Podcast: Cassidy Gard & Joanna Gardner
In this episode of The Podcast with a Thousand Faces, Cassidy joins JCF’s Joanna Gardner for a rich and personal conversation on the power of storytelling, the influence of Joseph Campbell, and the meaning of following your bliss. Together, they explore how our struggles can become sources of strength, and how the hero’s journey can
Adam Interviews: Pam Sherman
Pam Sherman can often stump a CEO of a major company by asking this one simple question: What’s one word you’d use to define yourself? While the answer comes easily to some, for others, thinking about who they are deep down is an exercise they’ve missed or avoided. That exercise, though, Sherman argues, is essential
The Arab Case for Israel – Review
Attorney Alan Dershowitz’s bestselling 2003 book The Case for Israel was flawed from the get-go by the fact that its author is Jewish and American. This is a topic best handled by an insider – and not a Jew, but an Arab. An Arab with intellectual curiosity, integrity, courage, and journalistic expertise. Lebanese-Iraqi journalist and
Saints were sinners: Why Peter’s story of failure and restoration is our story, too
For Fox News, Randal Teague, author of Jesus and His Fishermen: The Untold Story, writes: Palm Sunday just passed and Easter is upon us. We know the scriptural accounts. We’ve heard them many times. But this year, we might look for something more — the rest of the story. When Jesus first called Peter, Peter
Two secret Christians found each other in an arranged marriage miracle
Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from The DNA of a Doctor: How Upbringing, Culture, and Unbridled Ambition Curates Achievement (Post Hill Press, 2026) Both of my grandmothers, living in two separate small villages in India miles apart from each other, had each secretly become believers in Jesus. At that time, in that environment, it was
You’re Not a Monkey’s Uncle
The surprise in Jonathan Leaf’s The Primate Myth is that our relationship to the apes may be more distant than we think. The stakes are higher than when we play a round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. If we are closest to the apes above all creatures, then we must, the evolutionary logic goes,
A Secret History of Psychosis
Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions. When Cohen Miles-Rath walks into his father’s house, the history of his psychosis is right there in front of him. There is the place where he was standing when he received a cryptic
Crimes of Omission: From Trayvon Martin to George Floyd
In a guest column for the Shiny Herd substack, Rob Rosen, author of Crimes of Omission, writes: I am going to say something that might be very unpopular to many people: The media doesn’t lie to you. If you turn on MS NOW, CBS or Fox News Channel, most of the stories you’ll see are factually correct.
Jennifer Lopez’s former publicist turns juicy gossip career into a work of fiction
Former gossip columnist and A-list publicist, Rob Shuter, is turning his wild career experiences into a work of fiction. The Naughty But Nice podcaster, who once repped top tier stars including Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys, is gearing up to release his first fiction book on April 21. It Started
Palantir’s Shyam Sankar on rebooting the U.S. industrial base.
Shyam Sankar, Palantir CTO and author of Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III, visits CNBC. Click here to watch the video. Click here to learn more about the book.