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Reviews of TV series depicting onscreen affairs of the human heart.
Control Without Accountability
Control is not leadership, and leadership is not control. In a healthy relationship, influence is earned through respect, not demanded through manipulation. Yet modern relationships often suffer from a quiet imbalance: one person wants to make the decisions but refuses to bear the responsibility for the outcomes. That imbalance destroys trust faster than any act of betrayal, because it replaces partnership with hierarchy and love with resentment.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Truth Reflected Through Another Lens
For more than a century, photographs have stood as the gold standard for what is real, serving as the world’s collective proof of authenticity. A camera was the vessel through which truth was captured, a silent witness to time. Yet the rise of artificial intelligence has disrupted that assumption, not by erasing reality, but by reframing it. When we see an AI-generated image, our instinct is often to dismiss it as fake. We assume that because a camera was not involved, the image cannot be trusted. But that confuses process with meaning. The truth of an image does not depend on the tool that created it. It depends on who or what it represents.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Tobacco is projected to kill 1 billion people in the next century.. AI-Generated.
The Staggering Projection: Why Tobacco is Poised to Kill One Billion People This Century Imagine a single habit wiping out one billion lives over the next hundred years. That's the grim forecast for tobacco use. Each year, smoking claims about eight million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If nothing changes, those numbers stack up fast into a century-long nightmare.
By Story silver book 3 months ago in Humans
The One-Way Street of Modern Love
Modern relationships were supposed to be built on equality, but what we call equality has become one-sided. Men are taught to give, to serve, to protect, and to love unconditionally. Women are taught to expect those things and to measure a man’s worth by how perfectly he provides them. Men are conditioned to earn love. Women are conditioned to receive it. The result is not partnership but imbalance—a one-way street where the traffic of sacrifice flows in only one direction.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Not About Nigeria
Donald Trump and Nigeria: A Self-Serving Agenda, Not Humanitarian Aid Introduction The world recently witnessed former U.S. President Donald Trump making headlines regarding Nigeria, invoking concerns over alleged religious persecution and threatening military action. On the surface, these statements appear to suggest a moral crusade — an intervention meant to protect oppressed populations. However, a deeper historical, political, and strategic analysis reveals a different narrative: Trump’s actions are primarily self-serving. This article argues that Trump’s threats toward Nigeria are motivated not by altruism or global humanitarian responsibility, but by political maneuvering, personal legacy-building, and attempts to appeal to a domestic and international constituency for his own benefit.
By Keli Chris3 months ago in Humans
The Half-Finished Race
People often say that women mature faster than men. In one sense they do, but that advantage is temporary. If maturity were a marathon, women would sprint the first half and cross the midpoint far ahead. They would celebrate as if the race were over. Men would lag behind, slower at first, but they would keep running. They would finish the second half while many of the early sprinters stood still. That second half of the race, the one built on endurance, sacrifice, and humility, is where real adulthood begins.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 1) The Nature of Faithfulness: Why Men and Women Fail Differently and Love the Same
Every man and woman desires love, but they do not experience love in the same way. The human heart is one, yet the human mind is divided by design. Men and women think, feel, and attach differently. That difference is not a flaw in nature. It is a pattern that reflects purpose. Ignoring it does not create equality. It only breeds resentment.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Conclusion) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Every empire believes it will last forever. Every culture believes it can defy the laws that brought it into being. Yet the law of God is not subject to human approval. It is written into the very fabric of creation. Truth does not fade when nations fall. It remains, waiting for men and women humble enough to return to it.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 6) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
The strength of a nation is not measured by its armies or its wealth. It is measured by the integrity of its people. A civilization does not fall when enemies invade from without, but when corruption rots it from within. The weight of civilization rests not on governments, but on homes. And the weight of the home rests on the hearts of men and women who either honor truth or abandon it.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 5) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Every collapse begins in the heart. Every restoration begins there too. The world has tried to rebuild itself through politics, technology, and revolution, but none of those can heal what is broken in the human soul. No law can teach humility. No government can legislate love. The only power that can restore what pride has destroyed is self-sacrifice.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 4) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Civilizations rarely fall from one great blow. They fade when people stop carrying the weight of duty. Decline begins when strength gives way to softness and when comfort becomes a higher goal than character.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 3) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Every law is a teacher. It tells a people what their society values. It rewards some behavior and punishes others. It shapes the moral direction of the nation, whether its authors admit it or not. When the law rewards righteousness, virtue flourishes. When it rewards corruption, virtue dies.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
