Episodes
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Episode 94: A Conversation with Bret Richards
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
For this episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host, Shane Vander Hart, speaks with Bret Richards, a candidate running for the Republican nomination in the Iowa 4th Congressional District race.
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Episode 93: A Conversation with Joe Walsh and David Dicks
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
For this episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart speaks with former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, a Republican presidential candidate, and David Dicks who wants to be Iowa's next Republican National Committeeman.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Episode 92: A Conversation with Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
This week on the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host, Shane Vander Hart, spoke with State Senator Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Ottumwa, who is running for the Republican nomination in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.
In their interview they cover a wide range of topics including impeachment, foreign policy, social media censorship, trade, health care reform, the life issue, religious liberty, the national debt, and why she is running for this office for a fourth time.
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Episode 91: A Pro-Family Agenda for 2020 and Beyond
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
This week on the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host, Shane Vander Hart, spoke with Terry Schilling, executive director of American Principles Project, about their new report entitled "Family First: Reclaiming the GOP's Forgotten Constituency."
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Episode 90: A Conversation with Bobby Schilling
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Friday Nov 08, 2019
On this episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart spoke with former Congressman Bobby Schilling who a Republican candidate running in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District's race.
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Episode 89: A Conversation with Steve Reeder
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
On this episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host, Shane Vander Hart, spoke with Steve Reeder, an Arnold Park real estate developer who is running for the Republican nomination in Iowa's 4th Congressional District race.
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Episode 88: Democrats Go Crazy on Climate
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
For this episode of The Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host Shane Vander Hart highlights some clips from the MSNBC climate forum on Thursday at Georgetown University.
Before that, Shane discusses two rulings that impact religious liberty, the whistleblower scandal, and yet another gaffe by former Vice President Joe Biden.
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Episode 87: Is Wealth Immoral?
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
This week on The Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart talks to Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, the founder and national spokesperson for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, about his response to an article in Vox that asked, "Is Wealth Immoral?"
Dr. Beisner also recently authored a booklet entitled Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice: How Good Intentions Undermine Justice and Gospel that those who make a donation to the Cornwall Alliance can receive (just mention you would like the book in the comment field).
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Episode 86: Be a Blessing to Your Pastor!
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
On today's episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, our host, Shane Vander Hart, speaks with Brian Kluth, the spokesperson of the Bless Your Pastor campaign that is part of the National Association of Evangelicals about how churches and church members can bless their church's pastoral staff.
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Episode 85: The Anti-Semitism of Ilhan Omar
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
On this episode of the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart discusses the anti-semitism of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat who represents Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. Omar came to the United States from Somalia when she was eight and is the first Somali-American woman elected to Congress.
Omar, a Muslim, has gotten in hot water for anti-semitic remarks and just co-sponsored a pro-BDS (boycott, divest, and sanction Israel) resolution which she defended this week during the House Foreign Relations Committee.