Straight Talk on Life Issues

About Straight Talk on Life Issues

Welcome to Life Defenders—your trusted home for pro-life news, information, and commentary. Hear from leading voices in the movement, expert guests, advocates, and people whose firsthand experiences have revealed the realities of abortion. Join us for honest conversations, compelling stories, and the truth you need to stand for life.

Publisher

Life Issues Institute

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Nov 2023

Latest episode

10 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

183 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Nov 2026

   A Birth Mom Explains Why Adoption Is Both Beautiful And Hard

   Love the show? Text us your feedback! This week on Life Defenders we sit down with Janelle Basham Executive Director of Brave Love to talk about what adoption really looks like when you strip away the movie scripts and the online hot takes. We explore the love, the loss, the stigma, and the practical ethics that can make adoption life-giving or deeply harmful depending on how it’s handled. Janelle shares her personal story of finding out she was pregnant at 16, weighing parenting and adoptio...

2. 

   3 Nov 2026

   She Risked Everything to Save His Life

   Love the show? Text us your feedback! We sit down with author and worship leader Steventhen Holland as he shares how learning he was adopted shaped his identity and how grief later pushed him to search for his birth family. His story leads to a first meeting with his birth mother marked by “Amazing Grace." • growing up feeling different and learning he was adopted • carrying the “why wasn’t I wanted?” question into adulthood • walking through two miscarriages and returning to old...

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   28 Oct 2026

   She Took the Abortion Pill Then Changed Her Mind

   Love the show? Text us your feedback! We talk with Sierra McLeod about taking the first abortion pill at nine weeks and three days pregnant, then racing to find help when fear flips into regret. She shares how abortion pill reversal and a supportive care network helped her continue the pregnancy and why she keeps speaking out despite backlash. • Sierra’s timeline from clinic visit to taking the first pill • What she says she was told about fetal development and what to expect&nb...

Who has been a guest on Straight Talk on Life Issues

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Haywood Robinson
• Robin Pierucci
• Jim Schneider
• Faith Schneider
• Wendi Rawls

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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