen clinic in California, 3 out of 10 kids identified as non-binary and none of Pa...

Cat Cattinson is a singer, writer, biology student, and social media personality. She identified as a transgender man for over 15 years and began taking testosterone at the recommendation of doctors and trans activists, which we talked about in episode 12. Now we explore how Cat is demystifying gender identity theory. She’s posted hundreds of videos on detransitioning, the serious risks of attempt...