Josh and Katy open the episode with a careful look at how emerging AI technologies are affecting children, especially when digital tools designed for engagement fail to protect vulnerable kids. They wrestle with what it means to put children’s safety first in a rapidly changing tech landscape and why families need guardrails that keep innovation from outrunning responsibility. In the next segment, Katy is joined by Jenn for a thoughtful conversation about marriage and parenting in today’s culture, pushing back on messages that prioritize adult self-fulfillment over children’s need for stability and lasting connection. Together, they reflect on what it looks like to parent with purpose in a distracted world and why consistent presence still matters. The episode closes with Katy and Jenn responding to listener questions about fear of marriage after divorce, setting healthy boundaries around technology at home, and raising children—especially boys—to treat others with honor and care. Get more TBU resources at our substack thembeforeus.substack.com!

This week’s conversation moves from cutting-edge medical headlines to the everyday realities families are facing right now. Josh and Katy unpack research on artificial womb technology and raise important questions about protecting vulnerable babies. They also dig into new data on marriage, technology, and why young adults are struggling to build lasting families. In the Q&A, Jenn and Katy speak with clarity and compassion about foster care, biological bonds, reunification, and what it means to love children well without erasing the parents God gave them. 

In today’s episode, Katy and Josh open with a reminder that gratitude is more than a holiday theme — it’s a posture shaped by faith, history, and God’s steady provision. Then in the news desk, the two tackle the rise of surrogacy in the U.K. and the ethical questions our culture keeps overlooking, followed by a deeper look at why protecting children from addictive AI is now a matter of both family and national strength. For the Q&A, Jenn joins Katy to unpack real listener questions — from navigating political tension at the Thanksgiving table to finding hope in seasons of financial strain or discouragement. Through every segment, the focus remains the same: honoring God, protecting children, valuing family, and living out truth with courage and compassion.

Katy and Josh start this week's episode with the viral post from a single man who openly said he is ready to use a surrogate to have children if he cannot find a wife, a sign of how far culture has drifted from God’s design for family. They then walk through the Supreme Court’s decision to leave the same sex marriage precedent untouched and explain why so many Christians feel the growing tension between faith and public life. The discussion continues with the troubling case of a 68-year-old woman accused of forging her husband’s signature to secure two surrogate babies, raising serious questions about consent, stability, and the well-being of the children involved. In the final segment, Katy and Josh respond to heartfelt listener questions about divorce, teen dating, and the identity struggles of stay at home moms, offering grounded and gracious wisdom for families trying to follow Christ in a confused world.

Katy and Josh talk about the disappointing election results in cities around the country, respond to folks who say all adoption is exploitative and bad for kids, look at the data about cohabitation, and take on some listener questions about reproductive technologies and what to do with a long-time partner who changes his mind on having children.

From climate panic to political chaos, this week, Katy and Josh break down Bill Gates’ shocking climate reversal, the rise of an Islamic socialist in New York City, and the sobering truth about how many Americans depend on government aid. Later, Jenn joins Katy to answer tough listener questions about family, surrogacy, and how believers should approach Halloween.

This week on Them Before Us Radio, we look at what it really means to live—and die—well in a culture that worships convenience. From the growing acceptance of physician-assisted death to the moral cost of the IVF boom, Katy and Josh unpack how modern “family planning” often forgets the child. Through stories of families who choose presence over autonomy and faith over fear, they remind us that human dignity begins and ends in relationships. Plus, a look at the surrogacy industry’s billion-dollar blind spot and what real compassion for women and children requires.

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A world-changing peace deal ends a two-year war, the U.N. calls to end surrogacy worldwide, and listeners ask tough questions about fertility, family, and faith in modern life. 

This week on TBU Radio, Katy and Josh explore women in church leadership, the moral implications of the FDA approving a new abortion pill, and how our tax dollars are funding gender mutilation surgeries. Then, Jenn joins Katy to help answer questions about dating and remarriage after a spouse dies and navigating a loved one's discovery of donor conception origins.

This week on TBU Radio, Katy and Josh dive into the troubling trends shaping our culture and the future of children. From Netflix pushing LGBTQ ideology in children’s shows, to shocking new experiments creating embryos from human skin cells, to the rise of later-in-life pregnancies enabled by high-tech genetic testing—what do these developments mean for the natural rights of children? Together, they unpack the ethical and spiritual questions behind these headlines, explore the commodification of human life, and then Jenn joins Katy for listener Q&A on IVF, supporting children in same-sex family situations, and protecting kids in the influencer economy. See more from Katy and team at thembeforeus.substack.com.

Katy and Jenn lead this week’s TBU Radio, reflecting on Charlie Kirk’s memorial and the tension between grace, justice, and government responsibility. They examine Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial remarks, censorship battles, and the roots of political violence. Listener questions probe adoption for single parents, navigating fear when speaking about children’s rights, and shepherding kids through moments of public crisis.

Josh and Jenn host TBU Radio this week, tackling America’s biggest tensions. They begin with the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and what it means for political violence and public trust. Then they move to California’s transgender athlete crisis, where Muslim and Catholic students unite against state rules that erase fairness and privacy. They also explore Gallup’s polling on ideal family size, exposing the gulf between what Americans want and what they can achieve. Listener questions bring the conversation home—on single parenthood, surrogacy, and guarding kids against cultural confusion.

Katy and Josh discuss the tragic murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train reignites debate about crime, punishment, and whether justice systems are failing to protect the public. Then we turn to the economy: with Americans’ confidence in finding a new job at record lows, we look at what this means for fathers, families, and marriages under financial strain. Finally, we explore how faith shapes families, especially in adoption and foster care, revealing how hardship and sacrifice can actually fuel flourishing. Listener questions bring it home, tackling thorny issues of hospitality to those who identify as LGBT, educational choices for young adults preparing for marriage and family, and the lifelong effects of donor conception.

In this week's show, Katy Faust and Josh Wood take a wide-angle look at the future of kids, schools, and families. We start with how AI is reshaping education, not by making kids better at coding, but by forcing schools to double down on soft skills like resilience, teamwork, and emotional intelligence. Then we turn South, where states like Florida and Tennessee are defying national trends in reading and math decline with bold reforms and a back-to-basics approach. We also dig into new Census data showing young adults are struggling to reach classic milestones of adulthood, marriage, kids, and independence, and what that means for society’s future. Finally, we take listener questions about teen drama and tough in-law relationships

This week’s show tackles three hot-button cultural and political debates shaping family life. First, we dive into California’s AB 495, the so-called “Family Preparedness Plan Act,” which supporters frame as compassionate but critics warn could dismantle parental rights and expose kids to exploitation. Then, we turn to Trump’s push for a “citizen-only” Census and the escalating redistricting wars that could reshape Congress for decades. We also look at the controversy over “parentification” and why letting kids pitch in at home might actually strengthen families, not harm them. Finally, in listener questions, we explore how parents can equip kids for back-to-school and how Christians should think about marriage debates in light of cases like Kim Davis and the Supreme Court’s signals on Obergefell.

This week’s show takes on some of the toughest questions families face today. Jenn and Katy wrestle with the idea of whether women can truly “have it all,” balancing career, motherhood, and faith, and what that phrase even means in real life. Josh joins Katy to break down a growing legal and cultural question: should parents be held accountable for the crimes of their children? In the Q&A, the team addresses one of the most difficult issues listeners raise, how to think about abuse within marriage and what a faithful, child-centered response should look like. It is a wide-ranging and heartfelt discussion about ambition, responsibility, and the real challenges families face behind closed doors.

Josh and Katy tackle the week’s headlines—like the miraculous birth of a baby frozen for 30 years, a court victory for abortion pill reversal, and what a new Gallup poll says about America’s values. Jenn joins for a raw Q&A on tough bioethics questions: What should happen to embryos when a mother can’t carry them? What if a baby is born to the wrong parents? Plus, news on the Trump IVF policy shift, a surprise downturn in the jobs report, and why the economy matters for families.

In this episode, Katy and Josh explore the intersection of policy, parenting, and the well-being of children. They begin with a major legal win in Oregon, where the 9th Circuit struck down a rule requiring adoptive parents to affirm gender ideology, highlighting the need to put children’s needs before political agendas. Next, they examine why most Americans admire adoption but rarely choose it, and how fear, misinformation, and cultural trends contribute to the ongoing adoption gap. They also dig into encouraging new data showing that divorce rates are falling, while questioning whether fewer divorces actually mean stronger families. Finally, Jenn joins Katy to respond to thoughtful listener questions about adoption and same-sex couples, parenting differences between spouses, and whether two teens should marry before college. From courtrooms to living rooms, this episode asks a timely and important question: What does it truly mean to prioritize children in a culture that often centers adults instead?

This week, Katy and Josh unpack two disturbing surrogacy stories making headlines. One involves a registered sex offender who crowdfunded his way into custody of an infant, and the other centers on a California couple under FBI investigation after commissioning 21 children via surrogacy. Together, they examine how surrogacy laws sidestep critical protections that would apply in adoption, and how treating children as products can lead to devastating consequences, even when everything appears legal on paper.

In the second half, Jenn joins the conversation for a candid Q&A, offering insight and perspective as the team responds to heartfelt listener questions about whether or not it's worth it to have children, someone stuck in a loveless marriage, and whether kids are meant to heal us.

What happens when unpopular research proves true? We unpack new analysis on Mark Regnerus’s studies on LGBT parenting (hint: he was vindicated!), explore whether pastors should endorse candidates, and challenge the myth of a “well-timed” divorce. Real listener questions bring it home with honesty and hope.