The Life & Liberty Podcast

The Danbury Institute's Life & Liberty Podcast brings together a collection of conservative Christian voices from around the nation to talk about issues pertaining to Christian values and standing for truth in culture and the public square. To learn more about The Danbury Institute and its mission to help Christians and churches re-engage in standing for truth, visit danburyinstitute.org.

Episodes

Trading drag queen story hour for pastor story hour: An interview with Trent Talbot

June 20, 2025 • 14 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Trent Talbot, CEO of Brave Books, about his effort to infuse wholesome values into children’s books and programing. Hear Trent talk about his salvation story and how that led him as a new parent to wake up to the harsh reality that leftist activists and agendas see children as easy targets. But instead of just rejecting things like drag queen story hour, ...

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Abolishing abortion: A conversation with Bradley Pierce

June 19, 2025 • 28 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Bradley Pierce, president of Foundation to Abolish Abortion. Bradley is a constitutional attorney who has been practicing law for more than 17 years. He has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court where he filed a brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case--the case that ultimately led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Bra...

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Pro-life work in a Post-Roe World: An Interview with David Closson

April 22, 2025 • 24 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with David Closson, director of the Center for Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council, about his brand new book, "Life After Roe: Equipping Christians in the Fight for Life Today." Tune in as we take a look at new research and hear from David about how Christians can best engage in defending the sanctity of human life.

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Colorado "transgender rights" bill threatens to remove children from parents

April 9, 2025 • 19 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast from The Danbury Institute, Sharayah Colter speaks with Chase Davis, a pastor in Boulder, Colorado, about a bill (HB25-1312) that could allow the state to remove children from their parents if parents do not affirm "gender identity." The bill says that by "misgendering" or "deadnaming" a child, a parent is exerting "coercive control" and says that type of discriminatory action shoul...

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Life & Liberty Brief - March 16, 2025

March 16, 2025 • 3 mins

The Life & Liberty Brief, brought to you by The Danbury Institute

Catch up on the leading headlines from the news this week. An important step in standing for life and liberty is to be informed about current events. Through the Life and Liberty Brief, The Danbury Institute team helps you stay connected without being glued to the news all day, every day. Subscribe at danburyinstitute.org to receive the Life and Liberty Brief in y...

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Post-abortive mom now works to end abortion and minister to mothers

February 19, 2025 • 19 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Aniela Chis, director of church partnerships for Human Coalition. Listen in as Aniela shares her personal story of having an abortion earlier in life and now drawing from that difficult experience and her relationship with God to help other women avoid that costly decision and to embrace the sanctity of life instead. To learn more about The Danbury Instit...

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Eradicating child pornography and fighting the sexualization of children

February 13, 2025 • 26 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Cheryl Bean and Karen Wiseman about leading the effort to have pornographic images of children removed from a Fort Worth, Texas art museum display. Bean and Wiseman, leaders and advocates in protecting children and ending evils such as human trafficking, talk with us about how pornography is a "gateway drug" to many destructive behaviors and crimes in add...

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Interview with Riley Gaines, 12x NCAA All-American swimmer

December 16, 2024 • 14 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Riley Gaines about her experience competing against a male swimmer in the women's competition during the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Gaines shares her personal story of standing for truth amid an onslaught of absurdity surrounding transgenderism and the way it is eliminating private spaces for girls and women, threate...

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Post-Election Interview with Congressman Mark Walker

November 21, 2024 • 20 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Sharayah Colter talks with Congressman Mark Walker, a former pastor and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and most recently an advisor to the Republican National Committee. What drove Christians to the polls in higher numbers this cycle, what's next for churches and pastors looking to stand for truth in the public square, and what can pastors do to actively cultiv...

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Post-Election Debrief: What's Next for Life & Liberty?

November 6, 2024 • 20 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Collin Hain, Scott Colter, and Sharayah Colter discuss the Nov. 5 election results and what lies ahead in the work of standing for truth in the public square.

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Pastors step up in opposition to drag queen story hour

October 30, 2024 • 12 mins

In this episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, Collin Hain talks with Pastor Brad Jurkovich about how pastors can get involved in their own communities by embracing "pastor story hour" and pushing back against drag queen involvement in children's spaces.

Learn more about pastor story hour, also known as "see you at the library," Brave Books, and Kirk Cameron here.

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What is The Danbury Institute?

October 15, 2024 • 33 mins

In this first episode of the Life & Liberty Podcast, co-founders Scott Colter, Sharayah Colter, and Collin Hain discuss what led to the creation of The Danbury Institute and what the future holds for this non-profit organization. Join us as we take a look at what role history played in the development of this association of churches and what this coalition for life and liberty aims to do by working together.

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