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TJ Raphael on the Liberty Godparent Trap and the Cost of Coercion

12/4/2025 • 37 min

TJ Raphael, host of the series Liberty Lost, joins Mike to investigate the "Liberty Godparent Home"—a facility on Liberty University's campus where pregnant teens were allegedly pressured into adoption under the guise of spiritual redemption—and discuss why the financial incentives of the "adoption industrial complex" often cause the promise of open adoption to … Play episode

Rachel McCarthy James on Axe Murder, Salad Spinners, and the Hat-Brim Line
Daniel Brook & Brandy Schillace: The Sex Expert Who Scared Hitler
Murdaugh Showrunner Michael D. Fuller: Power Metastasizes
Jesse Eisenberg: "Marv Albert Is My Therapist"
Bob Saget & Chuck Klosterman: "I Really Have Become Liza Minnelli"
Henry Winkler & Clint Watts: "Three Little Fonzies and a Trail of Dead Rus…
Abby Phillip: "The Stones for David's Slingshot"
Not Even Mad: Russ Muirhead & Nick Gillespie
Mike Vuolo & Bob Garfield: "Life Is a Flat Pizza Bagel"
Mike on Matt Lewis Can't Lose
Funny You Should Mention: Myq Kaplan
Fareed Zakaria on Revolutions, Backlashes, and the High Cost of Not Fixing…
James Patterson: "My Time Here Is Short. What Can I Do Most Beautifully?"
John Amaechi: "Excellence Isn't Sorcery"
Nicole Gelinas on Crime, Bail, and Mamdani's Vibesy Criminology
David Ignatius on Space Wars, Skepticism, and His Father's Legacy
Katie Herzog Is the Kind of Person Who Googles Recidivism Rates in an AA M…
Not Even Mad: Charles Lehman & Brad Carson
John J. Lennon — "I'm Owning My Sh*t on the Page"
Jon Levy: "We Don't Really Want Authenticity"
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon on Life After Cars
The Good Fight Club, or Good Fight Club?
Funny You Should Mention: Dusty Slay
Sadie Dingfelder on "Hair, Feathers, and the Theater of Disgust."
Colin Woodard: The Federation Is the Fault Line
The Wars Trump Says He Ended, and the One Cheney Began
Matthew Hiltzik on the Craft of Crisis Communications
Mike Pesca on "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em"
Art Cullen on Iowa's Corn Gospel, Cancer, and Capture
Beth Macy: "When the Local Paper Dies, the Community Follows"
Karine Jean-Pierre: "Independent," Evasion, and the Party She Says Left Her
Steve Hayes & Damon Linker: The Hole Truth
Barista Michelle Eisen on Face Tattoos, Short Staffs, and Union Shots Fired
Jeremy Workman — "Walking Every Block, Hiding in a Mall"
Funny You Should Mention: Ariel Elias
No Capes, Real Peace: U Thant's UN and What We Lost
Alicia Wanless — "The Ecology of Information"
Michael Kirk — "RFK Jr.'s Latest Addiction: Attention"
Michael Townsend & Jeremy Workman: "Secret Mall Apartment"
Chris Murphy: "Congress needs to take war powers back."
Lisa Graves: On The Roberts Court's Power Play
Not Even Mad: Jonah Goldberg & Zee Cohen-Sanchez
Jonathan Mahler: The Tabloids That Made The City That Made the Country
Cory Doctorow: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and Wha…
SCOTUS's Shadow Docket, Calibrated + Steven Vladeck
Funny You Should Mention: Steph Tolev
Plestia Alaqad: "The Eyes of Gaza," Witness and Journalist
Jake Tapper and the Race Against Terror
Obama CDC Director Tom Frieden: "'Believe in Science' Is a Terrible Idea."

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