Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 1000 | 1,000th Episode Celebration!!!!

Episode Date: May 9, 2024

Today we take a break from the news cycle to celebrate 1,000 episodes of "Relatable"! We explain how Allie got started in media and eventually made her way to BlazeTV. Then, we play some voicemails from the audience to hear your thoughts on the show and how it may have changed your perspectives! We also meet the Relatable crew: Bri, Lily, Vince, and George, who produce, edit, and direct the show. We also play a game of "Would You Rather?" and take a look at some paleoart drawings of animals that may be further proof that no one knows what dinosaurs looked like. --- Timecodes: (08:31) Meeting the team (20:58) History of the show (32:55) My journey of starting Relatable (46:02) Voicemails (1:00:17) Would You Rather? (1:08:58) Dinosaur skepticism --- Today's Sponsors: Carly Jean Los Angeles — use promo code ALLIE50 for $50 off your order of $100+ at carlyjeanlosangeles.com. Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 972-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' for free activation! My Patriot Supply — prepare yourself for anything with long-term emergency food storage. Get your new, lower-price 4-Week Emergency Food Kit at PrepareWithAllie.com. NetSuite — gain visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and inventory so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. Go to NetSuite.com/ALLIE to get your one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 84 | The Privilege of Ignorance https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-84-the-privilege-of-ignorance/id1359249098?i=1000431526410 Ep 500 | 500th Episode! You're In For a Treat https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000537649475 Ep 670 | The Dinosaur Myth, Airport Rules, & Mom Moments https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-670-the-dinosaur-conspiracy-airport-rules-mom-moments/id1359249098?i=1000577955241 Ep 174 | Should a Christian Date a Non-Christian? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-174-should-a-christian-date-a-non-christian/id1359249098?i=1000453429235 Ep 69 | 3 Myths Christian Women Believe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-69-3-myths-christian-women-believe/id1359249098?i=1000427855070 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey

1,000 episodes of Relatable. We've got a really fun episode for you today. We are going to talk to the Relatable team. We're going to take a trip down memory lane. We are also going to listen to some amazing voicemails. You've got to stick around for that. They're so encouraging, just incredible. But also we've got some fun. Would You Rather's? And a few more questions about dinosaurs on today's 1,000th episode of Relatable. Hey guys, welcome to Relatable. Happy Thursday. Today is the 1,000 episode of Relatable. You see our cute balloons? You got to watch this one on YouTube. If you're typically a person who listens to it, then watch it because we've got a lot of things that we are going to be showing to our audience today.

We're going to take a trip down memory lane. This is going to be a fun episode. We're not going to talk about any of the serious stuff that we typically talk. talk about. We are going to just show our gratitude to you. I'm going to show my gratitude to not just the team that works on Relatable Now, but the different team members that we've had over the years. And most of all, I'm just grateful to God. I am so grateful to the Lord for giving me this opportunity and this privilege to be able to host and help produce 1,000 relatable episode. So before we go back to how this all started, a lot of you have heard that story before,

those of you who have been here since the beginning. Thank you, by the way. But many of you don't. You have no idea why it started relatable, how this all began. And so I'm going to give you at least a synopsis of that. I won't go into every detail since it's a little monotonous for those of you who have heard it multiple times. And then we'll just look at how the show has grown and changed over the years. Before we get into it, let me tell you a really fun announcement. We've got limited edition merchandise for the 1,000th episode. So we'll put that up on the screen. We've got the t-shirt on the back. It says 1,000 episodes and we've got a few different designs that we've had over the years on our t-shirts, on our merch. We've got our most common phrases, raise a respectful ruckus.

We've got our little dinosaur there, our question everything dinosaur who is placed his American flag on the moon. If you know, you know, do everything in faith or do the next right thing. I just got my motto wrong. Do the next right thing in faith with excellence and for the glory of God. You can put it back up, George.

And then you're not enough, but Jesus is, be a salmon, which means swim upstream, self-love won't save you, share the arrows. All that is on the back of our limited edition t-shirt that's available on Alleymerch.com on the front. We've got our cute little R. We've got crew next to. So it's not just the T-shirts.

I'm personally excited for mine to come in. And so check that out. If you're a real one, especially if you've been like a Related Gal or Relata bro from the beginning, then you need to get yourself a 1,000 episodes T-shirt. But also we've got a giveaway. Okay? We've got a giveaway. And we just want to thank y'all who have allowed this show to be a lot.

for 1,000 episodes and what we are giving away. This is huge. This is like a huge giveaway, which is perfectly appropriate for 1,000 episodes. I'm going to tell you how to enter, but first let me tell you what is in this prize. So you get a relatable merch package, and so you get some of our merchandise. You also get one signed copy of my book. You're not enough and that's okay. You get an ESV study Bible, which is just an amazing, an amazing gift. If I do say so myself, I was gifted that when I was in college and the Lord used it to change my life and to stir in me a love for theology. And so we're going to give you an ESV study Bible and then $1,000 worth of products from our sponsors. Amazing. Adela Natural Cosmetics,

they're going to send you a gift package of some of their most popular items. Carly Jean, Los Angeles is giving you a $250 gift card. You can get so much good stuff for that. Cozy Earth, a set of sheets. Oh my goodness. That's a really big value. We love our cozy air sheets. Holy pals, a pair of biblical pajamas. So this is pajamas with like a Bible story depicted on them like David and Goliath or like for Christmas they've got nativity seen pajamas. Super cute. Range leather, a belt bag, seven weeks coffee. They'll send you bags of coffee. We heart nutrition. A one year supply of vitamins that will be customized. based on who wins this.

A one-year supply of supplements from WeHeart Nutrition. Thank you so much to my sponsors. I just want to say that. You are so generous and have been so faithful to the show. I'm so thankful. We would not be able to do this without our sponsors. You guys would not be getting free episodes without our sponsors, our sponsors, the advertisements that I read every episode.

That is how we have a show that we're able to pay a team, to produce the show. That's how we are able to afford to give you all of these episodes for free. And so without our sponsors, we wouldn't be able to do what we do. So I'm so thankful, especially to the sponsors that contributed to this giveaway. Okay, so here is how you enter all of that awesome stuff. You go to the giveaway post on the relatable show page. So relatable with ABS. And I'll reposted on my Allie B-Stucky Instagram page. Tag three friends in the post, okay? And then follow Relatable with ABS and Allie B. Stucky if you don't already on Instagram. And then also follow each of our six sponsors tagged in the post. Okay. So we'll put that up. If you're watching on YouTube, we've got the graphic

up there telling you exactly how to do it. We can also put it in the description of this episode if you're listening. So you won't miss out on that. Three winners will be announced on Thursday, May 16th. So that's a week from today. Three winners will be announced next week. And so make sure that you do all of that as soon as possible. And then you can enter to win all of this awesome stuff. All right. We're going to take a little stroll down memory lane. Okay, so let me introduce the team. That's something I'm going to do real quickly before we look back at where we've been since 2018. So most of you already know producer Bree. She has been on the show several times and you guys always give me such great feedback about my episodes with Bree. And you

love her commentary and her soothing voice. And you guys may not know this, but she has been in her past a musical theater extraordinaire, which has contributed to her ability to perform well on this show. It contributes to her camera and stage presence. Chief Related Bro, aka my husband, always says that he loves when Brie comes on the show. My dad also says that. And they can, you know, my dad, he can be a tough critic. And so he says that he loves the segments with Bree. And Bree has been, you don't have to keep Bree up there for this because she might feel awkward. But so Bree came on the show. Let's see. Wait, Bree, was it? 22. Everything has been so blurry. It was 2022 and it was right. Okay. Yes. I was trying to remember what it was. Like,

what years have I had babies over the past few years? That's why everything is blurry. But so Bree came on the scene, 2022, and my previous producer told me that she was leaving and she was giving us like three weeks. And I was like, oh my goodness, it's so difficult to find the right person who has the right personality, the right experience, the right attitude is able to be here locally, who can be trained quickly. I didn't even really know what I was looking for in a producer because I really had it had I hadn't had much experience with the producer. When I started this show in 2018, it was just me. I didn't have a producer. I didn't have a producer really at all until, gosh, I guess it was 2021, maybe like the fall of 2021. Before that, I just had editors.

So I had people who helped me with the technical side of things. Although when I first started this and it was just audio, I was doing a lot of that too. But I didn't have a producer of the show. for the first several years. And so I really didn't know what exactly I needed. And we were getting all of these resumes when we posted. And I just didn't find the right person. But then my assistant at the time found Bree's email in my inbox.

And she had emailed, reached out about something else I had put, like another job I posted. Do you remember what I reached out about? Yeah. I actually didn't even see that you posted something. Oh, that's what was. I just emailed saying any chance you're looking for a producer. Okay. Okay.

Yes. And I guess I hadn't seen the email because, yeah, my assistant sent it to me and was like, hey, you know, I know y'all are hiring. And I looked at it and I was like, okay, okay. She's in the area. She has some relevant experience. I think that she's worth interviewing. And then as soon as we interviewed her, I was like, yeah, that's it. I just totally, I just knew because she exuded competence and confidence.

And the amazing thing is, is that she didn't really, she didn't have producing experience, at least not for something like this, at least not for a podcast. Like this was pretty new to her. She had experience that helped her, but it's not like she had been working at the Daily Wire or something like that. that's kind of typically what happens in this world. She was pretty fresh. And yet, as soon as she came in, I was like, oh, this is what it's supposed to be like. Oh, this is what it's like to have someone who took charge and immediately understood what was going on and became a leader of our team.

And she has just brought so much order, so much peace of mind to the show and has helped so much in giving me the margin to be more creative and strategic. because what y'all don't know is there's so much that goes into every single episode. There's so much that goes on behind the scenes. There's so much organization, so much preparation, so much management, so many details that have to be put in order for every episode. Some episodes are easier than the others before the episode, during the episode, and after the episode. There's so much work that has to be done, not to mention all the extra stuff, like organizing

a giveaway, corresponding with all. all of the sponsors talking to the ad team, the people who manage the sponsors. Like there's just so much that goes into it. And Bree makes sure that everything that is going on behind the scenes runs smoothly and everyone is doing what they need to do. And she's a very good leader of people. And she has a lot of different talents and skills that come together to be a really good producer for relatable.

So I'm just thankful. I feel like the Lord brought her exactly at the right time. when I was so stressed that summer, I was like, we're not going to find a producer in three weeks. There's just no way that's going to happen. And it was like just in the nick of time. And so anyway, very thankful for Bree. And she probably doesn't want to hear any of this and probably feels awkward about it. But it is all true.

And so none of this. This wouldn't be the same. I'll say that. It wouldn't be the same without Bree. So thankful for producer, Bree. And then we've also got. Lily. She might not want to be on camera, which is fine. But you can be on camera if you want to. Yes, you can wave. Okay, so this is Lily. And she's a newer addition to our show. Very

thankful for Lily and her research capabilities and how she has helped Bree so much in the past few weeks. Bree just always tells me how great it's been to have someone else who can handle all of the craziness and the stress and the chaos of preparing for the show. So she's made things a lot easier and a lot smoother around here. And then we have Vince, who is our, the audio doesn't work back there, so he's just going to have to wave. Vince is our awesome editor. So editing this show is not for the faint of heart because there's, especially on YouTube, there are just a lot of elements. And there are a lot of different things that you have to do to make sure that everything looks nice, that everything sounds good. And so he spends a lot of time every day doing that. And he is also

a fairly recent addition to our show. And Vince is just like an extremely joyful person. His attitude and his energy, his ability to take and apply feedback is just, you want someone like Vince on your team because he just makes things easier. And then we have George. back there. I don't know if you can see George, but George is the one who is running the cameras. There's George back there. He's running the cameras, making sure that everything looks good and all the shots look good. And I specifically requested that George work on our show because he worked on our show a couple times when he was kind of substituting. And I was like, oh, I really like him. Again, just an amazing attitude, extremely competent, good at his job. And it makes a

that makes a big difference. When someone is just confident, they know what they're doing. And again, they just have such a good attitude. And I loved his energy. And so I'm so glad that we have George working on our show. And then we've got some people who are working remotely. We've got Debbie. She is our researcher. And oh my goodness, I know that Bree could also speak to just like what a gift Debbie has been to this show and how she also took a lot off of Bree's plate when she came on. I mean, she just took the job of researcher and ran with it. She is so thorough. And there's stuff that she has researched that sadly you guys will never even hear or know about.

Because with every subject, she is so detailed and she is so thorough because I've said from the beginning, I want more or not less. And she takes that very seriously. And so there's even work and dedication that she's put into every episode that you guys won't see, but is still valuable and very. appreciated by me. And so I get a lot of compliments from you guys that, you know, the show is well researched. Well, that's Debbie. Debbie is awesome. And then we also have Kyra. Kaira has helped us with our social media. She has helped us over the past several months, take our social media to the next level. She has an amazing attitude. As you can tell, that's something that I really care about. I love people's enthusiasm and a great attitude. She has an awesome attitude. And she's been super creative

and helping us ensure that we are doing all of the most visually aesthetic and most creative things on our Instagram account in particular. So I'm thankful for that. And then we've got a lot of other people who are working behind the scenes. We've got people who have worked for relatable over the years. And I don't have time to go through every single person. But there are so many contributors to the success of this show at Blaze TV and even outside Blaze TV. And I'm just very grateful for that. This is not a one-woman show. It started out that way, but it's not a one-woman show.

We have so many people working together to make this happen four times a week for y'all. And so just wherever you are out there, give it up for the relatable team. All right. I just wanted to honor them because, again, this just wouldn't happen without them. Now we are going to take a look back just a little bit over the years of relatable. Okay, y'all, 1,000 episodes. 1,000 episodes. Do we have a picture of my, like, one of my first episodes?

We can put one up. The first episode you put on YouTube is episode 84. Yes. Not episode one, unfortunately. So we don't have a picture of that. Because and the reason is, okay, so I'll give some insider information on that. But if you're watching on YouTube, we can put up like what the first episode looked like that was on YouTube. So when, so I started at The Blaze in 2017.

And I can like give the story of that maybe in a little bit after we show our montage of some shows over the years. But then I left the blaze in 2000, at the end of 2017. So it wasn't even very long. And I was poached by CRTV, conservative review TV. And I went there. That's actually where I started the podcast. That's first if it was just like, I forget what it was called. It was like Alley on TV or just Alley or something like that.

It was a cute little brand. So this was the beginning of 2018. And it was just for CRTV. subscribers. There was nothing on YouTube, didn't have a YouTube presence. Again, as I'll get into, I had started kind of doing a lot of this in 2015. And so in 2018, I started this, I started just like behind the scene stuff. And it was where I had, for example, like that's where I started most misused. I believe I was going through, often used Bible verses like Jeremiah 29, 11. And I was breaking down what they actually mean versus the popular and wrong usage of them.

I was going through subjects like the error in the prosperity gospel, but then I would also do like little shorts on like immigration and things like that. And so it was all supposed to be from a millennial perspective because everyone wanted to know if there were any sane millennials back then. Like we were the subject of every like Fox News segment of like, oh, millennials are awful liberal still living with their parents. And so. So everyone to see a conservative millennial was kind of shocked back then. And there were a few of us, of course, doing that. But then CRTV merged with Blaze TV.

Was that? When was that? It was at the end of 2018? Or no, it was the Blaze. So CRTV merged with the Blaze. I think it was the end of 2018, if I remember correctly. And so then it turned into Blaze TV. And then, yeah.

And then this continued. I think I need to back up a little bit because, okay, Relatable started at like in March of 2018. So it started on CRTV, just behind the scenes, just for subscribers. Then I asked, like, can I please put this on YouTube and can it turn into a podcast? And so I did. That's how we came up with a relatable. And I still remember like trying to go through names. I made like the podcast art.

We can put that up, the original podcast art too. I made that like I think on Kams. myself. And I don't think anyone else helped me come up with the name. I think I went through like relevance or I just, yeah, and then I landed on relatable because it's relatable at least to like-minded people like me. And over the years, it's just been affirmed and confirmed that that was in fact the right name because for those of us who have these values and live in this sphere, it has, thank the Lord, helped you feel like you are not alone and someone is thinking through things the same way that you are or is coming to the same conclusions that you are, has the

same fears and concerns it and hopes as you do. So that was March 2018 and then it was started as once a week and then it moved to two times a week and then it moved to three and then of course eventually it moved to four, which is what it is now. So yeah, merge CR2. TV, the Blaze merged end of 2018 to become Blaze TV. And here I am. I think I'm the only host. I think I'm the only host that has been in like all three that has been here the longest. So see that it was the Blaze and then it was CRTV and then it was Blaze TV. I think I'm the only one that has been through all three of those iterations. So I'm basically an OG. Basically an OG. Basically an for all of these things.

All right, I'll tell you the story of how this all started in a second, but first I want to play this montage that my team put together of just some podcast moments since 2018. Here it is, not one. Hey guys, welcome to Relatable. Happy Monday. Happy Tuesday. Happy Wednesday.

Happy Thursday. You raise a respectful ruckus for the things that matter and you share the arrows. with other people who are voicing an unpopular opinion. His eternal plan of redemption is always going off without a hitch. Politics matter because policy matters because people matter. Kids are always the unconsenting subjects of progressive social experiments. My call to share the gospel, to raise my kids, to do the next right thing in faith with excellence and for the glory of God does not change.

I learned that God's going to judge me by his standard of goodness and not the world's standard of goodness. I'm on fire for Jesus. Like I don't plan on this dimming out. Like it took me so many years to realize that God was a good and loving Heavenly Father, not waiting to punish me at every turn for some sin. Maybe I forgot to confess. The Jesus of the Gospels never demonstrated truth in one place and love and another. It was always love and truth. It was the red words of Jesus in the New Testament that really hit me. That really started my personal. relationship of Jesus. The real question in life is, what are you going to do when this life ends?

If I ever have a daughter, I want her to have the opportunity to win a world title without competing against males. Parents feel that they can't send their kid to school because they're worried about the kids coming back with having an agenda shoved down their throat. I don't think any of the president's ever gone through anything like this where it was hoaxes and they impeached me twice for no reason. This is a theory, okay? I'm just going to say this.

Dinosaurs never existed. Some of this has been constructed by a bunch of nerds who were like, oh, Jurassic Park. That would be so cool, man. I started this interview as a man, but will I finish it as a man? The winged dysphoria is... Everyone in this room is laughing. Okay.

This is so funny to me. It might not be funny to you. That's all we got for this week. We will be back here on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. We will be back here on Friday and I'll see you then. Okay. What I love to think about most, I think, when it comes to relatable as the guests that we've had on. I mean, I've had some of the most amazing guests and not just the ones that we played,

not even like the big names that you know, like Cat Fondie, Candice Cameron, Bure. We've had Kurt Cameron on. We have had Al Mueller on, John McArthur on, Ron DeSantis on. I do think that my, the one that I was nervous about, the only one that I was nervous about and the one that still kind of blows my mind that it happened is Donald Trump. That was like, I mean, you know, I have my criticisms of Donald Trump and the things that he says. But that really was so cool and such an honor to have. have him on. That was actually before Bree's time. But I was very grateful. I was very grateful that he

took the time to come on my show. He didn't have to. He had much bigger and better things to do. But he did come on my show. And so I'm very thankful of that for that. That's a very like high moment for me. Big moment. Highlight of relatable. Let's see. I've got some questions that my team has asked me to answer. Well, let me go through some of the most watched. You guys might think that this is interesting. Episode 902, Kat Von D. Most Watched episode by far, like by a whole lot. And I'm so thankful to Kat for coming on the show. That's like a cool story of how that happened. We didn't even ask her to come on. She asked if she could come on the show, which was also a really big moment to me. It just made me grateful for the platform that we've built and that she was able to

trust me to have her on and to share her testimony. And then we've got a, Ginger Dugger Volo. We did her first, like, podcast on-air interview where she shared her story. And so that was the second most popular. And then we've got Ross Johnston, who doesn't have like this same prominent platform as Ginger and Kat that has such an amazing story. He was donor conceived, raised by lesbians, and then he became a Christian. And he got to know his true father through Christ. And then most listened to, Bree and I.

were just talking about how like random this is, to me at least. Episode 838, Andrew Tate, Margot Robbie and the danger of the red pill. And Bree and Debbie had been up like all night putting together research for that episode. And we didn't even get to everything that we were going to. I was out of town so I was doing it remotely. I just remember being like very stressed about that episode and not feeling like I delivered the information that well. And then somehow it is like our.

most popular episode, at least on the listening side. And then President Donald Trump still comes in second. And then, interestingly, an episode about Kyle Rittenhouse with Elijah Schaefer is number three. And then number four, Kat Von D, most listened to. Yep, that's number four. And then I think number five, I don't have it on here. I think it's Ginger Dugger as well. Very first episode on YouTube was episode 84, the privilege of ignorance. I don't remember what. I was talking about. It's very painful for me to go back and listen to or watch those first episodes. I don't have a hard time listening to my voice now because I'm so used to it. But going back and listening to those is really tough for me because I just had a different cadence, a different

voice. I'd like to think that I have grown and matured as a host. And so it's better now than it used to be. And I was writing out back then, I was writing out all of my episodes, like the entire script verbatim and I was reading them because I just was so afraid to say something wrong. I didn't want to do anything extemporaneously and that was before I had kids and so I guess I had time to do that to sit down. It literally took me like five hours to write out every episode and I was doing it and I was reading it and I was putting together and I was doing my like audio with everything on my own and so if I messed up I would like stop as literally garage band on my computer and I was doing all of that on my own. So we've come a long way. That was March 19th. It says March 19th, 2024. I don't think that was

correct. I think it's 2018. Was it 2018? Yeah. No. No. Or 2019. It started in 20. Yeah. It's 2019. 2019 that it started on YouTube. Okay, guys, I had to really ask for the show to like to go on YouTube and not just be behind the paywall. And I'm glad that worked out. It's such a different landscape that. then. And then we've got an in-memorium, R-I-P-P-I-P-2, episode 630 on YouTube for getting us a strike. We have a strike on YouTube because of the episode with Julie Kelly titled January 6th, The What They're Not Telling Us. So that is the one strike that we have. What does that tell you? I don't know. Something to think about. Something to think about. All right. I guess I should, before we get into the voicemails and the Would You Rathers, which are going to be super fun.

I guess I can just give like a brief summary of how this all started. Okay. So back in 20, let's see, how far do I go back? I could go back to birth in some ways. But I'll go back to 2015. So I had just gotten married. It was a year after I graduated from college. My husband and I lived in Athens, Georgia. That's where we met in 2014. That's where we got married in 2015. And I was working a full-time job in PR and social media. It was a great first job. I was a great first job. out of college. And I met some of my lifelong friends there. And one of those friends is named Mary Ashley. We still send to each other podcast long voice messages every week. And as I was working at this PR and social media firm in Athens, I just had this desire to do something else. I had always

loved public speaking. I'd always loved communicating. Really, that's like the only thing that I am good at is writing and speaking and talking and communicating, explaining things. And that has been my entire life. Both my mom and grandmother were teachers. And so from a very early age, like toddlers, they were toddler age. They were teaching me phonics and how to read. And so all of that stuff came naturally to me. And I also loved it. And when I was graduating from college, I delivered the commencement speech, not because I was valedictorian, but because we all got to, like, submit a speech and then anonymously and then a group of teachers, like, picked the final speeches. And then we got to perform our speeches in front of, like, a portion of the student body.

And then they voted on who won and who was going to deliver the speech. And the other people who were the finalists for delivering the speech, they had way better grades than me. They were way more involved than I was. but for whatever reason I was selected. And so I got to deliver the commencement speech at our college graduation. And I just remember there was this moment. It almost felt like an out of body experience where I was looking out into the crowd.

And I just had this. It was almost a physical feeling in my heart that I want to do this. This is what I want to do. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I've never felt this energized. I've never felt this shirt. I've never felt this just like fire in me. that yes, this right here is what I want to do.

And so I didn't know what that was going to look like. And so I took the job in PR, but then 2015 rolls around. It's that crazy election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that starting up, but still the primary season. And I lived in this fairly conservative, what was kind of seen as conservative, at least back then. It's not now. College town.

and I realized that all of these young women around me, these college students, they didn't know what was going on. They didn't really care. And what really concerned me, because I was leading this precious Bible study at the time, still keep in touch with a lot of these women. I almost said girls. And one of the girls in the Bible study, so she was a freshman. I was one year out of college. She's this sweet Christian girl so smart. She tells me that she loves Bernie Sanders.

And I'm like, I'm sorry? what? And so we start like going through the issues and I'm like, wait, wait, wait, this is a problem. This is a problem. And by the way, she is extremely conservative now. But she, that kind of like inspired me. Okay, I need to be talking to young women about these issues. They're not thinking through it and the way that I think that they should as Christians. And so I actually started speaking at sorority chapter meetings. I would reach out to sororities and say, can I come give a presentation at your chapter meeting. And some said yes, some said no. And I did that a few times. And it was really kind of a nonpartisan presentation, just like, here are the issues. Here's why you should vote.

It wasn't necessarily from a Christian conservative perspective yet because I knew that they probably wouldn't let me give my presentation if that was the case. But as I was doing this, like, chief or later bro, my husband was like in the back, like videoing with my phone. And it was just like a really fun hobby that gave me so much energy. And I, So I kept doing that and I kept looking for opportunities to speak. I started a blog called The Conservative Millennial. It was really more of like a Facebook page where I was trying to give commentary on things. I started making videos.

And back in that day, there wasn't really a lot of censorship. Like you could post a video and if people liked it, it could go viral. And so at first it wasn't like that at all. I was only getting a few views on my videos. But then eventually I started making videos that just took off that were getting hundreds of thousands and millions. of views, whether it was about Trump or how Christians should vote or about feminism, the women's march abortion, things like that. Again, a lot of them weren't doing well at all, but some of them were doing super well. And that's, that was the end by at this point, it was like the end of 2016.

And I was like, yeah, I really want to find a way to do this. And then my husband got a job somewhere else that, that moved us. And I was like, okay, I really want to try to do this full time. I know zero people in media. So I didn't have any connections. I don't have like any funders. I didn't have anyone that discovered me and was like, I'm going to make you famous and give you a brand. I've never had a branding strategist.

I only recently for the first time like hired a publicist to help me navigate things. I've never had a social media strategist. I've never had a brand strategist. I've never had like some kind of advanced marketing team or anything like that. I was just saying what I feel and hoping that it works. But anyway, back to the friend that I, Mary Ashley, I think I forgot about her for a second, that worked with me at the PR firm. She was the only person I knew in media. And do you know what she did?

She read traffic and weather for the like a local radio station in Athens, Georgia. That was the media connection that I had. And I was like, do you know anyone? And she introduced me to her boss at this local radio station, Pete. And Pete, I met with him and he really was like, I don't know anyone in like large-scale conservative media. The only conservative woman that I can think of in radio is Dana Lash. And at that point, I was so fresh. I didn't really know anything about conservative media.

So I didn't even know who that was at the time. But he was like, but I do have a friend in Nashville. His name is Steve. and he's better connected to like national radio stations. I'll connect you to Steve. And we were, I remember we were like moving out of our apartment about to move cities. And I'm in like our empty apartment and I have this conversation with Steve who was still, I think of him and I'm like, you were like the sweetest, just nicest person who had no reason to talk to me at all.

No reason to spend an hour of his time just encouraging me and helping me. He was like, you know, I don't really know very many people specifically in conservative. media, but I do know Dana Lash's executive producer, and his name is Kane. And I can introduce you to him, and he can give you a tour, maybe, maybe of Blaze Studios. And so I was just excited about that to like take a tour. That's going to be so exciting. I can see, you know, some, you know, Glenn Beck and some of the people in conservative media. And so he was kind enough. Kane was kind enough to meet me and to give me a tour. But then when I was there, one of the producers that worked at the Blaze at the time was like, hey, I've seen your videos. Do you want to come here and do like

some Facebook lives with us or something or like do some social media videos? And so I did. And that's basically what started it. And I continued to speak at different places. And then Fox News asked me to come on and be a guest several times. And then it just kind of grew and grew. The videos that I was doing for the Blaze really were. They performed really well. And then so it just kind of grew. And then like I said, I went to CRTV where I started my own thing, where I started relatable, merged, became Blaze TV, and here I am today.

So so many different points that I didn't even list, but so much evidence, at least to me, of God's providence and how he works all things together according to his goodwill. And there are so many moments and connections and things and even feelings of failure and rejection when things didn't seem to be going well or didn't seem to be succeeding or I didn't get the opportunity that I wanted to get. For example, I filmed in 2018, I filmed a pilot with CNN. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, 2018, I filmed the pilot with CNN. It was going to be like kind of like the view. It was with Anna Navarro and Mary Catherine Ham and then Dana Bash. I forget who all it was.

It was an interesting group, but M.K. and I were the only conservatives, and yeah, we filmed a pilot, and it didn't take off. It didn't get picked up. And I was disappointed in that. I thought it would be so cool to, like, live in D.C. or to travel to D.C. and to, like, have this TV job. This is going to be my really big break. But then it didn't work out.

And just a few weeks later, we got pregnant with my first, and that was so obviously God's planet. It was so much better. It was so much better. And I was just telling someone this this morning, this is something that I remember hearing from author Mary and Jordan a long time ago is that man's rejection is God's protection. And when I look over the past few years of my life, I see that that is absolutely true. And of course, most of all, in addition to the Lord, I could not do any of this without my husband, who is such a hard worker, does so much that you guys don't know and don't see. None of this would be possible without him. And we work together so well. He has been such a loving encouragement to me, such a supporter of me has believed in me from

the time that we were dating. And I have also believed in him and supported anything that he wants to do. And we just worked together so well. My parents, huge fans and supporters of what I do, it helps to just have so many amazing godly prayerful people in my corner, including my in-laws, so many people and so many friends that just help make all of this happen. So anyway, so there we go. I hope that you draw some lessons from that. I know that our lives look different, that you are on a different journey than I am and the opportunities and spaces and sphere of influence that God has for you is going to be different.

but all of us are placed on these tiny, tiny spots of eternity, these tiny specks of the universe, and all of us are called to the same thing. Yes, to do the next right thing in faith with excellence and for the glory of God, but just to maximize and beautify and to cultivate and to make better the people around us through the power of the Holy Spirit, but also the spaces where we work and where we interact with others. All of us are called to do that. all of us are called to use and steward our talents to their fullest. And I would say if there has been like a fear in my life,

it is that I would have like skills or talents or abilities or resources that are left unused. Like that is a very scary prospect for me and I don't want that. I want to use everything that God has given me as best as I can for His glory and to help other people. All right, I think that's enough of a trip down memory lane. Now let's get to some voicemails that you guys sent me that I'm so excited to listen to. I've not listened to these voicemails, by the way. My team picked them out and said they will be a surprise to me that I'm very thankful for so many of you who took the time to send those. We obviously can't play all of them because we got hundreds, but we will play a few and I will respond to them.

But thank you to everyone who sent. Okay. Hey, let's listen to some voicemails. I don't know how many I'm going to get through. Let me go through the ones that the bolded ones, and then I'll see if I have time to go through the rest. Okay, let's listen to voicemail one. Hi, Ali Beth.

My name is Molly, and I live in Napa, California. And I wanted to say thank you because your podcast changed my life. And I'm not even exaggerating. Back in 2020, my friend from college turned me onto your podcast. While we were suffering through the injustices of the COVID response, I was a biology major in college. And all of those scientific theories that I was learning had become my religion. But you're consistent and truthful commentary on everything that was going on, in the world, it is going on in the world, help me let go of that false hope and turn towards

something so much greater. Back this last September, right around my 32nd birthday, I gave my life to Christ. And I have to say thank you because I feel like your podcast was the catalyst for my salvation. I found a local church. that focuses on biblical teaching and I'm planning to get baptized at the end of the summer. My goodness, the big ones that are going to make me cry. Thank you so much. Thank you for taking the time to share that. I really hope we get to meet one day.

And if we don't get to meet in this life, I praise God that we will get to meet each other in heaven. And I'm so thankful that the Holy Spirit used this podcast just as a part of yourself. salvation testimony. I mean, praise God. And I just give him all the glory and all the credit for that because we can help plant seeds, but it's God who gives growth. And it is his word that never returns void. And we are just privileged to be used as vessels of his power. So thank you so much. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord for your testimony. And may he use you to advance his kingdom and to multiply. Thank you so much. All right. Let's Let's do the relationship advice voicemail.

This is Elise. I've been listening since the days you first went on YouTube, the house couch days. I don't have a favorite episode, but the most impactful episode was definitely should a Christian date a non-Christian, which helped me open my eyes to see that I was in denial about the dead end relationship. I was in with an agnostic, and I ended it and learned. to trust God in that area of my life. Something you have said a few times now has just been so true for me.

A lot can change in a year. I connected with my future husband last June, and we met in person in July, got engaged on September 4th, and got married on October 3rd. I moved two states away from where I've lived for 32 years, and in January I started a new job at the local pregnancy resource center, which incidentally changed my mind on abortion in the case of rape. It hasn't even been a full year yet, which is crazy,

but I'm so thankful for my incredible, amazing, godly husband. Praise God. Praise the Lord. That is awesome. Thank you so much. And I'm so grateful and excited for your marriage, but also what you're doing at the Pregnancy Resource Center, those women need your love,

and they need your testimony and they need your grace and your wisdom and your help. And so I'm so glad to hear that you are doing that. I hope everyone follows that example. Everyone needs to connect to their local pregnancy center. Thank you so much for sharing that. All right. Let's listen to voicemail five. Hey, Allie.

Congratulations on your 1,000 episode. My name is Amanda. I live in Portland, Oregon. I've been listening to you since 2020. Long story short, you have changed my mind on abortion and helping mothers and their babies. I used to lobby for Planned Parenthood with my mom, who's A.T.S. back when I was a 20-year-old, but now, thanks to you, I volunteer at my local Pregnancy Resource Center. So thank you so much for just how you've changed my life and how you stand on biblical truth.

I just appreciate you so much and look forward to all your episodes. So congratulations on number 1,000. Okay, bye. I'm really trying not to like sob and ruin the episode. I'm just so thankful to the Lord. And I hope that this is encouraging to all of you because it just goes to show. Like we always hear people's hearts and minds can't change or unless you have like the perfect thing to say, the perfect argument or the perfect tone or the perfect approach. If you don't like skirt around the truth and if you don't soften the truth to the point of basically not saying anything, then no one's going to listen to you.

Or if you don't compromise with the world, then you're not going to win anyone over. And I get these kinds of messages so often from people whose minds and hearts have been changed. And again, I don't take credit for it. It's just, it just goes to show that as we always say, the Lord's Eternal Plan of Redemption is always going off without a hitch. Like you hear these voicemails, they don't make headlines. They're not going viral. And yet, this is what the Lord is doing. This is what the Lord has always done through believers.

By the way, I'm just a common believer. You're just a common believer. This is what God has done since the beginning of the church. He has used his people to change hearts and minds, for him to change hearts and minds, the heart of stone to the heart of flesh. So take that Planned Parenthood. Okay, let's do voicemail seven. Hey, Ali Beth. This is Andrew from beautiful North Georgia.

Been listening and following you since before you even started your podcast back when it was the conservative millennial. I, too, am an elder millennial, and I appreciate the segments that you have specifically with your father, as myself and my father of a young daughter. I appreciate hearing that interaction and wisdom from him and hearing you listen and interact with him on all those things. Would you rather listen to Donald Trump read the message for the rest of your life or Joe Biden read the ESV? Oh, that's good.

That's the only versions that you can listen to for the rest of your life. Which one would you rather listen to? Thank you for all you do, and God bless you. Thank you, Related, bro. Thank you so much. And my dad will love to hear that, too. Okay, first, I'm not an elder millennial. If you were born in 1992, then you were not an elder millennial either.

I was born in 92. Now, if you were born in the early 80s, it's called geriatric millennial. That's the medical term. And if you're born before 1990, your geriatric, do not include me. Do not include me in your late 30s, early 40s era that you are in. But I will give you credit for your, would you rather. Okay, so the question was, would you rather listen to Donald Trump read? So I'm picturing this in my Bible app.

The only way that I can read the Bible is to hear Donald Trump read the message version, which the message version is like instead of, you know, I don't know, I'm trying to think of a verse, of course, like I can't think of a verse off the top of my head. It's like, by grace, you have been saved through faith. It would be like, it's all good vibes and nothing you can do, man. That's basically what the message is. Or the ESV, which is what I listen to or what I read, the English standard version, Joe Biden reading that. Ah, I have to go with Joe Biden reading the ESV. And you know what? If Joe Biden read the whole Bible, I would be thankful for that. I'd be thankful for that. And I will say, I'm not completely trashing on the message. Like,

okay, if someone really needs that as like their gateway, that's okay. But it can't end there. You need to got to graduate to the ESV or NASB or the KJV or the KJV in KJV. JV, I would say. Okay, let's listen to voicemail 10. Hey, this is the chief related bro. I just wanted to call in and say congratulations on a thousand episodes to Allie and the relatable team. I know the work that goes into the show and it is so amazing to see how the Lord

has blessed the show and Allie and just the talent that you have. I'm so proud of you. And I cannot wait for the next 1,000 episodes and to, see how the Lord just uses you and the great talents and abilities that you have. Congratulations again. Love you. Aw, sweet, sweet, sweet related, bro. I didn't know. I had no idea that that was going to be played. That's so sweet. Okay, let's listen to voicemail nine. Allie, I have been listening to you since early 2020 and the first episode I ever listened to was three myths that every Christian, that a lot of Christian women believe, and I was so offended by it, but I had an

easy disorder and just have been said a lot of self-love therapy. And your episode has helped me come face to face with really how unbiblical a lot of it is. And I've been listening to you ever since and just really appreciate what you do and how you hold firm to the word and just pray that you continue to do so. Thank you so much. That means a lot to me. That was like, My first favorite episode, I think it was the most popular episode for a really long time. And it also inspired the book that I wrote. You're not enough. And that's okay.

Where I also talk about how I struggled with an eating disorder and what I really needed to hear to help me get out of that. Okay. Let's play voicemail two. Hey, Allie. Congrats on a thousand episodes. You had changed my mind on multiple things. Pit bulls. Oh, my gosh.

also surrogacy and IDF and this one's going to sound kind of weird but like I used to vote for Democrats in elections and I don't do that anymore. You changed my mind about conservative viewpoints most closely aligning with the biblical worldview so thank you for that and thank you for keeping me well informed on the issues that really matter. Okay, would you rather would you rather be every single time for the rest of the your life that you are stuck in line anywhere. You are stuck in line next to AOC. And she's like taking selfies and talking on the phone and complaining.

Or every single time you get off the flight and go to get your baggage, you have to race to baggage claim to beat Sam Brinton, who is also racing to steal your luggage. All right. Thank you again. Oh, my goodness. Good question. Good question. I hate running.

So probably AOC. Probably AOC. And I've always wanted to talk to her because I feel like I could, I feel like I could get through to her. Probably not. That's probably a, uh, just a, a dream that's too far off. But I think it would, it would be AOC for sure. Okay, let's play voicemail eight. I wanted to say that I found you on YouTube shorts.

In May of 2023, I was a Democrat. I was not married. I was living with my long-term boyfriend. And now I can probably say I am married. I'm a Christian and I'm a conservative. Within the whole year of 2023, so much changed. My husband turned from being a Democrat, to being conservative. We got baptized and devoted our lives to Christ in August of

2023. I have a stepbrother then also is a Christ believer now too, and he got baptized a month ago, and it wouldn't have happened if I didn't come across your shorts on YouTube. So you have changed my life and everyone around me. So I am so glad I found you. Oh my goodness. Thank you so much. Again, just praise God for what he does and how he works. Thank you so much for sharing that. That's so meaningful. Praise the Lord, y'all. Praise the Lord how he uses imperfect, fallible people to accomplish his purposes. All right. We're going to move on to our next segment. Thank you so much again to everyone who left a voicemail. We're going to move on to some would you rather. We can't go through all of them. And I'm going to make you

people respond even if they're not on camera I'm going to make people in this room respond and you'll you can respond in your own home as well you can comment on YouTube and tell us what your what your answer is okay first question I again I have not read these I didn't want to ruin it and so I just skimmed this last night I didn't I didn't read them thoroughly would I rather always laugh like Kamala Harris or always walk like like Joe Biden. Okay, so how does Kamala Harris laugh, Bree? Do you have an impersonation?

No, I don't have an impersonation. I wish I did. Is it that? Yeah, kind of. Every time you laugh. So every time, even when it's not funny, even it's just like slightly awkward or she says something wrong.

What did she say recently? I don't even, who knows? that who doesn't like a bus. Everyone loves a yellow school. Remember when she said that a couple years ago? Okay. Or always walk like Joe Biden, who walks like a toddler who pooped in their diaper.

Sorry. Is that rude? It's just true. I think I would, I think, I think, I think I would rather laugh like, Kamala. I think I would. Would you rather laugh like Kamala?

Yeah, I'd like. You'd rather laugh like Kamala. George and Vince. Oh, no one wants to walk like Joe. No one wants to walk like Joe Biden. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Would I rather have to finance all of Stephen Ferdick's designer clothes or join the Church of Scientology for a year? Okay. I definitely would rather finance Ferdick's designer clothes. I would go bankrupt extremely quickly. And then I would just be like, I don't have any money. I don't have any money.

So I can't join this Church of Scientology for a year. That's so scary. Unless I, like, go in and I, like, share the gospel with everyone. And everyone is like, oh, my gosh, this is wrong. And I break apart the cult. But I don't think that would happen. I think that would kill me. Let's see.

So many Sam Britton ones, because he's so scary. Would I rather have Don Limon be the permanent co-host of Relatable or Sam Britain produced relatable um well i'm genuinely scared of sam britton like i'm scared of him don limham i would just turn his mic off and he wouldn't know and he would just be talking and he thinks he's making really good points but like the camera would just be on me and i would just keep talking and it would you know what it would be kind of be fun a little bit to you know just like slap him around because i don't think that he is the most skilled debater in the world. Would I rather own a pit bull or only the pants, only the pants I'm allowed to wear our low-rise jeans. Oh, I would rather wear

low-rise jeans. I mean, I would wear a really long shirt, but I would rather do that than own a pit bull. I can't put my children in danger. I just will have to put all of your your eyes in danger by wearing low-rise jeans. Let's see. Would you rather always speak in Bible verses or always sing in Christian hymns? So does that mean that I am not talking, that I'm only singing? Or does it mean that when I sing, it has to be a Christian hymn? Well, if I only spoke in Bible verses, then I would never be wrong.

So that would be cool. I would just always be saying something that's true, which is great. But I do love Christian hymns. I would not mind every time I sing singing Christian hymns. And so I guess, but if that means that I can't talk, I don't know. So I'm going to say singing Christian hymns, and I'm going to go with like what I wanted to be. Would you rather paint your house all black or replace all your carpets with Toy Story rugable rugs? Good question.

definitely toy story rugable rugs because some of them are kind of cute. If you know what I'm talking about, you know that you might buy a ruggable toy story rug and not even know that Jane and Woody are on them lassoing the designs on there. You might not know. So I'm going to go with toy story rugable rugs. It would look fine. Would I rather walk barefoot through an airport or have Kamala as my mom? Definitely barefoot through an airport for sure.

It's fine. You can just take a shower. Would I rather swim in my snow clothes, which I don't own, or play in the snow in a swimsuit? Oh, swim in my snow clothes for sure, definitely. Not in the ocean, but like in a pool. Okay, let's listen to VoiceMell 15. Hi, Allie, Beth. This is Christina from Atlanta.

one of your biggest fans. I've listened to every single episode. I have the world's hardest. Would you rather question? Okay. Here it goes. I'm ready. Would you rather go on a romantic getaway weekend with Joe Biden or a girl's trip to Vegas with AOC?

Have fun with that one. Love you so much. Bye. Okay. Love you too, but that's not difficult. That's not difficult at all. One means a romantic. trip with Joe Biden? Like, let's think about that for a second. No, in zero circumstances, would I be going

on a romantic trip with anyone except for Chief Relatorbrough? But Joe Biden, I mean, maybe you go and he falls asleep at 4 o'clock every day and you can just enjoy the vacation without him. But romantic getaway No, no, no. Now, all of you, no, no, no, I was trying to think, like, who would answer this question with that one, but no, and zero circumstances ever. It would definitely be a girl's trip with AOC. And again, I'm always going to pick the AOC option because I think that I could get through to her. I think that I could change her mind by just asking a few pointed strategic questions that would make her worldview crumble. So, Yeah, I don't hate AOC. I feel bad for her. And I think that she weaponizes her stupidity for the destruction of the United States. But I think that I could help her out. All right.

That's it for the Wuz you rather. I think we had some TikToks to react to. We don't have time for that. Let's go to, gosh, we got, we have some cute good news stories. I want to go through, though, the, the paleo. artist drawings of some animals and that's how we're going to end today's episode. Okay. So I want to go through, I want to go through some of these pictures of animals that have been drawn by a paleo artist who named C.M. Kosman. He drew common animals the way that

dinosaurs have been depicted with no layers of fat. and an emphasis on teeth. So if we were to have the fossils of these animals or the bones of these animals that I'm about to read, and an artist who has traditionally depicted dinosaurs drew them based on these bones, this is what they would look like, which tells us that how dinosaurs have been depicted is probably not what they've actually looked like. And the reason that we're talking about this, of course, you know that we have a theory that it's not that dinosaurs didn't exist.

I know I kind of said that in my montage. It's that they looked and sounded completely different than what we are told they look and sound like now and it really is just a bunch of people having a good time and having some kind of fantasy of Jurassic Park. So, okay, can we go through this? This is BuzzFeed News. This is a baboon. So again, this is what a baboon would be depicted as if you didn't draw them with their layers

of fat or the. right teeth or their fur. Like we are just guessing because we can't know what kind of skin, what kind of hair and even fully what kind of teeth dinosaurs so-called had. And so these artists that are depicting them are just kind of making things up assuming there wasn't fat, assuming there wasn't hair, assuming that there wasn't fur. And so this is what a baboon would look like if it were depicted as dinosaurs are depicted and yet the bones are just a baboon.

Okay, here's a zebra. Zebra. A zebra. Like, this is what a zebra would look like without fat and without its hair. And so you could see, oh, that looks like a dinosaur that's literally just a zebra. A cow. A cow. Okay?

A cow. A cat. If you put a cat. and you put spikes on its head. Again, things that are being totally made up by these paleontologist artists. The like spikes and stuff that are on some of like the spikes on the triceratops and stuff. I don't think you can see it actually in the shot. That's okay.

I'll grab it. See? Made up. No one knows that these spikes existed. And so this cat, if it were drawn as the artists draw dinosaurs, yeah, it was. would look like that, but it does it. It looks like a cat. Swans. Very scary. And yet that's not what they look like. An elephant, if it didn't have, like it's big head. There are many like this. If you look up the skeleton of an owl, the skeleton of a hippo, you could see how someone would

think that looks like a dinosaur, yet we know what they look like. I'm just saying we don't actually know what these so-called dinosaurs looked like or sounded like and we are made to believe that this is science and yes there are some conspiratorial theories about why like why when you question what dinosaurs looked like or if they existed in the way that they say that they exist as like why people get so angry about this why people push back about this is it about the age of the earth Is it about just trusting the science and the scientific institutions that once you start to like poke holes in it, you really start to question their authority altogether? I don't know. I'm just saying that the whole thing is pretty sketchy.

All right. That's all we got time for today, y'all. We have a few other things to talk about, but maybe we'll save that for a future episode. We've got some good news stories. We can definitely talk about some of those next week. because you know what, the world just feels weighty sometimes, but good things are always happening. And remember, in Jesus's presence is fullness of joy. That's what Psalm 16 tells us, and that is always made available to us in Christ.

Thank the Lord for that. All right. Thank you guys. So much relatable family. We will be back here on Monday.