Antiwar politics with a theological fuse.
David Gornoski treats headlines as moral symptoms, not isolated events. Recent episodes move from Iran and Israel to cancer research, nonviolence, scripture, psychology, and the uneasy pull between patriotism, government, and faith.
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David Gornoski is a political, theological, and interview-driven show with a strong antiwar center. It moves fast. Recent episodes spend serious time on Iran, Israel, U.S. escalation, and the fear that Washington is being pulled into conflicts that damage America and multiply suffering abroad. The show is not trying to sound institutional. It favors the energy of a live argument, where a headline quickly becomes a question about violence, government, money, propaganda, and whether Christians can bless what their faith should resist. Foreign policy is a major lane. Larry C. Johnson and Colonel Douglas McGregor appear as figures brought in for military and foreign policy analysis, especially when the show is tracking new war risks. But the range is wider than political commentary. Episodes with Brad Marshall, Dr Michael Lisanti, and Paul Marik MD push into cancer, metabolism, repurposed drugs, redox biology, expensive treatments, and skepticism toward medical systems after COVID. Other conversations turn directly toward Christian peace theology. Dr. Paul Axton brings nonviolence, peacemaking, and theological education into the frame, while a North Florida speech links scripture, public life, disability, patriotism, and the claim that government must not be treated as God. The show can be comic and combative. It can also turn grave without warning. Banter with Jason Jones about radio, symbols, young men, Gaza, and Christian response to ideological anger shows the program's habit of mixing jokes, culture-war anxieties, and moral pressure in one long run. Its appeal is the combination: anti-intervention politics, Christian anthropology, suspicion of institutional narratives, and a willingness to let technical guests talk at length before returning the discussion to ordinary loyalties such as neighbor, money, food, bodies, and peace.
Made for: Suited to listeners who want political commentary filtered through Christian moral argument, anti-intervention foreign policy, and suspicion of institutional consensus. It also fits audiences comfortable with long guest explanations and abrupt jumps between scripture, geopolitics, medicine, and culture.
What sets it apart: The show treats war, medicine, patriotism, and public scandal as connected moral problems rather than separate news categories. Its signature move is letting contrarian guests speak in detail, then reframing their claims around violence, neighbor-love, and the spiritual cost of state power.
A Neighbor's Choice radio show and THINGS HIDDEN podcast are the two main audio programs of David Gornoski. THINGS HIDDEN is a deep-dive podcast into the world of mythology and current events guided by the Mimetic theory of Rene Girard and grounded in the personhood revolution of Jesus.Hosted by David Gornoski, A Neighbor's Choice Radio examines the role of violence and religion in society. From victims of state violence against nonviolent behaviors to public figures and contrarian voices, the conversations that unfold create an illuminating and surreal journey for listeners.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
David Gornoski tests political loyalties and cultural arguments against a consistent Christian commitment to nonviolence, mercy, and love of neighbor.
David Gornoski filters politics, culture, and public life through Christian nonviolence. Guest conversations and solo addresses repeatedly test nationalism, state power, ideological loyalty, and media against the obligation to love one's neighbor and enemy.
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A faith-centered speech connects scripture, civic loyalty, and public mercy.
This single-episode review follows a faith-centered speech that treats Christian theology as a challenge to public behavior. It moves from the beauty of Christ's story to the gap between Sunday graciousness and weekday political cruelty, then uses readings from 1 Corinthians and…
A peace-and-violence conversation that moves from the cross to psychology and William Desmond.
David Gornoski and Dr. Paul Axton open with the contrast between the violent answer and the peaceable answer, with the cross cast as the choice to risk peace even when violence may seem easier.
A faith-forward discussion that links politics, solidarity, and practical help for the vulnerable.
David Gornoski and Jason Jones keep the discussion moving from a passing joke into Ukraine, young men, ideological capture, and Christian responsibility.
Four rows of magnets open a challenge to how electrons and electrical measurements are understood.
A magnet demonstration gives this science conversation its central image: four rows of magnets line up, and one push sets the neighboring field into motion. From there, the host and Dr.
A Dracula discussion turns movie monsters into a test of Christian love and political imagination.
Dracula opens into a sharp discussion of Christian love and the temptation to keep monsters safely outside the human circle. The episode moves from the film's self-sacrifice and a priest reaching toward Dracula into a broader claim about Hollywood as a dreamscape where Christ…
A farm-focused conversation about chemical dependence, AI, food access, and the practical economics behind food freedom.
Farming is framed as both an industrial trap and a matter of everyday access. The host starts with a chemical cycle where each new fix eventually loses force, while Ashley Armstrong turns the focus toward the harder work of making farm-fresh food easier to reach and less out of…
Brad Marshall returns to connect cellular fuel, appetite, oxygen, CO2, the naked mole rat, and a new podcast reveal.
Brad Marshall returns with a direct challenge to the idea that body weight is mainly a question of personal fault. He frames overeating and weight through cellular state, hunger signals, and fuel use, then carries that thread into oxygen, carbon dioxide, and the unusual…
This episode features a conversation with political prisoner Tina Peters, who discusses her legal situation, expresses resolve against what she calls a criminal regime, and praises her legal team's efforts.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor discusses foreign policy issues including Gaza ceasefire, Ukraine conflict, and potential war with Venezuela, while promoting his new organization's national conversation events.
Molecular biologist and former pig farmer Brad Marshall returns to discuss his new blog series exploring metabolism through evolutionary biology.
David Gornoski interviews farmer Ashley Armstrong about regenerative agriculture and metabolic health.
Karen Elkins, publisher of Science to Sage magazine, previews her Saturday-night talk at the Tesla Tech Conference on "the mercury connection," linking Vedic cosmology, mercury under pyramids in Mesoamerica and China, and Tesla's vortex technology.
David Gornoski discusses his opposition to U.S.
A former CIA analyst discusses the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, addressing concerns about potential World War III and the geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East.
This episode explores the mitochondrial theory's impact on cancer research through a discussion with researchers Brad Marshall and Dr.
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Colonel Douglas Macgregor discusses the influence of pro-Israel funding on U.S.
David Gornoski centers the episode on Luke 19, Matthew 4, and Habakkuk 2, using "the stones will cry out" and "all the kingdoms of the world" as his main anchors.
Peace comes first.
David Gornoski opens with Kipling and then brings back Jason Jones.
David Gornoski and Dr.
David Gornoski frames “incarnational theology” against AI deepfakes, doom-scrolling algorithms, and what he calls a “disembodied culture.” Surat links television and the internet to “mini celebrity” behavior, “hot takes,” and a loss of normal conversation.
This episode explores shifting American attitudes toward Israel, global reactions to the Gaza conflict, and the debate in Washington between interventionist and non-interventionist foreign policy approaches with guest Daniel McCarthy.
This episode critiques decades of U.S.
This episode features a discussion with Dr.