Charlie Kirk's Got Me Thinking

S1, Ep. 12: Closing Thoughts

What started as a simple attempt to process how Charlie Kirk influenced my thinking quietly turned into something heavier – something harder to ignore. Not dirty politics, but passionate justice. Not talking points, but freedom. At this final episode of Season 1, I arrived at the uncomfortable realization that once you see certain things and feel pulled to do something about it… you don’t get to unsee them. They stay in your mind until you do something about it. There’s no grand conclusion here. Just honest tension: The pull to speak. The weight of what’s happening in the world. The growing sense that staying silent isn’t a neutral position; it’s a complicit one. And maybe the biggest question of all: What now? No clean answers. Just a line in the sand for now. And yes, Charlie’s still got me thinking… and maybe far more.

S1, Ep. 11, Part 2: Islamic Oppression – An Iranian Australian's Heartfelt Personal Experience, A Warning To Australia and The Commonwealth

(Check out Episode 10 for Part 1 – Islamic Oppression: An Iranian Australian's Heartfelt Personal Experience, A Warning To Australia and The Commonwealth) In Part 2 of this conversation with Janet Shea, the story gets even harder to ignore: a child raised in Iran under oppressive Islamic rule, taught to chant “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” before she was old enough to even understand the words, and now she speaks from the other side of that fire with compassion and grace – compassion and grace being the opposite of the government she endured. Janet takes us inside the machinery of indoctrination, escape, fear, and survival – then into the Australian Senate moment that turned her personal testimony into a national flashpoint. What happens when a victim names what harmed her… and the system tries to shut her down for saying it out loud? *** Also mentioned in this episode: Reflections of Courage – an award-winning short documentary produced and directed by a woman raised under the oppressive Islam Regime, who now tells the astonishing true story of the only known Jewish family of four to survive the Holocaust together. The only known account of a family going into the concentration camps together and coming out together. Reflections of Courage is already making waves on the film festival circuit, and now it’s raising support to reach cinema screens across Australia. Support it through Documentary Australia and help bring this remarkable story to more people. Find it here: https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/ [https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/]

S1, Ep. 10, Part 1: Islamic Oppression – An Iranian Australian's Heartfelt Personal Experience, A Warning To Australia and The Commonwealth

This is what it sounds like when someone who’s lived through it looks you dead in the eye and says: “I’ve seen how fast freedom dies.” For the first time on the show, I speak live with Janet Shea, an Iranian-Australian storyteller whose words were powerful enough to echo inside Parliament. And what unfolds isn’t a neat conversation. It’s a collision between the version of reality we want… and the one quietly knocking at the door. We go deep – fast. We talk about what happens when “tolerance” becomes a Trojan horse. How entire nations can flip in 12 months flat. Why evil doesn’t kick the door in – it waits for you to leave it open. And what it feels like to carry truth that’s too heavy to ignore… but too dangerous to say out loud. There’s faith here, too. Raw, unfiltered, wrestled-with faith. We talk about God. About evil. About joy that exists even when everything looks like it’s burning. And somewhere in the middle of it all… You’ll feel that tension. The one that says: “I can’t unsee this now.” *** Also mentioned in this episode: Reflections of Courage – an award-winning short documentary produced and directed by a woman raised under the oppressive Islam Regime, who now tells the astonishing true story of the only known Jewish family of four to survive the Holocaust together. The only known account of a family going into the concentration camps together and coming out together. Reflections of Courage is already making waves on the film festival circuit, and now it’s raising support to reach cinema screens across Australia. Support it through Documentary Australia and help bring this remarkable story to more people. Find it here: https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/ [https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/]

S1, Ep. 9: When Denial Takes More Faith Than Belief

There’s a quiet moment where denying what you’ve seen starts taking more faith than believing it. This episode starts with relief at the thought – the possibility – that the outrageous horrors committed under Islamic rule in the world might die down for a while with the removal of the terrorist Islamic Regime… but that topic pivots fast into something more personal and inspiring: five unforgettable true experiences in my life that make God so real, so close, … I can almost touch him. At some point, the question changes. Not “Is this real?” But “How much proof do I keep ignoring?” And yet I continue wrestling with all the questions.

S1, Ep. 8: Australia and the world at a crossroad: Islam, Free Speech, and the Weight of the World

This episode isn’t light. I’m thinking out loud what many people feel right now in certain parts of the world… but they’re scared to say it. What happens when questioning an ideology is harshly unwelcome? There’s a moment from the Australian Senate that cracked this wide open for me – free speech, Islam, and where the line actually is. Not politically. Personally. And honestly? I’m wrestling with it. The weight of what’s happening in the world. The pull to speak up. And the tension between justice, mercy, and staying silent just to keep things comfortable. In the “My Evidence” segment, I also share two personal experiences that challenged what I believe about God, reality, and whether we’re actually being heard. No clean answers. Just real questions. If you’ve been feeling that quiet pressure to think deeper—but weren’t sure how to say it… this one’s for you. Charlie’s still got me thinking.