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New footage has been released showing the Idaho In-N-Out Burger location where a deadly shooting left three people dead and seven others injured. Police say the suspect, Chad Williams, acted alone and later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The investigation into the shooting and the suspect's motive remains ongoing.
If you prefer to watch the video you can find it at the bottom of this webpage. Episode Sponsors: CCW Safe – CCW Safe is a self-defense coverage provider that helps cover legal costs if you’re ever involved in a self-defense incident — and as you’ll hear today, even a shooting that gets ruled justified can still mean an arrest, an investigation, and a long wait to find out whether you’ll be charged. Visit ccwsafe.com to learn about their coverage options. HK-USA – Today’s episode is brought to you by HK-USA — Heckler & Koch, makers of some of the finest firearms in the world. When you need a firearm you can count on for personal defense, HK delivers. About This Episode: Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen have a lot to unpack–and this month, all eyes are on Twin Falls. From a road-rage confrontation that turns into a hard lesson on drawing against an unarmed attacker to a lunchtime rescue nobody saw coming, this episode is packed with real-world defensive gun use stories that test the limits of what you think you know about self-defense. We dig into the tactical trap of the “unarmed but advancing” threat, a homeowner who’d already been targeted more than once, and a self-defense claim a grieving family is fighting out in public. Plus: our full take on the In-N-Out shooting — what the armed responders got right, what’s still up for debate, and the split-second decisions worth studying long after the headlines fade. Tune in so you don’t miss! As always, any questions or suggestions for future episodes can be submitted to podcast@concealedcarry.com! News Stories Referenced: Hancock County prosecutor says shooting of unarmed man falls under self-defense; no charges filed in road rage shooting Large police investigation on Avery Street in Rochester Tuscumbia homeowner shoots burglary suspect; police report suspect to face charges ‘I just want peace': Man claims self-defense in downtown South Bend shooting Dog shot, killed after attacking juvenile in Morton, police say Mobile business owner says he shot and killed man in self defense Police: Man shot, killed after allegedly stalking victim, breaking into apartment Off-duty trooper, former officer, armed bystander confront Idaho gunman who killed 3 Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below. If you enjoyed the podcast the biggest compliment you could give us would be to subscribe to future episodes via a podcast app on your phone or via iTunes. You can find past podcast episodes by clicking here. Video Recording: Press PLAY on the video below to watch the video recording! {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https://www.concealedcarry.com#/schema/video/4254665","name":"S14E4: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Our Take on the In-N-Out Shooting","description":"Concealed Carry Podcast brought to you by HK - "S14E4: JUSTIFIED SAVES - Our Take on the In-N-Out Shooting" Episode Sponsors: -CCW Safe -","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2zrjoqAnY08/maxresdefault_live.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-07T15:19:00-06:00","embedUrl":"https://www.concealedcarry.com/player-embed/id/4254665/?autoplay=0","duration":"PT01H18M15S","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"http://schema.org/WatchAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}
Wanna hear the FULL Episode? Sign up for the Grad Program today! Professor Paul got his hands on a precision bolt-action rifle from Century called the ALR. You will be shocked and surprised to learn that he mounted an EOTech Vudu riflescope onto it. We'll give you the details during our Tech Talk segment from EOTech. We have a Coffee Corner from www.studentofthegun.com/blackout. When you order Blackout Coffee from the link or use the promo code: STUDT20 you save money and support SOTG. The Super Lab book is the #1 New Release. What are readers saying about it? When it comes to handguns, what does stopping power really mean? Our good friend Bill Frady from Lock N Load Radio is with us again. He and Paul will consider stopping power and the search for magic bullets. Louis Cara joins us once again for a detailed discussion of a recent deadly force incident at a gas station in Riverton, Utah. What is your responsibility as an armed citizen? Also, we have more information from the rampage killing incident in Twin Falls, Idaho. Are you walking around with a half-loaded gun? TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE Huge thanks to our Partners: EOTech | Blackout Coffee [0:02:05] EOTech Talk - EOTechInc.com TOPIC: Century Arms ATA ALR .308 and Vudu 3.5x18 [0:11:45] Coffee Corner - studentofthegun.com/blackout [Use Code: STUDT20] TOPIC: Super Lab: Application of the Scientific Method to Firearms Training https://amzn.to/4i1LTZz [0:21:07] SOTG Homeroom - SOTG University TOPIC: Bill Frady & Paul talk Stopping Power and Magic Bullet podcasts.apple.com
Karoline Leavitt has officially stepped down from the position of White House Press Secretary. Who's stepping in to replace her? Comedian and Former Judge Vince August joins the show to help break down what the best options for her replacement could be, and react to a new study that ranks Idaho of all places as the number one place to live in the U.S., with the former "armpit of America," New Jersey, in second and Texas in 36th place. Plus, Evangel Eagles Quarterback Pops Houston stops by to take Will, Vince, and The Crew inside the new season of FOX Nation's ‘God. Family. Football.' as well as explain his decision to commit to LSU and what makes Evangel Christian Academy so special. Subscribe to ‘Will Cain Country' on YouTube here: Watch Will Cain Country! Follow ‘Will Cain Country' on X (@willcainshow), Instagram (@willcainshow), TikTok (@willcainshow), and Facebook (@WillCainNews) Follow Will on X: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Walter bought the Lakers in October at a $10 billion valuation and just sold them to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for $12.5 billion, clearing a $2.5 billion profit in under a year. Covino and Rich react to the biggest flip in sports history and then dig up the other great steals: Steinbrenner getting the Yankees from CBS for $10 million, Jerry Jones buying the Cowboys for $140 million, Blockbuster passing on Netflix at $75 million, Facebook grabbing Instagram for a billion, Manhattan for a satchel of beads, and the part of the Babe Ruth sale nobody bothers to explain. There is also a $600 hair restoration helmet that showed up on a clearance shelf in Idaho for fifty bucks. Then it is time for They Might Be Ass, where Rich goes through the Arizona Cardinals schedule game by game and explains why the Carson Beck preseason hype is a trap and why Vegas setting the win total at three and a half is still too generous. And because today is the anniversary of South Park's 1997 debut, the guys count down their top three adult cartoons of all time, with Beavis and Butt-Head, Ren and Stimpy, Gravity Falls, Family Guy and South Park all in the mix. Overpromised is the weekly uncensored bonus pod from Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. #FSR #CRSHOW #OverpromisedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Growing faster doesn't have to mean becoming a settlement mill. The firms that scale successfully know exactly which numbers prove they're delivering better outcomes—not simply processing more cases. Thaddeus Wendt is the Founding Partner and CEO of Feller & Wendt, a multi-state personal injury firm with more than 120 years of combined experience and over $100 million recovered for clients. As the firm expands across Utah, Idaho, and Arizona, Thaddeus has built an operating model focused on speed, efficiency, and consistently achieving policy limit settlements without sacrificing client care. In this episode, Thaddeus explains the two KPIs his firm uses to measure quality, why reducing time on desk improves both client outcomes and firm cash flow, and how a radically different medical treatment strategy can accelerate case resolution while increasing settlement values. You'll learn: What policy limit settlement rates reveal about the health of a personal injury law firm. Why reducing time on desk improves both client outcomes and contingency fee cash flow. When fast-track pain management outperforms the traditional treatment timeline. How in-house marketing teams and agency partners can work together to scale a PI firm. The operational metrics that help growing firms avoid becoming settlement mills. If you're ready to build a beast of your own, you can't rely on cookie-cutter campaigns. You need a team that knows the PI landscape inside and out. Head over to Rankings.io. Like what you hear? Hit Subscribe! We do this every week. If you want to keep learning from the best voices in PI, join us at PIMCON 2026. Buy your tickets now! Subscribe to our newsletter and get the freshest news every Monday: newsletter.rankings.io Get Social! Personal Injury Mastermind w/ Chris Dreyer powered by Rankings.io is on Instagram | YouTube | TikTok
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
James Fry was the chief of the Moscow Police Department when Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were murdered at 1122 King Road on November 13, 2022, making him one of the central law-enforcement figures in the investigation that followed. Fry had worked for the Moscow Police Department since 1993 and became chief in 2016, years before his relatively small department was suddenly confronted with one of the most closely watched murder investigations in the country. Under Fry, Moscow police remained the lead agency while working with the Idaho State Police and FBI, eventually bringing together roughly 130 law-enforcement personnel as investigators processed the crime scene, collected thousands of tips, reviewed surveillance footage, traced a white Hyundai Elantra and developed the forensic evidence that ultimately pointed toward Bryan Kohberger. Fry also became the public face of the investigation, appearing repeatedly at press conferences and attempting to reassure a frightened community while protecting evidence investigators believed could not yet be released. He later acknowledged that the department should have communicated with the public sooner, particularly after waiting several days to hold its first major news conference.Fry's handling of the case drew both criticism and praise, especially during the seven weeks between the murders and Kohberger's December 30, 2022 arrest in Pennsylvania. Families, reporters and members of the public repeatedly demanded more information, while speculation exploded online about potential suspects, stalkers, surviving roommates, the murder weapon and whether the killer remained in Moscow. Fry maintained that investigators were deliberately withholding certain details because releasing them could jeopardize the case, and after Kohberger's arrest it became clearer how much investigative work had been occurring outside public view. Fry later estimated that during those seven weeks he had only four days off, while members of his department worked similarly demanding schedules. His importance to the Moscow murders therefore extended beyond being the police chief who appeared before the cameras: he supervised the local department responsible for the case, coordinated an enormous influx of state and federal resources, managed an unprecedented level of national attention and helped guide an investigation that moved from a seemingly suspect-less quadruple homicide to the identification and arrest of Bryan Kohberger. Fry remained Moscow's police chief until May 2024, leaving the department after more than three decades of service.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
Officials said Bryan Kohberger used a large fixed-blade knife to murder Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin inside the King Road house on November 13, 2022. The most important clue pointing investigators toward the type of weapon was the tan leather knife sheath found on the bed beside Mogen. The sheath carried Ka-Bar and U.S. Marine Corps markings, leading investigators to believe the killer had used a military-style Ka-Bar knife or a similar fixed-blade weapon. Prosecutors later disclosed evidence indicating that Kohberger had purchased a Ka-Bar knife and sheath online months before the murders, strengthening their theory about the weapon used in the attack. The sheath also became one of the most important pieces of physical evidence in the case because investigators recovered male DNA from its button snap that was ultimately linked to Kohberger. Despite the extensive injuries suffered by all four victims and the evidence pointing toward a large knife, investigators never recovered the actual murder weapon.Finding that knife became an important part of the investigation after the killings. Authorities searched Kohberger's apartment in Washington, his office, his Hyundai Elantra and his family's property in Pennsylvania, while investigators reconstructed his movements before and after the murders using surveillance footage, cellphone information and other evidence. According to the prosecution's reconstruction, Kohberger left Moscow after the killings and drove an indirect route through rural areas before eventually returning to Pullman, creating numerous possible places where the knife could have been discarded or hidden. Investigators searched for evidence that might reveal where the weapon went, but no knife was ever publicly identified as the murder weapon. That left the sheath discovered at King Road as the strongest physical remnant of the weapon authorities believed had been carried into the house. By the conclusion of the case, prosecutors had built their theory around the Ka-Bar-style knife, Kohberger's alleged purchase of such a weapon and the DNA recovered from the abandoned sheath, even though the knife itself remained missing.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
This is a testament to never doubt yourself, or feel like you're not enough. We went into this episode out of Orofino, Idaho thinking it would be as exciting as, well, Idaho. And every time we do that, boy are we mistaken. This one takes a turn for the sickening. We still have cold chills. Listen at your own risk. (no triggers, we're just scared) Check out our affiliates: Javvycoffee.com Use code ORSO77605 to get 15% off every order. Venomscent.com Use code ORSO28248 to get 10% off every order. Donate monthly here: https://www.patreon.com/orsotheysaypod Or a once off here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T22PHA8NAUTPN And don't forget to swing by here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/orsotheysaypod/shop
As Idaho students head back to class, school leaders are preparing for a year shaped by some unexpected challenges and new rules.
With thousands of Idaho kids lacking access to after-school programs, one Boise nonprofit is creating a place where teens can find support.
Your Throne, O God, Is ForeverTo the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah; a love song.45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.2 You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.3 Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!4 In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;7 you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;8 your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house,11 and the king will desire your beauty.Since he is your lord, bow to him.12 The people[b] of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.[c]13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.14 In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.15 With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.16 In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.17 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.+++For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA.If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. If you enjoy The Gospel for Life, please give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. That helps us a lot!Phone: (208) 991-3526E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.comPodcast website: https://www.790kspd.com/gospel-for-life/to donate on line https://www.reformationboise.com/donate
Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin had been living recognizable college lives filled with friendships, relationships, school, work and plans for the future before they were murdered in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Mogen and Goncalves had been best friends since childhood and had remained inseparable through high school and into the University of Idaho, where they eventually lived together. Goncalves had recently purchased a Range Rover and had been preparing to move to Texas for a marketing job, while Mogen had worked hard academically and had made the dean's list. Kernodle had endured a much more difficult childhood marked by instability and her parents' struggles with drugs, but she had grown into an outgoing, optimistic young woman who appeared determined not to let those circumstances define her. At college she had built a close circle of friends and had begun dating Chapin, a popular 20-year-old student who was one of triplets and belonged to Sigma Chi. Chapin's parents had visited him only about a week before the murders and had driven home believing their children were happily established in college and beginning their adult lives.On November 12, 2022, the four students had spent what initially appeared to be an ordinary Saturday night in Moscow. Mogen and Goncalves had gotten ready together before going to the Corner Club and later stopping at a food truck, while Kernodle and Chapin had attended a party at the nearby Sigma Chi fraternity house. Goncalves had only recently returned to Moscow, in part to show Mogen her new vehicle, making the visit one of the final chapters in a friendship that had lasted nearly a decade. The home on King Road had been known as a lively gathering place filled with music, friends and parties, fitting comfortably into a college town that had gone years without a homicide and was widely regarded as safe. By the following morning, however, Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Chapin had all been killed inside the house, abruptly ending four young lives that had been moving in very different directions but had become closely intertwined at the University of Idaho. Their deaths transformed an ordinary college residence and a quiet community into the center of a massive murder investigation that would soon draw national attention.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/02/idaho-murders-victims-alleged-killerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.
Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin had been living recognizable college lives filled with friendships, relationships, school, work and plans for the future before they were murdered in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Mogen and Goncalves had been best friends since childhood and had remained inseparable through high school and into the University of Idaho, where they eventually lived together. Goncalves had recently purchased a Range Rover and had been preparing to move to Texas for a marketing job, while Mogen had worked hard academically and had made the dean's list. Kernodle had endured a much more difficult childhood marked by instability and her parents' struggles with drugs, but she had grown into an outgoing, optimistic young woman who appeared determined not to let those circumstances define her. At college she had built a close circle of friends and had begun dating Chapin, a popular 20-year-old student who was one of triplets and belonged to Sigma Chi. Chapin's parents had visited him only about a week before the murders and had driven home believing their children were happily established in college and beginning their adult lives.On November 12, 2022, the four students had spent what initially appeared to be an ordinary Saturday night in Moscow. Mogen and Goncalves had gotten ready together before going to the Corner Club and later stopping at a food truck, while Kernodle and Chapin had attended a party at the nearby Sigma Chi fraternity house. Goncalves had only recently returned to Moscow, in part to show Mogen her new vehicle, making the visit one of the final chapters in a friendship that had lasted nearly a decade. The home on King Road had been known as a lively gathering place filled with music, friends and parties, fitting comfortably into a college town that had gone years without a homicide and was widely regarded as safe. By the following morning, however, Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Chapin had all been killed inside the house, abruptly ending four young lives that had been moving in very different directions but had become closely intertwined at the University of Idaho. Their deaths transformed an ordinary college residence and a quiet community into the center of a massive murder investigation that would soon draw national attention.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/02/idaho-murders-victims-alleged-killerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond E. Patricco denied Ashley Guillard's motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Idaho professor Rebecca Scofield, rejecting Guillard's attempts to argue that the federal court lacked authority to hear the case. Guillard, who represented herself, contended that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over her, that Idaho was the wrong venue because she lived in Texas and posted her TikTok videos from there, and that the judge had demonstrated bias against her spiritual and psychic beliefs. The court disagreed, finding that Guillard had intentionally directed her accusations toward an Idaho professor and an Idaho-centered murder case and that Scofield alleged she suffered the resulting reputational, professional and emotional harm in Idaho. The judge concluded that those contacts were sufficient for the Idaho federal court to exercise jurisdiction over Guillard and that Idaho was a proper venue for the lawsuit.Patricco also rejected Guillard's argument that the court had improperly judged the validity of her tarot readings or spiritual practices. The judge explained that the case was not about deciding whether psychic abilities or spiritual beliefs were real; it was about whether Guillard had made actionable defamatory statements about Scofield, including accusations that Scofield had been romantically involved with one of the murdered students and had arranged the killings. At the motion-to-dismiss stage, the court was required to accept Scofield's well-pleaded allegations as true and determine whether they stated a legally viable defamation claim, not decide whether Guillard's accusations were ultimately true. Patricco found that Scofield had adequately alleged defamation and ruled that Guillard's disagreements with earlier court decisions did not establish judicial bias or justify throwing out the case. On November 13, 2023, he therefore denied Guillard's motion to set aside the court's prior rulings and denied her motion to dismiss, allowing Scofield's lawsuit to continue.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.
In the chaotic weeks after the November 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, TikTok creator Ashley Guillard began posting videos in which she claimed that University of Idaho history professor Rebecca Scofield had been involved in the killings. Guillard said her accusations were based on tarot-card readings and what she described as spiritual intuition, rather than evidence produced by investigators. She went even further, falsely alleging that Scofield had been romantically involved with one of the victims and had orchestrated the murders to prevent that relationship from being exposed. Scofield had no connection to the killings, and police had not identified her as a suspect. Despite cease-and-desist demands, Guillard continued making the accusations and ultimately produced more than 100 videos promoting her theory. Scofield responded by filing a defamation lawsuit in December 2022, arguing that the allegations had damaged her reputation, caused severe emotional distress and exposed her to harassment and threats.The lawsuit eventually became a stark example of the real-world consequences of the rampant online speculation that surrounded the Moscow murder investigation. A federal judge ruled in 2024 that Guillard's claims were defamatory and unsupported by viable evidence, and the case later went before a jury to determine damages. In February 2026, a federal jury found Guillard liable and ordered her to pay Scofield $10 million, including $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages. Guillard represented herself at trial and continued to maintain that she believed her psychic conclusions were accurate, even though Bryan Kohberger had already pleaded guilty to murdering the four students. Scofield testified that the accusations had severely affected her mental health, professional life and sense of personal security. The case ultimately illustrated one of the ugliest aspects of the online frenzy surrounding the Moscow murders: an innocent person had been publicly accused of participating in a quadruple homicide based not on forensic evidence, witness testimony or police work, but on a TikTok personality's tarot readings.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.
Alleged gravity event and quickly asking the much more important question: where is the gravity cult? Because if the internet promises a supernatural event, somebody somewhere has probably already purchased matching tracksuits and appointed himself Supreme Gravity Commander. Thus, the Gravitonians are born, Idaho and Arkansas get dragged into the investigation, and a completely reasonable conversation becomes exactly the kind of funny podcast chaos you'd expect from The Rizzuto Show.The conversation tumbles into Heaven's Gate, Jonestown, Marshall Applewhite, Nike Decades, purple shrouds, Flavor Aid getting absolutely robbed of its historical brand recognition, and the crew trying to remember which unsettling cult detail belongs to which unsettling cult. This is less of a history lesson and more four people opening the same mental junk drawer at once. Eventually the crew becomes especially fascinated by Heaven's Gate's sneaker selection, because apparently even impending extraterrestrial departure requires a respectable shoe game.Then somebody wisely decides it's time to stop talking about cults and play trivia.This turns out to be only marginally safer.The Rizz Quiz returns with contestants getting 45 seconds to answer as many questions as possible—but one wrong answer immediately ends the run. No passing. No mercy. No blaming the educational system afterward. Questions cover everything from Roman numerals and the Grand Canyon to Nutella, Winnie the Pooh, human anatomy, Peter Pan, baseball, Garfield and the horrifying mathematics of nickels.Chris starts things off before the Colorado River causes problems. Diego gets ambushed by the number of years in a century. Brad suddenly turns into the final boss with a seven-answer run featuring hazelnuts, Rhode Island, Africa, Piglet, club sandwiches and Canada. Jared tries to chase him down until the “white part of an egg” becomes an intellectual brick wall.Then Round Two arrives.Brando tears through Jefferson City, football fields, Cookie Monster and Dr Pepper before the human skeleton ruins his streak. Cameron learns that lions have a pride, not a pack. Aaron encounters a fairy named “Tinder Bell,” which frankly deserves its own dating app. Finally, Brian gets Garfield's least-favorite day correct before informing all of St. Louis that there are 50 nickels in a dollar.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Hazardous fire breaks out in Metro East, residents advised to shelter in placeRare Nintendo discovery: 97 unopened games found in WisconsinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Rizzuto Show has been waiting since January for the moment humanity would supposedly lose gravity for eight glorious seconds, and now the big day has arrived. Do we float? Do we fly? Do we immediately jump out a window based on something we heard on the internet? Thankfully, only one of those ideas gets discussed with any enthusiasm.Episode 26 kicks off with the crew preparing for the alleged gravity event and quickly asking the much more important question: where is the gravity cult? Because if the internet promises a supernatural event, somebody somewhere has probably already purchased matching tracksuits and appointed himself Supreme Gravity Commander. Thus, the Gravitonians are born, Idaho and Arkansas get dragged into the investigation, and a completely reasonable conversation becomes exactly the kind of funny podcast chaos you'd expect from The Rizzuto Show.From there, somehow, things get even stranger.The conversation tumbles into Heaven's Gate, Jonestown, Marshall Applewhite, Nike Decades, purple shrouds, Flavor Aid getting absolutely robbed of its historical brand recognition, and the crew trying to remember which unsettling cult detail belongs to which unsettling cult. This is less of a history lesson and more four people opening the same mental junk drawer at once. Eventually the crew becomes especially fascinated by Heaven's Gate's sneaker selection, because apparently even impending extraterrestrial departure requires a respectable shoe game.Then somebody wisely decides it's time to stop talking about cults and play trivia.This turns out to be only marginally safer.The Rizz Quiz returns with contestants getting 45 seconds to answer as many questions as possible—but one wrong answer immediately ends the run. No passing. No mercy. No blaming the educational system afterward. Questions cover everything from Roman numerals and the Grand Canyon to Nutella, Winnie the Pooh, human anatomy, Peter Pan, baseball, Garfield and the horrifying mathematics of nickels.Chris starts things off before the Colorado River causes problems. Diego gets ambushed by the number of years in a century. Brad suddenly turns into the final boss with a seven-answer run featuring hazelnuts, Rhode Island, Africa, Piglet, club sandwiches and Canada. Jared tries to chase him down until the “white part of an egg” becomes an intellectual brick wall.Then Round Two arrives.Brando tears through Jefferson City, football fields, Cookie Monster and Dr Pepper before the human skeleton ruins his streak. Cameron learns that lions have a pride, not a pack. Aaron encounters a fairy named “Tinder Bell,” which frankly deserves its own dating app. Finally, Brian gets Garfield's least-favorite day correct before informing all of St. Louis that there are 50 nickels in a dollar.There are 20.We checked.Probably twice after this episode.It's another funny podcast packed with daily humor, sarcastic commentary, weird stories, St. Louis radio chaos and the beautiful sound of confident people discovering they are confidently incorrect. If you enjoy comedy podcasts where celebrity gossip and weird news can suddenly give way to a serious debate over cult sneakers and elementary-school trivia, welcome home. Expectations were already low, and somehow we found a basement.Come for the eight seconds without gravity. Stay for the contestants losing their grip on arithmetic.This funny podcast episode proves once again that The Rizzuto Show can turn a ridiculous internet claim, an uncomfortable history detour and a handful of trivia questions into a complete collapse of civilized morning radio.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As I'm still on the road in Moscow, Idaho, today's podcast was originally recorded exactly one year ago. It's sort of a part two with the most recent weekend podcast about the Letters of C.S. Lewis. Today we look at four of these letters more closely, especially in regards praying for suffering and persecuted Christians. Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China.You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Lastly, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us! Today I’m going to look closer at four of the ten letters, each dealing primarily with prayer, from last weekend’s podcast on the China letters of C.S. Lewis: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/the-cs-lewis-china-letters (Also see this related content: C.S. Lewis, Burnt Marshwiggle, and the Brainwashing of Richard Wurmbrand) Here are the specific letters we cover in today's Prison Pulpit podcast: 1940- To his brother Warnie, on the burden of sympathy in a world of “instant” news: Barfield…is very much depressed, having a greater faculty than you or I for feeling the miseries of the world in general, which led to a good deal of argument, how far, as a man and a Christian, one ought to be vividly and continuously aware of, say, what it's like on the [front]line at this moment. I took the line that the present rapidity of communication, etc, imposed a burden on sympathy for which sympathy was never made: that the natural thing was to be distressed about what was happening to the poor Jones's in your own village and that the modern situation, in which journalism brings the Chinese, Russians, Finns, Poles and Turks to your notice each morning really could not be [faced] in the same way. 1946- To Dom Bede Griffiths, on a future Christian China and carrying all the world’s burdens: No, I don't think I feel like you, ‘disillusioned’. I think that though I am emotionally a fairly cheerful person my actual judgement of the world has always been what yours now is and so I have not been disappointed…When you say that nothing… has a value in itself, that everything has a value in relation to God, I couldn't agree with you more. And I often, like you, think that all the valuable future may lie with the Christened Chinaman. But one mustn't assume burdens that God does not lay upon us. It is one of the evils of rapid diffusion of news that the sorrows of all the world come to us every morning. I think each village was meant to feel pity for its own sick and poor whom it can help and I doubt if it is the duty of any private person to fix his mind on ills which he cannot help. (This may even become an escape from the works of charity we really can do to those we know). 1953- To Father Manna, on the Chinese “disaster” and Western culpability in the matter: [Dearest Father Manna, regarding] your article on [the] Chinese disaster…I used [to entertain many hopes for China myself], since missionaries have served there for many years not unsuccessfully: now it is clear, as you write, that all is on the ebb. Many have reported to me too, in letters on this subject, many atrocities, nor was this misery absent from our thoughts and prayers. Footnote- [In his letter] Fr Manna pleads for greater recognition of the gravity of Communist persecution of Christian hospital workers (as well as missionaries) in China. He argues that if [a French Communist Party leader] is arrested in the West, the Communists rise in protest. There should be no less an outcry on behalf of victimized missionaries. 1962- To Mary Van Deusen, on ignoring present pain to pray for the suffering in China: You are always in my prayers. As regards this particular matter [of moving], I sympathise both with [your husband’s] dislike of noise and your dislike of moves. I suppose one thing we must do about these minor crises is to get them into perspective. At the moment when the nuisance of the move is worst, remember that (at that precise moment) people are dying in pain and others are at their bedside, and in China children starving and men in prison camps and some of them being tortured. Follow China Compass Follow or subscribe to China Compass on whichever platform you use. You can also send any questions or comments on X: @chinaadventures or via email (bfwesten at gmail dot com). Hebrews 13:3!
The Idaho 4 Evidence: Could an Amateur Really Do This? Here is my assessment as a retired NYPD sergeant.The psychosexual-motive theory is credible enough to warrant discussion, but it must remain clearly labeled as a hypothesis.The personal nature of the knife attack, the nighttime entry, the apparent preparation, the selection of a house primarily associated with young women and the domination involved in attacking vulnerable victims may support a psychosexual or grievance-driven interpretation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribeLast year I did a pod on Montana's surprising burst of bipartisan housing legislation. Turns out Idaho was watching. This year its legislature passed six housing bills of its own (two others failed). Republican state Sen. Ben Toews and Democratic state Rep. Megan Egbert join me to walk through what passed, what didn't, and what they gave away to get it done — plus the property tax cap that quietly works against all of it, and why duplexes turned out to be the red line.Chapters:00:00 – Introduction and the Idaho housing package02:43 – How each guest came to the housing issue06:39 – Inside the interim housing study committee09:05 – SB 1354, ADUs by right, and Dillon's Rule12:52 – The 5,000 to 10,000 compromise, and HOAs15:03 – SB 1352 starter homes, manufactured homes, lot splits16:28 – HB 706 and single-stair buildings18:11 – The permitting shot clock and the 6-day rule19:48 – Living with the compromises, and why counties were left out22:54 – The two bills that died: duplexes and YIGBY28:41 – HB 389, the property tax cap, and the growth undertow34:41 – What the public understands about growth37:23 – Regulatory reform on supply side vs. incentives for housing43:59 – The February deadline and city resistance48:52 – Horizontal vs. vertical density56:03 – What comes next for the committee & Idaho housing
Portland entrepreneur Mark Maher says it was around March 2025 when he and his family got to experience firsthand the thrill of smashing ceramic plates, glass vases, TVs and other electronic devices. That experience took place at a friend’s rage room in Boise, Idaho, where customers book sessions to don goggles, gloves and other safety equipment to obliterate objects in a controlled, safe environment. Soon after, Maher opened Rage Room Portland, which celebrated its one-year anniversary this month by opening its second location inside Stickmen Brewing Company in Tualatin. Business is also booming at OutRaged Rage Room, which opened in Vancouver in 2019. Owner Tera Gale says her three themed rage rooms are usually booked back to back on the weekends, with individuals or groups of up to 15 people paying to smash not only electronics and glassware but also personal objects they might find cathartic to destroy, such as a wedding dress from a failed marriage. Gale and Maher join us to share what they think is behind the appeal of rage rooms, where the adage, “you break it, you buy it,” is taking on new meaning.
The autopsy reports for University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin documented the extraordinary violence of the November 13, 2022 murders inside the King Road residence in Moscow. Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh determined that all four died from multiple sharp-force injuries consistent with a large fixed-blade knife, including a weapon such as the Ka-Bar prosecutors said was used in the killings. Mogen suffered 28 stab wounds, including extensive injuries to her face, neck and upper body that damaged major blood vessels, a lung and her liver. Chapin suffered fewer wounds than the three women, but his injuries included devastating wounds to the neck and major blood vessels, including one wound reportedly measuring approximately seven inches deep. Singh concluded that all four victims experienced a high degree of pain or suffering before death, although Chapin's suffering was assessed as occurring to a lesser degree than that of the other victims.The reports provided particularly disturbing new details about Kernodle and Goncalves. Kernodle suffered numerous wounds across her head, neck, chest, abdomen, back and extremities, including injuries to her heart, lung and major blood vessels, and her autopsy was the only one that specifically identified injuries consistent with defensive wounds, supporting the conclusion that she attempted to fight off her attacker. Goncalves suffered a combination of sharp-force and blunt-force trauma that the medical examiner described as more severe in certain respects than the injuries suffered by the others; her injuries included bleeding around the brain, a fractured nose, significant facial trauma and a knocked-out tooth, as well as evidence suggesting that an object had been pressed across her mouth. Taken together, the newly disclosed autopsy findings provided a much clearer medical picture of what occurred inside the house and demonstrated that this was not simply a series of quick fatal stab wounds, but an exceptionally violent attack in which the four victims suffered extensive and, in some cases, markedly different injuries before their deaths.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:012725+Exhibits+S-1+and+S-1+a-e+to+States+Supp+Resp+to+Rqst+for+Disc+RE+Penalty+Phase+Experts.pdf - Google Drive
In December 2022, the family of Kaylee Goncalves hired Moscow attorney Shanon Gray to represent them as frustration grew over the investigation into the murders of Kaylee, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. At the time, no suspect had been publicly identified, and Steve and Kristi Goncalves had become increasingly outspoken about what they believed was inconsistent communication from investigators. The family had publicly questioned why certain information was being withheld, challenged some of the early statements coming from law enforcement and expressed concern that they were learning important developments through the media instead of directly from authorities. Gray was brought in to serve as the family's legal representative and advocate, helping them communicate with investigators while also protecting their interests as the highly publicized investigation continued.Gray's role became even more significant after Bryan Kohberger was arrested in Pennsylvania on December 30, 2022, and extradited to Idaho to face four counts of first-degree murder and burglary. He accompanied the Goncalves family through the court process and frequently spoke publicly on their behalf, including after Kohberger's first Idaho court appearance, when Gray said the family understood that the criminal justice process was only beginning and that they intended to remain involved for the long haul. He later represented their interests during disputes over the case's gag order and other legal issues, effectively becoming the family's voice as the prosecution moved forward. What had begun as an effort to obtain better communication and greater transparency during the investigation ultimately developed into a long-term attorney-client relationship that continued throughout the prosecution of Kohberger.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
In the lead-up to Bryan Kohberger's trial, some of the most consequential legal fighting centered on the DNA recovered from the knife sheath found beneath Madison Mogen's body and the investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG, process that investigators used to identify Kohberger as a suspect. Authorities had extracted a single-source male DNA profile from the sheath and later sent the sample to Othram, which developed a SNP profile that could be compared against genealogy databases that permitted law-enforcement searches. Investigators used that information to build family trees that eventually pointed toward Kohberger, after which authorities collected trash from his family's Pennsylvania home and obtained DNA that helped connect his family to the sheath sample. Kohberger's defense spent years seeking the underlying IGG records, laboratory materials, family-tree information and details about how Othram and the FBI conducted the genealogy work. That discovery fight produced multiple motions to compel, closed hearings and court-ordered disclosures under seal as the defense argued that it needed the material to examine whether the investigative process had been scientifically reliable and constitutionally permissible.The fight eventually moved from obtaining the evidence to trying to keep it out of court altogether. Kohberger's attorneys argued that law enforcement had violated his constitutional rights by conducting the IGG investigation without a warrant and by later obtaining DNA through a trash pull at his parents' home, contending that evidence developed from those steps and subsequent warrants should be suppressed as fruit of an unlawful search. Judge Steven Hippler rejected that argument in February 2025, ruling that Kohberger had not established a constitutionally protected privacy interest that made the IGG process or abandoned trash unlawful searches and declining to suppress the resulting evidence. The defense then continued attacking the genealogy evidence through motions in limine, arguing that the State should not be permitted to present the IGG process to the jury and raising separate challenges involving terminology such as “touch” or “contact” DNA and the disclosure of expert testimony. The State maintained that IGG had primarily been an investigative lead rather than the evidentiary foundation of its case, while prosecutors intended to rely on the direct comparison between Kohberger's DNA and the profile recovered from the sheath. By the time trial approached, the DNA battle had therefore become two interconnected fights: whether the genetic genealogy that led investigators to Kohberger had been lawfully conducted, and exactly how much of that complicated investigative history the jury would ultimately be allowed to hear.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
This order memorializes the oral rulings made by Judge John C. Judge on April 17, 2025, in the Bryan Kohberger case regarding several motions in limine. The court granted the prosecution's request to preclude defense counsel from mentioning or suggesting that third parties—specifically “other men” or unidentified persons—are responsible for the crimes unless the defense can provide a proper evidentiary foundation outside the presence of the jury. This aims to prevent speculation or unsupported accusations from being introduced at trial. Additionally, the judge ruled that the defense may not use characterizations like “rush to judgment” or claims of a biased investigation unless such arguments are supported by specific, admissible evidence.The court also ruled in favor of the prosecution's request to limit or exclude any irrelevant or inflammatory evidence, including any references to the victims' personal histories, sexual activity, or alleged drug use, unless it directly relates to the defense's theory of the case and passes legal scrutiny. Similarly, the judge limited the introduction of expert opinions unless those experts have been properly disclosed and vetted. These rulings were intended to ensure a fair trial, maintain focus on relevant issues, and reduce the potential for prejudicial arguments that could mislead or confuse the jury.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:041825+Order+Memorializing+Oral+Rulings+on+Motions+in+Limine.pdf
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
The autopsy reports for University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin documented the extraordinary violence of the November 13, 2022 murders inside the King Road residence in Moscow. Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh determined that all four died from multiple sharp-force injuries consistent with a large fixed-blade knife, including a weapon such as the Ka-Bar prosecutors said was used in the killings. Mogen suffered 28 stab wounds, including extensive injuries to her face, neck and upper body that damaged major blood vessels, a lung and her liver. Chapin suffered fewer wounds than the three women, but his injuries included devastating wounds to the neck and major blood vessels, including one wound reportedly measuring approximately seven inches deep. Singh concluded that all four victims experienced a high degree of pain or suffering before death, although Chapin's suffering was assessed as occurring to a lesser degree than that of the other victims.The reports provided particularly disturbing new details about Kernodle and Goncalves. Kernodle suffered numerous wounds across her head, neck, chest, abdomen, back and extremities, including injuries to her heart, lung and major blood vessels, and her autopsy was the only one that specifically identified injuries consistent with defensive wounds, supporting the conclusion that she attempted to fight off her attacker. Goncalves suffered a combination of sharp-force and blunt-force trauma that the medical examiner described as more severe in certain respects than the injuries suffered by the others; her injuries included bleeding around the brain, a fractured nose, significant facial trauma and a knocked-out tooth, as well as evidence suggesting that an object had been pressed across her mouth. Taken together, the newly disclosed autopsy findings provided a much clearer medical picture of what occurred inside the house and demonstrated that this was not simply a series of quick fatal stab wounds, but an exceptionally violent attack in which the four victims suffered extensive and, in some cases, markedly different injuries before their deaths.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:012725+Exhibits+S-1+and+S-1+a-e+to+States+Supp+Resp+to+Rqst+for+Disc+RE+Penalty+Phase+Experts.pdf - Google DriveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
A Roman centurion sends Jewish elders to ask Jesus to heal his dying servant. Jesus marvels at his faith and heals the servant. Jesus raises a dead man to life in Nain.Join Pastor Daryl as he journeys through the entire Bible.Read Pastor Daryl's daily devotional.Subscribe to our YouTube channel.Visit the radio station website.If you enjoy Simply the Bible, please give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. That helps us a lot!Calvary Chapel Treasure Valley now meets Sunday mornings in a tent on our church property at 3853 E Lake Hazel Road in Meridian. For service times, online messages, and info on small groups meeting throughout the week, please visit our website at calvarytv.org.
Pop in with us this week as we review Cato Claire Burke's novel 'Yesteryear' (1:00) and the Netflix series 'The Bombing of Pan Am 103' (9:29). We also dive into the drama surrounding the third and final season of 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' (36:13). We're discussing the BBC documentary about the accusations surrounding Jared Leto (52:46). We also review the new Netflix documentary about the Idaho college murders (1:08:58). We review the new Irish folk horror movie 'Hokum' (1:23:12). We also discuss Perez Hilton's hospitalization (1:29:47). We're also reviewing The Last House (1:33:43) and discuss the upcoming 'Gilmore Girls' documentary (1:44:59). Don't forget to follow us on Instagram at @poppininpodcast!
As I'm still on the road in Moscow, Idaho, today's podcast was originally recorded exactly one year ago. It's sort of a part two with the most recent weekend podcast about the Letters of C.S. Lewis. Today we look at four of these letters more closely, especially in regards praying for suffering and persecuted Christians. Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China.You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Lastly, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us! Today I’m going to look closer at four of the ten letters, each dealing primarily with prayer, from last weekend’s podcast on the China letters of C.S. Lewis: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/the-cs-lewis-china-letters (Also see this related content: C.S. Lewis, Burnt Marshwiggle, and the Brainwashing of Richard Wurmbrand) Here are the specific letters we cover in today's Prison Pulpit podcast: 1940- To his brother Warnie, on the burden of sympathy in a world of “instant” news: Barfield…is very much depressed, having a greater faculty than you or I for feeling the miseries of the world in general, which led to a good deal of argument, how far, as a man and a Christian, one ought to be vividly and continuously aware of, say, what it's like on the [front]line at this moment. I took the line that the present rapidity of communication, etc, imposed a burden on sympathy for which sympathy was never made: that the natural thing was to be distressed about what was happening to the poor Jones's in your own village and that the modern situation, in which journalism brings the Chinese, Russians, Finns, Poles and Turks to your notice each morning really could not be [faced] in the same way. 1946- To Dom Bede Griffiths, on a future Christian China and carrying all the world’s burdens: No, I don't think I feel like you, ‘disillusioned’. I think that though I am emotionally a fairly cheerful person my actual judgement of the world has always been what yours now is and so I have not been disappointed…When you say that nothing… has a value in itself, that everything has a value in relation to God, I couldn't agree with you more. And I often, like you, think that all the valuable future may lie with the Christened Chinaman. But one mustn't assume burdens that God does not lay upon us. It is one of the evils of rapid diffusion of news that the sorrows of all the world come to us every morning. I think each village was meant to feel pity for its own sick and poor whom it can help and I doubt if it is the duty of any private person to fix his mind on ills which he cannot help. (This may even become an escape from the works of charity we really can do to those we know). 1953- To Father Manna, on the Chinese “disaster” and Western culpability in the matter: [Dearest Father Manna, regarding] your article on [the] Chinese disaster…I used [to entertain many hopes for China myself], since missionaries have served there for many years not unsuccessfully: now it is clear, as you write, that all is on the ebb. Many have reported to me too, in letters on this subject, many atrocities, nor was this misery absent from our thoughts and prayers. Footnote- [In his letter] Fr Manna pleads for greater recognition of the gravity of Communist persecution of Christian hospital workers (as well as missionaries) in China. He argues that if [a French Communist Party leader] is arrested in the West, the Communists rise in protest. There should be no less an outcry on behalf of victimized missionaries. 1962- To Mary Van Deusen, on ignoring present pain to pray for the suffering in China: You are always in my prayers. As regards this particular matter [of moving], I sympathise both with [your husband’s] dislike of noise and your dislike of moves. I suppose one thing we must do about these minor crises is to get them into perspective. At the moment when the nuisance of the move is worst, remember that (at that precise moment) people are dying in pain and others are at their bedside, and in China children starving and men in prison camps and some of them being tortured. Follow China Compass Follow or subscribe to China Compass on whichever platform you use. You can also send any questions or comments on X: @chinaadventures or via email (bfwesten at gmail dot com). Hebrews 13:3!
Come to Our HelpTo the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.44 O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us,what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted;you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them,but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.4 You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!5 Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.6 For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.7 But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.8 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah9 But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.10 You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.12 You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock[b] among the peoples.15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;19 yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.22 Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.23 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.26 Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!+++For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA.If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. If you enjoy The Gospel for Life, please give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. That helps us a lot!Phone: (208) 991-3526E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.comPodcast website: https://www.790kspd.com/gospel-for-life/to donate on line https://www.reformationboise.com/donate
Idaho's Palouse Region is off the beaten path for many, but it's where a significant impact is made to help keep farmers productive and consumers well-fed. With a storied history dating back to the 19th century, the University is Idaho is one of the nation's premier public research institutions. Redox was provided a campus tour, including the Soil Stewards Farm and Deep Soil Ecotron."Collectively together we have the opportunity to really lean in and make sure that we're providing as your land grant university the research that's needed to help our producers be successful," remarked Leslie Edgar, J.R. Simplot Endowed Dean of the University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Find out more about the University of Idaho and how it helps farm productivity at uidaho.edu/cals.
Kohberger's Body Language: Did He Just Give Himself Away? Bryan Kohberger now claims actual innocence and wants to withdraw the guilty plea that sent him to prison for the Idaho 4 murders—but can he convince a judge to give him a trial? Retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon breaks down Kohberger's ineffective-counsel claims, the DNA, knife-sheath, cellphone and vehicle evidence, and the biggest legal obstacles standing in his way. We also examine his body language as per ecpert Scott Rouse. . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
NFA BOMBSHELL: Mark Walters and Lee Williams break down Jensen v. ATF, the battle over suppressors and SBRs, the Idaho armed hero, and surprising media coverage of defensive gun use. Could this change American gun ownership forever?
An armed citizen helps stop a killer in Idaho while Connecticut politicians claim their gun-control laws work. Mark Walters and Andy Hooser expose the contrast, challenge the “next gun law” argument and ask what really stops violent criminals.
When Bryan Kohberger accused Anne Taylor's defense team of coercing his guilty plea, Idaho had to find him a brand-new lawyer, and the search ended at a small general-practice firm in Moscow. Greg Rauch got the appointment on August 3, 2026, through the state's Alternate Counsel Division, the office that hires private attorneys when the public defender has a conflict. The conflict here is unavoidable: Kohberger's handwritten petition, filed July 27, claims his original lawyers convinced him to falsely confess to the University of Idaho murders and hid favorable evidence, allegations that remain unproven and unruled upon. So the man who once had a defense operation reported at more than eight million dollars — including a DNA specialist who spent nine years attacking genetic evidence for San Francisco's public defender — is starting over with an attorney whose caseload runs through bankruptcy court and family court. Rauch's first public comments confirmed he hadn't read the petition or the case file and hadn't spoken with Kohberger. He grew up in Moscow, graduated from the same university the four victims attended, and will work this case surrounded by neighbors who lived through what happened on King Road. The endgame carries a twist worthy of the filing itself: if Rauch succeeds, the plea disappears, the case moves back toward trial, and the death penalty Kohberger bargained away comes back with it. The attorney general has promised his office is ready, and Steve Goncalves says his family is prepared and confident about the outcome. Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin's loved ones thought this ended at sentencing. It didn't, and the next chapter runs straight through one unlucky lawyer's office. Follow along, because this appointment shapes everything that comes next.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#BryanKohberger #GregRauch #TrueCrimeToday #IdahoFour #TrueCrime #AnneTaylor #IdahoMurders #KohbergerPetition #TrueCrimeNews #PostConviction
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Greg Rauch spent twenty years practicing law in Moscow, Idaho, and nothing in that career resembles what Bryan Kohberger just handed him. Rauch's firm bio covers Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, landlord-tenant fights, DUI defense, divorce, child custody, wills, probate, and real estate. It credits him with more than twenty trials. It shows no murder case, no capital case, and no petition remotely like the handwritten one Kohberger filed on July 27, 2026 to undo his guilty plea in the Idaho student murders. The state appointed Rauch on August 3 because the public defender's office had a conflict — Kohberger is accusing his own former lawyers of coercing a false confession and burying evidence, claims no judge has ruled on yet. Hours into the job, Rauch admitted to a reporter that he hadn't read the file and had never spoken to the man he represents. The contrast with what came before is the whole story. Anne Taylor's team carried this case for two and a half years, brought in a genetics-trained DNA specialist from San Francisco, and negotiated the deal that kept Kohberger off death row after prosecutors said his DNA was on the knife sheath. The case cost Idaho taxpayers a reported eight million dollars. Kohberger's petition calls that representation a betrayal, and his reward is a solo general practitioner working three hundred miles from the prison where he sits. If the gamble works, the plea dies and the death penalty returns, exactly the outcome the Goncalves family says it wants. This episode lays out the full record on the man now standing between Bryan Kohberger and a capital courtroom, and why the poor guy holding this file may have drawn the worst assignment in American law.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#BryanKohberger #GregRauch #HiddenKillers #IdahoFour #TrueCrime #AnneTaylor #KohbergerCase #IdahoMurders #TrueCrimeStories #UniversityOfIdaho
How do you prepare to preach when sermon preparation is not part of your weekly routine?In this conversation, Mike Neglia speaks with his friend Noah Beumer, a pastor on staff at Calvary Boise in Idaho, where he currently oversees missions. Before moving into that role, Noah spent many years leading worship, and he now participates in Calvary Boise's collaborative teaching team.Noah reflects on the healthy fear and dependence that can accompany occasional preaching. He explains why preachers may sometimes need to pray more and study a little less—not because biblical study is unimportant, but because access to more information does not necessarily tell us what a particular congregation needs to hear.Mike and Noah also discuss reading the biblical text before reaching for commentaries, finding the big idea of a passage, preparing as a verbal processor, using recording and transcription tools to organise a sermon, and moving from a full manuscript towards a more internalised message.They also speak about Expositors Collective leadership-team member Dr. John Whittaker and the coaching he provides to Calvary Boise's teaching team. His investment in preachers and Bible teachers is helping the wider church grow in its understanding, handling and communication of Scripture.ABOUT NOAH BEUMERNoah Beumer is a pastor on staff at Calvary Boise in Boise, Idaho, where he oversees missions. He previously spent many years leading worship and now serves within the church's collaborative teaching team. His ministry experience also includes Bible training, cross-cultural mission work and teaching in a variety of church and small-group settings.IN THIS EPISODENoah's earliest experiences teaching the BibleWhat occasional preachers can contribute to a local churchWhy unfamiliarity can drive a preacher towards prayer and dependenceThe value of hearing different voices in the pulpitWhat Noah means by “pray more and study a little less”Balancing biblical knowledge with dependence on the Holy SpiritReading and praying through the text before opening commentariesFinding the big idea and deciding what not to includePreparing a sermon as a verbal processorUsing voice recordings, transcription and AI as editing toolsHow collaborative sermon preparation strengthens preachersDr. John Whittaker's coaching of the Calvary Boise teaching teamMoving from a full manuscript towards an internalised messageRESOURCES MENTIONEDCalvary Boisehttps://calvaryboise.com/THE PREVIOUS EPISODE WITH NOAH BEUMER AND MICHAEL MCCALEBBEpisode 74: The Entire Service Is Worship — with Noah Beumer and Michael McCalebbMike, Noah and Michael discuss how prayer, song selection, collaboration and communication with the preaching pastor can help make the whole Sunday gathering a unified act of worship.https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expositorscollective/episodes/Episode-74---The-Entire-Service-is-Worship-e2c622pJOHN WHITTAKERJohn Whittaker's websitehttps://www.johnwhittaker.net/The Listener's Commentaryhttps://www.listenerscommentary.com/John Whittaker's courseshttps://www.johnwhittaker.net/coursesSELECTED EXPOSITORS COLLECTIVE EPISODES WITH JOHN WHITTAKERSermon Preparation Strategies — with Nick Cady, John Whittaker and Conor BerryA practical conversation about moving from the biblical text to the message, finding the big idea, keeping Jesus central, sermon pacing and sustainable study habits.https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expositorscollective/episodes/Sermon-Preparation-Strategies-w-Nick-Cady--John-Whittaker--Conor-Berry-e3a1gosHow to Discover the Author's Intended Meaning — with John Whittakerhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expositorscollective/episodes/How-to-Discover-the-Authors-Intended-Meaning-with-John-Whittaker-e2h5ms1Teaching the Bible to Real People — with John Whittakerhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expositorscollective/episodes/Teaching-The-Bible-To-Real-People-with-John-Whittaker-e2c6215
Spin Docs is our segment where we scrutinize true crime docuseries and documentaries. Today, we will speak about Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, which chronicles the killing of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin November 13, 2022. Find discounts for Murder Sheet listeners here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/discountsCheck out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsOrder our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-bridge-the-delphi-murders-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-heartland-aine-cain/21866881?ean=9781639369232Or here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Bridge-Murders-American-Heartland/dp/1639369236Join our Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/c/murdersheetSupport The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Check out more inclusive sizing and t-shirt and merchandising options here: https://themurdersheet.dashery.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLCSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Forensic psychologist Dr. Kris Mohandie argued that the plea agreement that spared Bryan Kohberger from the death penalty was fundamentally flawed because prosecutors never required him to give a detailed account of how or why he killed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 and received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus an additional 10 years, but in July 2026 he filed for post-conviction relief claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, alleging that he had been misled and again asserting his innocence. Mohandie said prosecutors should have forced Kohberger to commit to a complete version of events before accepting the plea, even if they suspected he would lie. Without that confession, Mohandie argued, Kohberger was left with room to later claim that he had been coerced, poorly represented or never truly admitted to the underlying facts of the murders. In his view, the plea deal gave prosecutors finality on paper but failed to extract the kind of detailed admission that could now be used to confront Kohberger's changing claims.Mohandie also criticized the deal for the renewed emotional toll it was placing on the victims' families, arguing that the post-conviction proceedings were forcing them back into a case they had been told was effectively over. He characterized Kohberger's latest legal maneuvering as consistent with what he viewed as a desire to outsmart the system, maintain notoriety and continue controlling the narrative around himself. Mohandie pointed in particular to Kohberger's handwritten petition and his decision to contact a reporter from prison before filing it as evidence that he continued to seek attention even after conviction. He described Kohberger as someone who believed he was smarter and more exceptional than others, while cautioning against treating convicted killers as fascinating or uniquely brilliant figures. The larger criticism was that prosecutors had an opportunity during the plea negotiations to pin Kohberger to a specific account of the murders and failed to do so, leaving an opening for exactly the kind of post-conviction challenge now unfolding.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Bryan Kohberger's plea deal was a mistake, says renowned forensic psychologist | Fox News
Judge Steven Hippler denied Bryan Kohberger's motion to strike the death penalty or impose additional procedures on prosecutors over the way discovery had been produced in the case. Kohberger's defense argued that the State had overwhelmed the defense with an enormous and poorly organized volume of material, including more than 68 terabytes of data, roughly 13,000 photographs, 15,000 business surveillance clips, thousands of residential videos and information extracted from dozens of digital devices. The defense characterized the production as a massive “data dump” that was difficult to search and review, arguing that prosecutors had failed to provide adequate indexes, logs or specific identification of potentially exculpatory material. Kohberger's attorneys contended that the situation interfered with their ability to prepare for a capital trial and violated his due-process rights, and they asked Hippler to impose sanctions that included removing the death penalty and requiring prosecutors to provide greater organization and assistance in navigating the discoveryHippler rejected those arguments, finding that the defense had failed to establish either a discovery violation or a constitutional due-process violation by the State. He concluded that prosecutors were required to disclose material evidence favorable to the accused but were not obligated to organize the defense's case for it, create a particular searchable database or specifically identify every potentially favorable item within a massive discovery production. Hippler also rejected the suggestion that prosecutors had deliberately buried relevant evidence among irrelevant material or made access to the discovery unreasonably difficult, noting that much of the material had been provided because the defense itself had requested broad categories of evidence. He therefore found no justification for the extraordinary sanction of eliminating the death penalty and declined to impose the additional organizational requirements requested by Kohberger's attorneys. While denying the motion, Hippler encouraged the defense to seek additional personnel or resources if it believed more help was necessary to review the evidence, leaving the responsibility for managing the discovery ultimately with Kohberger's defense teamto contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
In the lead-up to Bryan Kohberger's trial, the court issued an important order governing investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG, material connected to the identification of Kohberger as a suspect. The dispute centered on the genetic genealogy work investigators used after DNA recovered from the knife sheath at the King Road crime scene did not initially identify a suspect through traditional law-enforcement databases. Kohberger's defense sought access to the underlying IGG records, arguing that it needed to examine how investigators moved from the unknown DNA profile to Kohberger and whether the process complied with applicable policies, privacy protections, and constitutional requirements. Prosecutors resisted broad disclosure, maintaining that much of the genealogy information involved private individuals who had nothing to do with the case and that the IGG process had functioned primarily as an investigative lead rather than evidence the state intended to present to the jury.The court ultimately required the state to provide the defense with certain IGG-related materials while placing significant restrictions on their use and disclosure. The judge recognized that Kohberger's attorneys were entitled to investigate the process that had helped focus law enforcement on their client, but also sought to protect the privacy of uninvolved genetic relatives and people whose genealogical information had been examined during the investigation. The order therefore reflected a compromise: the defense gained access to material necessary to evaluate and potentially challenge the genealogy investigation, while sensitive information remained subject to protective measures and limited distribution. The ruling was significant because it gave Kohberger's lawyers an opportunity to scrutinize one of the most consequential investigative steps in the case, even though prosecutors maintained that the eventual direct DNA comparison between Kohberger and the sheath sample, rather than the genealogy search itself, was the evidence they relied upon to connect him to the crime scene.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
In State v. Bryan C. Kohberger, Case No. CR01-24-31665, Judge Steven Hippler issued a Memorandum Decision and Order addressing multiple defense motions aimed at removing the death penalty as a sentencing option. The defense presented 12 motions challenging various aspects of Idaho's capital punishment framework, including the constitutionality of execution methods and the applicability of certain aggravating factors. After thorough consideration, Judge Hippler denied all motions, affirming that the death penalty remains a viable sentencing option in this case.The court's 55-page decision systematically addressed each defense argument, referencing precedents set by the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the constitutionality of capital punishment. Judge Hippler concluded that the defense's claims did not warrant the removal of the death penalty, allowing the prosecution to continue seeking it as a potential sentence. This ruling signifies a pivotal moment in the proceedings, underscoring the court's commitment to adhering to established legal standards in capital cases. to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:112024-Memorandum-Decision-Order-Death-Penalty-Motions.pdf
Op examines the case of Wess Roley and the June 2025 attack on firefighters responding to a wildfire on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.What began as a routine call sent crews into the woods to do a job built around danger. But shortly after they arrived, the threat changed entirely. Gunfire erupted, two firefighters were killed, another was seriously wounded, and investigators were left to reconstruct why a 20-year-old man had been on that mountain in the first place.The fire brought everyone together. But was that exactly what it was meant to do?Hugs ❤️FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/911callsX https://x.com/911CallsPodcastINSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/911callspodcastYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@911CallsPodcastTIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@911callspodcastPATREON https://patreon.com/1159media====Unlimited Access, Early, Ad-free for $5For $5, supporters get everything we have to offer - every podcast, live backdoor access to watch us record, video episodes, uncut episodes, all of our PLUS podcasts, early and ad-free, and more. Support 11:59 Media's vision to build our great creators. Visit 11:59 Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/1159media to sign up now. Start your support, and access everything you've been missing.
Why do we need friends, and why is it so hard to find them? In the final message of Is That in the Bible?: House of David, Pastor Levi Lusko explores the remarkable friendship between David and Jonathan and what it teaches us about connection, loyalty, and the relationships we desperately need. In a world experiencing a growing loneliness epidemic, Scripture reminds us that friendship isn't optional—it's part of God's design for human flourishing. If you've ever felt lonely, disconnected, misunderstood, or wondered why meaningful friendships seem so difficult to build, this message offers biblical wisdom and practical encouragement for finding the kind of relationships your soul was made for.This message will help you:– overcome loneliness and isolation– build deeper, healthier relationships– identify the qualities of a true friend– become the kind of friend others needContinue watching in House of David Season 2, Episodes 1 + 5, Episode 7, streaming on Amazon Prime Video.NEXT STEPS:Ask for prayer or connect with a pastor: https://freshlife.church/contactRegister your decision to follow Jesus and receive free resources: https://freshlife.church/know-godGive a financial gift to support what God is doing as we take steps forward to see the Gospel reach far and wide: https://freshlife.church/giveSUBSCRIBE:Sign up to receive encouragement straight to your inbox, and to stay up to date with announcements, events, and more: https://church.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ea4d82b2567db3e86b7767cd&id=451f2fe63eDon't miss a video! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch?sub_confirmation=1CONNECT ON SOCIALS:Website: https://freshlife.churchInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshlifechurchTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/freshlifeYoutube: https://youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch/Fresh Life Church was pioneered by Pastors Levi and Jennie Lusko in 2007. We exist to see those stranded in sin find life and liberty in Jesus Christ. Today Fresh Life's ministry impacts people with the radical, life-changing message of Jesus' grace, spilling across Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho… and beyond.