Podcast appearances and mentions of bobby lopez

Which film score composer is better: John Williams or Hans Zimmer? Two musicians, Bobby Lopez and Jonathan Coulton, join Ronald Young Jr. today to settle the debate. Bobby says John Williams is the most prolific and influential film composer of the 20th century, who continued his prolific career well into the 21st. Jonathan argues that Hans Zimmer excels at making music that enhances and supports the film without taking it over. Which movie composer will Ronald declare the greatest of all time? Follow Jonathan @realjonathancoulton on Instagram and @jonathancoulton on Twitter. Keep up with Ronald Young Jr. @OhitsBIGRON on X and Instagram. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Bobby Lopez shares his deeply personal journey of growing up in a home shaped by divorce and same-sex parenting. Reflecting on the struggles of identity, family connection, and the societal shifts that redefined marriage and parenting, Bobby provides a raw and honest account of how these experiences shaped his worldview. He discusses his transition from childhood confusion to adult advocacy, his professional sacrifices for speaking the truth, and how faith and fatherhood ultimately brought healing. A must-listen for anyone interested in children's rights, family structure, and the long-term effects of redefining marriage. #ThemBeforeUs

RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next of his regular audio described theatre reviews for 2025. This week Vidar was reviewing the maybe slightly outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park as the current tour of ‘The Book of Mormon' visited the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham with description by Professional Audio Describer Theo Hornsby Walsh. About The Book of Mormon  The Book of Mormon is the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical which is currently touring the Uk. This outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez, the Co-writer of Avenue Q and Frozen, follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. What the critics say A work of genius. As smart as hell. - The Guardian It's hilarious. God have mercy upon my soul. - The Sunday Telegraph You may find yourself with your jaw on the floor - Huffington Post Foul-mouthed, funny and wild. Terrifically entertaining. - Daily Mail For more details about The Book of Mormon including dates and times of performances do visit - https://thebookofmormonmusical.com (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Which film score composer is better: John Williams or Hans Zimmer? Two musicians, Bobby Lopez and Jonathan Coulton, join Ronald Young Jr. today to settle the debate. Bobby says John Williams is the most prolific and influential film composer of the 20th century, who continued his prolific career well into the 21st. Jonathan argues that Hans Zimmer excels at making music that enhances and supports the film without taking it over. Which movie composer will Ronald declare the greatest of all time? Follow Jonathan @realjonathancoulton on Instagram and @jonathancoulton on Twitter. Keep up with Ronald Young Jr. @OhitsBIGRON on X and Instagram. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rent is one of those super rare musicals that permeated pop culture all over the world. The show was on Broadway from 1996 to 2008 and is still produced throughout the world today. In this episode, members of the original cast and creative team, as well as creator Jonathan Larson's sister Julie Larson, discuss how the musical forged an incredible connection with young people in a way that no musical had in decades, bringing a whole new generation of creators to American musical theatre, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bobby Lopez, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and more. This episode features excerpts from Michael Riedel's interviews for his 2020 best-selling book Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a healthy church look like? What are the biggest problems in the church today?  According to the 2023 loneliness surveys, 52% of Americans report feeling lonely and about 47% said their relationships with others aren't meaningful. For a long time, the church has filled that gap for many until recently. As of today, however, about 1.2 million people are leaving the church every year.   Pastor Bobby Lopez is the co-founder of Passion LA, Director of Passionate Leaders Network, and a United States Marine veteran.  Bobby speaks openly about his childhood trauma, including being raised by drug dealers and gang members, and the importance of emotional and mental health to his congregations and youth leaders.  Expect to learn about the loneliness epidemic in America, the biggest problems in the church, how to be a healthy leader, Pastor Bobby's saving grace stories, how to stay hopeful in this seemingly hopeless climate, and more.  Welcome to Discover More!  Let's get this started. * Rate The Podcast: HERE Show Notes Passion LA Website: HERE Donate: HERE Passion LA TikTok: HERE * Subscribe to YouTube: HERE Discover More Website: HERE Short-form on Instagram: HERE * Discover More is a top ten social sciences podcast for independent thinkers who appreciate the importance of mental health and social sciences. Looking for deep thinking? Let's get this started * Listen to all full-length episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: HERE Spotify: HERE * Thank you for Discovering More with us!

Después de meses de citas y cancelaciones finalmente tenemos a Bobby Lopez con toda su herejía y sus chismecitos!! Ni la tómbola ocupó porque ya traía uno buenazo preparado!! Hoy presentamos: Me Voy De Viaje En Lo Que Se Acaban De Cocinar + Ya Me Harté De La Ex De Mi Marido + Mi Compañero Y Yo Nos Perdimos El Respeto + Me Enamoré De Una IA Así que acomódense en el sillón ✨, prepárense unas palomitas

It's time to clear the docket! This week, we're tackling disputes about the theater, and we have two very special expert witnesses: the award-winning duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez! Between the two of them, they've made some of the most memorable musical theater works of the modern era: Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and so much more. They've come by to lend their expertise to settle disputes about the ending of Pippin, post-show etiquette in community theater, and – of course – lots and lots of Sondheim.SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST in APPLE PODCASTS or the RSS FEED.

It's the last episode! Can you believe it? There have been so many amazing guests on the show over the last 8 weeks. True icons from the theatre world and beyond. On this episode, in honor of the season finale, Maddy and Julian are back with several of those icons to talk about episode 8, the collaborative process of putting this show together, and what the future holds for Lindsey and Miguel. You'll hear from Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes, Executive Producer and Director Tommy Kail, Showrunner Stephen Levensen, choreographer Sonya Tayeh, actors Andrea Burns and Scott Porter, and of course, songwriters and creators Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.From Straw Hut Media

Today, Maddy and Julian talk with the amazing John Hodgman who plays Lindsay's father Tom. He's maybe more well known as a writer. He's been a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, the Daily Show, and This American Life, and he's been producing his own podcast since 2010, Judge John Hodgman. He was also the PC in those Apple commercials where Justin Long is the Mac. You remember those? How could I forget? That's him! Weird. They talk about what it's like acting rather than writing, the zhuzh he came up with later for his line about the serial killer scale from episode 2, and how his own parental advice may or may not have left a lasting impression on his son. After that, they talk with songwriters and creators Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez about the songs in episode 7. From Straw Hut Media

In this episode, Maddy and Julian sit down with Andrea Burns who plays Miguel's mother and Norm Lewis who plays the wizard Ciprian.They talk about Andrea's longtime friendship with actress Katie Finneran who plays Lindsey's mom, some of her favorite moments on set, and an emotional scene from this episode that ended up getting cut.Then they talk with Norm Lewis about what it's like playing a video game wizard, how he keeps his beautiful voice healthy and full, and whether or not he's ever partaken in mushrooms.And as always, they talk about the songs in episode 6 with songwriters and creators Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.From Straw Hut Media

On today's episode, Maddy and Julian speak with the amazing Tommy Kail, the award-winning director and executive producer, and all around mensch.They talk about his role in the creation of the show, how the music was intricately woven in with the storytelling, and what's so special about creating a musical television series.They also talk with John Reynolds, who plays Derek, Lindsay's super cool trust fund baby non-boyfriend about negging Mae and his future as a broadway singer.Plus, they chat with actors Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes, choreographer Sonya Tayeh, and songwriters and creators Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez in our song segment.From Straw Hut Media

This is the second episode of a special 4-part takeover with cast & creatives from Hulu's new musical series UP HERE. Make sure to stream the entire 21 song UP HERE soundtrack everywhere you find your music. Tony-award-winning playwright and screenwriter Steven Levenson is back to let us in on his current project with Hulu, “Up Here”. He recalls how it all started and why it was a terrifying moment for him at the time to turn it into a TV show, why they decided to find an additional executive producer for the show and their deliberate choice to set the show in 1999. Coming from theatre and having written for both movie musicals and TV musicals, Steven discusses the misconceptions and challenging aspects of TV and musicals, and why it is rarely undertaken. He also shares some of his learnings such as finding locations and having a solid plan during production to keep the ground running—a challenging but fun puzzle he likes to solve. While he can't share the projects he's currently working on, Steven is excited to get back to stage writing and continue to create something joyful and also have fun while doing so. Steven Levenson is a playwright and screenwriter who won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for “Dear Evan Hansen”. He has written for “Masters of Sex”, “Fosse/Verdon”, “Dear Evan Hansen”, the movie and the musical, ”Tick, Tick... Boom!”. He has recently adapted Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez' stage musical “Up Here” for the screen which is currently streaming on Hulu. Songs used in this episode: Can I Ever Know You Please Like Me Can I Ever Know You (Finale) Connect with Steven: Watch UP HERE Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New trailer for Disney and Pixar's Elemental, incredible amenities revealed for the first Storyliving by Disney community, Disney Cruise Line has announced worldwide destinations for 2024, ABC has announced premiere dates for new and returning series, sneak peek of animated shorts for Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Disney Channel revealed a premiere date and trailer for season six of Raven's Home, Paolo Montalban reunites with Brandy in the new Descendants movie. Plus, Disney songwriting power team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez on their new musical series Up Here, finding Finding Nemo — The Musical, a WandaVision song origin story, and the most surprising place they have heard “Let It Go.”

This is the first episode of a special 4-part takeover with cast & creatives from Hulu's new musical series UP HERE. Make sure to stream the entire 21 song UP HERE soundtrack everywhere you find your music. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez are living proof that two is better than one. They have now co-created a romantic musical comedy called “UP HERE”, streaming exclusively on Hulu. The talented and award-winning duo talk about their humble beginnings and how they crossed paths, all thanks to the BMI workshop. They share the underlying themes of “Up Here”, which includes reestablishing relationships as we go through changes in life that they deeply relate with as a couple. Having the luxury of working together, they look back on their previous projects such as “Coco” “Finding Nemo” and “Frozen”, and how sometimes their work is a reflection of their experiences and what they're feeling and going through at the moment. Having never worked in television before, the two talk about what the process is like and why it's been an eye-opening experience for them. Kirsten and Bobby also recall their time working together for WandaVision and why it's the most fun they've ever had working on anything. Ultimately, the power duo's success can be attributed to two things: the desire to keep getting better and to connect with people. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez are two talented individuals who have collaborated and co-created music and lyrics for movies and television shows, including “Frozen 1” and “Frozen 2”, “Coco”, “Finding Nemo the Musical”, “Wonder Pets”, “Winnie the Pooh”, and “WandaVision”. Kristen is an Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning songwriter who helped create Broadway's first a capella musical, “In Transit” while Bobby is the world's only official double EGOT winner who helped create “Avenue Q”, “Book of Mormon” for Broadway and has written for shows like “Phineas and Ferb”, “Scrubs”, and “The Simpsons”. For their latest project, Kristen and Bobby are co-creating a romantic musical comedy called “UP HEREUp Here”, now streaming on Hulu. Songs used in this episode: Can I Ever Know You Tiger Shark Can I Ever Know You (Finale) Connect with Kristen and Bobby: Twitter: @Lyrikris10  Instagram: @kristenampersandlopez TikTok: @k10lopez Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Up Here Down Low, where we look behind the scenes of the new Hulu musical romcom Up Here! We know that Hulu released all eight episodes at once, but we like to do things a little more traditionally around here. What can we say? We're romantics! Every week we'll be talking with the cast, crew, and creators of the show about how they make musical TV magic.This week we talk with co-creators and songwriting power couple Bobby Lopez and Kristin Anderson-Lopez about how much of the show is based on their real life love story, the process of collaborating with a partner, and of course, the stories behind the songs we hear in episode one. And we talk with stars Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdez about their own meet cute, how they relate to their characters, and what it was like preparing for the show.Hosted by Madison Cross and Julian Goza.From Straw Hut Media

Bobby Lopez and David Bumgardner discuss the recent upheaval at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the rise and fall of Adam Greenway, and what this all means. SPONSORS:Pre-order your copy of the upcoming book Cancel-Proof Christianity by Bobby Lopez using code BOBBY for 10% off at: https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/cancel-proof-christianity-by-robert-lopez-phd Become a Freedom First TV subscriber to get full access to all the recordings of the FFTV exclusive shows, as well as free registration for our online summits like the upcoming Root Out The RINOs one. Sign up today using the code BOBBY for 25% off at https://freedomfirst.tv/subscribe.Consider investing in gold to hedge against the tanking dollar. Go to https://ourgoldguy.com for more information, and let them know Bobby Lopez sent you.Start your day off with a cup of Freedom First Coffee, the only drink that actually tastes like freedom. Use code BOBBY for a 10% discount at https://freedomfirstcoffee.com.

El Tabano and Micah Sample talk about the seemingly forced resignation of Adam Greenway and what credit must go to the Enemies within the Church and Wokepedia team for exposing what was going wrong on the Southwestern Baptist campus.SPONSORS:Pre-order your copy of the upcoming book Cancel-Proof Christianity by Bobby Lopez using code BOBBY for 10% off at: https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/cancel-proof-christianity-by-robert-lopez-phd Become a Freedom First TV subscriber to get full access to all the recordings of the FFTV exclusive shows, as well as free registration for our online summits like the upcoming Root Out The RINOs one. Sign up today using the code BOBBY for 25% off at https://freedomfirst.tv/subscribe.Consider investing in gold to hedge against the tanking dollar. Go to https://ourgoldguy.com for more information, and let them know Bobby Lopez sent you.Start your day off with a cup of Freedom First Coffee, the only drink that actually tastes like freedom. Use code BOBB for a 10% discount at https://freedomfirstcoffee.com.

In this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, El Tabano interviews Judith Stacey, an accomplished feminist who wrote key texts in the 1990s.Although El Tabano and she disagree on some things, we have to credit Dr Stacey for correctly predicting that conservatives would abandon “Family Values” once they felt pressure to invest real resources behind the rhetoric.Pre-order Bobby Lopez's upcoming book Cancel Proof Christianity using code BOBBY for a 10% discount at https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/cancel-proof-christianity-by-robert-lopez-phd Watch the entire episode exclusively on Freedom First TV. Become a subscriber using code BOBBY for 25% off at https://freedomfirst.tv/subscribe.

El Tábano and Jeff Younger answer this question by first considering what Ted Cruz said and how the Democrats turned the tables on him. For all the talk of "constitutional conservatism" you don't want to miss this!!!Spoiler: the GOP's not it, nor are the Democrats.To watch the full episode of The Big Brown Gadfly with Bobby Lopez, go to https://freedomfirst.tv. Become a subscriber to get access to the full library of shows from Bobby, as well as Teddy Daniels, Kandiss Taylor, Karen Kingston, Dr Mark Sherwood and more. Use code BOBBY for 25% off when you sign up at https://freedomfirst.tv/subscribe.

Jeff Dornik and Bobby Lopez at the Big Brown Gadfly talk about the phenomenon of conservatives who keep falling for the same trap over and over. Bobby asks, how many times can your fake friend rob your house before you step giving your friend a house key? The cases of Dave Rubin, Charlie Kirk, Peter Thiel, and Rosaria Butterfield are all brought up and examined.

Rachel Alexander and Bobby Lopez talk about the impact and meaning of the Dobbs case, which has overturned Roe v. Wade: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdfAs veterans of the conservative cause, we have so many questions to ask about this. We want to rejoice, of course!And then we need to look frankly at why this took 50 years. Who is accountable for the inordinate delay and the 65,000,000 babies that died while conservatives could not get their act together?

This episode of The Big Brown Gadfly with Bobby Lopez features special guests Judd Saul, producer of the new documentary Enemies Within the Church, and Ray Fava from the Evangelical Dark Web.

Judd Saul joined Bobby Lopez on this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly to discuss the new documentary he produced alongside Trevor Loudon and Pastor Cary Gordon. Bobby was featured in the film sharing his experience with the Southern Baptist Convention and how the Marxists have taken over the schools and universities.The Big Brown Gadfly is going to be joining Freedom First TV, so be sure to become a subscriber today using code BOBBY for 25% off at https://freedomfirst.tv.

Pastor Cary Gordon is the voice of the new documentary Enemies Within the Church, also produced by Judd Saul and Trevor Loudon. This is one of the most important Christian documentaries to ever be released, as it not only points out the dangers of the Marxist infiltration into the church, but exposes the false gospel they preach and just how deeply entrenched they are within Evangelicalism.During this episode of Conversations with Jeff, I had the opportunity to have an hour-long conversation with Pastor Gordon, who I first met when I spoke at the Stand Against Marxism Conference in Des Moines, IA. What I appreciate about Pastor Gordon is his faithfulness to the Word and the Gospel. It's clear that he has a heart for the lost, which is why it's so important to stop these false teachers that have crept into the church.Our conversation discussed a wide variety of topics, including political involvement of Christians, the Democrat Party's platform, Donald Trump and Woke Christianity. The most important topic of conversation, however, got down to the heart of the Gospel by focusing on one of the primary topics of attack by the modern-day heretic: What is sin?You might hear so many woke posters who claim to preach the one true Gospel. And they do, in word only. The problem is that they redefine words… chiefly sin. By changing sin from it's biblical definition to a woke “oppression” outlook, you lose the heart of the Gospel, which turns into a false gospel. This means that anyone who believes in this “gospel” with the redefinition of sin is a false convert and going to hell.This is a theological battle that we must win if we want to save America. Our only chance is through the faithful preaching of the Gospel. If we want to see a true awakening, we must get the Gospel right.I highly encourage you to watch Pastor Cary Gordon's movie Enemies Within the Church, which features our very own Bobby Lopez of The Big Brown Gadfly. You can rent or purchase it at https://enemieswithinthechurch.com. Another documentary you should check out is the upcoming Freedom First TV production, Two Mules: Our Day on the Border with Tim Foley. Chad Caton took two congressional candidates, Josh Barnett and Garrett Barton, down to the border where they met up with Tim Foley of Cartel Land and saw the work of the cartels up close and personal. Check out the trailer at https://freedomfirst.tv/twomules and use code GATE for a 25% discount on the FFTV subscription.

Ray Fava joins Bobby Lopez on The Big Brown Gadfly to discuss the problems with Tom Buck, Karen Swallow Prior and Bart Barber determining the future of the SBC.Freedom First TV is launching next week, and The Big Brown Gadfly is officially joining the network! Become a subscriber today using code BOBBY for 25% off FFTV subscription at https://freedomfirst.tv

The Southern Baptist Convention is aflame with controversy and in danger of being destroyed. It is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States and a clearinghouse of power, money, and influence in conservative Western culture.I say: Let it burn to the ground. That message came to me even louder after doing this interview with whistleblower David Bumgardner.Pre-order Bobby Lopez's upcoming book, Cancel-Proof Christianity, using discount code BOBBY. https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/cancel-proof-christianity-by-robert-lopez-phd

Jeff Younger received national attention because he endured the unthinkable as a result of corruption in family law and education. His ex-wife battered him in court to pay child support to have their son, James, transition genders at a pre-school age, against Jeff's wishes. The struggle has prompted Jeff's courage and activism. He is now running for the Texas state legislator and has a shot at winning.In this discussion, the BBG and Jeff talk about education in the larger sense. You may be surprised that the topic does not dwell on the hot button issues brought forward by trans bathroom bills or the "don't say gay" law (misrepresented by that term) in Florida.Instead BBG and Jeff go deeper to talk about the existential crisis in USA education, beginning with why we spend so much money and time on students and cannot produce scholars as smart as the haphazardly educated people who founded America. From there they discuss the plague of high school sports, the neglect of males in the education system, and a host of problems affecting not only the humanities but the sciences as well. Pre-order Bobby Lopez's new upcoming book Cancel-Proof Christianity, where he lays out the strategy that Conservative Christians must take to create an alternative ecosystem to become uncancelable. Order your copy at https://gatekeepersonline.com/store today using code BOBBY for a discount.

Brittany Klein and I both began on the left but spent the last 10 years identified with conservatives because of our stance on social issues. What happened during our “ten years on the right” is a complex story which we will tell one day. We compiled a book together, Jephthah's Daughters, which laid out the case for a child's right to a mother and father. That book came out in 2015 and got us labeled as right-wing fanatics. But for March 15, 2022, we busied ourselves with the task of diagnosing the left, the political camp where both of us began our political consciousness.Two major defections from the left stand out as prompts for the discussion: Glenn Greenwald, whose Twitter and substack feeds attest to his conviction that the political left has lost itself in crass authoritarianism; and Bill Maher, whose famous takedowns of conservatives have not died but have come to coexist in his HBO soliloquies with increasingly bitter lamentations about the left's growing extremism. There are many, however, who seem to be J-K-Rowling their way, if not to the right, at least away from the safe compounds of leftist orthodoxy.Perhaps these are isolated anecdotes. But perhaps they are not. If we are witnessing a deeper trend, it will signify a massive, perhaps twice or thrice in a lifetime, political realignment.When Brittany and I talk about our youths on the left, we can't help but feel nostalgic. There was something valuable about belonging to the political camp that championed free speech, opposed repressive puritanism, checked the power of corporations, and critiqued the sins of the military-industrial complex. We can even appreciate that once upon a time the left bore the classy honor of championing racial minorities and sexual misfits who were mistreated or devalued by mainstream society.The war in Ukraine has perhaps brought into clearer focus what we already witnessed about the left's degeneration. Or maybe it's just that now many people are realizing that something has gone terribly wrong with the left. Certainly the vibrancy of the antiwar movement in 2002 makes for a stark and sobering contrast against the left's reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I will never forget the adrenaline of twenty years ago, when Colin Powell was appearing before the United Nations making the case for the United States to invade Iraq. Two girls named Rebecca, both white liberal undergrads, crossed my path at SUNY Buffalo back then. They were idealistic and convicted that they might be able to change something for the better. The three of us got together and planned a Books Not Bombs conference on the university campus. We had modules in different classrooms and held a rally in the main plaza by Capen Hall.My wife and I worked with a host of other people to raise money for buses to New York City and Washington to march against the war, on February 15 and March 15 of 2003. The energy in our camp was utopian. We marched through shoulder-to-shoulder clouds to shout for peace, never imagining a time when all the comrades around us would, twenty years later, be calling for anyone who doubted the Biden administration's position on Ukraine to be investigated, placed on trial for treason, and arrested.But here we are.Historians may argue the point but I believe quite strongly that the antiwar movement made Barack Obama's presidency possible. Ergo, it was the reaction to the invasion of Iraq that carved out the political left we know today. No other issue felt as compelling and invigorating during the 2000s as resistance to a war that we knew was pure human tragedy. While there was no Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok or Instagram then, we had many mainstream liberal sites that provided consistent news to undercut the warmongering on mainstream media channels like CNN, Fox, and MSNBC.There was Democracy Now! We had Mother Jones, Salon, Atlantic Monthly, as well as countless primordial but still readable blogs in those early days. I was editor in chief of the graduate students' newspaper and ran countless editorials critiquing the Bush administration's rush to war. As the war dragged on and Americans saw the horrors of Abu Ghraib, then slowly realized that there were no WMDs, everyone who withstood peer pressure to oppose the war in 2002 became a hero by 2006. In this turbulent time were born the big careers of Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Cenk Uygur, and countless other commentators. Most importantly, Moveon.org, a website that I knew foremost as an organizing hub for people to oppose the wars in the Middle East, transitioned at some point to a Democratic Party operation headquarters. Barack Obama gained the upper hand against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2008 Democratic primaries largely because of the Moveon constituency. That base threw their weight to Obama for one standout reason. Obama claimed to have given a speech opposing the war in Iraq. Clinton and Biden, both senators in 2002, voted to authorize the invasion.The importance of the antiwar movement to the formation of today's world cannot be over-emphasized. I stepped away from the left with the rise of Barack Obama because I did not like his choice of Biden as a running mate. It appeared likely that Obama was going to favor the identity politics of the Democratic Party for cynical reasons, at the expense of the Party's base of antiwar and pro-worker policies. My gut instincts at the time were vindicated quickly as Obama did everything possible to advance abortion, the LGBT lobby, and superficial racial pep talks, while feeding the war machine with his escalation in Afghanistan and NATO's war in North Africa, combined with Obama's unseemly alliance with corporate America on Obamacare and in the rotten stimulus of 2009.By the time of Romney's race against Obama, I was already a committed Republican and writing for American Thinker. There was nothing wrong with being part of the GOP because the Ron Paul wing had taken antiwar activism away from the left. Obama's selling out to corporations showed me that the Democrats were no longer the antiwar party and were never going to be the worker's party again, so the only real distinction between Democrats and Republicans rested on the social issues: faith, religious liberty, sexuality, gender, and abortion. Those issues mattered to me more and more because I was now a middle-aged father trying to bring my wife and children to the Lord, and I felt God calling me to bear witness for His laws on personal conduct in the public square. That's why I ended up Republican and labeled “conservative” by 2012. In reality nothing had changed about my beliefs except their position relative to the unraveling left.While Bill Maher has a point that the left has gotten extreme and crazy – it really has – the story of the left's evolution is, of course, much more complicated. Today's Democrats came to power based on the specific stances of the antiwar movement of 2002. We were against the USA Patriot Act, against the encroachment on civil liberties, against questioning people's patriotism based on differences, against ethnic demonization, against warmongering, against crippling other countries' citizens through sanctions, against economic imperialism, against war profiteering, against corporate collusion, and against, of course, using our military might to escalate wars overseas. If not for these specific positions of the antiwar left of the early 2000s, the Democrats would have never gained the traction necessary to win back Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008. Nothing of the Obama era, including the unlikely ascendancy of Joe Biden, would have ever happened.And now, firmly seated in power, the left has completely betrayed every single one of those positions. So-called “liberals” are demanding that the government monitor citizens and work with tech companies to de-platform and bar them from the public square. Now some liberals are even calling for dissidents like Tulsi Gabbard, a fellow Democrat, to be investigated, dispossessed, and possibly arrested, for being a “Russian asset.”Now the left is throwing around the ugly terms “treason,” “traitor,” and “un-American,” as if liberal Hollywood has not billed fifties McCarthyism (a walk in the park compared to today's cancel culture) as a world-historical trauma en par with the Inquisition or sack of Carthage.The left's lockstep demonization of Russia has reached new heights. I had an early taste of the anti-Russian fervor of the Obama era left in 2014, when the Human Rights Campaign sent a press release to over a million members highlighting my name and insinuating that I was involved with anti-homosexual hate groups in Russia. This was right about when Russia passed a law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors, something that in retrospect should not have seemed so terrible given that Western liberals were pushing to criminalize the promotion of heterosexuality to minors via “conversion therapy.” It was frightening back then to be labeled as a pro-Russian “exporter of hate,” especially because the anti-Russian rhetoric kept escalating into the 2020s.Bobby Lopez's upcoming book Cancel-Proof Christianity is now available for pre-orders. This book focuses on exactly how Christians can create a separate eco-system to ensure that we can never be cancelled by the Left. Place your order at https://www.gatekeepersonline.com/product-page/cancel-proof-christianity-by-robert-lopez-phd using code BOBBY for 10% off.

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Dr Bobby Lopez and Jeff Dornik discuss the upcoming Cancel-Proof Christianity Summit in Ft Worth, TX, on Saturday September 25th. During this event, they'll unveil their plan to create an alternative to the current education system which will both protect conservative professors from censorship and will ensure students receive top-level quality Christian education.Speakers at this event include Dr Bobby Lopez, Jeff Dornik, Jeff Younger, Dr Paul Church, Dr Mike Spaulding, Judd Saul, Pastor Sam Jones and Doni Anthony. You can register for this event as well as the livestream at http://cancelproofchristianity.com.

The Mass Resistance Texas team joins Bobby Lopez for this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly to discuss the epic battle for social conservatism in the Texas House and Senate. LGBT, abortion, school choice, carry, and much more!

If you care about Christianity in America, you need to listen to this hour review of all the problems with the largest Protestant denomination in the USA. In this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez interviews Alan Atchison of Capstone Report about the upcoming election for the next SBC president, and what to know when you decide whether to vote for Mohler, Litton, Adams, or Stone.Note: This episode was recorded prior to the SBC Presidential election. However, there is a lot of commentary one what's wrong with the SBC is that is extremely important today.We just announced our very first in-person conference in Ft Worth, TX, called Cancel-Proof Christianityon September 25th. Speakers include Jeff Younger, Dr Bobby Lopez, Dr Paul Church, Jeff Dornik, Dr Mike Spaulding, Judd Saul, Pastor Sam Jones and Doni Anthony who will be discussing the need for Christians to create our own ecosystem, starting with education. Get tickets at http://cancelproofchristianity.com

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez and Michael Foster discuss the recent struggles in Texas over gender and more broadly the masculinity crisis we keep hearing about. There is a movement of Christian men trying to revive masculinity, which is discussed in depth. Michael Foster is a writer at http://itsgoodtobeaman.com.

A livestream from Rep. Stephanie Klick's district in Texas. The "Save James" bill would ban pediatric transgender procedures. These and other bills are in the legislative mix of Texas.We just announced our very first in-person conference in Ft Worth, TX, called Cancel-Proof Christianity on September 25th. Speakers include Jeff Younger, Dr Bobby Lopez, Dr Paul Church, Jeff Dornik, Dr Mike Spaulding and Judd Saul, who will be discussing the need for Christians to create our own ecosystem, starting with education. Get tickets at http://cancelproofchristianity.com

Denise McAllister joins this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly with Bobby Lopez as a guest to discuss everything hetero and painful: golddiggers, feminist drama queens, chumps, simps, white knights, divas, brats, and church scolds. Plus, can the Tik Tok generation find heterosexual love?

This episode of The Big Brown Gadfly with Bobby Lopez featured an Interview with Ray Moore about the fall from grace within Christian education. Ray Moore, a Christian education expert and leader in the Exodus Mandate Movement to get Christians out of public schools, speaks frankly on the impending downfall of the Christian education world.

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez interviews Tracy Shannon of Mass Resistance about why so it seems that events like drag queen story hour always seem to proceed even when the whole community is against it.

It's the 10th anniversary of Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (in Fabulous 2D!), and Chandler is joined once again by Andrew Grabowski, Zach Timson, Tami Rosales, Luke Ski and Phineas and Ferb co-creator Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for a discussion of the clockwise dimension-hopping adventure, how it came to be, that one time Bobby Lopez accidentally rewrote S'Winter for Frozen, the frustrating logistics of music clearance rights within a studio conglomerate, workplace pranks revolving around the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and more!

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez has Lauren Witzke on to discuss her back and forth with Ric Grenell... the question that came out of that was whether there's a place for social conservatives within the GOP.

Guest Rachel Alexander joins The Big Brown Gadfly with Bobby Lopez to discuss whether anyone is sane in the traditional conservative orbit anymore. Is SCOTUS mentally lost? Are we going to focus on Trump until 2024? Will social conservatives get anywhere in the future? This and more.

Three writers who graduated from Yale say the politically toxic environment in the United States has gone too far. Eric Metaxas, John Zmirak and Bobby Lopez warn of the next phase of cancel culture: the erasure of people's prestigious degrees years or decades after graduation.

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez and Britney Klein discuss Commentator Accountability vs Cancel Culture. What should the repercussions be for making a false or homophobic statement? Bobby and Britney discuss why this “accountability” is nothing more than an extortion racket and is counterproductive to the actual cause.

Bobby Lopez and the team at Mass Resistance Texas discuss a lot of the current issues surrounding the Conservative Agenda, including the issue of homosexuality and transgenderism. These are important issues to focus on within state politics.

Jeff Dornik joins this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly to discuss the upcoming SBC election for President. Four men will be vying for the SBC presidency next week: Al Mohler, Ed Litton, Mike Stone, and Randy Adams. I will go over the four contenders and explain my endorsement.

In this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Bobby Lopez has as a special guest Pedro Gonzalez, who works with both American Greatness and Chronicles Magazine. He discusses the possible faces of future leadership in the conservative movement. Pedro tweets and gabs at @emeriticus and has a newsletter at contra.substack.com.

During this episode of The Big Brown Gadfly, Rachel Alexander and Bobby Lopez talk about the doom of the election certification and what we can do to carry on now that the battle over election 2020 is over.

Bruno returns to The Big Brown Gadfly to discuss the allegations of Election Fraud and and the MAGA movement from the perspective of the French Conservatives. This episode is the sixth episode that Bobby and Bruno have done in French. It's been a pleasant surprise to learn that there's a large group of Trump supporters in foreign countries, including France.

Bobby Lopez wraps up his interview covering his sexual abuse as a teen, his recovery from cancer, his life re-connecting with his father, and his dismissal as a professor at a highly-respected seminary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby Lopez continues discussing his climb out of a destructive lifestyle, his finding marriage and family, and his loss of his professorship at a well-known seminary due to his outspoken stand against questionable sexual ethics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby Lopez shares his incredible story from being sexually exploited as a young teen to finding his way out -- but then being dismissed many years later from his position at a major seminary for daring to expose the destructive lifestyle experienced in his youth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.