interview
Interviews with lovers, fighters and the various professionals who deal with our dysfunction.
When Advice Felt Like Arrows: A Story of Dignity in Hard Times
Introduction: When Words Wound Instead of Heal It started with a well-meaning text from a friend: “You just need to stay positive. Everything happens for a reason.” I stared at the screen, exhausted, eyes swollen from a night of crying, and wondered—how can something meant to comfort feel so piercing?
By Shamshair Khan Hasan Zai4 months ago in Humans
You Were Made for This
We live in a world that constantly tries to define us by what we have, what we do, or what we look like. Expectations pile up, comparisons wear us down, and before long we forget who we really are. But God never called us to live by the world’s standards. He called us to live by His truth. You were created intentionally, designed for a purpose that no one else can fulfill. The same God who spoke galaxies into motion also spoke your name with love and purpose. No matter what season you are in, no matter what you have been through, God can and will use you right where you are.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Humility That Preserves Truth
A friend recently said something to me that caught me off guard. After having a civil disagreement between us, he offered me a pretty humbling compliment. He conceded some ground and stated that he often has to remind himself that a person can love Jesus deeply, think carefully, and still disagree with him.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Truth Demands Proof
I saw a post on Facebook where a man shared a letter he had sent to his elected officials calling for the impeachment of the sitting president. He claimed that the offenses were “so obvious” and “so well documented” that he did not even need to include them. That single assumption captured everything wrong with modern political thinking. When someone says “the reasons are obvious,” what they often mean is that they cannot defend them. Emotional conviction replaces evidence. The appearance of certainty replaces truth itself.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Truths That Still Speak
Truth is not an idea that changes with time. It does not bend to opinion or convenience. Consensus does not determine what is true, nor what is moral. Law is not truth, even when designed to encourage certain behaviors or discourage others. Truth exists as it exists—beyond perception or belief. It binds humanity together only when it refuses to conform to culture, feeling, or desire.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Illusion of Neutrality: How AI Is Quietly Rewriting Human Thought
Technology has always mirrored the people who create it. Every algorithm reflects a worldview. Every platform embeds a philosophy. Artificial intelligence is not an exception to that rule; it is its perfection. It does not simply obey. It learns. And in learning, it absorbs not only knowledge, but bias, belief, and moral blindness.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The War for Reality: How Information Bias Shapes the Modern Mind
Every civilization rises or falls on its relationship to truth. When truth is honored, freedom flourishes. When truth is manipulated, tyranny begins. In the digital age, wars are no longer fought with swords or bombs. They are fought with narratives. Information has become the new weapon, and perception the new battlefield.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Machine That Feeds on Attention: How Social Media Turns People into Products
Social media began as a tool to connect people. It has become a system that consumes them. What started as digital conversation has evolved into a behavioral marketplace, one where emotion, outrage, and addiction are not byproducts but business models. The modern attention economy does not sell products to people. It sells people to advertisers.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Moral Case for Clarity: Why Truth Must Govern the Law
Civilizations do not collapse overnight. They decay from within, one compromise at a time. The laws of a nation are not only tools of policy; they are moral reflections of its soul. When those laws are written in confusion, hidden in complexity, or passed under deception, the moral order that sustains liberty begins to crumble.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Unbundling the Law: A Case for Individual Issue Voting
Modern democracy is drowning in fine print. Congress passes bills hundreds or thousands of pages long, packed with hidden riders and last-minute insertions that have little to do with their stated titles. The American public is told that such complexity is necessary — that governing is hard work and compromise requires bundling unrelated issues together. But this is not compromise. It is corruption by convenience.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Difference Between Hatred and Holy Intolerance
There is a dangerous confusion in today’s world. People are told that loving others means accepting everything they say, everything they do, and everything they believe. But love without truth is not love. It is surrender and cowardice disguised as compassion.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
