Archive - It Has to Be Said.

How Fascism Returns While Ordinary Life Goes On

A conversation with novelist Stephen O’Connor about Nazi Germany, Donald Trump, and our extraordinary capacity to avoid seeing what’s right in front of…

4 hrs ago • Frank Schaeffer

1:08:10

This Wednesday, October 14, catch the free online premiere of BAD FAITH 2026: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN POWER

Oct 13 • Frank Schaeffer

0:51

Duty to Warn: TRUMP & HEGSETH: Livestreamed Execution Makes You Just Like ISIS.

We lose the high ground when we trade our dignity and our nation’s reputation for this horrible stuff.

Oct 10 • Frank Schaeffer

4:22

Inside Stephen King’s Archives with Caroline Bicks

Caroline Bicks spent a year in Stephen King’s archives. What she found could change the way we think about writing.

Oct 9 • Frank Schaeffer and caroline bicks

1:24:04

THE MIDTERMS: Last Chance to Tell JD Vance to Get Lost.

Break the imagined Trump-to-Vance succession before it hardens into destiny.

Oct 6 • Frank Schaeffer

18:35

Shadi Hamid and the Case for Disagreeing Without Destroying Each Other

What if democracy needs more religious humility, not less religion?

Oct 2 • Frank Schaeffer

1:06:39

September 2026

(Here’s Why) TRUMP IS (Hopefully) DOOMED (in the Midterms)

Eventually, the voters will send you the bill.

Sep 28 • Frank Schaeffer

21:53

Jennifer Breheny Wallace on Being Seen, Being Needed, and Mattering

A conversation about family, purpose, grief, human connection, and the small ways we remind each other that we matter.

Sep 25 • Frank Schaeffer

1:00:12

Donald Trump, You're Just Passing Through.

“The ambition is always personal while the damage is global.”

Sep 18 • Frank Schaeffer

16:14

Daisy Fancourt on Art Cure and the Science of Why Art Matters

A conversation with Art Cure author Daisy Fancourt about creativity, health, aging, family, and why the arts are not a luxury.

Sep 18 • Frank Schaeffer and Daisy Fancourt

56:28

April Reynolds on What Stories Help Us See in One Another

A conversation with novelist April Reynolds about The Shape of Dreams, grief, reading, neighborhood life, and the people we carry with us.

Sep 15 • Frank Schaeffer

1:07:10

This is no longer an election. It’s survival.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are both losers. There’s only one question: Will they take us all down with them?

Sep 6 • Frank Schaeffer

2:39

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