Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 773 | SPECIAL EPISODE: New Set, Announcement, Giveaway & Other Fun!

Episode Date: March 20, 2023

We've got an extra special episode today, with a few surprises that have been a long time coming! First, we talk the new set, including our favorite parts. To celebrate our new brand, we asked YOU how the podcast has affected you or changed your opinion on certain topics. We go over a few of your responses and stories and share a few of our own pivotal changes in opinion. Then, we play a game of "Who Said It" between Taylor Swift and Shakespeare (harder than you think!) and Michael Scott and Joe Biden. We go over our giveaway, new merch (alliemerch.com) which starts NOW (details below) and end with a super special announcement. --- Giveaway: We’re giving away three prize packages, all featuring some of our advertisers' products, new Relatable merch, and a copy of Allie's signed book.  Each package includes: A copy of Allie’s book, signed (one will receive THE copy of Allie’s book that’s been in the background of each show!) One crewneck from our new collection One tote from our new collection One hat from our new collection Three stickers Carly Jean Los Angeles: $250 gift card A’Del Cosmetics: skincare essentials kit Good Ranchers: $100 gift card + t-shirt Naturally It’s Clean: swag + cleaning products Range Leather: hat, earrings, leather bag Cozy Earth: pillowcase set How to enter: Follow @alliesshorts and @alliebstuckey on Instagram Tag three friends on the giveaway post on @allieshorts Follow our sponsors on Instagram: @carlyjeanlosangeles @adelnaturalcosmetics @goodranchers @naturallyitsclean @rangeleather @cozyearth You have until midnight Thursday, March 23 to enter. We will select three winners at random on Friday, March 24. NOTE: Make sure your Instagram can receive messages so we can tell you that you’ve won! --- Timecodes: (00:50) New set (10:25) Changed minds because of Relatable (35:37) Who Said It: Taylor Swift or Shakespeare? (39:43) Who Said It: Michael Scott or Joe Biden? (42:51) Would You Rather (46:50) Giveaway (51:48) New merch! (alliemerch.com) (54:00) Announcement --- Today's Sponsors: Naturally It's Clean — visit https://naturallyitsclean.com/allie and use promo code "ALLIE" to receive 15% off your order. If you are an Amazon shopper you can visit https://amzn.to/3IyjFUJ. The promo code discount is only valid on their direct website at www.naturallyitsclean.com/Allie. Good Ranchers — change the way you shop for meat today by visiting GoodRanchers.com/ALLIE and use promo code 'ALLIE' for $20 off your first order. Subscribe in March and you can get free bacon for a year. Also this month, you can potentially win over $2000 in free meat (free meat for a year!) by filling out your March Meatness bracket at goodranchers.com/march. Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 878-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' to get free activation! --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 691 | Pit Bulls, Assisted Suicide, & a Message to Christian Schools https://apple.co/3YZYDCX Ep 137 | 5 Solas https://apple.co/42iyAK2 Ep 424 | Should We Beware of the Enneagram? | Q&A https://apple.co/3JvfF6m --- 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

Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort.

We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. We are on our new sets. If you're watching on YouTube, I cannot wait to show it to you. But even if you're listening, we've got a lot of fun stuff for you today. A lot of new stuff. We've got new merch.

We've got an exciting announcement at the end of the episode. We've got some games we're going to play. We've also got some amazing encouragement that you guys sent me that I know wasn't just edifying for me. It will also be edifying for you as well. If we have time, we'll get into some new stories. But we've got a lot of ground to cover on this episode of Relatable. which is brought to you by our friends at Good Ranchers.

Go to Good Ranchers.com. Use promo code Allie at checkout for a discount. That's good ranchers.com. Code Allie. Okay. What'd you think? What'd you think? It's the new music.

It's the new branding. If you're just listening, you can't see the new branding. You can't see the new set that we're on. So you need to go watch this on YouTube if you haven't already. It's always out at 6 p.m. Eastern time. So depending on the time that you're listening to this, it may or may not be up. I know.

I know it's going to take a little bit of an adjustment for you to get used to the new music. I got so many messages from you guys saying don't get rid of the music. I dance with my child to this or my child recognizes this and they get so excited about the intro, but you'll get used to this. I personally really like the new music. So today we're just going to have a fun episode. We'll get into some new stuff too, as you heard at the top of the show. but we are just going to talk about the new set.

We're going to talk about relatable, giveaway, all that fun stuff. And then I do have an announcement, like I said, at the end. And then we're going to play a couple games too. Also, joining me today, we've got some people joining me. We've got Bree and we've got Victoria. There they are.

They're not the most excited about being on camera today. But I told them that they must be. And so here they are. they will be celebrating the new set and some new stuff and some new merch too i'll be announcing all of that um okay let's first before we get into anything today let's just take a look a little tour of the new set if i could get up and like walk around i would so you're not going to be able to see everything maybe we'll do like a bt s behind the scenes thing later so let's go to the wide shot and let's show them okay so we've got our new relatable brand and that's our new font which i

Absolutely love. I absolutely love this glow lamp. Now let me just go ahead and point out something that I know some of you are going to say and we're just going to have to be okay with it. Now, that T right there in the relatable, some of you have said, because I showed this on Instagram, some of you have said looks like an R. But look, this is going to be one day, this, this word, this brand is going to be as iconic as the Walt Disney. brand. And we all know how confusing that D is, that some of us thought when we were younger that it was a G. And we realized, no, it is a D. So this is going to be an iconic T. So even though some of you, can we pull it up, even though some of you think it looks like an R, it is indeed a T. I love it.

It's vintage. It's cute. We've got our cactus going on. We actually are not completely done yet. So we're going to have some different plants that are coming in. And there are some different things that we're still adding to that corner over there that just haven't come in yet. We've also got some other, like, fun personal touches that we're adding to it. If you know, you know, got dinosaurs all around me because we're just not sure. We're just not sure. I'm sure that these dinosaurs exist. But when it comes to the others, I don't know.

The jury's still out. That's what I'll say on that. And then we've got, if you look closely, like the more that you watch it, you'll see some stuff that we've added that just kind of speak to the things that I'm interested in, some of the things that we've talked about on the show. You can't see the full range of things that I have behind me in this shot. I don't even know if you can see it on the wide shot. Can you see some of this stuff on the wide shot? Okay. So we can't see everything on the wide shot, but we'll show like a behind scenes or maybe one day we'll like pan the camera up so you can see it. We've got C.S. Lewis

staring down at me. And we actually thought about moving him down. It's a sketch of C.S. Lewis because y'all know how much I love C.S. Lewis, but it kind of freaked me out when we put him right behind me. It looked like he was staring over my shoulder. And I didn't like that. And then I grew up in Texas. So we've got some odes to Texas also. So I love it. I love this set. I know that you guys are going to love it too. We just wanted a little bit of contrast, something a little bit different. I know change is tough, but I think y'all are going to get used to it. I actually want to move like all of this stuff into my, into my, home because I love it that much. Victoria Bree, I know that you'll like the set because we have been talking about it painstakingly Forever. What's your favorite part about the new set? That's a good question.

Off the top of my head, the dinosaur, the little dinosaur planter behind you. Yeah. Love it. A nice little touch. Victoria, what about you? Question everything. Yeah. I love the blue bonnets.

I think it's so cute. The blue bonnets? Far behind you. It's so cute. I think that's cute too. but I think my favorite is probably the sign itself, probably the relatable sign and also the black walls is just so different than what we had before. Guys, there are so many people and so many things that go into something like this. It's funny because a lot of y'all thought that I recorded

at home. And my last one, which I love, that y'all thought that I was at home. But I actually am at a studio and there are so many people that go into this. We've been planning this, designing this, building this since, I don't know, November probably. And so, yeah, there's been a lot of effort put into it. We just want it to look the best possible. And we're still, we might still be adjusting the lighting a little bit. That's up until like the, honestly, like the moment this music started playing, we were still thinking about the lighting. And so it might look a little bit different. I don't know yet. We're still assessing. We want it to be absolutely perfect. And so we're still assessing exactly what it's going to look like. But, you know,

You can let me know. I'll take it under advisement. As you guys know, y'all are my official executive producers. But I can't take all of your feedback because y'all have really conflicting opinions. And sometimes let's just be real. Not good opinions. So I have to make an assessment and use my best discernment and professional opinion when weighing y'all's opinions about what the set and everything looks like. But I do value your feedback. Okay, speaking of valuing feedback, one thing that I thought would be fine. I ask you guys on Instagram, if you would please send me just some ways that either relatable has changed your mind on something. And if you weren't able to do this when I asked on Instagram before I'm now recording the show, feel free to leave a YouTube comment or you can still message me if you want to, how relatable has changed your mind or just what the show has meant to you. Because that's not just for me.

it's not just to boost my ego because that's not how I see it at all. This really is a team effort every day, such a team effort. And it's really meaningful to the people who work behind the scenes too because it just reminds us about why we do what we do. And I, of course, I'm going to read you some of these messages. And I think it's important to do because I think it edifies you guys out there too. But this is not something that I take credit for or I think, wow, I'm just so great that I can change people's minds.

I really do see it as well. God can use absolutely anyone and anything to change people's hearts and minds on subjects that are consequential. And also, Bree told me that she has something that she changed her mind on, which I'm really interested to hear. So we'll hear it. In the next segment,

I don't even know what she's going to say. And then we'll get into some fun games and do some more fun stuff. All right. So this is our new set. That was the introduction. We got new branding. We got all new stuff. And I know that you guys really like it.

I love it. And I'm so, so thankful to all the people who have been working really hard behind the scenes to get all this to happen by today. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed,

you can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. All right. So I was totally overwhelmed by the beautiful messages that you all sent me. I didn't even get to open close to all of them. So I'm so sorry if you sent me a message and I didn't respond or I didn't even open it. Don't think that it doesn't matter or that it's not meaningful. I may see it one day later if I get to your message or I may not.

But just know that I appreciate it. I understand that you're all busy. And so you taking the time to send me a well thought out message saying what relatable means to you, I really, really value the energy and the effort that it took to do that. So thank you so much. I'm going to read some of them that I did open. And then we're just going to kind of talk a little bit about the subjects that were most popular that you said that you changed your mind on. So I will go ahead and say, and like I said, I'll read some of the messages specifically, but I'll go ahead and say the most popular subjects that I got on which people said, you changed my mind on that, or not even me, but a guest, the show changed my mind on this.

IVF and surrogacy, the whole reproductive technology industry. I think for most of you, and this is like me too, you just hadn't thought about it. You just hadn't thought about the ethical questions, the gray areas of things like IVF. We're pro-life. We love babies. We love creating life. We didn't think about all those souls on ice and all of the potential risks to the mother and child when it comes to IVF. We didn't think about the father-mother separation when it comes to sperm donation and egg donation.

We didn't think about what is going on in the physical and psychological development of a child when it comes to surrogacy and purposely taking away a child from his mother or father. It's not that you were necessarily pro those things. You just didn't think about it. You just didn't know. And I've had several guests or a couple guests, Jennifer Law and Katie Fowles, who have both come on the show. And we've talked about these things, the importance of children's rights, the importance of thinking through these issues. And I'm so thankful to them because they taught. me so much. And one of my favorite things to do is to introduce you guys to people who have taught me

things and who have changed my mind on things and enlightened me. And these are not always, actually, I would say very often, they are not the most well-known people, the people with the biggest audiences. Like some of my most popular interviews, my most popular episodes are with people that some of you, most of you, have never heard of. That just gives me so much joy in how helping to amplify voices that God is using and that are doing really, really good work. And so, wow, that changed a lot of your minds. Actually, one of you said that you were signed up to be a surrogate until you listen to those episodes and it changed your mind.

So if you're listening to this and you're like, well, what's wrong with that? You should go back and listen to some of the episodes that we've done on it. It might change your mind too. Or it might take a little while. Okay, before I get into the specifics of this, I also want to say that one comment that I kept receiving that I saw in these messages was that I was really shook the first few times that I listened to you or I was really offended or I was really thrown off when my friend shared your episodes with me, whether they're on abortion or whatever. And at first, I really did not want to agree with you. I didn't want to like you. I didn't want to like the show. It just took me time. And that's definitely true. when it comes to the IVF slash surrogacy issue. I got a lot of messages when I first started talking about this being like, this is wrong, you're unloving, you're unempathetic, you don't understand because you haven't been through this. And then messages later on, and I always really admire

this about the character of a person who were like, wow, you know, I didn't think about it like that or I changed my mind or I see kind of what you or your guest were saying. So I always love those. I always love the people who started off like not liking me or not liking something that I said, and then over time, they kind of, they changed their mind. That's cool. Okay, so some of the specific messages that I got about the IVF surrogacy, someone said, Taylor, said IVF and surrogacy are the biggest ones. I went from thinking how amazing it is for people who aren't able to have kids now thinking from the perspective of the child. So eye-opening. Jessica said the same thing. She just thought that the technological advancements in this realm

were a good thing because they're medical progress. But she said that she realized, that just because something is deemed medical process doesn't mean that it's actually good and certainly doesn't mean that we should participate in it. Like we always say, when technology takes us from what is natural to what is possible, there are always at the very least questions that we should ask ourselves about that. The other big one that we saw messages about it was abortion. There were a lot of people who came to my podcast before they started listening. They were either pro-choice or they just didn't know.

or they were personally pro-life, but politically pro-choice. And so I got a lot of messages from people saying that they changed their mind on this. So here's a message from someone named Allison about this. Abortion. She said, I used to be pro-choice. I'm now passionately pro-life. In fact, a client of mine got pregnant unexpectedly. She didn't want the baby.

For whatever reason, she was confided in me. One morning, she texted me from the parking law of an abortion clinic on the the verge of ending her baby's life. Had I not been pro-life at this point, had the situation happened to me five, ten years ago, I'd have told her to do what she felt was right. Instead, I prayed before stepping into the conversation with her, and then I called her. I had no idea what to say, but I knew God would guide my words. She ended up not having the abortion. And then she talks about her, she talks about the baby's name. And she says, praise God. Thank you, Allie, for helping to shift my mind. I know God worked through you to sanctify me out of being pro-choice. That's just

amazing. It's just amazing. And I just want, I just want that to encourage you too, that you never know, you never know what conversation you have or what you post on social media or what act of courage or boldness you do that may plant a seed in someone's mind that could change their mind on abortion and then they could save someone's life or maybe you saved someone's life by convincing someone. I know sometimes it seems fruitless like you're just speaking into a void. like no one cares what you have to say or everyone's angry at what you have to say. It's not about you. It's not about people liking you. It's not about the instant gratification. It's not about the immediate positive feedback. It is about obedience. And God promises to use obedience. And you may

never know how God is going to use your words and use those seemingly small acts of courage, but I promise he will. Like we're talking about physical lives here. We're talking about souls. Your boldness absolutely matters and it can plant seeds that save lives. So just, Just remember that. Someone named Alexandria said, she said that she realized that abortion is not the answer in horrible cases of like other, of so-called exceptions, like rape or incest, the case you made for why that is still an innocent life, changed my mind and love the clarity and simplicity of your argument of what is it about the circumstances, size, or location that gives someone

the right to kill a baby inside the womb, but not the baby next to you. Well, thank you so much for saying that, Alexandra. And I had a lot of messages, a lot of messages about that. And that is next to someone believing the gospel. That is the most consequential thing that someone could change their mind on. Okay, this goes along with that. This is also one of my favorite messages to get. And that is parenting.

One person Tara said that she didn't want kids before listening to my show. And you have no idea how common this is. And this just makes me sad, like how many young women are concerned. convinced that the world, Christian young women, that the world is so bad, that times are so scary, that this season is so challenging an American or world history or whatever, that you shouldn't be fruitful and multiplying. As if God today is not as powerful and not as sovereign and not as faithful and not as loving and not as good as he was a thousand or two thousand years ago, as if Christians haven't gone through much more difficult times than they have today.

I mean, we are just kind of inundated with this anti-natalist rhetoric today that I think we don't realize has affected us, but it really has, just like feminism and every other kind of secular ideology. And I think it's also just fear. And I think Satan loves for us to operate out of terror, out of paranoia, out of not trusting the Lord, not realizing that God actually cares about our kids' future more than we do. He cares about our kids' souls more than we do. And if the world needs absolutely anything, it is godly, wise, courageous kids that must be raised by godly, wise, courageous parents. So that's something that we talk about a lot. And there was a message by someone named Geneva. And she said this. And I just love how I just love this story. She said, I just wanted to share the impact you and relatable of how to my life. I grew up Amish. I left and was pretty lost trying to figure out church and everything else in the outside world.

I started listening to your show. I've gained a lot of awareness. I didn't grow up knowing anything about politics. Now I'm shocked when people don't pay attention to what's going on. I got married to an amazing man, but I was very hesitant to bring children into this crazy world. However, hearing you say over and over how the Bible commands us to do so, which it does, except for in rare exceptions, which we've talked about before, to raise godly children and having on guests that have shared stories that changed my mind.

I'm now pregnant with our first, a girl due in July, and there's not a doubt in my mind that we were called and equipped to raise strong little little. Warriors. Thank you so much for your strong stance on biblical values. That's so sweet. Thank you so much for sharing that to me with me. And then Brooke says something similar. She says, I forgot to mention the biggest one of all. I is subconsciously bought into all of the world's lives about having children and was terrified to have them, even though my husband had made it clear that he was ready whenever I was. It literally consumed all my thoughts. Your podcast was how God slowly revealed to me how wrong I was about children. The Lord is still working on my heart into 2019. We weren't quite ready,

quite to the point of officially trying for children. Yet when I found out, I was pregnant with our daughter. Oh, when I found out, I was pregnant with my daughter. But instead of fear, I immediately felt an immense piece because I had been so encouraged in truth for over a year by then for this podcast. So thank you so much. And congratulations. Congratulations.

And I can relate to all of those fears, by the way. My mind was also changed and developed over time when it comes to that because it's really easy to give into the fear and even selfishness. Another one, self-love. Of course, I wrote my book about that. You're not enough. And that's okay. Jenna said that you and your podcast are one of the contributors to turning my life around.

I was totally sucked into the you are enough. You're perfect, just the way that you are. She said that she had an unhappy life, unhappy marriage, and that she was just turning to these motivational slogans, which we all have at some point trying to make her feel better, trying to make her feel worthy and sufficient. And she still was just coming up empty. None of these self-help books were actually helping her. And then when she actually realized that she needed to turn to the Lord,

that's when her path towards repentance and satisfaction and a healthy marriage really changed. So I'm just so thankful to the Lord for that. I've also been in a place where I've tried to look to superficial self-help and self-love mantras to make myself feel better about myself. Someone else sent me a message saying that a couple of years ago, she was all in on Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash Your Face. That was the entire culture that she was consumed by. And then she realized how empty and how fleeting that all was. And then there's one, there's one who, or I mean, not just one message, several messages, but one subject that I know is still controversial. Again, go back and listen to my messages on this or my episodes on this if you haven't already. And that is the death penalty. The death penalty. A lot of you came to my podcast thinking that the death penalty is unjust. that it's unbiblical. And as we've talked about, as Genesis 96 talks about very clearly, the death penalty for murder is not just suggested for, is not just suggested in the Bible,

but is actually demanded. And it's not because of cruelty, but it's actually because murder is so egregious, because we are so valuable because we're made in the image of God that the only just punishment for it is capital punishment. That's what the God who is love, 1 John 4.8 says, is justice in that case. Also, this is within this message about the death penalty that I got from Eva that I won't read in its entirety. But some of you change your minds on Pitbulls too, which I feel like that probably saves some lives. Oh gosh, I probably turned this into the most controversial episode. Go back and listen to my episode on Pitbulls if you're not so sure about that.

And then several on theology too. A lot of you, I know, and I know people listening to this and watching this, will still be like, oh my gosh, I can't believe people are changing their mind on Calvinism and on reformed theology. But a lot of you who came to my podcast, maybe you were in the prosperity gospel, or you just didn't know about reformed theology. And now you and your husband have started attending a different church or reading different books and following different teachers. And your interest was peaked in reformed theology. And yes, even Calvinism. I got a message saying that your mind changed about predestination. And that has actually allowed you to have

confidence and clarity in your salvation rather than always wondering if you're doing the right thing. Praise God. Praise God. That is like one of the best things that I can hear. And honestly, we haven't talked about reformed theology that much, like explicitly in a while. And so I need to go back to doing some episodes on that. We did a lot of like reformed theology 101, I think back in 2019. So you can go back and listen to those episodes.

But I love hearing that. And again, like I feel like I'm just kind of a springboard for y'all to go listen. to the actual theologians and the pastors and read the books that really go in depth on all of that. Okay, last category. And this is one that I, gosh, is so, I hear this all the time. I hear this all the time when I go speak somewhere or when I get a message from you that you started following me in the summer of 2020. Now, why did you start following me in the summer of 2020?

Because you looked around and you realized that all of your white Christian girlfriend, friends, we're crazy. And you realize that they really, that a lot of them, okay, I'm exaggerating, that a lot of them were just going along with what the world was saying about what justice is, what racism is, what systemic racism and what the history of the country looks like with white supremacy and oppression and all of these things. And you just saw them start regurgitating this secular nonsense about, about, justice and about how we should regard each other. And you're like, okay, am I wrong here? Am I the one lacking compassion? Am I the one lacking truth? Am I the one lacking love and empathy? And this is also when

all of COVID was like blowing up. And so you're simultaneously being told if you don't post a black square and you're not on the same page as people saying America is systemically racist and you need to be reading Robin DiAngelo and doing all of these things in order to be truly anti-racist. You're also getting told that you lack empathy, that you lack love and that you're not a good Christian, you don't love your neighbor if you're not wearing a mask. And then later, if you don't get the vaccine, if you don't want mask mandates, if you don't want vaccine mandates, then maybe you're not really Christian enough. Like maybe you don't really understand Jesus. And I think a lot of you kind of had like an identity crisis, which I totally understand. I had moments like this too in 2020,

looking around and being like, this doesn't sound right. None of this sounds biblical at all. but these people that I really respect are saying these things. And so maybe, I don't know, maybe they're right. And I'm not saying that I got everything right, obviously. Like, there's so many things that I learn over time that I'm like, oh, I said that that wasn't right or that whatever and that I've changed. But I did refuse to post a black square. And I did refuse to go along with a lot of the riots or the voice of the unheard. America is systemically racist. And, the white race needs to carry some kind of guilt or responsibility for reparations for what people who remotely looked like them in the same relative geographical location 200 years ago might have done. It just doesn't, it never made any sense to me. And I had a lot of conversations with a lot of Christian leaders in that time who I know that my words were a thorn in their side because they were getting people Christians who followed me who would go to them and say, okay, you're saying this, but here's what Ali Stucky said, or here's what this podcast said. And there was a lot of

conflict during that time between me and other Christian leaders behind the scenes, probably between you and your friends, between churches and their congregants. And that was tough. And it certainly wasn't only me saying these things. There were a lot of Christians on this side pushing back against the rhetoric and all of the policy changes that we were seeing in 2020. But a ton of you started listening to Relatable during that time. And it really, like it lived up to the name because we were like we had to come together and be like, yeah, we're not crazy. We're not crazy. We might not be right on everything. I'm not claiming that at all, but we ain't crazy. Like, let's just remember that the word of God is justice efficient today as it was 2,000 years ago. I'm sorry. I don't need to borrow

wisdom from Ibramax Kendi, who is actually anti-biblical as much as he is, quote-unquote, anti-racist to understand what's going on in the world or what my role is as a Christian. And actually, what is being purported to be justice by these social justice, racial justice experts, is actually, according to God, not just at all. And that's when we did our whole series on what God's justice actually looks like, impartial, truthful, direct, proportional, which is not at all what social racial justice is. So that's also what got me blocked by a lot of Christian leaders, too, even though I didn't come at them or anything.

But I just had like a disagreement or I had a differing opinion. And a lot of them decided then that, you know, they didn't want to talk to me. But it's funny because now that Trump is out of office, a lot of those same people who were so ardently, you know, whatever they were. And the summer of George Floyd have really softened their rhetoric on a lot of that stuff. Interesting. It's interesting. So here is a message from one of you. When the race rights and BLM stuff was happening, I knew it was off.

I posted a black square because a usually solid pastor did. I can probably imagine which one. I kept trying to respond to people but couldn't yet nail down the biblical thoughts and words. that I knew but couldn't put into words, you really helped me process and sort through the weeds at that time, clinging to truth through so much deception. I mean, this is probably the subject that I think confuses Christian women the most and Christian women are most scared to go against the progressive talking points on this. Lauren said, I was all in on the racial justice train in 2020 until I finally caved and listened to one of your podcasts. I had been avoiding your

show for months because I thought I didn't want to be like my friends who were posting about your podcast. Got them. Well, I appreciate that. And again, I'm not saying you shouldn't listen to other teachers or podcasters that don't agree with me or have different perspectives on this. I'm not saying that. I'm certainly not the infallible, like, perfect source on all of this stuff at all. I'm just saying that let's be discerning. A lot of people just repeat progressive talking points, especially when it comes to that because it's easier to do. No one wants to be called a racist. And you're just going to have to bear that risk if you want to talk about what the Bible actually says about justice and reparations and evil and sin and all of that.

Okay. So we've gone through a lot. Some of you said that I changed your mind on Santa Claus and Easter Bunny. Yay. That is exciting. So thanks for sharing all those things. Okay. Now I want to hear from you.

Brie Brianna I don't Full name treatment Wow I don't want to be redundant But I have two And one of them is IVF

and surrogacy And I remember before I started working with you I was talking to my friend about this And I was telling her Yes I don't think it's I think it's selfish Was my stance I think it's selfish to spend so much money on that

I'm really passionate about adoption And so I've always thought Why would you spend money on IVF when you, when there's a kid who already needs a home. But yeah, I had never, ever thought about the ethical implications of Souls on Ice, of ripping a child away from their mother intentionally. And I'm just like, I feel like I'm radical about it now. Radical.

And before, I didn't even. Well, and the other thing is pit bulls. And now I am an anti-pit bulls. Okay. I thought that you walked into this being anti-pit bull. No. it was doing research for that episode. No way.

That converted me. Yeah. I didn't really care about them before. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I'm a changed woman. Wow. And so she was obviously, she was talking about IVF, but then she was talking about surrogacy, too, ripping a child away from his mother.

Yeah. You know, I hadn't really thought about that that much either. I don't know if you have anything to add. Victoria, it's okay if you don't. You changed my mind on a lot, Allie B, but I was such a hard core enneagram girl. My entire personality was the enneagram. Yeah. See, I know, but I guess, I could guess their eneagram numbers because I used to be, I used to be too.

I used to be too. But now I do feel like more and more people. I was not the first person to say something like bad about the enneagram, but now I do feel like there's more and more people who are willing to be like, maybe we put too much stock into this. I feel like people are finally getting out of that fad. Yeah, it was a little bit of a fad. people again you can go back some people are listening to this and they're like offended by every single category that we're listening go back and listen to some of those episodes before you leave your comment saying how wrong we are you might not change your mind there's plenty of things by the way that people didn't message me about that I was unpersuasive on or like they didn't change their mind on or anything um okay so thank you guys so much that means so much to me we've been doing this podcast since 2018 started out once a week now it's four times a week And I just love doing it.

It's my like professional baby. So it means so much to me. But you guys mean so much to me. And getting these messages is overwhelming in a great way. It reminds me also how much work I have to do in trying to meet more of you. Whenever I have, whenever I have events across the country speaking, I have the privilege of meeting and talking to a lot of you. Or sometimes I was at, I was at lunch this weekend with some friends. And one of you came up to me.

and you showed me my Instagram page and you said, is this you? And I said, yes, it is. And so sometimes I get to meet you out in the wild too. And I appreciate that so much. But just stay tuned. There may be more opportunities, maybe more opportunities for us to meet in person. Okay, ladies, we decided that we would just do a fun little segment. And this doesn't really, now that I'm realized,

doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the show at all. Nothing. Nothing. But we're just going to do it because it's fun. So we're going to do Taylor Swift or Shakespeare and Michael Scott or Joe Biden. And I suggested Kamala Harris versus Michael Scott, but they said Joe Biden's actually, like his quotes are actually tougher. So we'll see. Okay, Taylor Swift or Shakespeare, apparently this is a trend on TikTok. I have a really hard time believing that I will not be able to tell the difference. Not because I know a lot of Shakespeare, but because. it's Taylor Swift. Like, I think I know is, like, who said karma is a cat in my lap who loves me. I don't think it was, I don't think it was a hamless. She just went through them and she was like, wow, what a poet. And these are Swifties, okay?

I've got two resident swifties on my show and they said that this is difficult. So, okay, I'm ready. And then if I can think of it, would you rather for y'all after this, I'm going to give you one. And then we'll get into the rest of the fun stuff. Okay. Taylor Swift or Shakespeare. Let's see. Take it away.

All right. I'm going to take it away. So the first is, I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones in a faith forgotten land. In a faith forgotten land. I meet you. Oh, wow. Okay. Okay.

Okay. I think it's Taylor Swift. You're right. Yeah. Okay. That's from Ivy. Okay. Don't know what that is.

Though the chameleon love can feed on the air. What's this word? Victoria? It's not camo melon. Yeah, she's used to seeing cocoa melon. So earlier, she was like, what is that? Okay. What is it? Sorry. Though the chameleon love can feed on the air. Though the chameleon love can feed on the air. Yeah. Is that also Taylor Swift? No. No. That's Shakespeare. Okay, because I don't know what that means at all. Okay. Do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?

But that's definitely Taylor Swift for sure. Right? Right? Yeah. I don't know what song that's from, but I can just totally see her saying. That's from Coney Island. Okay. And I'll stay for getting any other home but this. I would say that's Taylor Swift, but I'm second guessing myself. Is it? It's not. It's Shakespeare. It's from Romeo. This is actually done up. Okay. You're right. You're right. Wow. Okay. Okay, a couple more. Past the curses and cries beyond the terror in the nightfall. Taylor Slift. Yeah. Okay. Are you just guessing one or the other now?

No, I'm guessing Taylor Swift like every time I feel like, okay, okay, last one. Sad hours seem long. Shakespeare. Yeah, that is Shakespeare. Okay. I'm actually impressed by how difficult that is. Yeah. Maybe if I knew more Shakespeare or knew more Taylor Swift, it wouldn't be as hard.

Well, I was telling you I am a fan of both. And I didn't even know all of these. What's your favorite Shakespeare play? I like the two gentlemen of Rona. Oh. It's my favorite. I don't know. Wow.

Interesting. Okay. Are you all going to the Taylor Swift concert? Of course. Happy ERA's tour kickoff. Oh, that's exciting. Are you going, Victoria? I'm not.

Yeah. Wasn't a priority. I saw that. Sorry, Swifties. I saw Alex Clark that she went and she said it was amazing. I heard it was so good. She performs for three hours and 15 minutes, I heard. How in the world? Do you even do that? Her outfit changes? Yeah. I saw her in like 2015 and it was really good. And that was like I wasn't really,

I was like very skeptical of her then. And it was a really good show. Okay, you'll have to tell us how it is, Brie. Okay. Michael J. Scott or Joseph R. Biden. Okay. Let's see. See. Victoria is going to. I love babies. I think they're beautiful in all sorts of different ways. I try to pick up and hold a baby every day if possible because it nourishes me. That's Michael Scott.

Isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. I think I remember that. This is actually going to be easier for me because I know so much of the office. That's what I figured. Yeah. Okay.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. Oh, that's Joe Biden. I remember him saying that. But man, that is so Michael Scott. You could see him saying that in the diversity training. In our cookie cookie, cookie episode. Okay. You know what else is facing five Goliaths?

America, Al-Qaeda, global warming, sex predators, mercury poisoning. Oh, my gosh. I think that's Michael Scott. But I could see Joe Biden, having said that, like, yesterday. It is Michael Scott. It is Michael Scott. Mercury poisoning. Rabies.

Okay. Okay. Now you may look around and see two groups here. White collar, blue collar, but I don't see it that way. And you know why not? Because I am colorblind. Collar blind. Oh, that's Michael Scott.

That's got to be. It's way too clever for Biden. He would never come up with that. Okay. Pizza. Great equalizer. Rich people love pizza. Poor people love pizza.

White people love pizza. Black people love pizza. I think Michael Scott, right? Okay, again, too funny and clever for Joe Biden. I'm good at this. Okay. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids. Now, that would have been hilarious if Michael Scott had said that. It would have been really funny on the episode where he, Scott's tots, remember Scott's tots? That would have been perfect in Scott's tots. But it's definitely Joe Biden. I also remember. him saying this. Sadly is. Okay, last one. You all look dull as hell, I might add. The dullest audience I have ever spoken to. Just sitting here staring at me. Pretend you like me. Again, tough. Tough. Because you can see in like maybe like a dementia flare up,

Joe Biden saying something like that because you know what makes you really ornery. But I think it's Michael Scott. Joe Biden? It actually is Joe Biden. Oh my gosh. When did he say that? Pretend you like me. I don't know. I don't have it written down here. That is a very Jeb Bush, please clap. Please clap. Please clap. Yeah. Good job. Oh my gosh. Okay. I feel pretty good about that. Okay. Let me see. I did not think of a would you rather before. So let me really think about this for a second. Okay. Would you rather have to only drink liquid? You can never drink any liquid unless it's out of a paper straw. And you have to use that same paper straw until it completely disintegrates. And when it's done, you have to just get another paper straw. Or only ever be able to eat anything with a spoon, including hamburgers. Pizza.

Like things you eat with your hand, you still have to eat with a spoon. Something that you would eat with a fork, a salad. It's so annoying. Yeah. I think better than me saying eat anything with a fork, though, because you could definitely never eat soup or ice cream or anything like that. So everything with a spoon or every liquid with a paper straw until it disintegrates. I mean, I have to go with the straw just for like ease of.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I hate paper straws so much. Honestly, I'm weird. I eat a lot of foods with spoons when I should eat them with forks. Hamburger? Well, I used my hand for that. No, no, no. You have to use a spoon. I would do spoon. That's how much I hate paper straws. What do you eat with a spoon that we would consider weird? I don't know. Like, if I cook pasta, I feel like most people would eat it with a fork. I eat it with a spoon. What? I know it sounds really weird. Just a spoon? Spaghetti? You eat it with a spoon? I still do.

I just kind of... My husband thinks it's so weird. I just like spoons. I like eating with spoons. Agree, Mr. Victoria. It's my toxic trait. Oh, my goodness. I'm going to try this tonight because I was thinking of making pasta.

Now, I could see it with like pinet or something. For sure, Penny. For sure, Pinnay. Duh. Okay, I want you to try something. It's going to change your life and you're going to be able to get way more noodles. A fork? A fork.

Have you, do you know? Do you know about, have you heard about forks? I just, I like my spaghetti tinier. Okay. I also, I don't know what that means. Like shorter? I also don't eat spaghetti that often, I guess. But I really just.

I don't always eat spaghetti, but when I do, it's with a spoon. Okay. Okay. Okay. Wow. this led to a revelation that I wasn't really prepared for. Okay, last segments, let's see. Should I do my final ad now or should I do it after one of the next two segments?

Should I do it after the giveaway? No, I just do it now. So there's a break. No. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

He says now. She's in charge. All right. Now for our giveaway. So we've been planning this for a really long time. I'm so excited, my very generous sponsors, my amazing sponsors for Relatable, who allow you to watch this show for free. They also donated a bunch of stuff for a giveaway. So we are going to have three prize packages, three prize packages, and they're mostly the same. However, some of our

sponsors sent like a variety of products. And so you might not get the same thing as what I'm about to show you. So let me show you some of the things that you'll probably get or that you might get in your price package. It's really good no matter what. And a lot of these things, like I said, you will get, but some of them, like the leather goods, they might be different, just depending. And then I'll tell you how to enter and all that good stuff. So let me show you a sampling of what you'll get. Okay, so range leather, one of my sponsors, all their stuff is American Made. It's made in Wyoming. These are awesome Christian people. They're fans of Relatable. I've been advertising for their company for a little bit now. I also have this bag. Love this

bag. I think mine's actually a little bit bigger. I use it all the time. Super high quality. Love it. So inside this bag are some of the things that you make it. So one, you'll get my book and I'll sign it. And one of you will get the book that has been on my set for a very long time. So it's there. Bree has it. It's well loved. We'll say that. But I thought that it might be special to some of you. So it's a little, it's been through some wear and tear. It's seen some better days. But I will sign it. And So one of you will get one of those books. And then also you will get a gift card, Carly Jean Los Angeles. Let's see. Do I know how much is? $250 gift card. That's good.

Love Carly Jean Los Angeles. Also, Cozy Earth. You will get a pillowcase set. I love Cozy Earth. I love their sheets and I love their loungeware. It's like super, super soft and temperature regulating. Also, one of my other favorite sponsors, the Dowd Natural Cosmetics. You'll get their essential hydrating spray.

I believe this is spray. And then also, or possibly an essential cleanse. I use this every day. And also some naturally it's clean products. For example, you might get a multi-surface cleaner, which I also use every day. And then some stain removers. Another example of what you may get,

which I also wear these all the time, these range leather earrings, which are super, super cute. So cute. They've got brown. They've got black. they've got all different kinds. And so an example of some of the things that you will get. So, okay, now you got to listen closely.

You got to listen closely. And, and. And Ranchers gift card. Oh, Good Ranchers gift card. And T-shirt. Did I forget that in here? I think I did. Yeah, it's right here.

Good Ranchers gift card. $100 gift card plus a T-shirt. Okay. Yes. Now I've covered everything. Wow. Such a good deal. This is going to be amazing.

I can't wait to see who is blessed by all this stuff. And again, just thank you to my amazing sponsor. for doing all this. Okay, now let me tell you how to enter. Okay? And I will be putting this up on the screen if you're watching on YouTube. We may, if we can fit it, we'll put it in the description of this episode. So you can see, we won't leave you hanging.

We'll also post this on my Instagram. Okay. So you'll be able to see these directions, but you can also write this down right now if you want to. Follow Allie's shorts and Allie B Stucky on Instagram. Tag three friends on the giveaway post. tag three friends on the giveaway post on my page on Allie B Stucky. Follow our sponsors on Instagram.

Okay, so I know this is a lot of steps, but that's because there's got to be a really high bar. These are really good prices. Carly Jean Los Angeles, Adele Natural Cosmetics, Good Ranchers, naturally, it's clean, range leather, cozy earth. You got to follow them all on Instagram. You have until midnight, Thursday, March 23rd. Wow, you have a long time.

Midnight, March 23rd to enter, we will select three winners at random on Friday, March 24th. Note, make sure your Instagram can receive messages so we can tell you that you've won. So we will sift through all of that. We will make an announcement. We'll pick the winners. We might not announce until Monday or maybe we'll announce social media on Friday and then we'll announce on here on Monday. But just FYI, that's what's going on.

So I won't repeat all of that because you can go look at the. the description go look at the Instagram post and all of that. Okay. So that is our fun giveaway. Oh my gosh. Now I almost forgot about this. We also have new merch. We have new merch. And Victoria and Bree can tell you we've been working on this merch for a really long time. And then the guy who does the merch, Abilis TV has been working on it for a really long time. Also, him and his wife just had a new baby while they are developing all this. So he's got a lot going on. I'm very thankful for all the hard work that everyone has put into this. So we'll put up some pictures on YouTube so that you can see what it looks like.

This link is now live. Gosh, I've got a lot to post on social media today. We've got some hats, some corduroy hats. Love it. We've got some crue neck sweatshirts. Love it. They're embroidered, by the way. It's not just painted on there, embroidered on there.

We've got some T-shirts. You guys love the be a salmon sticker. And so we've got a lot of be-a-s salmon gear. That means, you know, swimming upstream against the craziness and the chaos of the current. And let's see, we've got other sweatshirts. We've got some tote bags that we really love. Is there anything else that I'm missing? Y'all love, okay, this cracks me up.

Speaking of the dinosaurs, the question everything sticker that we have right there, we're putting it on a T-shirt and we're putting the question everything on a hat. because what did you say, Bree? It is the, the sticker is the best selling item on BlazTV.com besides, like, the gift subscription to Blaze TV. Gift subscription to Blaze TV. Yeah. This little sticker, my question everything, a dinosaur landing on the moon sticker is the best selling. And we also have another fun, I can't tell you what it is, another fun product that has not yet been developed with someone's face on it.

It's not my face. It's unexpected. I think that one's going to sell really well too. It's so good. Okay, guys, go, go, go, go, go, go. Go to Alleymerch.com. It's Alleymerch.com. Use code Alley 10 for 10% off.

Get this for a present. Get this for yourself. I can't wait until my merch comes in. I'm so excited for my Kroenak sweatshirt. I'm so excited. And there's going to be more stuff too. This is actually just like the beginning of the new merch line. So if you guys like have requests, feel free to send them my way.

And we'll do what we can to accommodate that. We've got lots of fun ideas coming up. So anyway, I know you guys are going to love those. Alliemerch.com, Allie 10 for 10% off your order. All right. Well, we definitely don't have time for a news segment. Okay, but I do have some news myself. And I just feel so awkward always announcing this.

But I am pregnant. Yay. Yep, I'm pregnant with number three. and I am 17 weeks and I wasn't really like that eager to announce yet. I feel like by number three, you're just kind of, I don't know, you're like, yeah, I'll announce when I announce. But it's getting harder and harder to disguise it. And so I just thought rather than people asking whether it's a baby or whether I'm just

randomly gaining weight around my middle, I just thought that I would just go ahead and reveal it. That, yes, I am indeed pregnant and my husband and I are super excited and so do sometime in August. So yeah, yeah, we're excited about that. And pregnancy has been pretty good. First trimester was rough. Actually, if you go back and you look at some of my episodes during first trimester, like during January and February. And if there was ever a day where you're like, Hmm. Allie. Hmm.

She could have brushed her hair. She maybe looks sick. Probably because it's because I was. Actually, in my most popular interview with Ginger Voolo, I'm looking real rough because I was nine weeks pregnant at that point. And I was very sick. I actually had to text Ginger after and say, I am so sorry if it seemed like I was tired or something.

It's because I am in the throes of morning sickness and all of that. stuff. But I'm now in the second trimester and I feel really good. Praise God that the pregnancy so far has been really smooth, no complications. It's been a boring pregnancy for all intents and purposes, which is good. So yeah, I appreciate your prayers and your thoughts and your celebrations and all of that good stuff. And yeah, that's it. I'm pregnant. That's all I wanted to say. That's my announcement. I remember when I announced my very first pregnancy right at 12 weeks in 2018. Yeah, 2018. And here I am, guys, you've seen me through three pregnancies. Thanks for that. Okay, I guess that's all I got to say. Thank you guys so much for joining this fun episode of Relatable.

We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming for the rest of the week. Tomorrow I've got a fun interview, but we'll also be talking about the news. We will be talking about President Trump possibly getting arrested. I've gotten tweets about that, about why haven't you talked about that yet. Well, I'm still gathering a lot of information and we had a lot to talk about today, but I promise we will be talking about that and covering all of that insanity, but just wanted to have a nice, lighthearted episode today. So thank you guys so much for joining and we will see you back here tomorrow. Hey, this is Steve Deast. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political.

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