In the latest episode of THINQ Podcast, Jayson Orvis, a well-known author and expert in the prepper movement, discusses the intersection of prepping with faith, community, and personal responsibility.

Jason sheds light on the increasing interest in prepping as a response to economic instability, natural disasters, and societal breakdowns. He reveals insights into the historical roots of prepping and its evolution into homesteading.

Listen in as he emphasizes the importance of returning to the natural design of working together and caring for the earth, and introduces his upcoming film "Homestead," based on the prepper movement, set to be released on December 20th.

Resources

• Learn more and preorder tickets for the movie Homestead.

• Check out the Black Autumn Series.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

  • Before the upcoming election, hold a Let's Talk Politics conversation with your family or small group right in your living room using our THINQ Smart TV app.

  • Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

  • Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • Rhythms for Life with Rebekah and Gabe Lyons

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

This episode features author and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Ghent University (Belgium), Mattias Desmet. Mattias is recognized as the world's leading expert on the theory of mass formation as it applies to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mattias highlights the profound impact of propaganda on an individual's psychological well-being. He brings attention to the cultural groupthink prevalent in society and warns about the risks associated with current cultural norms, media consumption, and reliance on manipulative technologies.

Listen as he explains how governments and mass media leverage fear, loneliness, and isolation to control and demoralize populations, ultimately persuading them to act against their own interests. Mattias encourages us to speak up about the truth, regardless of the consequences.

Resources

• Check out Mattias’ book, The Psychology of Totalitarianism.

• Apply the THINQ Framework to pressing cultural issues.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

  • Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

  • Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

  • Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

In this episode, author, attorney, and radio show host Clay Travis discusses the issue of cancel culture and the growing fear that prevents open debate about cultural issues.

From campus protests over the Israel-Palestine war to transgenderism in sports, Clay highlights the importance of the marketplace of ideas and the need for critical thinking and healthy debate.

Listen in to hear how he encourages us to use our voice to engage in cultural conversations without self-censoring, and to share our honest opinions and beliefs to maintain a healthy marketplace of ideas and promote genuine, open communication.

Resources

• Check out Clay’s books and The Clay and Buck Show.

• Apply the THINQ Framework to pressing cultural issues.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

• Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NeNext Up With Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

  • Rhythms for Life with Rebekah and Gabe Lyons

In this week's THINQ Podcast episode, we want to help you think well about the upcoming election. Author and political commentator Denise Gitsham shares her experience of working in secular media as a Christian, striving to prioritize Kingdom principles over partisan agendas.

Denise shares valuable lessons she’s learned while striving to foster empathy, compassion, and unity in an increasingly polarized society.

Listen in as she encourages us to "debate ideas rather than people" and urges Christians to speak truth with love, emphasizing that our true adversaries are not people, but the Enemy who seeks to sow division among us.

Resources

• Check out Denise’s book, Politics for People Who Hate Politics.

• Apply the THINQ Framework to pressing cultural issues.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

• Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

In this episode, pastor, author, and Christianity Today columnist Andrew Wilson uses the acronym W.E.I.R.D.E.R. (W-western, E-education, I-industrialized, R-rich, D-democratic, E-ex-Christian, R-romantic) to explain how our Western culture is distancing itself from Christianity, even though Christianity is the foundation of Western society.

He discusses seven major developments from the year 1776— globalization, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the Great Enrichment, the American Revolution, the rise of post-Christianity, and the dawn of Romanticism—and explains their relevance to social changes happening today.

Listen in as Andrew helps us understand why many aspects of our society feel unfamiliar right now and calls us to intentionally operate in our Christian values.

Resources

• Check out Andrew’s book, Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West.

• Apply the THINQ Framework to pressing cultural issues.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

• Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

On this episode of the THINQ Podcast, Katy Faust, the Founder and President of Them Before Us, shares a unique perspective on third-party reproduction methods such as sperm donation, egg donation, IVF, and surrogacy.

She refers to these methods as “Big Fertility” and argues that they often prioritize the desires of adults over the best interests of children. Katy highlights the psychological and emotional challenges faced by children who are not raised by their biological parents.

Listen to Katy as she discusses the potential exploitation and unfairness involved in these methods, and explains how they frequently benefit wealthier individuals at the expense of financially vulnerable women.

Resources:

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.
• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:
• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.
• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.
• Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, church or workplace throughout the month of January.
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon
  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson
  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

“We have devalued and deprioritized mothering to the extent that young people today do not want to have children and if they do, they do not want to care for them," says social worker, psychoanalyst, and author Erica Komisar.

In this episode of THINQ Podcast, Erica speaks about the mental health epidemic among kids and pinpoints the two things that are causing kids to break down: 1) How we’re raising our children and 2) What we’re exposing them to.

She specifically speaks to the significance of mothers and the important physical and mental health foundation a mother gives her children during the ages 0-3 and again at ages 9-25. She also points to the profound ramifications of technology and social media on our children.

Listen in to hear what solutions Erica proposes to help parents turn things around…

Resources:

• Check out Erica’s book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters andChicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

• Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, church or workplace throughout the month of January.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

In this week's THINQ podcast episode, Parenting and Leadership Coach Suzanne Phillips challenges us to think about who is spending time with our children and how they are influencing them.

She emphasizes the importance of understanding our kids' curriculum and the agendas being promoted by different organizations. Suzanne also sheds light on corporations involved in education, such as the CDC, Pfizer Institute, Planned Parenthood, and SIECUS, which focuses on "Sex Ed for Social Change" and receives seed funding from Hugh Hefner.

Tune in as Suzanne asks "who is teaching your kids" and encourages parents to educate themselves on what the public school system is teaching and what our legislators are voting for.

Resources:

• Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.

• Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:

• Host Faithfulness in our Political Moment in your local community on October 3, 2024.

• Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.

• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:

  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips

  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon

  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson

  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons