From the start of President Donald Trump's second term to the assassination of TPUSA CEO Charlie Kirk, 2025 was a wild year with no shortage of significant events. Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew cover the political and cultural chaos, the AI takeover, DOGE, censorship battles, border enforcement, geopolitical events, and headlines that prove reality truly is stranger than fiction.

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In this episode of The Pop Culture Contrarian, Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew dive into the real dangers of AI: from economic disruption and job loss, to deepfakes and deception, to spiritual counterfeits and people literally forming religions around artificial intelligence.

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Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew compare "Wicked" (2024) and "Wicked: For Good" (2025) to the original "Wizard of Oz" movie."The Wizard of Oz" has been an iconic American fairy tale for well over 80 years. From the original novel to the silver screen and broadway, it has permeated pop culture across mediums and authors. Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew compare the latest film iterations — "Wicked" (2024) and "Wicked: For Good" (2025) — to the original movie and the wider Wicked universe and wrestle with what they are actually saying about villains, otherness, Oz as America, power and politics, truth vs. relativism, rewriting cultural touchstones, and more.

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Join Thomas, Sterling, Andrew, and special guest Reed Uberman, host of the "Indie Thinker Podcast," as they tackle how to navigate some of the most challenging topics on both the Right and the Left today.

We cover:

How to handle political and theological blow-ups at the Thanksgiving table

The emerging ideological fracture inside the Right since Charlie Kirk’s death

Why some “America First” voices are drifting into antisemitism

The danger of “I’m just asking questions” as a cover for bearing false witness

Whether the conservative movement must be explicitly Christian to survive

How to love your enemies and still tell the truth—online and in person

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In this episode of "The Pop Culture Contrarian," we dive into the world of historical reenacting from Civil War battlefields to the 1880s American West. Andrew shares how he got started as a teenager, why he recently joined an 1880s frontier group, and what it's like to step into the boots of a real historical figure. If you've ever seen people in period clothes at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, or Colonial Williamsburg and wondered, "What are these people doing?" this episode is your behind-the-scenes look.

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To some, the term "prepper" may evoke a caricature of lunatic conspiracy theorists building bunkers and storing years of food and toilet paper. In his book *Resilient Citizens*, Dr. Chris Ellis dispels this stereotype in exchange for the term "resilient citizen" — a rational, faith-driven builder of strong homes and communities. Dr. Ellis explains the psychology behind preparedness, the decline of localism, and "The Four Horsemen" — Debt, Dirt, Debasement, and Death — which he counters with biblical solutions: Christ, Cohesion, Cultivation, and Sound Currency. Join Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew as they interview Dr. Ellis about his book and explore the reasons why being a resilient citizen isn't just a good idea — it's mandatory.

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Muslims are killing Christians in Nigeria, and the West has been mostly silent about it — until now. What makes Islam entirely different from Christianity? What is the role of powerful Western nations like the U.S. in taking action to defend persecuted Christians abroad? Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew share an engaging conversation with Alex Kocman that weaves history, theology, and current events into a call for moral clarity.

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Sports gambling, once totally illegal, has become rampant. The NBA especially has leaned into legal sports betting to prop up viewership and activate fan interest. But is gambling actually ruining sports? In this episode of "The Pop Culture Contrarian," Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew break down the recent FBI bust of an alleged NBA-linked gambling ring tied to organized crime, tech-rigged high-stakes poker tables, and even game manipulation. We talk about how this kind of scandal could wreck the reputation of the NBA and why fans might stop trusting what they're watching on the court.

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