In today's podcast, I start with the growing violence in Europe, where the alliance between Islamists and leftists raises troubling questions about whether Europeans still have the will to defend their civilization.

Then I turn to American politics, where J.D. Vance's suggestion that he might sit out the 2028 presidential race makes me wonder whether Marco Rubio's rising star—and Vance's continued association with Tucker Carlson—might have something to do with that decision.

In this podcast, I explore two defining weaknesses of the modern left: a lack of nuance and a failure of imagination. Beginning with a Scottish museum's absurd decision to remove ancient Egyptian mummies out of respect for the dead, I examine how progressives increasingly ignore context, intention, and human complexity.

From gun control and Obamacare to Islamism and identity-obsessed academic psychology, I argue that people who pride themselves on empathy and tolerance are often astonishingly incapable of imagining that other people might think, believe, or want something entirely different. And that failure has consequences far beyond political correctness.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Andrea Widburg speaks with Troy A. Miller, president and CEO of NRB, an association of Christian communicators, about why so many Christians stay on the political sidelines despite holding strong moral convictions. They explore the misunderstood separation of church and state, the chilling effect of the Johnson Amendment on political speech from the pulpit, and why religious values are no less legitimate in the public square than secular ones.

The conversation also examines the growing influence of Christian media, younger Americans' search for faith, truth, and authentic relationships, and the cultural and political divide between young men and women. Looking ahead to the midterm elections, Miller explains why he believes Christians must become more politically engaged—not simply to protect their own values, but to preserve America's freedoms for future generations.