Podcast appearances and mentions of Bristol Palin

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Week after week, viewers saw Bristol Palin put in the work and make it through nine weeks of eliminations, beating out contestants with higher scores . . .  but instead of applause and cheers, her time on Dancing with the Stars generated controversy! The reality star, businesswoman, and mom joins Cheryl to talk about her headline-making run on DWTS, including the biggest misconceptions about her, first impressions of Mark Ballas, experiencing true bullying for the first time while on the show, the death threats, the passive-aggressive behavior she encountered, and the tea on the awkwardness between her and Brandy. Plus, Bristol opens up about dealing with weight fluctuations during her time on the show and how all the talk about her body affected her self-esteem, coming back for All-Stars, what she's up to now, and how she's coping with her teen son Tripp moving back to Alaska! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos "Big Brown Dad" Aguilar hails from La Puente, CA, where he has carved out a remarkable career as a multifaceted multimedia producer, writer, and content strategist with over two decades of experience crafting compelling narratives for broadcast and digital audiences.His journey is marked by a diverse portfolio: from directing and producing gripping documentaries on subjects ranging from American Idol to NASCAR and Oprah Winfrey, to shaping narratives as a Senior Story Producer for Bristol Palin's Lifetime reality series and contributing to the Daytime Emmys. Carlos has also spearheaded the development and launch of content platforms for iconic figures like Mariah Carey, Magic Johnson, Honda, Becky G, and Steve Harvey.Beyond his work with celebrities and brands, Carlos Aguilar has left an indelible mark in publishing. His insightful writing on music, religion, education, and youth culture has graced the pages of Christianity Today, Sojourners, Prism, Flama, and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. As the driving force behind BigBrownDad.com, a prominent Latino fatherhood blog, he eloquently explores the joys and trials of modern parenting.Carlos is not just a storyteller but also a creative force in music, performing as the acclaimed hip hop artist known as Bookworm Brown across continents, including the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, China, and Japan. His entrepreneurial spirit shines through in his latest venture, Mestizo, a specialty coffee brand blending comedy and hip hop into its unique offerings.Carlos "Big Brown Dad" Aguilar's career embodies a fusion of creativity, cultural resonance, and entrepreneurial vision, making him a dynamic presence in media, entertainment, and cultural discourse. His journey continues to inspire through his relentless pursuit of innovative storytelling and community engagement.Website: bigbrowndad.com___________________Music CreditsIntroLike it Loud, Dyalla, YouTube Audio LibraryStingerScarlet Fire (Sting), Otis McDonald, YouTube Audio LibraryOutroIndecision, Dyalla, YouTube Audio Library__________________My SGV Podcast:Website: www.mysgv.netNewsletter: Beyond the MicPatreon: MySGV Podcastinfo@sgvmasterkey.com

Bristol Palin joins me to discuss what it's like being thrown into the world of politics, VP speculation, raising our families, treatment from the media, reality TV, and MUCH MORE! #TheRightViewSupport the show: https://www.therightview.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest Bios Show Transcript https://youtu.be/fFImYJWb2XUNancy French was once a darling of the GOP—and ghostwrote books, speeches, and articles for some of the leading conservative politicians. But then came Donald Trump's candidacy for president—something as both a Christian and a sex abuse survivor, Nancy says she could not support. Then, she was ghosted. In this edition of The Roys Report, Nancy French, a New York Times bestselling author and Christian conservative, recounts how she's been called some of the worst names in the book. Why? Simply because she and her husband, New York Times opinion columnist David French, refused to violate their convictions and promote Donald Trump. Even more egregious to some, Nancy published an article in the Washington Post explaining why, as a sex abuse survivor, she couldn't support a man who bragged about assaulting women. As a result, she lost every ghostwriting client she had. And she found herself unwelcome in her own tribe and her own church. But Nancy tells about much more in her book than just the events of the last few years. She tells about her humble beginnings, her sexual assault by a pastor who taught Vacation Bible School, and the dramatic change in her life when she met her husband, David French. Nancy French and her husband have been at the center of the major upheaval our nation has faced—as a new political paradigm invaded the church pews. As an abuse survivor and woman of conviction, Nancy courageously shares her story that has insights for every listener. Guests Nancy French Nancy French has collaborated on multiple books for celebrities - five of which made the New York Times best seller list. She has conducted a multi-year journalistic investigation, written commentary, and published for the nation's most prominent newspapers and magazines. She has written several books under her own name and tells her own story in Ghosted: An American Story. She lives in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband – journalist David French – and family. Learn more at NancyFrench.com. Show Transcript SPEAKERSJulie Roys, NANCY FRENCH Julie Roys  00:04Nancy French was once a darling of the GOP and ghostwrote books, speeches, and articles for some of the leading conservative politicians. But then came Donald Trump’s candidacy for president; something as both a Christian and a sex abuse survivor, Nancy couldn’t support. Then she was ghosted. Welcome to The Roys Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I’m Julie Roys. And joining me today is Nancy French, a New York Times best-selling author, a Christian and a conservative who’s been called some of the worst names in the book. Why? Simply because she and her husband, New York Times opinion columnist David French, refused to violate their convictions and promote Donald Trump. Even more egregious to some, Nancy published an article in the Washington Post explaining why as a sex abuse survivor, she couldn’t support a man who bragged about assaulting women. As a result, she lost every ghostwriting client she had, and she found herself unwelcome in her own tribe and her own church. Nancy writes about all of this in her book Ghosted, which we’re offering this month to anyone who gives a gift of $50 or more to The Roys Report. And if you’d like to do that, just go to JULIEROYS.COM/DONATE. But Nancy tells about much more in her book than just the events of the last few years. She tells us about her humble beginnings, her sexual assault by a pastor who taught Vacation Bible School, and the dramatic change in her life when she met her husband, David French. I’m so excited to share both the book and this podcast with you. But first, I’d like to thank the sponsors of this podcast, Talbot Seminary and Marquardt of Barrington. Are you passionate about impacting the world so it reflects biblical ideals of justice? The Talbot School of Theology Doctor of Ministry program is launching a new track exploring the theological, social, and practical dimensions of biblical justice today. The program equips students with the knowledge, skills and spiritual foundation needed to address social issues with wisdom and compassion. Justice has become a key issue in our culture. But more importantly, it’s an issue that’s close to God’s heart. While it’s clear the Bible calls God’s people to pursue justice, we must be guided by his word within that pursuit. Talbot has created this track to do just that. As part of this program, you’ll examine issues such as trafficking, race, immigration, and poverty. And I’ll be teaching a session as well focusing on the right use of power in our churches, so we can protect the vulnerable rather than harm them. So join me and a community of like-minded scholars committed to social change and ethical leadership. Apply now at TALBOT.EDU/DMIN. Also, if you’re looking for a quality new or used car, I highly recommend my friends at Marquardt of Barrington. Marquardt is a Buick GMC dealership where you can expect honesty, integrity, and transparency. That’s because the owners there Dan and Kurt Marquardt, are men of character. To check them out. Just go to BUYACAR123.COM. Well again joining me is New York Times best-selling author Nancy French. As a ghostwriter, she’s written for a variety of people, from well-known politicians to celebrities. She’s also investigated and exposed widespread sexual and spiritual abuse at Kanakuk camp, America’s largest Christian camp, and her latest book Ghosted, tells her remarkable story of growing up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, marrying David French, a New York Times opinion columnist, becoming a ghostwriter for conservative political leaders. And then when she and her husband opposed Trump, getting kicked out by their own tribe and then becoming the target of white nationalists and Trump supporters. So Nancy, welcome, and it’s just such a privilege to have you.   NANCY FRENCH  04:08 Thanks for having me on. This is fun.   Julie Roys  04:11 And I know that this is not the best time for you to be doing a book tour. You’ve been very public about your struggle with cancer. And I know you’re going through chemo. And I just feel honored that you’d be willing to take the time in the middle of something like that to talk about this. So thank you.   NANCY FRENCH  04:27 Yeah, no, thank you so much. Yes, I think I’ve done pretty well with all the interviews, even though I’m high as a kite on prednisone. And I haven’t said too many things that I maybe regretted later. But I’m very thankful to be able to have a book out. It just so happens, it’s in the middle of chemo. So this is gonna get real.   Julie Roys  04:45 Yeah. Well, absolutely. And I was surprised when I read your book. I mean, you and David are kind of like this powerhouse couple. And yet, you had very humble beginnings. In fact, your grandparents lived in the mountains of Appalachia; you lived in the foothills because your parents moved. But again, they were interesting sort of rough and tumble group of people. In fact, your dad used to joke that your family was famous or maybe infamous is a better word. Tell us a little bit about that and the background of your family.   NANCY FRENCH  05:19 Yeah, we get accused a lot of being like Washington, DC cocktail party elites or whatever. I don’t even go to Washington DC. I am from Tennessee. My parents are from Montego mountain. My grandfather was a coal miner. My dad did not graduate from high school. He got his GED. And he later in his 50s went back to college. But  he went to college, he got a degree and amazing man. But yeah, from self-described hillbillies, and all that entails. And yeah, I wanted to sort of describe my upbringing, just so that people could understand that many times people will say, Well, you just don’t understand what true Americans think or you don’t understand what true Tennesseans think. And I always sort of in my mind laugh at that because I’m like, you can’t out Tennessee me. You can be an American and a real Tennessean and hold the beliefs that I hold, you know, so that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to describe that upbringing. I love my family. They’re amazing. They’re fierce. And I think some of that ferocity has been passed on to me and I just I love my hillbilly family.   Julie Roys  06:32 And your part Cherokee Indian too?   NANCY FRENCH  06:35 Yeah, we have a lot of Indian blood. So my grandmother was I think was 1/4. And that was Cherokee. And then my grandfather also had a different type of Montana Indian in him, which is interesting. But yeah, it was all mixed together.   Julie Roys  06:52 So your dad broke from your family, moved to the foothills. Mayfield, Kentucky, which I know where that’s at. My dad actually lives near there now. But Mayfield, Kentucky, then eventually to Tennessee. Talk about the culture of the home that you grew up in, but also the town and sort of rural Tennessee and what that was like.   NANCY FRENCH  07:16 So Paris, Tennessee, has a 16-foot-tall Eiffel Tower,   Julie Roys  07:22 An Eiffel Tower.   NANCY FRENCH  07:25 There’s a huge battle between Paris, Texas and Paris, Tennessee over this Eiffel Tower business. But Paris, Tennessee is an amazing place. I grew up near the lake, Kentucky lake. We have a 60-foot Eiffel Tower. It’s just a great place to grow up very rural. We did not necessarily value education in the way that you would think a school might. For example, in seventh grade, I did not have science class, but instead they decided because none of us were going to go to college, to teach us about guns and so we had hunter safety classes and that culminated in skeet shooting contest. Which, I don’t like to brag, I don’t like to but sometimes you got to. I was the best shot in my seventh-grade class. Which is interesting and funny, but that’s how I grew up; just complete redneck hillbilly sort of existence and I loved it. Like I love Paris, Tennessee. I love Montego mountain and I love Mayfield, Kentucky.   Julie Roys  08:28 Well, it’s funny you say you lived in Paris, Kentucky. My parents for probably about 12 years lived in London, Kentucky, which you know, we didn’t know Kentucky at all. We grew up in Pennsylvania, but we thought it was kind of comical because it’s the least like London of any place I can think of in all of the United State.   NANCY FRENCH  08:47 There’s also Versailles.   Julie Roys  08:49 Versailles right. Not Versailles. But Versailles.   08:52 Yes. And there’s also a fence. Right. Yeah, it’s crazy. Love all these small towns.   Julie Roys  08:59 Yeah, absolutely. One of the things that your dad did differently than your growing up or his growing up, I mean, he came from sort of a superstitious, it sounded like background very sort of animated with maybe tribal kind of religion. But then he became a part of the Church of Christ, and describe what that church was like, I mean, seems from your description, very conservative, but also kind of leaning towards the legalistic side.   NANCY FRENCH  09:32 Yes, that is a very kind way of putting it, Julie. But I will say this, the church probably saved my dad. It’s like, saved his life saved his soul saved my, because he got off the mountain and he and my mother started going to church. They took us to church three times a week. It was just very wonderful and Norman Rockwell ish, you would think, but under the  facade of that sweet small town, Southern church experience, there was a lot of abuse happening at my church. So I was abused by, there was one guy who was like a predator. And he abused 15 people in my church. I didn’t know about the other 14, I only knew about me. I only now know this in the process of writing the book, I figured this out. But I grew up sort of feeling isolated spiritually. And it made me feel differently about God. Previously, church was a cushion, the warm blanket, a place to lay your head. And then all of that was ripped away from me because of that abuse. And I became isolated and smoked cigarettes and painted my fingernails black and skipped church, and it just set me on a bad path.   Julie Roys  10:43 And you were 12 years old when that happened? .   10:46 That’s right. And the preacher was 10 years older.   Julie Roys  10:51 I read your book soon after I read Krista Browns book who of course, was sexually abused in her church as a child. I was actually stunned by the similarities between your story and her story. But I think that the thing that really struck me was the way that both of you internalized it. She internalized it, she called it an affair. How can you have an affair with your youth pastor when you’re an underage teen. You, similarly, you kind of took the guilt and shame on yourself.   11:27 I did. And I think this is common. This is like sort of an embarrassing book to write because it’s so I don’t know, like, actually, I shouldn’t even say that. I’m saying words that are shame full. Like I’m saying this is embarrassing, but I didn’t do anything wrong, right?   Julie Roys  11:45 No, you didn’t.   NANCY FRENCH  11:46 That’s what you think. And in the church with the purity culture sometimes, very well meaning poorly conceived theology. Which is, if you have a sexual sin, which by the way, you don’t, if you’re being abused, that’s not a sin, you’re not the one sinning. But if you’ve been compromised sexually, you’re ruined for the rest of your life. And I internalized that, and I thought that was right. And I also thought that this pastor, preacher, Vacation Bible School person, I thought he loved me, because I was 12. I didn’t know, I didn’t know anything about this. I just didn’t perceive it correctly. So I told myself the wrong story about this abuse almost my whole life. And so this book, though, there’s a lot more to it than just the abuse, obviously. This is me correcting the record for myself. But I wanted to do it publicly for all the people out there who feel guilty over stuff that they shouldn’t feel guilty over. And also, I became a complete mess after my abuse, and I wanted to show people that. Because what happens is you get embarrassed because you make a series of bad decisions and you look unsophisticated, you look immoral, you look like trash. And people will, they’ll look at you and they’ll say, that’s just trash, why are you listening to her? When in actuality, they should look at the damage that has been done to people in the church and repent about the way they’ve been handling abuse. And so I sort of wanted to put myself out there and say, Okay, y’all esteem me now, when I’m almost 50, because I’ve gotten my life together to the degree that I have, which I haven’t, but people esteem me. They don’t know about any of this. So I wanted to say, Okay, this is what it looks like, this is what I looked like. And I looked ridiculous. I was flailing, I was terrible in a lot of ways. You know, let’s talk about it.   Julie Roys  13:45 I think that’s so helpful. Because especially now when we have as public figures, you have a curated image, and it’s often so different than the real image, right? Although I really appreciate it, you have been so real, I think, especially as you’ve been walking through your cancer, the treatments and everything. I’ve so appreciated that. I appreciate that today, you forgot your wig. And so you’re just wearing whatever, and a lot of people would be like, Oh, I can’t go on. But I love that because that’s where all of us are. We like to pretend we’re not. But that’s where all of us are, at least at different points in our life. And so I just, I appreciate that. And I’m sure there’s a lot of people listening, who appreciate that as well. It didn’t end with the violence and the abuse didn’t end with that Pastor whose name was Conrad as I recall, but you had a boyfriend then, Jacob, who unbelievable. I mean, who this man turned out to be and you were trying to break it off from him forever. That did remind me of boyfriends I’ve tried to break it off with and you couldn’t. But talk about what happened with Jacob  and how that impacted you.   NANCY FRENCH  15:03 So I tried to find solace outside the church, meaning in boyfriends, and I made a series of terrible mistakes. And I dated this one guy, who eventually, I actually, Julie, double crossed him. I was cheating on him to let the record show that I was not innocent in this. But it was like I could not break up with him, I didn’t have the backbone to break up with him. And every time I tried, he threatened to commit suicide. And I realize now how terrible that is. I didn’t know it at the time. But in one very terrible moment, he revealed that he knew I had been cheating on him, and he tried to kill me. And so that was a pretty dramatic moment, he tried to strangle me, and it was bad. And boy number two, the guy that I was dating, actually came and rescued me from the situation at the very last second, very wonderful. So that boyfriend number two realized that I was cheating on him. And that I was in duress in the same moment. And he immediately pivoted to try to help me, and he did. I’m very thankful for that. But all of that was the pre-David French romance, which you can imagine when I met David French, who is so levelheaded and calm and good and mora., I wanted that. And that’s what I got. So David French sort of helped put me back on track. And, yeah, I’ll be forever grateful to him over that.   Julie Roys  16:35 Yeah, I was really struck by how big of a difference he made in your life. I mean, at this point,  you’re a victim of two assaults. You’re just absolutely reeling. You’re going to Lipscomb University, which is a Church of Christ school. Although I thought it was interesting that you could not even go to chapel. You knew, if you didn’t go to chapel, you’re going to lose your scholarship. But you call it the positive theology that you couldn’t stomach at that point. I think this is actually good for Christians to hear. Because it’s still there in a lot of churches where it’s very, well just describe what that was, and how that struck you as somebody who’s been through the kind of abuse that you have been through.   NANCY FRENCH  17:30 Yeah, I just had experienced so much. And then my best friend died. And in the same time period, and I was full of grief, though, I wasn’t even really properly processing. I wasn’t grieving the way you’re supposed to grieve. But I knew when I go into chapel, I was actually seeking answers, like, what do you do when you’re completely decimated by life? And the chapel speakers would be like, Hey, guys, we should be humble. Let me tell you about my little league game where I was pitching, and this happened. And I was just like, what is happening? This is so vacuous. I could not listen to this one more syllable. This is going to kill me. It felt like they were trying to kill me. And the reason why is because they didn’t have a doctrine of suffering. Right? Like I was really suffering. Not to mention the fact now that I realized that the Church of Christ leaders knew that I was being abused by this preacher and didn’t do anything. That’s a whole different level of stuff. The people at Lipscomb weren’t guilty of any of that. They were just nice people. And Lipscomb is really amazing. Like David works there. Now, David has always had a great experience there. But my experience there was I could not get down with this theology that I thought was vacuous. And it did not help. I needed help, like I need to help. I was suicidal, or something close to suicidal. So I needed help. And so those chapel talks were not going to cut it. And so I got called into the Dean of Students called me in and he was like, if you don’t go back to chapel, you’re losing everything. And I was like, I’ve lost everything. I don’t care. I never went back. But there’s something about this toxic positivity that I noticed with cancer, and here’s why. So whenever people find out that you have cancer immediately, they want to pray for your healing and for the cure. You have people at McDonald's stop and pray for your healing, which is very kind and sweet. But when I first got my diagnosis, my son, who’s a philosophy major, said there’s going to be beauty in this. Like, you have to keep your eyes open to see the beauty in this. And there’s, I have like, that was such an interesting, salient thing to say, because there’s so much to learn through disease and disability. Like looking like this. Like, I have no makeup on. I have no hair. In 1 million years would not have taken a picture and posted it to Facebook, let alone been on an interview with you a year ago looking like this. And I am so happy because I feel like, I don’t know, Julie, have maybe this is just me. I’m completely insecure. But I’m insecure my whole life. I’m almost 50 I’m insecure over the way I look. I’m insecure over cellulite, I’m over insecure over my weight, I’m insecure over my teeth that are equine looking. Like whatever you know. But what I’ll do as a ghostwriter, I’ll move in and help people write books about confidence. And so I was talking to my friend, Kim Gravelle, who has her own makeup line and fashion line on QVC. She’s a queen, amazing businesswoman. And we wrote a book called, Collecting Confidence, and I was talking to her, and she was like, you’re so confident I love seeing you. And I was like I faked all that. I completely faked all that. I can’t even imagine people who are confident, like I don’t even get that. But the cancer thing. Oh my gosh, it’s like it removed the vanity or something. And I don’t want to say vanity like it’s negative because we all you know, care what we look like, and it’s important. But I am not going to criticize my body again. I’m so thankful for it. And thankful for the way I look. I’m thankful for being bald because it allows me to connect with people in the most beautiful ways. Women who have cancer will send me pictures of their bald heads and they’re afraid to do it publicly. Some of them don’t even let their husbands see their bald heads. And so what I’m trying to do is normalize this, like this is okay, it’s okay to look like this. I probably won’t look like this forever. But it’s okay to look like this. And so when I’m doing my normal life, that’s not book promotion, typically, I just go bald. And people come up to me and they’re like, is this a fashion choice? Is this you know, like, what’s going on? Because I also tattooed my eyebrows on, because I’m not completely free of vanity. But anyway, it just opens up so much conversation and so whenever you’re faced with lament and grief and loss and abuse and death and disease and disability, you better have a doctrine of suffering. And you have to know how your faith intersects with that. And the good news is it intersects in a very beautiful way. With Christianity, we get back what we lose. It’s a beautiful thing. And I just love the fact that there’s so much truth and beauty even when we look like this. There’s still truth and beauty that we can tap into that is so much greater than my tattooed eyebrows, although on fleek.   Julie Roys  23:05 Well, I think you look beautiful, even with a bald head. But I love that. I absolutely love that. And I love that sometimes when we go through, I was telling somebody this recently that sometimes when we go through really horrific things, the things that used to scare us, the things that used to be so daunting, now we’re like, now that I’ve gone through this, like, go ahead, make my day. I’m not afraid anymore. And I do think it’s a wonderful like, I’ve never been through cancer, so I don’t want to even pretend that I know what that’s like. But yeah, I do hear what you’re saying and suffering for believers is redemptive; it’s always redemptive in some way. And I think you’re right that we don’t talk about it nearly enough in the church. I want to get back to David, because again, he made this huge, huge difference in your life. And I just thought it was so beautiful how you wrote about him. But he really, I mean, here you are an absolute wreck. And I love how when you met him like you confronted him, because he’s the one who convinced you to go to Lipscomb. And you’re like, thanks a lot, you know, and you kind of laid into him. And yet he responded in such a gracious way and within. I mean, I don’t know if it was a few hours or days like he had led you to the Lord.   NANCY FRENCH  24:27 Yeah, we had a very truncated experience dating, romantically and spiritually. He was sick. He had an incurable disease, which is a totally different story. So he was sick. We started dating, the second date, I realized I could marry this person. And then I think we were engaged within three months. I didn’t know him. He was like a complete stranger. But during that very brief amount of time he told me about Jesus. He was like he was telling me about the Holy Spirit because David French, New York Times columnist, was cured of an incurable disease,  Okay? And that was in 95. And I got to see that happen. He weighed 100 pounds when we were dating, he was so sick. And maybe 120 I don’t know; he lost a ton of weight. But I got to see this miracle happen. And I didn’t believe in miracles. I didn’t believe in any of it. So he was telling me about that. And I was like, wow, I think I might need to know about whatever it is that you know about. And so he used CS Lewis to talk me through the Lord, lunatic or liar, those three options. And for those listening, CS Lewis was basically like, Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. Was he telling the truth? Was he insane? Or was he just lying? And I could not bring myself to say that Jesus Christ was lying. I just couldn’t. And so the only thing and I didn’t think he was a lunatic. So I was like, you know, I think Jesus was telling the truth. And that small thing changed my life, because I believed and David helped me believe, and it was very beautiful. So I write about that in the book.   Julie Roys  26:11 Yeah. Lord, liar, lunatic. It’s a powerful argument. So simple, but so powerful. And yet a lot of people just have never, they’ve never thought deeply about it. And then you guys got married, in Paris, which is great. I won’t go into it because we don’t have time. But that was a great, great story. You moved to Manhattan. And then you, this hit me in a probably a different way than it would normally because I kind of lean charismatic. So I’m open to charismatic things, even though I would say, I grew up, my dad was a surgeon. So we were always, if you thought you were sick, it was kind of like, prove it. It was everything a little bit skeptical. And, as a journalist, we tend to be pretty skeptical too. But I read this about your encounter with a prophet. It was I guess; it was like a reunion of the Harvard Christian group that David had been a part of. And well, you were skeptical too. So tell about that experience, because it really is pretty mind blowing.   NANCY FRENCH  27:23 Craziest story. I became a Christian. I have one inch of theological belief, which is I believe Jesus Christ is Lord, all in You. And the Harvard Law School Christian fellowship was having a reunion. And we went, and by the way, I don’t want to go hang out with a bunch of people who graduated from Harvard, right? Because, a three-time college dropout. I don’t want to hang out with these people. I’m intimidated. Everybody is so smart. And also, when you grow up in the way that I grew up, you’re taught that people who believe in the Holy Spirit and Pentecostals or charismatics are low class, they’re unsophisticated, they’re not smart. They’re given to emotion. So here I am going into the Harvard Law School Christian Fellowship. So they’re smarter than I am. They get paid a lot of money to evaluate documents, and the Bible is a document. And David was like, Yeah, I think they invited a prophet, and I was like, What is a prophet? Is this like a psychic? Like I don’t have a category for this. And so we go to the thing, and I was apprehensive because, Julie, I don’t know if this is a sign of a guilty conscience. 100% It is. But if you talk to a prophet, I was thinking that he would say, Well, you don’t read your Bible. You don’t pray, your main to whatever, you know, like whatever you kick the dog, whatever, like he could read my mail. So I didn’t want to talk to a prophet either. So anyway, we go to the thing. Gary has on a Hawaiian shirt. He’s smelly, he has a hairy belly, and I can see the bottom of it. It’s insane. I’m like, okay, so this is Gary the Prophet. Okay, whatever. So Gary the Prophet, y’all gotta read this, it’s the craziest thing that ever happened. But he goes to the people at the Harvard Law School Christian Fellowship, and I thought he would say to Harvard Law people, Oh, you struggle with pride? Or oh, I don’t know, you’ve got so much intelligence. I don’t know what you’d say to Harvard people. I’m not a Harvard person, as you can tell. But that’s not what he did. He went around the room and read to like, spoke into their lives. So for example, I don’t know if you know Shaunti Feldheim. She’s a Christian. Shaunti was there, and her husband Jack, and I use their names in the book. And later I was like, Hey, I used your name in the book with this crazy thing because they were there and they had this crappy car that Shaunti and Jeff, like, they were the only people in New York City who had the car of our friend group. So they were very nice to let us use the car, but it was a freaking jalopy, and they were always in fights over it. And so, but Gary looked at Jeff and Shaunti and spoke to them about this car. And I was like, what? So you got a chance to talk to a prophet. He’s giving you automobile advice, that’s weird. And then he went to other people, and he talked to another friend who secretly had written poetry and he said, “You know the poetry right secretly? It’s time to do this was like literary advice. I was like, what is happening, Gary the Prophet? So then Gary the prophet looked at me, and he was like you, and I was like, Oh, my gosh, this is gonna be so bad. And he called me up. And he told me, he said, you’re pregnant. And I was like, No, I’m not. Julie, this is TMI, but this is what’s happening. I was on my period, and I told him that, and he looked at me, I said, it is impossible, because I wanted everyone in this Harvard Law School Christian fellowship to realize they’ve been duped by a con man. And so I was like, defiant, like, No, I’m on my period. I’m not pregnant. And he just laughed at me. And he was like, with God, all things are possible. But this is what you need to know, you are pregnant, you are carrying a girl, she’s going to come this year, she’s going to have physical problems, here is five Bible verses that you need to know. When they tell you that you’re aborting, don’t believe it, you’re gonna have a healthy baby. And all is gonna be well just remember these words. And I was like, okay, Gary, the Prophet. This is weird because I wasn’t pregnant, right? But he scared me to death. So I go home, and my period stops. And I think, you know, this is weird. I think he’s scared me into not having a period. Gary the prophet is the worst prophet ever. And then later, though, like I took a pregnancy test, and I was pregnant. Apparently, the bleeding that I thought was my period was implantation. And Gary the prophet knew this. And lo and behold, a few months later, the doctor calls and he says, “You are miscarrying. You’re aborting call off the parties. But they gave me a due date in January. I knew that wasn’t the case, because he said that she was going to come this year, and I also knew the gender. So talking about gender reveal party, Gary the Prophet, you did not need that. And Camille was born. And she’s amazing. And right now this second, she’s 13 floors up. She’s got two of my grandchildren, that she’s given birth to; cute, wonderful, beautiful kids. And we’ve seen God’s hand in Camille’s life and all of our lives in such dramatic ways. And that cured me of being skeptical of the Holy Spirit. My book is called Ghosted, not just because I’m a celebrity ghostwriter, or because vast friend groups have ghosted me for my political decisions. But also I wanted it to encourage people to really consider the Holy Ghost, to consider God, because He will not let you down even though everyone else will.   Julie Roys  33:03 I never said why I’m a little more skeptical than I used to be. And it’s because of what’s happening at the International House of Prayer. Just, and of course, I mean, this is the umpteenth. I don’t know how many scandals I’ve covered since I’ve started The Roys Report. I mean, it’s just been one after another after another. But this particular one, I think is especially gross, because prophecy was used to manipulate and then abuse women. And then we have this prophetic history that now some of the key facts in it have been debunked. And it just seems like it was used in such a manipulative way. And so I’m trying to figure out why God? Like why do you even like, is that real? Like when people get because I remember, I used to be in the Vineyard, and I remember hearing stories, and I remember miraculous things happening. And then you go to a church where they don’t expect that to happen, and guess what? It doesn’t, you know, kind of like the Holy Spirit doesn’t work in ways that our faith doesn’t allow it to, sometimes, but it was good for me to hear it.   NANCY FRENCH  34:17 I think that’s a very interesting point. And it’s important to say it, because the charismatic church has really, really messed up with this Donald Trump prophecy stuff.   Julie Roys  34:29 Oh, my goodness, yeah.   NANCY FRENCH  34:31 They’ve gone off the rails. And so what do you do like if you’re a Christian person, and this is not just for charismatic people or Pentecostal people, but all white evangelicals who are going to church where the egregious evil is overlooked because of political positions? What do you do? And so that’s the thing I don’t I don’t even go to a Pentecostal church. I just really believe that there’s a lot of counterfeit stuff happening, with all these prophecies, political prophecies. But if it’s counterfeit, that indicates there’s something true. Right? So it’s a mimicry of something good. And so I would just encourage, I don’t know how to do it. I’m not doing church right. I’m completely a mess; I’m hanging on to Christianity by my freaking fingernails. And ever since I got the cancer diagnosis, I can’t really go to church, I’ve gone like twice in seven months. However, I feel so warmly towards God. And I feel like he’s got me. In spite of all of this, I just feel so thankful to God. And I don’t understand God. So when I wrote this book, one of my intentions was to never be invited by a church to come speak on the book at a church. And I think I probably pulled that off, the invitations are not rolling in Julie. And that’s because I don’t understand God. So I’m just telling you the truth. This is what happened to me, there was a guy named Gary, and he had a hairy belly, and a Hawaiian shirt. And he was completely right about the trajectory of my life. And we recorded it because he said, If I’m a false prophet, you’ll be able to say that I’m a false prophet. I’m recording everything I say to you. And there’s some things that haven’t happened yet that I 100% know are going to happen in our lives. Then David and I joke about it all the time because it’s just so crazy. But it feels crazy. But it happened, and I’ve got a kid upstairs, who is alive. And so many things like that happen. And sometimes things happen that you don’t get that aren’t as uplifting, that God acts in ways that are baffling and confusing. And I included those stories too. Because I just wanted the reader to be able to say, Okay, this is what my life looks like, because I wrangle with God and wrestle with God. What does yours look like? Is it as nuts as this? And I just think it is, I think we’re just too sophisticated to talk about it. But I think people have interactions with God all the time. And I want to normalize talking about that.   Julie Roys  37:10 And when I was in Vineyard, their tagline used to be to make the supernatural natural. And I did love tha.t I loved lots of things about my Vineyard experience. I know they’re going through some really, very difficult times right now. But yeah, it was very positive for me in many ways. And I appreciate that. And I appreciate just the fact that I read Scripture differently now, whereas I used to skip over oh my gosh, they raised the dead. You know, like that was normal for the disciples like what does that mean to us today? But it’s challenging.   NANCY FRENCH  37:42 Yeah. Or what does it mean when Paul says just eagerly seek these gifts of the Holy Spirit? Do it just do it, just believe the Bible and do it. And one of the things is church is so nuts right now. It makes you feel like you don’t have a spiritual home. Like, actually, like, I do not have a spiritual home, I’ve been projectile vomited out of like the church.   Julie Roys  38:05 I can relate to this. So yeah.   NANCY FRENCH  38:08 if you can just like divorce yourself from the people who are angry at you for whatever reasons, and just sort of settle into your relationship with God. I don’t think we should forsake the church or the gathering of our friends and saints and all that. I don’t know how to do it. It is a very difficult time. And so I wrote this book for other people who feel politically, culturally, or spiritually homeless. And I’m just sort of like reaching out my hand and saying, Hey, do y’all, this is weird, what’s going on? Do y’all feel weird about this? Anyway, we can be weird together, we can be alone together. And that’s what I hoped the book sort of encapsulated.   Julie Roys  38:47 I loved your story of how you became a ghost writer, which is kind of amazing. You’re a college dropout. And all of a sudden you’re writing for all these stars. A lot of people don’t know that you’re writing the book because you’re a ghost. But you end up writing and I didn’t realize you wrote this book Bristol Palin’s book when she got pregnant. For people, you know, who aren’t familiar with this, although most of us I would guess, that are listening. Or it wasn’t that long ago. Sarah Palin became the vice-presidential candidate. And of course, she’s a conservative, Christian conservative, very traditional values, and then it comes out uh-oh, her daughter Bristol is pregnant out of wedlock. Although it wasn’t really what I think everybody probably assumed at the time. Talk about that experience of writing that book with Bristol, but also of the reception that book got when you published it.   NANCY FRENCH  39:44 Yeah, so I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh and knowing without a shadow of a doubt that Democrats were sexual predators, or at least for pretty still with them. Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, give me a freaking break. So I was like, okay, So that’s the party. I do not want to have anything to do with. Democrats do not care about women. So I go to Alaska, I live with the Palins, I meet Bristol. Her story is told beautifully in her book. And I’ll let her tell her own story. But I was shocked when I got up there. Because what I thought was true was not true about the Palins. And I love Bristol Palin, she is courageous. She has a backbone, and she is a fighter for what is right. During that very tumultuous time when she got pregnant out of wedlock, she really rose to the occasion and she’s an amazing mother. And I love her so much. But what I learned when I got there, I said to her Bristol, we need to really talk about this baby shower that you had and she goes, I didn’t have a baby shower. And I was like, Yes, you did. I’ve got pictures. Look, your kid has this camouflage onesie. And she was like, Nancy, that is photoshopped. What is wrong with like, it’s so obviously photoshopped. I didn’t know because I was new to the world of lies and deception. But then when Bristol told me her story, how she lost her virginity. She goes, it wasn’t really lost. It was stolen. And I was like, oh, okay, what? I was completely floored by that because all of the media coverage was mocking her. And so when we published this in the book, I thought everybody would be like, my bad. I write for The Washington Post, or I write for the New York Times, or I write for this thing. And we mocked her for what essentially was a sex crime. She was a victim. And we’re sorry about that. That’s not what happened. People continue to mock her. They continue to make fun of her. And what that told me at the time was Democrats do not care about women, unless you’re a certain type of woman. Now, later, fast forward five freakin minutes, and here we are. The GOP standard bearer is someone who has been held criminally accountable for rape in court, much more so than Bill Clinton. And we’ve embraced this guy. So this is my trajectory. It has been one of confusion. I don’t feel like I’ve changed. I feel like you could believe that Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy were sexual predators or had sexual problems, obviously, without you can believe that and also look at people in your own tribe, can say the same things. You can walk and chew gum at the same time. You can just decide to be against sexual predation generally, across the board. It’s pretty easy if you make these decisions. But that’s not what we do. What we do is, oh, Harvey Weinstein. Yes. Well, that’s how Hollywood is, you know, Hollywood, they’re godless. Or the Catholics, for sure the Catholics have a problem. And then you find out oh, is the Baptist, oh it's the deacon Oh, it’s Kanakuk camps in Branson, Missouri. And it’s like, you don’t want to embrace that you’re just like, Nope. A part of my identity is that I’m a part of the good guys, I belong to the good tribe. And that was mine, too. I firmly believed that, that I was on the side of good, but then I wasn't, and I was guilty of mischaracterizing my liberal neighbor and trying to fight for my tribe over truth. And anyway, my book is sort of like unpacking that, it is not chastising the reader. It’s chastising myself because I got too much into the scoring of political points occupationally. And I realized that was not kind of me. God didn’t give me my writing talent for me to disparage my neighbor and to bear false witness. And so that’s what I was doing. And when I decided not to lie, or bear false witness, I was unemployable. I was as popular as head lice. So we used to be super popular in certain circles. And then, you know, nobody wants anything to do with us now.   Julie Roys  44:02 Yeah, yeah. It’s amazing. 2015 You guys were like the darlings of the GOP. I mean, David had gotten  awarded the Ronald Reagan award from CPAC, you know, the Conservative Political Action Conference. I mean, you guys were like, you were the quintessential Christian conservatives. And I think that’s when I was introduced to you. I was working at Moody at the time. And so I was doing a lot of commentaries and it’s amazing to me, I look back and I’m like, I had everything figured out then. Wow. It’s so funny, because I don’t now, but then I did. But I was very right. I was very conservative. And I could spout all of the political reasons why the Conservatives were right. And then all of a sudden, I couldn’t, I don’t think I changed. I don’t think I changed either. I was just absolutely shocked at who my Christian conservative neighbors were. Like, because I had supporters who were furious at me because I spoke out against Trump and stopped supporting me. And I’m like, Who did you think I was? Like, how can you support this man? I have not changed. I thought we were the party that cared about values. And they didn’t. Clearly we cared more about power, we cared more about position. But I have kind of thought, in my role as an investigative reporter in this space, where I call out Christians, and people often don’t want to hear, as you know, the scandals and what’s really going on. And so I thought, I got a lot of hate mail and pushback. Compared to what you and David have been through, I mean, that gave me like a whole new perspective, the personal nature of what was done to you. Especially regarding I know you have a daughter that you have adopted from Ethiopia. The amount of cruelty and this is where I’m like, that whole compassionate conservative thing. I was like, where are they? Talk about what happened to you when again, you simply stuck to your guns, and you spoke out, you spoke out what was true about Donald Trump. What happened?   NANCY FRENCH  46:28 So chaos. We’re big fans of Hamilton, and we are always like chaos and bloodshed. If you know that songs chaos and bloodshed are not the solution. But that’s what ensued. So I wrote a 2016 article in the Washington Post about my own sexual abuse and how I was begging the GOP to consider sexual abuse victims, because we were not about this. Imagine if you’re me, and you grow up believing Bill Clinton is rapist. The Democrats don’t care about women. The GOP is the party of family values. We care about children, all this stuff. Imagine if you’re that, and then they show up and they’re like, Hey, this is the guy that you can vote for. His name is Donald Trump, he grabs women by the genitals. It’s fine. Just, it’s great.   Julie Roys  47:17 Just locker room talk. Yeah.   47:19 And you’re just like, I don’t think I can do this. Is there a problem? So I wrote this article, I talked about my sex abuse for the first time. And I had not even told my counselor about my sexual abuse, I could not even articulate it. So it wasn’t like I had gotten to the point of spiritual maturity and emotional health, and I was finally deciding to make a case in the Washington Post. I had not even told my counselor; I could not even say it. But I went ahead and published this in the Washington Post, and it was a story of my abuse. And my counselor was like, Okay, I think we can work with this. But  this is potentially emotionally problematic, which it was, because I just laid my soul bare. I was like, guys, please. But then after I did that, there were some conservatives, prominent conservatives who were like, oh, Nancy French is just using her personal story to make a political point. And then later, when I would make any sort of statement about politics, these people would say things like, just because Nancy French seduced her pastor doesn’t mean that she should be able to speak about the Supreme Court or something like that.   Julie Roys  48:27 It’s infuriating. It’s infuriating, unbelievable.   NANCY FRENCH  48:30 I’ve never heard anything more evil than this; where you take the victim of pedophilia and say that they seduced a pastor. It’s so sinister. But these are people who y’all read, like, people read these writers, they’re associated with sort of legitimate magazines. I don’t know. I don’t read them. And they make fun of us. They make fun of our adopted daughter because she’s black. They say I had sex with men while my husband was deployed. And that’s how we got this baby. Not through adoption. And then for a time, they put fake-like photoshopped porn of me having sex with black men online and they would photoshop David’s face looking through the window at it, and they called him a cock-servative and obviously, he’s raising the enemy because we have a black child. So all black people are enemy. The evil that came at us with such a flood of evil. I could not even I still cannot even process it. That was all because we decided not to vote for Trump. So I mean, it’s like, I don’t wish it on my worst enemy.   Julie Roys  49:52 It’s unbelievable. It really is. And this is where, like you said, people continue to read some of these people. You call names in the book. You’re not doing it right now, that’s okay. But you can read the book. And you should.   NANCY FRENCH  50:03 Yeah, they’re so inconsequential to me. I was like, should I say their names or not? Because I don’t even like, I don’t even know what they look like. Like, I’m so not dialed in to whatever their thing is. So, you have this thing you’re like, should I elevate them by actually using their names? Or should I protect them? Because surely to goodness, in five minutes, they’re gonna realize they’re on the wrong side of this issue. You know, like, I feel bad for them. I don’t know what their deal is, or why they’re so obsessed with trying to attack victims of sex abuse. But it’s not like this is an anomaly. It’s not like the church otherwise really has it going on in terms of protecting children and women. So, anyway, yeah. So it’s hard to know what to do with these people. And I probably, I vacillated between wanting to name names and score settle. And I just decided not to do that generally, just because I think this story is important, the story is good in and of itself. And these people they’re not. They’re just tokens. They’re just indicative of the things that I wanted to talk about. And I wish them all the best. I hope all of us are progressing politically and spiritually and culturally, to the point where we get better. I feel like I’ve gotten better. And I know we all can, so I don’t even have animus toward them. But they really are on the wrong side of this.   Julie Roys  51:37 Yeah, absolutely. And I should say you name some names, but you do leave quite a few out. Although, if you put some things together, you can probably figure out who they are. But it is shocking what Christians are okay with and what I think this whole crazy political polarization has shown. And it’s been disorienting for a number of us Christians, I think, who are very surprised by it. For you, it cost you your job, your livelihood, essentially. I mean, you’re a ghostwriter, all of your clients were conservatives. We didn’t talk about it, but folks that you have to get the book and read the story about Mitt Romney and when you worked for Mitt Romney and the skiing story, I was laughing out loud. Oh, my gosh, I was laughing so hard.   NANCY FRENCH  52:33 I did include some anecdotes that do not reflect well on my virtue. There is a warning here.   Julie Roys  52:38 Oh that one! Yeah. Again, I’m just gonna tease that one. Because people have to read the book to read that one. And it’s hysterical. But  here you are. You’re basically an unemployed ghostwriter. And Gretchen Carlson comes to you and  tells you about an investigation you can do. It takes you like better part of a year, and you get paid like a big goose egg for it, like nothing. Which I have to, it reminds me of when I got fired at Moody, because that’s when I started investigating Harvest Bible Chapel and James McDonald. And I think that year, I did get paid for that article. But that’s like, the only thing that I wrote for any other publication because I wrote it for World Magazine. But I think I came out ahead when I did, the income minus like, expenses. I made $300 that year. I know. It was fantastic. But  it was that kind of years, I could really relate to all of a sudden, you get this story just dropped on your lap, you tried to get other people to write it, and nobody did. And so you’re faced with this responsibility. And I know this all too well, where you know, a story. You know, I went to journalism school, you didn’t even go to journalism school. You’re a very good writer, an excellent writer. And I think you have obviously excellent investigation skills. And although you had to develop some of I mean, you just went out and you just began investigating this. And you get yourself in so deep that you realize, oh, my goodness, I gotta publish this, right? I’ve got to do something. So talk about it. This was Kanakuk camp, the largest Christian camp, and you find out there is widespread, like over decades, sexual abuse going on. It’s known, and yet, nobody has been held responsible, other than the actual abuser.   NANCY FRENCH  53:34 That’s a lot! Yeah. And you’re being very kind in your description of this. So like, literally, I tried to get everybody to cover this. And I don’t even have a degree period, let alone a journalism degree. And when I realized that I had to be the one to do this because I’m almost 50 years old and I’m a grown person who knows about the abuse. When I realized that and this is after losing my job and being fired, either being fired by or quitting all of my gigs and no money.   Julie Roys  55:13 That’s how we become investigative journalists. We get fired and nothing else you can do.   NANCY FRENCH  55:18 Nothing else you can do. I Googled, what does off the record mean? I didn’t know that there were layers of that, you know this, you’re laughing. It’s so crazy. There’s like no background, anyway. So I googled that. That’s how I started my investigation. It was three years of just angst and agony. And I didn’t have anyone to help because I’m just myself. I really needed a team of like five people or something. But I worked around the clock for three years, and I proved everything that I wanted to prove basically. I only published like 3% of what I know. But yeah, there was a bad guy at Kanakuk camps. He was there. His name is Pete Newman, he abused an estimated hundreds of male campers, several of whom have died via suicide. We still get tips over these deaths. So anyway, awful. But the thing that I uncovered was that Kanakuk camps and its CEO Joe White, they received 10 years of Red Flag Warnings. So they knew for 10 years that this bad guy was convincing campers to disrobe and to be completely nude. He played basketball nude with them; he was on four wheelers nude with them. Which by the way, absolutely disgusting. Just that fact visualizing that they knew that. They knew that parents complained, one camper saw Pete Newman abusing another camper. And they told the Female Camper who was the witness that they didn’t think she was Christian enough to go to the camp. So Pete Newman is in jail. But all of the people who allowed this abuse to happen, they’re still running the camp to this day, nobody’s resigned, nobody’s been fired. The same people. And there’s 25,000 kids who go there per summer. So that’s why I’m so alarmed by it. If you Google Kanakuk, almost everything written about it is me, regrettably. It's  out there, and you can read about it. So I would encourage people and parents just to become aware of that. The reason I’m so sad and despondent over the issue is that I proved everything and the church, their reaction was laconic, is that the right word? I don’t even know what that means. They were not as alarmed as I thought they should be.   Julie Roys  57:38 Apathetic for sure. I mean, they just didn’t care. It’s callous. I mean, I have had investigations that turned out great. Like James McDonald, Harvest Bible Chapel. He got fired, all the elders stepped down. The Ravi Zacharias investigation, I think, pretty much it’s well established. But most of Christendom now realizes he was a sexual predator. John MacArthur, I don’t know what more I could have proved. I really don’t. And it’s been shocking to me that conservative, you know, pundits like Megan Basham still to this day, you know, will defend John MacArthur and I’m like, have you read this? I mean, we have so much documentation. We have video evidence. I mean, we have handwritten letters from him telling the teenage girl whose father molested her that she should forgive him and that he’ll stay on staff, and we know he stayed on staff three more years and then went on to pastor for decades more. And John MacArthur did nothing. It drives you absolutely insane. And you think what on earth is the matter with people? Like what is wrong with you? Nothing has been done to John MacArthur. Nothing has been done to Joe White. Christians continue to just send their kids to a camp where clearly they’re not being protected. How do you come to terms with this, Nancy?   NANCY FRENCH  59:01 I don’t. I’m so depressed. I’ve been in a bad mood for many years. To be completely honest, I don’t know how to resolve it. I’m so depressed over it. And then the Kanakuk investigation dropped like a few days after the SBC was revealed to have all these sexual predators in a database conveniently tracking all the sexual predators and keeping them from the cops. I have no answers and I have decided that I cannot be responsible for the church and their collective inaction on this. That I am not responsible. I cannot exact justice. I just can’t. I am standing on the side of the road with this giant sign over my head saying, justice is coming. Justice is important. One day this will be better. It is not today. But I’ve just decided I’m just going to talk about it. People make fun of me because I’m a one-note song. If you follow me on Twitter or on any of the social media channels, I’m like, Hey, guys, today in Kanakuk saga number 550 million, I’m talking about this, because I have so much information. I published, like 3% of what I know. And so I just want to warn parents and I have, and so I feel comfortable with that. I will not stop talking about it. Lawsuits have been filed based on my investigative work, what I was able to uncover, and I trust lawyers more than I trust the actions of the church in terms of holding people accountable, which, you know, is sad. But I am thankful for attorneys and for brave victims and survivors speaking out. So I’m very thankful. But it took me a long time to get to that point and, I’m not okay with it. I’m sad and depressed. I’m sad about the Christian celebrities who are associated with Kanakuk camps, who won’t speak out. I’m sad about the parents who send their kids to Kanakuk camps. And I’m sad just for all the grieving families who’ve lost family members because of this abuse, it’s awful. And I’m so inspired by the families who choose to say that their loved one who died via suicide,  was a victim at Kanakuk camps. A brave family in Texas did that first and that started all of it.   Julie Roys  1:01:26 Well, you’ve done a Herculean task by digging into that, and if you want a place to publish, you know, the other 97%. If you get well enough, we would love to publish it. I know we published. I mean, based on your research, really, we’ve sort of rewritten some of this stuff, but it’s really well done, really well documented, and you’ve done a service for the church. And you’ve warned people. I figure that’s all we can do, is we can warn people, and then what people do with it, at the end of the day, we have to you’re right, we have to let that go. Because that’s in God’s hands. And we did our job. We warned them, we told them the truth, but it is frustrating. You said, There’s a quote that I just want to read of yours. It’s so good. And I so related to it. You said throughout my life, I desperately wanted to identify the good people and the bad people. So I could walk more confidently among them. Befriending the good ones avoiding the bad ones. I categorized people into tribes, according to their political views, their church attendance, and their voting patterns. But this line was fuzzier than I’d originally believed. I feel that the people we thought were the good guys aren’t necessarily the good guys. I still hold on to my faith, I still have the same convictions. I hold them differently now. I hold them differently. And I think there’s an openness to people that I wouldn’t necessarily be open to before. But talk about where you’re at now with kind of maybe seeing a little more gray than you did before or good, where you made might have seen bad and how you’re processing that?   NANCY FRENCH  1:03:22 Well, I mean, probably the most interesting and honest answer is I realized how that the line separating good and evil runs through my own heart, as Alexander Solzhenitsyn said. And I was guilty of a bunch of stuff. I was politically acrimonious; I was mean to my Democrat neighbors. Mean meaning in my rhetoric. Like I help people own the LIBS or whatever. But I think there’s something very beautiful about aging, I’m almost 50. I do not care about my brand management. For all of you listening, I am not one of the good guys on the good side of the line, and I do all this stuff right. I do some things right. Probably hold a lot of beliefs that I won’t hold in 10 years, hopefully, because you know, you change and you get better and you want to allow space for you to get better, for your party to get better, for your church to get better. I think it’s interesting how you say you hold your beliefs differently. I am just so thankful for being able to not protect your brand. To the church. You’re not God’s PR branch. He doesn’t need you. He doesn’t need you in terms of his marketing. You can embrace the truth of whatever is uncomfortable, and you can talk about it without damaging the gospel, without damaging the church. In fact, you’re protecting the church when you’re calling out evil, you’re protecting children. When you’re calling out evil, you’re protecting women when you’re calling out evil, you’re protecting men. And so you don’t have to say like, oh, well, I’m a Christian, so therefore, I cannot criticize anything that is happening in the church. In fact, that’s biblically the opposite of what we are actually commanded to do. And so I have been guilty of being politically acrimonious and uncharitable towards my neighbor, not protecting the reputations of my neighbor. And I changed. And so I fully believe all of us can change. But that’s not to say that I’m the arbiter of all that is good. And now these people are bad, but it’s just all mixed up. And I feel like we have such capacity for both good and evil. And there’s part of you that is sort of like sobered by that. And then part of me is like, liberated. It’s like, okay, well, that explains a lot. That’s why I’m so petty. That’s why I yell at the kids when I don’t mean to, that’s when I get frus

Episode 542 - Nancy A. French - Ghosted Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)     Bestselling Author Pens Compelling Memoir of a Life of Poverty, Success and the Rise and Fall of Political Influence in ‘Ghosted' Nancy French chronicles her journey from the foothills of Appalachia to the Halls of the White House Five-time New York Times bestselling ghostwriter Nancy French crafts the story of a journey of hardship,heartbreak and healing in Ghosted: An American Story, releasing April 16, 2024. Nancy's family was born in the foothills of Appalachia into a life dominated by coal mining, violence, and poverty. Some of her family were proud members of the Ku Klux Klan who lived on the mountain. “The mountain was a playground of mischief, with its coal mines, ubiquitous guns, and plentiful dynamite. My dad described his twenty-five cousins as ‘rednecks, rough and ready,' and they drank, fought, and stole their way honestly onto wanted posters,” writes Nancy. “Compared to how my parents grew up, we were wealthy beyond our wildest imaginations … as far as I was concerned, we were living the American dream.” Growing up in the church, Nancy's childhood was full of innocence and a strong faith in God until betrayal of a trusted young preacher forced her to carry a dark secret of sexual abuse, which would one day spur her to advocate for herself and other survivors. It wasn't until her path crossed with a young Harvard Law School student named David that her faith and emotional well being was restored. Nancy left her college career, married and settled in New York City. Feeling she had escaped the mountain, she could have never imagined the twists and turns her life would take. She supported David as he was deployed to war and became friends with Ann Romney, who asked Nancy to write her memoir at the height of her husband's presidential campaign. Her writing journey led her to sitting in the home of the Palin family drafting Bristol Palin's book, which became a New York Times bestseller and set Nancy on a track of being one of the most-sought-after ghostwriters in conservative circles. “I'd had the ‘conservative talking points' down to a science,” Nancy writes. “I could write about American military strength, ‘family values,' and personal responsibility and know exactly how it would be received among other Conservatives.” Yet, Nancy went from conservative darling to suspected traitor when she stood her ground and refused to endorse an unsuitable president. She found herself isolated in a sea of political confusion and occupational uncertainty. “Politics felt like a battleground—where political barbs were warranted, expected, and part of the fun. Though I eschewed my family of origin's pugilism and violence on the mountain, combativeness was in my blood. I was prone to feistiness in my approach to politics because the stakes always seemed high. I wasn't about to let my deeply held beliefs be watered down by civility.” Facing ridicule from Republicans, targeting from white nationalists, and alienation from her church community, Nancy weathered threats, humiliation and ostracization to discover the power of her own voice and the unlikely allies hidden among perceived enemies. “The ‘religious right,' which I'd defended my whole life, had abandoned the posture of ‘family values' when they had the chance to gain a seat at the table,” writes Nancy. “It confused me to hear the values preached from the podium but ignored in real life. It was all a life, and so was the ‘lesser of two evils' myth.” Ghosted is not just a memoir; it's a poignant American narrative of transformation, resilience, and the enduring pursuit of love, blending humor and personal insights into an engrossing tale of change and loss. “Throughout my life, I desperately wanted to identify the ‘good' people and the ‘bad' people, so I could walk more confidently among them—befriending the good ones, avoiding the bad ones. I'd categorized people into tribes according to their political views, their church attendance, and their voting patterns. But this line was fuzzier than I'd originally believed,” writes Nancy. “Though I fiercely wanted people to be one thing and not two for simplicity's sake, people—as Walt Whitman wrote—contain multitudes. Me included.” The book releases from Zondervan on April 16, 2024.     GET CONNECTED www.nancyfrench.com   https://www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench  https://www.instagram.com/nancyjanefrench  https://twitter.com/nancyafrench  http://zondervan.com/p/ghosted   VINYL SALE THUNDER by Rick Lee James ONLY $9.99. (Plus, you get a free digital download of the album)     “KEEP WATCH, DEAR LORD” BY RICK LEE JAMES

Episode 542 - Nancy A. French - GhostedVoices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Bestselling Author Pens Compelling Memoir of a Life of Poverty, Success and the Rise and Fall of Political Influence in ‘Ghosted'Nancy French chronicles her journey from the foothills ofAppalachia to the Halls of the White HouseFive-time New York Times bestselling ghostwriter Nancy French crafts the story of a journey of hardship,heartbreak and healing in Ghosted: An American Story, releasing April 16, 2024.Nancy's family was born in the foothills of Appalachia into a life dominated by coal mining, violence, and poverty. Some of her family were proud members of the Ku Klux Klan who lived on the mountain.“The mountain was a playground of mischief, with its coal mines, ubiquitous guns, and plentiful dynamite. My dad described his twenty-five cousins as ‘rednecks, rough and ready,' and they drank, fought, and stole their way honestly onto wanted posters,” writes Nancy. “Compared to how my parents grew up, we were wealthy beyond our wildest imaginations … as far as I was concerned, we were living the American dream.”Growing up in the church, Nancy's childhood was full of innocence and a strong faith in God until betrayal of a trusted young preacher forced her to carry a dark secret of sexual abuse, which would one day spur her to advocate for herself and other survivors. It wasn't until her path crossed with a young Harvard Law School student named David that her faith and emotional well being was restored.Nancy left her college career, married and settled in New York City. Feeling she had escaped the mountain, she could have never imagined the twists and turns her life would take. She supported David as he was deployed to war and became friends with Ann Romney, who asked Nancy to write her memoir at the height of her husband's presidential campaign.Her writing journey led her to sitting in the home of the Palin family drafting Bristol Palin's book, which became a New York Times bestseller and set Nancy on a track of being one of the most-sought-after ghostwriters in conservative circles.“I'd had the ‘conservative talking points' down to a science,” Nancy writes. “I could write about American military strength, ‘family values,' and personal responsibility and know exactly how it would be received among otherConservatives.”Yet, Nancy went from conservative darling to suspected traitor when she stood her ground and refused to endorse an unsuitable president. She found herself isolated in a sea of political confusion and occupational uncertainty.“Politics felt like a battleground—where political barbs were warranted, expected, and part of the fun. Though I eschewed my family of origin's pugilism and violence on the mountain, combativeness was in my blood. I was prone to feistiness in my approach to politics because the stakes always seemed high. I wasn't about to let my deeply held beliefs be watered down by civility.”Facing ridicule from Republicans, targeting from white nationalists, and alienation from her church community, Nancy weathered threats, humiliation and ostracization to discover the power of her own voice and the unlikely allies hidden among perceived enemies.“The ‘religious right,' which I'd defended my whole life, had abandoned the posture of ‘family values' when they had the chance to gain a seat at the table,” writes Nancy. “It confused me to hear the values preached from the podium but ignored in real life. It was all a life, and so was the ‘lesser of two evils' myth.”Ghosted is not just a memoir; it's a poignant American narrative of transformation, resilience, and the enduring pursuit of love, blending humor and personal insights into an engrossing tale of change and loss.“Throughout my life, I desperately wanted to identify the ‘good' people and the ‘bad' people, so I could walk more confidently among them—befriending the good ones, avoiding the bad ones. I'd categorized people into tribes according to their political views, their church attendance, and their voting patterns. But this line was fuzzier than I'd originally believed,” writes Nancy. “Though I fiercely wanted people to be one thing and not two for simplicity's sake, people—as Walt Whitman wrote—contain multitudes. Me included.”The book releases from Zondervan on April 16, 2024.GET CONNECTEDwww.nancyfrench.com  https://www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench https://www.instagram.com/nancyjanefrench https://twitter.com/nancyafrench http://zondervan.com/p/ghosted VINYL SALETHUNDER by Rick Lee JamesONLY $9.99. (Plus you get a free digital download of the album)VINYL SALE - https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com/album/thunder“KEEP WATCH, DEAR LORD” BY RICK LEE JAMES

Time math getting you down? Don't worry, it's time to celebrate America (sans rumba to a Lee Greenwood hit) with JMP's last regular episode for a while! YHAJ put together their Mts. Rushmore of contestants from seasons 9-12, with detours to Mamma Mia!, the many faces of Bristol Palin, and the angriest disagreement perhaps ever heard. It's the threequel we all deserve. Follow us on Twitter ⁠⁠@JMPPod⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠Just Meaningful Plastic⁠⁠, or on Instagram at ⁠⁠@jmp.pod⁠⁠ Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone" by Alex Khaskin

Bristol Palin said she had her 9th breast reconstruction after a botched breast lift, but that seems like she's covering something up. Thanks for joining me on the Being Beautifully Honest channel! Leave a comment, like & subscribe for more and check out my other videos. Get your Byte Aligners For a Discount of $100 off and 75% off an impression kit! http://fbuy.me/v/ewill_1 Build your credit and earn reward points with your debit card! Check it out and you'll get 50,000 points ($50) if you sign up: https://extra.app/r/ELZABG2EGV... Your beautiful skin is waiting at www.inezelizabethbeauty.com and enter the code PERFECT10 for 10% off your first order! Professionals, get THE BEST INDIVIDUAL EYELASH EXTENSIONS ADHESIVE here! https://temptinglashes.com/pro.../  Join me on my other platforms! WEBSITE: WWW.BEINGBEAUTIFULLYHONEST.COM PODCAST: bit.ly/thebbhpcast SUBSCRIBE TO MY OTHER CHANNEL AT bit.ly/ytcmobeauty #bristolpalin #teenmom #bristolpalinbreastreconstruction

That's My Drew, a day in the life of boring Vloggers, Empire's Top 100 Movies of All-Time, Tom Mazawey's red-hot takes (and conspiracies), Julia Fox's house of skank, Bristol Palin's tubes, Alex Murdaugh's trial and TWO dueling sponsored Bonerlines. Deion Sanders leads the show off with a prayer. Everybody is in love with the 2012 cinematic masterpiece: That's My Boy. Alex Murdaugh's trial has started and he cried his eyes out. Politricks: Donald Trump is allowed back on Facebook and Instagram. MTG wants to be his next VP. People are trying to get anything to stick to George Santos so they can oust the liar. Nicole Tsai and others brag about their awesome tech jobs and then complain when they get BLOWN OUT! Watch every single one of her days right here. Empire did their list of '100 Greatest Movies of All Time'. Pam Anderson Memory of the Day: She saw Jack Nicholson nailing two chicks at the same time at the Playboy Mansion. Jim Bentley LOVES abortion movies. The 2023 Grammys performers have been announced. Some people are starting to believe John Hinckley Jr faked his live concert. Kyle Rittenhouse had a gig canceled in Texas and he's pissed off about it. Tesla is doing better than expected, much to the chagrin of Elon Musk haters. Julia Fox gives folks a tour of her crappy rodent-infested apartment. Bristol Palin gets breast surgery all the time. Kathy Griffin has a pretty bizarre team photo. Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to nordvpn.com/dams to get up a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It's completely risk free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. GhostBudsters Farms brings you today's Bonerline! Who killed Valerie Percy? Everybody wants to know the WXRT playlist for Lin Brehmer. Here it is. Sports: It's the 3-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant's death. Odell Beckham Jr thinks Sha'Carri Richardson is an asshole for her plane meltdown. Pot meet kettle. Trevor Bauer is still battling his accuser in court. His victim has a history with Mike Clevinger. SiriusXM launched Mental Health Radio. Neat. Millions on working-age men don't want to work. Watch this dude go from singing on his commute to rolling over in his car. We check in with Tom Mazawey mid-bowling game and mid-LIE. He believes Aaron Rodgers is heading to the New York Jets. Tom wants Tom Brady over Jared Goff. Maz confirms Damar Hamlin dead. We end with a 2nd Bonerline of the day. This one is for that crybaby, Adam Schmoe, and all you whiners out there. Visit Our Presenting Sponsor Hall Financial – Michigan's highest rated mortgage company Social media is dumb, but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).

Carlos Aguilar is from La Puente, CA and is a multimedia producer, writer and content strategist with over 20 years experience creating content for broadcast and digital audiences.He wrote, directed and produced a series of documentaries on American Idol, NASCAR, The WWE and Oprah Winfrey. He served as Sr. Story Producer on Bristol Palin's Lifetime reality series and produced for the Daytime Emmys.Carlos has led the development and launch of celebrity and brand based content platforms, including Mariah Carey, Magic Johnson, Honda, Becky G and Steve Harvey. Additionally, he's developed content and strategy for Honda, California State Lottery, Kevin Hart's LOL Network and AT&T, to name a few.His writing on music, religion, education and youth culture has appeared in Christianity Today, Sojourners, Prism, Flama and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. As a hip hop artist known as Bookworm Brown, he's performed across the US, Mexico, Guatemala, China and Japan. As publisher of the leading Latino fatherhood blog, BigBrownDad.com, Carlos speaks and writes about the humor and wisdom found in the challenges of modern day parenting.Carlos recently started Mestizo, a specialty coffee brand that infuses comedy and hip hop into their product offerings.Social Media: instagram.com/drinkmestizoWebsite: mestizo.coffeeBlog: bigbrowndad.com__________ Music Podcast Intro and Outro Everyday, Jason Farnhmam, YouTube Audio Library Podcast Advertisement I love you, Vibe Tracks, YouTube Audio Library Sour Tennessee Red (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio Library Dewey, Cheedham, and Howe (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio Library Film Project Countdown.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license

In this episode of "Candace", host Candace Owens sits down with Nicole Arbour, Erin Elmore, Kris Fried, and Brandon Tatum to discuss Chrissy Teigen urging teenagers to commit suicide, Parler being back on the app store and Prince Harry calling the First Amendment 'bonkers'. Plus, Bristol Palin joins the show to talk about the effects of being a teen mom in the spotlight and shares advice for young girls on how to deal with bullying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of "Candace", host Candace Owens sits down with Nicole Arbour, Erin Elmore, Kris Fried, and Brandon Tatum to discuss Chrissy Teigen urging teenagers to commit suicide, Parler being back on the app store and Prince Harry calling the First Amendment 'bonkers'. Plus, Bristol Palin joins the show to talk about the effects of being a teen mom in the spotlight and shares advice for young girls on how to deal with bullying.

Well, this week Liz had this grand plan to recap "Being Levi" and talk about the fever dream that was Bristol Palin being on Teen Mom... but surprise! You can't watch that episode in America. So instead, she did a very personal AMA addressing what its like to have ADD, if she wants to get married, would she ever foster kids, and of course random thoughts on Teen Mom! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, we discuss Bristol Palin's new boyfriend's shocking August 2019 divorce, Chelsea Houska talking about possibly quitting Teen Mom 2, Jenelle Evans posting from the Unseen Moments set and more!

Who. Is. Olivia. Culpo. Is this a question we'll ever be able to answer? God knows we've tried in the past, and we'll try once again in this episode. Will we figure it out? Who knows! And that's not the only thing we'll try to figure out: Why won't Mohamed Hadid take down his structurally unsafe cliffside mansion? What happened to Derek Hough's appendix? Which actor made Dove Cameron feel "not OK"? How did Demi Rose Mawby's modeling skills stack up on the runway? And why did Kaia Gerber buy Pete Davidson a confetti cake? Plus, a divorce that left us shook (lol) and Rita meets the Prince. Yes, the actual Prince.

Episode 200 Dakota Meyer is a First Class Father and Medal of Honor Recipient. Dakota served with the United States Marines and in 2009 he was wounded in action during what became known as the Battle Of Ganjgal. Dakota had a highly publicized divorce with his ex wife Bristol Palin and had fought to maintain equal time in the lives of his two children. In this episode Dakota shares his Fatherhood journey, how it’s changed his perspective on life, the challenges he faced going through his divorce and much more. He also offers some great advice for New Dads and speaks openly about his feelings on Men’s role in society today. First Class Fatherhood is sponsored by SeatGeek SAVE $20 OFF Tickets by Visiting seatgeek.com Use Promo Code: FIRSTCLASS For information about becoming a Sponsor of First Class Fatherhood please hit me with an email: FirstClassFatherhood@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alec-lace/support

On this week's episode, we discuss Bristol Palin quitting Teen Mom OG – and Farrah Abraham possibly replacing her, Jenelle Evans and David Eason’s animal abuse accusations, Teen Mom 2 reunion secrets, and more!

On this week's episode, we discuss Jenelle Evans and David Eason divorce rumors, Kailyn Lowry slamming MTV over her story line, the latest with Bristol Palin's stalker, and more!

Lindsie talks about fighting w/ Will about working out & what her plans are to change things. They talk about how school closings were different when they were kids. Kail is upset w/ Javi over Elf On The Shelf. Kail talks about frustration w/ filming, MTV, & why she relates to Bristol Palin. Kail wants the full story on TV not just certain parts. They discuss a MIL being a surrogate & their thoughts on it. They talk about it being hard being human & why it's ok to ask for help. They talk about a substitute teacher telling first graders that Santa wasn't real.

Lindsie talks about fighting w/ Will about working out & what her plans are to change things. They talk about how school closings were different when they were kids. Kail is upset w/ Javi over Elf On The Shelf. Kail talks about frustration w/ filming, MTV, & why she relates to Bristol Palin. Kail wants the full story on TV not just certain parts. They discuss a MIL being a surrogate & their thoughts on it. They talk about it being hard being human & why it’s ok to ask for help. They talk about a substitute teacher telling first graders that Santa wasn’t real.

On this week's episode we discuss Jenelle Evans getting fired, Bristol Palin slamming Teen Mom OG, Briana DeJesus' latest health scare, and Ryan Edwards allegedly drinking alcohol after 90 day rehab stint. Plus, we recap Monday night's episode of Teen Mom OG!

On this week's episode we discuss Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie's new baby boy, the latest fight between Jenelle Evans and Kailyn Lowry, and Dakota Meyer and Bristol Palin's explosive social media war.

When the most exciting thing about a new show is the moment David T. Cole rechristens it Men Of A Certain Beige, you know you've got problems...but returning guest Jeb Lund soldiered bravely through our grumpy discussion of ABC's attempt to throw This Is Us, Desperate Housewives, and thirtysomething in a blender. We went around the dial with the new Murphy Brown, HBO's Jane Fonda docu, Ken Burns's Prohibition, a plea to reboot Behind The Music, and Dave's French stand-up TV forcening. Jeb hoped we wouldn't declare his House Canon submission dead on arrival before we named Kareem Abdul Jabbar a winner and Weiner a loser, and tossed around a pay-cable pomme frite with an all-HBO Hot Potato. Come for the tasteless puns on "Rutledge"; stay for Sarah saying the phrase "stunt penis" too many times in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS

Tyler Baltierra from MTV’s Teen Mom OG discusses Catelynn’s pregnancy, how he coped with her miscarriage, his mental health journey, and his thoughts on Bristol Palin joining the show. Patrick Hinds, co-host of True Crime Obsessed podcast, reviews Flipping Out on Bravo. SiriusXM Radio Producer Alyssa Heimrich reviews this week’s episode of Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo.Reality Life with Kate Casey http://www.loveandknuckles.comTwitter: @katecaseyInstagram: @katecaseycaFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245/Facebook.com/loveandknucklesAmazon List: http://www.amazon.com/shop/katecaseycaZIPRECRUITERhttp://www.ziprecruiter.comPROMO CODE: REALITYKATESUN BASKEThttp://www.sunbasket.com/realityPROMO: $35 off first orderANCESTRY.COMhttp://www.ancestry.comPROMO CODE: Ancestry.com/REALITY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's episode we discuss Farrah Abraham's bombshell drug test results, Briana DeJesus' new boyfriend, Leah Messer's secret romance exposed, and Bristol Palin slamming Farrah Abraham. 

Faye Dunaway is no longer welcome at his hair salon. Baby number 3 for Jessica Simpson. Study of Duh: happy owners means happy dogs, Brits and their drinking, children make you tired. Why was Bristol Palin on GMA?

WE GOT MERCH. Check out the store at Teespring This week, the team covers several news stories, from Bristol Palin diming out her ex to Jody to the secretary of the Army accidentally spotlighting a war criminal during Suicide Prevention Week Check out this week's bonus episode in which Adrian interviews Politico military reporter Wesley Morgan  Check out this week's bonus episode as we break down the classic Red Dawn and telling just how amazingly fascist it is. $3 a month gets you access here Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at sergeantjoker@hellofawaytodie.com or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

From 2010: If you haven’t seen actress and singer Brandy in a while, let me warn you that she is smoking hot as a young lady and a competitor on the new season of Dancing with the Stars. As for former L.A. Laker Rick Fox, who is also on the show—he’s still very tall. And, I guess, handsome, but I’m not interested in guys. They’re both in one of the most diverse seasons ever for the show. Stepping to the cha-cha-cha this time around, you’ll find Sarah’s famous daughter, Bristol Palin...

On this week's episode we discuss Chelsea Houska's third baby, Bristol Palin's big 'Teen Mom OG' debut, and Briana DeJesus' daughter's health scare. 

Spencer and Heidi chat with Teen Mom star - Kail Lowry - about parenthood, her dating life, former Teen Mom co-stars, social media politics, mom-shaming and of course... The Kardashians. ALSO - Speidi chats about going to the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards! Go to RITUAL.com/SPEIDI to get the vitam ins and minerals you need! Go to WETNWILDBEAUTY.COM/CATSUIT for your liquid lipstick needs!

President Trump signs the McCain National Defense Authorization Act into law but fails to give props to Senator McCain in the announcement, Bristol Palin has to give up at least one house in her divorce settlement, MIDTERM MADNESS: Florida candidate lies about graduating from college and republican Virginia congressman's son makes a public donation to the democratic party, THE SOFT CORNER: Utah man tries to kill his family with a stolen plane but ends up just killing himself. 

Happy Tuesday! Time for another go-around with the Turn Up the Night Gang! Kenny, Tom & Raine get a jump on Trump's latest bad week and all kinds of other news & shenanigans! The Donald finally has the perfect optics and backdrop for his campaign... A wall of trash! Some say Sleazy Don LIED about his charitable donations and has only shelled out $10K and not millions like he's claimed over the last 7 years. Kenny talks about the fundraising event he and The Suz participated in this past weekend for the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center! Trump supporters are ZOMBIES that will cling to the Donald no matter what he does. George Will makes his exodus from the GOP because of you-know-who. Jan Brewer is an idiot that wants the salted peanuts because the unsalted ones make her choke. Then Martin O'Malley is too kind to her. Jim "Baby Talk" Stachowiak returns to pretend like he knows something about the city of Cleveland and acts like a tough guy. He also talks about his "Cachet of Weapons" that he wants to use against Black Live Matters during the RNC. News Ninja Action with HB2 & SCOTUS updates from Tom & Raine! The Green News Report! Name Calling! Reverse Call-In with Caitlin-Chris! Mitch McConnell says some hilarious & dumb stuff about The Donald too! Brexit... Er... Bristol Palin got married! Why the rush? Sarah Palin advises Drumpf on a VP Pick: Don't get poisoned or choose someone like her! Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II schools white Evangelicals on their perversion of Christianity! John Oliver on Trump in Florida... I mean Scotland and the bullshit he spewed over Brexit. Samantha Bee, Brexit & The Two Doctors!!! Plus More! Enjoy! Tonight's show art kindly provided by regular TUTN sub-host & co-host of The Tim Corrimal Show, Joe Santorsa AKA @Marnus3! Thanks Joe!

Rod and Karen discuss Netta making the cover of Essence, Chipotle getting investigated, Bristol Palin family drama, Future family drama, Sandra Bland officer indicted, Michael Slager made bail, Ethan Couch, Saudi Arabia executes peaceful protesters, Bal Harbour PD balling out, London restaurants seat by attractiveness, Right Wing conspiracies about Obama's tears, Trump helping the terrorists recruit, C-Span caller, online dating, Nebraska sex ed, Pornhub's end of the year stats, Starbucks, Whoopi Goldberg, black man wants to be a refugee in Canada, masturbating subway guy, man stabs mother to death, train robbery, woman set on fire on Xmas day, sword ratchetness and a white woman does tribal black face. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Sponsors: www.GetBevel.Com Code: TBGWT www.adamandeve.com Code: TBGWT

Rod and Karen discuss Kesha's new band, Chipotle coming back, Steve Harvey bacon, James Wright Chanel blowing up, McDonald's Dollar Menu gone, Bristol Palin has another baby, Nick Gordon doing the most, Stacey Dash is shamed for having an abortion, Tisha Campbell Martin supports Tasha Smith, Obamacare working, TX cuts off funding for Planned Parenthood HIV testing, new KY governor is wack, Bernie Sanders says he was set up, KKK flyers on cars, V-Nasty back, Rosalind Brewer, woman goes on a crime spree in Wal-Mart, man shoots up McDonald's, woman bit husband's ear off and sword ratchetness. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Sponsors: www.GetBevel.Com Code: TBGWT

Rod and Karen discuss Million Man March, Karen's IT issues, PopEye's story with Carson, Black Coffee, Halloween, gun stuff, Quaid back, Azaelia on Nikki Minaj, Bristol Palin, Obama Back to Back, Raven Symone, white terrorist indicted, BallerAlert, preiscope DUI, Maine man, mascot thief and sword ratchetness. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Sponsors: Realtor For the ATL area: Tye Battle Contact Information: TyeBattle@Tamrawadeandpartners.com

Rod and Karen are joined by Rae Sanni and Maria Heinegg from the "It's About Us" Podcast to discuss kids calling adults by their first name, Bristol Palin, fake hate crime, were you born the wrong race, BallerAlert, shooting at New Orleans club, man makes a $1500 sandwich, NY socialite, a fight on a plane and sword ratchetness. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT @MariaHeinegg @raesanni @itsaboutuspod Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Guest Website: http://itsaboutuspodcast.com Sponsors: www.shadowdogproductions.com And they're on Twitter: @ShadowDogProd www.getbevel.com Code: TBGWT www.adamandeve.com Code: TBGWT

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 18, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.  Cenk, John, and Jimmy hosting. Donald Trump held a townhall event yesterday where a supporter called Obama a Muslim and not an American. Video of the interaction where Trump let the hateful rhetoric slide. Video of John McCain in 2008 rejecting supporters' claims that Obama is a scary Muslim. Trump's spox blamed the media for trying to focus the attention on Obama, and that the real story is his war on Christianity. Talk about how Trump's supporters words are simple fascism. When asked about the situation, Trump's spokesperson said, “I don't speak for Mr. Trump.” Videos of the angry response to Trump allowing the supporter to make the claims. Chris Christie said that he would correct a supporter on the matter before answering the question. Hillary Clinton called it hateful rhetoric that should've been repudiated. Ana and Jaclyn Glenn replace John on the Power Panel. Bristol Palin went after President Obama for inviting Ahmed Mohamed to the WH; that his involvement encourages victimhood. AJ Plus video interviewing Iowa State college students that support Trump and detail the things they're tired of hearing about him.

Rod and Karen are joined by Nina Perez of ProjectFandom.com to discuss managing content, writing books, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump gets fired from NBC, Vine Star gets in hot water, Rick Ross goes back to jail, Tallywackers, a Hooters waitress gives up her kidney, Viagra for women, restaurants behaving badly, airline passenger goes nuts, AskELJames, Bristol Palin, KKK rally at the statehouse, Jeb Bush comes around on the confederate flag, BallerAlert, mom kills kids, brawl in parking lot and sword ratchetness. Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @TBGWT @AuthorNinaPerez Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Nina's Website: http://projectfandom.com/

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 29, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Hour 1: Cenk hosting. Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma despises the recent Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, saying that his friends in the gay community were disappointed with the decision. Bobby Jindal recently announced his candidacy for president making him number 16 in the field and has revealed his logo for his campaign ”Tanned, Rested, Ready to Go”. CNN reports on spotting an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade in London, Cenk reveals the true design of the flag, along with Lucy Pawle from CNN being totally unaware of the flag design. In Istanbul Turkey a gay pride was disrupted in Taksim Square by police with water cannons, the motives for the disruption is unclear, but a beautiful rainbow was created by the water cannons.Hour 2: Bristol Palin has revealed that getting pregnant for the second time is planned and says that “it's not a mistake according to the giddy assholes”. A shocking video has surfaced of a Philadelphia cop assaulting and arresting a man, for not paying the train fare, with his young daughter watching the incident. Rihanna duct tapes Floyd Mayweather's mouth shut at a BET awards ceremony, in an attempt of making a joke that goes wrong. Southern Poverty Law Center reports that six black churches last week, have been the victim of arson, in the reaction from the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 26, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.comHour 1: Cenk, Ana, and John hosting. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality nationwide. Video of President Obama's words after the ruling came down. Although Obama was insincere about his stance on gay rights in the past, Cenk welcomes his part in changing the opinion of the country on the issue. Justices Scalia and Roberts both wrote very scathing dissenting opinions on the gay marriage ruling.Hour 2: Hannah Cranston replaces John for SCS. AJ Plus video about a Chinese man that fought gay conversion therapy and won. Bristol Palin has announced that she is pregnant with her 2nd child as she and her fiance broke up. She pointed out that this is a huge disappointment to her family, and asked for privacy. Cenk takes the “low road” and talks about how America treats the Palin's with kids' gloves but treats everyone else like a piece of garbage. Facebook has released their diversity numbers in employing more than just White males, and it doesn't look very diverse.

Bobby and Ben welcome comedian Aaron Berg to discuss the Waaco Biker shootout, David Letterman's last show, Romney vs Holyfield, Louis CK's SNL monologue, Ireland legalizing gay marriage, the murder of rapper Chinx, the cancellation of Bristol Palin's wedding, Texas's new fracking law, the NBA lottery, a heroin seizure, Bill O'Reilly's domestic abuse allegations and the end of The Passive Aggressive Podcast.

Almost every day there's news of another celebrity couple breaking up, getting a divorce or filing for custody. Jon Gosselin, of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame, has just filed for custody of his 11-year-old daughter, Hannah. And today, Bristol Palin and her fiance cancelled their wedding. They didn't even make it to the altar, though this is better than rushing ahead only to get divorced later. Robert Pattinson wavered about getting a prenup with FKA Twigs, despite being betrayed by Kristin Stewart. When celebs file for divorce their dirty laundry is hung out for all to see. Though this makes their struggles worse for them, it allows you to contemplate whether divorce and custody fights are what you really want. Today's guest, Jacqueline Newman, is a NYC Family Law Attorney who specializes in high net worth cases and prenuptial agreements. She shares her legal perspective on celeb divorces, while Dr. Carole looks at them - and your relationships - from a psychological point of view.

March madness!; Jokes from the Justin Bieber roast; Powdered alcohol is gonna be a thing; Bristol Palin got engaged to a Medal of Honor recipient; Americans used to drink all day; Marco Rubio was asked about the age of the Earth or something; Marshall's News; SWSX anti-technology stuff; How much were the people paid who picked your fruit?; Final Thoughts.

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Rod and Karen are joined by Yolie the Jew to discuss Yolie's comedy, boobs, TV shows, reality TV, political marriages, Bristol Palin, being sick, the end of the world,Vacabulatious, Chris Hansen, Snuglife, Thai women, Tech distractions, Karaoke beef, soda jerk, pony express, babies r us, freemium mix up, light saber rapist, burglar sex, salad for crack and kid at a drug deal. Intro: Ms. Jackson - Outkast Outro: Make Room - Tha Alkaholiks Twitter: @rodimusprime @SayDatAgain @YolieTheJew Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com Voice Mail: 704-557-0186 Sponsor: www.shadowdogproductions.com And they're on Twitter: @ShadowDogProd Yolie's Site: http://www.youtube.com/user/YolieTheJew

Solo Rant. Lots of yelling.Warning: If you are in love with 0bama DO NOT listen to this show and start whining. Just continue shunning us, we love that.Maybe it was the guy who shot the TV at Bristol Palin over Dancing with the Stars who Twittered TLM last night. He tried to school me and let me know my place. I'm certainly not as smart as he is if I don't recognize what a “MASTER of Intellect and Genius” 0bama is. Interesting choice of words, Master. Surely, I must not be as much of a GENIUS as said Twitterer because I don't senselessly Palin-bash and can have a completely objective conversation about her. In fact, I find people who can't, embarrassing. Certainly Palin is not a even a human being and deserves to be scorned because… well, basically she should just die, of course. Silly me, I should know these intellectually superior things.PS – Recovering from a bad case of bronchitis, please excuse.Music: King of Anything by Sarah Bareilles http://is.gd/hZJAH

On this episode of The Wheelhouse: Bower and “The Sweet Nasty" Chris Cause start off today's show where they left off yesterday's show by going back to "THE WORST PSA OF ALL-TIME" to count how many times "B-PALIN" and "THE SITUATION" say SITUATION in the PSA! We then discuss the story of a DRUNK BROWNS FAN tackling a 8-YEAR OLD JETS FAN which leads us to our thoughts on what we would do in that scenario and if HECKLING has gone too far! Finally we wrap up the show by discussing the newest FREE AGENT to the DATING WORLD and what "LATE NIGHT" TALK SHOW HOST does BOWER find not to be FUNNY! www.wheelhouseradio.com

On this episode of The Wheelhouse: Bower and “The Sweet Nasty" Chris Cause start off the first part of the show discussing the latest MLB HOT STOVE RUMORS, what BIG TRADES may be happening and the big TRADE that happened during the day! We then finish up the show by discussing one of the WORST PSA's of ALL-TIME that includes two of the worst POSSIBLE people to have in a PSA ever and we wrap up the show by playing this week's edition of HEY! NICE TWITS! www.wheelhouseradio.com