He told me something most Mormon missionaries would never say out loud: "I don't know if I believe any of this."And then he dedicated two years of his life to serving a mission anyway.In this episode, I sit down with a young missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was honest about something most people in any faith tradition won't admit — his belief was hanging by a thread. He'd spent high school questioning everything: his religion, his identity as a Christian, even the existence of God. Then something shifted. Not a lightning bolt. Not a sign from heaven. Something quieter.

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She was told a career meant giving up motherhood. She proved everyone wrong. Faith Calhoun grew up inside the political machine — door-knocking as a kid, working the U.S. Capitol, running social media for gubernatorial campaigns. She's seen how the system really works. But the most important thing she learned wasn't about politics at all. It was about the lie women are sold: that career and motherhood are an either/or — and that choosing family means you've somehow failed.cIn this episode, Faith pulls back the curtain on how social media rewired politics and culture — from paid commenters and bot-like behavior to the outrage economy that rewards extremism over truth. But she also gets deeply personal about what the feminist movement got wrong, why women are told they have to choose between a career and a family, and what motherhood actually teaches you that no job ever could.What we get into:

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The right says "man up." The left says masculinity itself is the problem. They're both describing symptoms and calling it the fire.Here are the numbers nobody wants to sit with: Men account for 79% of all suicides in the United States. Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 45. 57% of men report having no close friends — not one person they can call in a time of crisis. That number has tripled since the 1990s. The health impact of that loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.Something is broken. But it's not masculinity.In this solo episode, I break down what's actually happening to men — the loss of traditional roles, the absence of clear guidance, and the "nutrient-sparse" surrogate activities filling the void that genuine purpose and connection used to occupy.

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