Freedom Tested: Faith, Gratitude, and Resolve

In this Thanksgiving Eve edition of The Next Steps Show, Peter Vazquez begins with the brutal truth the world wants to ignore: Iran’s regime is executing its own people to cling to power.

Former political prisoner Shirin Nariman relives her teenage years inside Evin Prison torture, firing squads, and friends taken out to die while calling Americans to stand with the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the fight for a free, non-nuclear republic.

From there, the lens turns back home. Project 21 ambassador Marie Fisher, a black Jewish conservative, tears apart victimhood politics and reminds listeners that American freedom is God given, not government granted, and that gratitude for both blessings and hardship is the path out of rage and envy.

Youth for Christ Rochester’s Michael Hennessy adds that gratitude is the “vaccine for discontentment,” grounding it in Scripture and the hard reality of working with young people caught in today’s cultural storm.

Finally, Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret.) and Project 21 ambassador Berney Flowers confronts the growing Vanbōōlzalness Crisis head-on, explaining how open borders, imported lawlessness, and foreign influence are weakening America from within.

He calls for a national return to God, country, and family if we expect this nation to endure.

This is an hour about foundations, courage, and the next steps required of the righteous when the culture is collapsing around them.

Listen, share, and invite someone who needs clarity and conviction. Choose your next step, speak up, and stand with those rebuilding the foundations before someone else decides your future for you.