Reality & Revelation with Rick Peterson brings the conversations usually reserved for barbershops, beauty salons, basketball courts, and behind closed doors into the open.
With a passion for education, learning, and asking the “why” behind the “what,” Rick explores the real issues shaping our families, careers, communities, finances, mental health, spirituality, and everyday lives. Some conversations will make you laugh. Others may challenge, anger, inspire, or move you but none will avoid the truth.
Each episode begins with the reality of what is happening, why it matters, and whom it affects. Then, the conversation moves toward revelation: what we can learn, what we can do, and how we can create meaningful change in our own lives and the lives of those around us.
Pull up a chair and join the conversation because real change begins when we are willing to talk about what others avoid.
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Rick Peterson
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news · religion & spirituality · society & culture
One headline can undo years of trust. When a pastor’s scandal goes viral, the internet doesn’t just judge the individual, it judges the church, the Bible, and the name of Jesus. We pull back the curtain on why these moments hit so hard, why people on the outside say “that’s why I don’t go,” and why simply arguing theology online doesn’t repair the damage. I’m Bishop Rick Peterson, and this marks the start of a new series on the state of the church. We talk about church accountability, spirit...
27 Oct 2026
We Can Reduce School Gun Violence Without Taking Guns Away
School gun violence keeps returning like a nightmare the country refuses to wake up from, and we’re tired of pretending a hashtag counts as a plan. We sit down at the table and talk plainly about what’s happening, why it keeps happening, and what real prevention can look like when we stop treating this like a team sport. I’m a firearm owner and I believe in the Second Amendment, but I also believe adults are failing kids when we ignore common-sense gun safety and easy access to deadly weapons...
14 Oct 2026
Protect Our Kids
A headline can fade in 24 hours, but the trauma from sexual assault can follow someone for years. We sit with a hard reality: our kids and young adults are being harmed in the very places that should be safest, including college campuses, middle and high schools, churches, and even their own homes. And too often, the adults in the room fail them, whether through denial, fear, reputation management, or plain silence. We break down the scale of campus sexual assault and why underreportin...
29 Sept 2026
AI Fear And What You Can Control
AI is moving so fast that even calm people are starting to feel jumpy and I get it. One day it’s a new tool for answers, and the next day the headlines sound like a warning siren about the grid, the banks, privacy, and what happens when machines outpace the humans who built them. So we slow the whole conversation down and start with something most people skip: the real history of artificial intelligence, from Alan Turing and early research through Deep Blue, Watson, and today’s generative AI ...
15 Sept 2026
Healthy Boundaries That Actually Hold
Your boundaries aren’t weak because you’re “too nice” they’re weak because somebody trained you to believe love equals access. I’m continuing the healthy boundaries conversation with the real reasons we cave: low self-esteem, fear of being judged, and the guilt that shows up when you finally stop being everybody’s go-to person. We get practical about what manipulation looks like in real life: toxic relationships that drain your confidence, jobs that convince you you’ll never do better, and m...
1 Sept 2026
What Would Change If You Said No
Your life doesn’t fall apart overnight. Most of the time it happens one small “sure” at a time, one ignored gut feeling, one more compromise you swore you’d never make. We’re talking boundaries, not as a buzzword, but as the real line that protects your mental health, your relationships, your money, and your peace of mind. And we’re starting with the definition that changes everything: boundaries are limits you set for what is safe, what is healthy, and how you allow people to treat you. ...
18 Aug 2026
How To Spot Pathological Liars-Lessons from Cheyenne Bryant
Some people don’t just lie, they build a whole personality around it. We’re talking about the “die with a lie” type: confident, charming, always one story away from sounding credible, and somehow still treated like the most interesting person in the room. Using the public Cheyenne Bryant conversation as a jumping-off point, we get honest about a reality most of us have lived: you don’t need to know her to know someone like her. We break down what people mean when they talk about pathol...
4 Aug 2026
If You Cannot Invest In You Who Will
Affordability is not just about rent, it is about the slow drip of money leaving your life without your permission. We open the very first Reality and Revelation Podcast with a clear-eyed look at why so many people feel stuck even when they work hard and do “the right things.” From subscriptions to convenience spending, those small charges can quietly turn into a monthly burden that shrinks your choices and steals your momentum. We get specific about the numbers behind the pressure: ho...
1 Aug 2026
Reality And Revelation: Intro Episode
No filter, just truth and a challenge to stop whispering about the things that shape our lives. We built Reality And Revelation as a place where the conversations that usually stay behind closed doors finally get a seat at the table, the kind you hear at the beauty salon, the barbershop, or in a quick huddle with friends. If we do not talk about it together, we can be divided by talking about it individually, and that division shows up everywhere. We introduce why this podcast exists and why...
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