August 20, 2026
What Happens When Society Can No Longer Define a Woman?
With Allan and Corri Hunsperger · Guest: Maria Keffler
Former middle and high school teacher Maria Keffler, who holds a master’s degree in educational psychology and co-founded Advocates Protecting Children, discusses the debate over biological sex, gender identity and women’s sports. She explains why she believes gender ideology has become deeply embedded in schools and culture, the pressures facing parents and children, and what families can do when a child begins questioning their sex. Maria also discusses her book Desist, Detrans, and Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult.
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In this episode
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- 00:00 Opening: What Is a Woman?
- 01:00 Maria Keffler's Background
- 01:45 Guest comes in: Maria Keffler
- 02:26 The WNBA Is Being Forced to Define a Woman
- 02:58 Men in Women's Sports
- 05:09 Former NBA Players Push the Question
- 06:33 Why Are People Afraid to Speak?
- 07:40 How Disagreement Gets Silenced
- 08:26 The Money Behind Medical Transition
- 09:44 What Children Are Being Told
- 10:37 How Did Gender Ideology Take Hold?
- 11:33 Who Funded the Movement?
- 13:12 How Gender Ideology Entered the Culture
- 13:57 Is Gender Ideology a Cult?
- 15:42 The Eight Characteristics of a Cult
- 17:15 What Happens to Detransitioners?
- 18:07 Love Bombing & Intolerance of Dissension
- 19:58 Is Gender Ideology a Religion?
- 20:25 Men in Women's Sports & Changing Language
- 21:36 Sex vs. Gender
- 22:15 Desist, Detrans, and Detox
- 22:51 What Should Parents Do?
- 23:41 Schools, Social Media & Smartphones
- 24:43 A Family That Reached Out Five Years Ago
- 25:40 Maria's Advice for Parents
- 26:05 Psalm 24
- 26:24 Words Don't Create Reality
- 27:16 Free Living in Truth Devotional
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