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June 10, 2026 94 mins

Episode 4142 │ June 10, 2026 China has used pandas as a precision geopolitical weapon for 1,400 years. The same strategy that sent bears to Nixon sent Trump to Beijing.

Part Four of the Panda Gambit series moves from symbol to weapon, documenting 1,400 years of Chinese panda diplomacy as a precision instrument of state power — from Empress Wu Zetian's 658 AD ...

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Episode 4141 │ June 8, 2026

Congress is locking the US into a permanent military alliance with Israel by voice vote — no record, no debate, no treaty and no accountability.

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Episode 4140 │ June 7, 2026

The Second Continental Congress was an information war, a spy network, and a theological covenant. The parallels to today are exact.

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Episode 4139 │ June 7, 2026

The average person is talking to God through a closed door for 3.6 minutes a day. Brad Cummings explains what happens when you finally open it.

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Episode 4138 │ June 2026

Gun rights are expanding. Free speech is contracting. Both are moving at the same time — and that's not a coincidence.

This episode maps an 18-year legal through-line in Second Amendment jurisprudence — from District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) through the pending Wolford v. Lopez decision — showing how gun rights have been methodically restored case by case. Scott then juxtaposes that re...

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Episode 4137 │ May 2026 A foreign ethnic minority of 300,000 ruled 100 million Han Chinese for 268 years. The resistance network that formed to restore Han sovereignty never stopped. It outlasted the Qing, the Nationalists, and Mao. Scott Kesterson examines the Han and Manchu distinction — the ethnic occupation at the root of China's 400-year shadow power structure — and connects it to the Opium Wars Britain launched ...

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Episode 4136 │ June 2, 2026

Dr. Joel Wallach reveals why obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome are nutritional deficiency diseases — and why medicine profits from keeping you sick.

In this featured presentation, veterinarian and physician Dr. Joel Wallach delivers his landmark Hell's Kitchen talk — a systematic breakdown of why obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome are not genetic failures or lifestyle we...

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Episode 4135│ May 2026 For 4,000 years, one animal in China was reserved exclusively for the emperor. Its image on a battlefield flag stopped wars. In 1869, a French priest introduced it to the West — and nobody told us what it meant.

Scott Kesterson traces the giant panda's ancient Chinese name — Pixiu — and the five layers of imperial mythology encoded in it: military sovereignty, exclusive wealth, cosmic author...

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Episode 4134 │ May 2026 A small Oregon town rejected a data center that would have consumed 15x local household power. That local stand connects to 4,000 years of Chinese imperial strategy — and a bear. Scott Kesterson opens the Panda Gambit series by examining Karl Wittfogel's hydraulic hypothesis — the theory that control of water infrastructure produces centralized state power — and its application to China's ...

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We are beginning our show today with another look at General Gauge. From the previous shows it has become clear there are some historical points we need to clarify. Then we are moving forward into the Battle of Bunker Hill; one of the most important engagements in the American Revolution. Understanding our history is an essential pillar of being part of a Republic. We must know your history so that we can learn from our history, bo...

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Today Brad Cummings and I explore Pentecost. What is the purpose? What is the biblical reason? What is the meaning of it all? Pentecost was last weekend, and today we will go deeper to add to its meaning and depth that links Jesus and disciples to our practice of faith today. 

#BardsFM_DiggingIntoTheWord #Salvation #Petecost

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We are a nation that has printed on our money "In God We Trust." A nation built on the foundation of Christian values and love in Christ. Yet as a nation we now spend nearly 7 hours a day before a screen, with 50-60% of that content related to food or money, while spending on average 3.6 min a day dedicated to our Faith. Is there any wonder why we are where we are? Its not some magic mystery influence of the deep state; accountabil...

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Don Trump Jr just married Bettina Anderson on May 21, with a ceremony at a private island called Little Pipe Clay in the Bahamas on May 23. Bettina's family was there, Don's siblings where there but absent was President Trump, Melania and Barron. The event was a blip on the news cycle.  In the circles of the elites nothing is coincidence. And once I started digging on this rabbit hole, I was left with more questions than answe...

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Brett Bashawaty, CEO of My Total Nutrition, joins us today to dig into whole body heath and the nutrification of the body. The work is grounded in years of research and autopsies conducted by Dr. Joel Wallach, that established the importance of the 90 essential nutrients to ensure long, healthy life. 

#BardsFM_HealthAndWellness #90_EssentialNutrients  #WholeBodyHealth

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The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — the SAVE Act — is a federal bill passed by the House of Representatives in February 2026 that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. It is the gateway to national digital ID.

#BardsFM #SAVE_Act #NationalDigitalID

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May 25, 2026 29 mins

Today is a vigil for the fallen. Those that paid the ultimate price. Every number a name. Every name a story. On this day we remember the cost, and we agree to carry it. 

#BardsFM #MemorialDay #RememberingTheFallen

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Mike Lindell joins us to discuss his ongoing battles with the RNC in his race for Governor of Minnesota. The most recent poll shows Mike in the lead, but the RNC wants him to withdraw from the primary so that their preferred candidate will win the primary. What Mike reveals in today's show is how deeply the rigging is within the uni-party system. Its not just the vote that needs to be protected, but the uni-party system needs to be...

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Today is Pentecost. Happy Pentecost. Brad and I dig into the meaning of salvation. What it is to have the holy spirit indwell within and how that looks in our lives today. A relationship with Jesus is available to anyone... that is part of the many gifts of life that were given. Seek his face. 

#BardsFM_DiggingIntoTheWord #Salvation #Petecost

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Coffee and Jesus. The perfect roast. Don Cox, owner of Bald Guy Brew in Boone, North Carolina returns for our twice monthly discussion ... now on Friday's. What is in your cup is more than words, it is a way of walking with Christ, in living out the Gospels and being what Christ calls us to be. Don and I dig into our "cups" and discuss coffee, people and Faith. 

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There is another critical layer in understanding the Massie loss in the Kentucky election. There is a generational exit in American politics that is happening right now. Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and even some of the Boomers. These voters are not leaving to another party, they are just exiting the political arena. This is further amplified by the American Christian pulpit that has become increasingly controlled by Israel. The polit...

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