Think First is a short-form podcast that makes you pause — before you scroll, share, or believe the headline.Hosted by Jim Detjen, a guy who’s been gaslit enough to start a podcast about it, Think First dives into modern narratives, media manipulation, and cultural BS — all through the lens of gaslighting and poetic truth.Some episodes are two minutes. Some are an hour. It depends on the story — and the energy drink situation.No rants. No lectures. Just sharp questions, quick insights, and the occasional laugh to keep things sane.Whether you’re dodging spin in the news, politics, or that “trust me, bro” post in your feed… take a breath. Think first.Visit Gaslight360.com/clarity to sharpen your BS filter and explore the 6-step clarity framework.🚨Distorted is set to release on February 10, 2026, and pre-orders are now available on Ingram, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.Reserve your copy today — and join me in cutting through the distortion.Paperback and Kindle: AmazonHardcover: Barnes & Noble
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#85 Nick Fuentes and the Internet’s Real Power (00:42:49)
Nick Fuentes didn’t appear in a vacuum — and this episode isn’t about defending or denouncing him. It’s about why certain voices cut through during moments of institutional fatigue — and why the same mechanics repeat across the political spectrum. Drawing on campus observations, recent media flashpoints, and Episode #52 (The Pendulum Swing of Gen Z), we look at how attention, irony, certainty, and drift shape what rises online. Not persuasion — selection. And if something in the conversat...
#84 The 150-Terabyte Moment No One Talks About (00:23:25)
Every human carries the most advanced backup system on Earth — and it’s not your phone, your cloud account, or anything designed in Silicon Valley. It’s older, denser, more durable, and capable of moving more information in a single moment than most companies store for all their customers combined. In this episode, we explore the staggering information inside DNA, why one human cell holds hundreds of megabytes of data, and what it means when biology quietly outperforms every digital system we...
🔸 Poetic Truth · When Feeling Replaces Fact (00:06:32)
What if the most powerful lies… don’t look like lies at all? In this episode of Think First, we unpack poetic truth — the kind of storytelling that sounds noble, feels right, and spreads fast… even when it’s not true. From history to Hollywood, we break down how emotional narratives are replacing reality — and why challenging them comes with a cost. Because when facts become optional… the loudest feelings win. Support the show Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at G...
#83 The Video That Crossed the Line · Congress, the Military, and the Fog Between Them (00:46:26)
When six lawmakers released a highly polished “You can refuse illegal orders” video aimed at America’s troops, the official explanation was simple: It was just a reminder. But that’s not how the Pentagon saw it. Or the FBI. Or the White House. Or the Commander in Chief. Or anyone familiar with how civil-military trust actually works. In this longform Think First episode, we break down what really happened — from the institutional responses to the historical red lines, to the subliminal me...
#82 The Shift No One Explained · Inside the LGB → LGBTQIA+ Break (01:02:08)
Something happened to the movement that began as L-G-B. It expanded — then expanded again — until the letters outgrew the definitions they were built on. This Think First investigation walks through the quiet fracture inside the modern LGBTQIA+ umbrella, guided not by critics, but by insiders: gay-rights pioneers, lesbian activists, queer commentators, and left-leaning journalists who’ve watched the ground shift beneath their feet. Equal parts history, psychology, and cultural clarity — with ...
#81 Something Is Killing the Cows (00:32:28)
A rancher finds his best bull bloodless at sunrise. No tracks. No struggle. No answers. From the 1970s panic to the Oregon cases making headlines today, “cattle mutilations” have never really gone away—they’ve just upgraded their tools. In this episode, Think First breaks the case open from both sides: the paperwork and the poetry. We follow the trail through FBI archives, media spin, biotech theories, eco-activists, and the faithful who still call it The Devil’s Tithe. And then we feed fifty...
#80 DNA and the Soul · The Architecture of Continuity (00:21:53)
What if DNA isn’t just a code of flesh, but the anchor of something older? In this episode, Jim Detjen explores the thin line between biology and belief — from inherited trauma and quantum biology to the question of whether consciousness might use DNA as its docking station. It’s part science, part philosophy, part cosmic stand-up routine. If DNA really is the soul’s anchor, what exactly is being transmitted — and who’s doing the editing? Support the show Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheG...
#79 Ten Headlines, One Comet, and a Cold. (00:11:13)
Between Air Force Academy swim meets, a fiftieth-birthday celebration, Harvard Parent Weekend for two kids, a Distorted publishing deadline, and a world-class case of COVID — Jim’s finally back behind the mic. This week, it’s a full-service check-up on ten headlines that forgot to match their own paragraphs: the $14-billion “disaster” that wasn’t, the Fed’s optimistic rate-cut asterisk, Amazon’s AI “layoffs,” consumer confidence’s one-point panic, the inflation report on vacation, HR’s new ...
#78 Diversity Is Our Strength — Until You Disagree (00:29:30)
At 3:31 a.m. in Minneapolis, a sound echoes through the dark — a call that now defines a city’s new idea of “inclusion.” From that single moment, this episode unpacks the story we’ve all been sold: that diversity automatically makes us stronger. But what happens when inclusion becomes a script, disagreement becomes hate, and silence becomes the safest response? We trace the shift from tolerance to enforcement — from slogans to censorship — and show how the same moral choreography plays out in...
#77 Weight of the World · Is the Obesity Epidemic a Side Effect or a Strategy? (00:25:33)
Something about the obesity epidemic doesn’t add up. Despite decades of “awareness,” our population keeps getting sicker, younger, and more dependent — while the system built to fix it keeps breaking profit records. In this episode of Think First, host Jim Detjen unpacks how food engineering, pharmaceutical incentives, and shame-based media narratives quietly reinforce one another — turning health into a subscription model. Featuring excerpts from Dr. Mark Hyman’s The Doctor’s Farmacy with Ca...
#76 When the Government Stops, Military Families Still Pay. (00:15:45)
When Washington shuts down, the headlines talk about politics. But at kitchen tables in Kansas, California, and overseas bases, it’s military and veteran families who feel it first. In this episode, Jim Detjen unpacks the gap between the story we’re told and the reality families live — from furloughed civilians to unpaid Border Patrol agents, to kids wondering why “back pay later” doesn’t buy Pop-Tarts tonight. Featuring reporting from CBS and Reuters, the voices of families, and a simple met...
#75 Wikipedia · The Internet’s Biggest Gaslight (00:20:33)
They told us Wikipedia was the “free encyclopedia anyone can edit.” What they didn’t tell us is how it edits you back. In this episode of Think First, Jim Detjen pulls apart the myth of Wikipedia’s neutrality — exposing how “fringe” labels erase arguments, how intelligence agencies treat it like a propaganda shop, and why Tucker Carlson was left stunned when co-founder Larry Sanger admitted just how compromised the site has become. This isn’t just about a website. It’s about the funhouse mirr...
#74 Walter Russell and the Gaslight of Science: Madman, Mystic, or a Thousand Years Too Soon? (00:16:44)
In 1921, artist-turned-polymath Walter Russell claimed to spend 39 days in a coma-like “illumination,” tapping the very “source of all knowledge.” His revelations became The Universal One — a sweeping vision of reality as crystallized light, consciousness, and rhythm. Nearly every scientist dismissed him as mad. Except Nikola Tesla. This episode unpacks the gaslighting Russell faced, the poetic truths that turned him into a cult prophet, and what his story reveals about how science treats out...
#73 Are Mormons Christian? The Michigan Shooting & Narrative Distortion (00:11:08)
A tragic shooting at an LDS church in Michigan sparked a viral fight online — not just about violence, but about identity. Commenters claimed, “Mormons aren’t Christian.” Others insisted, “Christianity is under attack.” This episode asks the harder question: why does grief get hijacked so quickly? Why do we rush to tribal labels instead of human loss? And what does it reveal when victims’ identities are rewritten before the blood even dries? From the LDS debate to the larger pattern of narrat...
#72 Distorted · Read It Before the World Does (00:05:29)
For three years, I’ve been building something bigger than this podcast. It’s called Distorted: How Gaslighting and Poetic Truth Bend Our Perception of Reality. And now — before the hardcover and paperback release in February 2026 — the Early Access Edition is here. This episode is the behind-the-scenes story of how the book came to life, why it’s coming out early, and how you can be part of the launch. Expect dry humor, self-deprecation, and more family roasts than I probably should admit. Gr...
#71 Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk, and the Line Between Satire and Spin (00:06:44)
When Jimmy Kimmel tied the “MAGA gang” to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, it wasn’t just a joke — it was a spark. The fallout got his show suspended, affiliates pulled the plug, and even the FCC weighed in. Was it satire gone wrong… or political messaging with a laugh track? In this episode of Think First, we cut through the outrage to ask: Where’s the line between comedy and propaganda?When does free speech protection collide with corporate censorship?And what happens when regulators and netwo...
#70 Bad Therapy: How the DSM Made Fragility a Feature, Not a Bug (00:20:33)
What happens when the manual for diagnosing mental illness stops being a guide for doctors… and starts shaping childhood itself? In this episode of Think First, we trace how the DSM widened the map — turning sadness into depression, tantrums into mood disorders, and shyness into social anxiety — and then follow Abigail Shrier’s Bad Therapy into the classrooms, clinics, and living rooms where those labels became culture. From stomachaches that trigger suicide screenings… to classrooms run like...
#69 Charlie Kirk’s Assassin · The Family Made the Call. The FBI Took the Bow. (00:05:20)
Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. The rifle is recovered, the suspect arrested, and the bullets reportedly engraved with ideology. It wasn’t the FBI that solved the case. It was a father who picked up the phone and turned in his own son. The Bureau? They claimed the spotlight anyway. In this episode of Think First, we unpack the Bureau’s credit grab, the headline war over “shooting” vs. “assassination,” and why the first story you hear is rarely the truest one. Visit Gaslight360.com/clar...
#68 We Pay. They Podium. — How U.S. Clubs and Colleges Train the World’s Olympians (00:12:57)
America’s college sports system is the best in the world — but who’s really reaping the rewards? In swimming, more than 15% of NCAA athletes are foreign, with some top programs like University of Florida running over 60% international rosters. These athletes train in U.S. clubs, compete for U.S. schools, and then take their peak performance home — winning Olympic medals for other countries. Add in new roster limits from House v. NCAA and the squeeze on American athletes becomes even tighter. ...
#67 Engraved Bullets · How the Charlie Kirk Story Is Already Being Written (00:05:18)
Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. The rifle has been found. The bullets were engraved with words tied to ideology. And before the facts are even settled, the headlines are already at war — some calling it a “shooting,” others a “killing,” still others an “assassination.” This episode of Think First breaks down what we know, what we don’t, and how language itself is being used to gaslight the public. From engraved ammunition to Wikipedia edit wars, the narrative is moving faster than the ...
🚨 By Popular Demand: The New Era Begins for Think First (00:02:12)
The people spoke — and we listened. After a long late-night dinner at Cowboy Star in Colorado Springs with Don and Sarah Marbauch of Arizona — a retired fighter pilot, Air Force Academy grad, clarity advocates, and unofficial ambassadors of common sense — the tipping point arrived. Think First is going bigger. Starting now, you’ll get 25–40 minute episodes, at least twice a week. The same sharp lens on gaslighting and poetic truth… the same dry wit… but with room to go deeper, sharper, and sm...
#66 Why Gas Pumps Are Still So Slow · The Psychology of Pump-Time Manipulation (00:05:53)
It’s 2025… and gas pumps are still painfully slow. Is it really outdated tech? Or is your time at the pump being deliberately hijacked for something else? In this episode of Think First, we unravel the subtle gaslighting behind pump delays — and why your mild annoyance may be the point, not the problem. From behavioral conditioning to advertising psychology, we break down how gas stations became attention farms disguised as fuel stops. By the end, you’ll never wait at the pump the same way ag...
#65 The Coin Shortage That Wasn’t · Think First (00:05:52)
Remember those little signs at checkout in 2020? “Due to a national coin shortage, please use exact change or pay with card.” Was it really about supply chain disruption — or was it a quiet nudge to push us further into a cashless society? In this episode of Think First, Jim Detjen unravels the strange story of the “coin shortage” — why it appeared everywhere at once, how it shaped our payment habits, and what it reveals about crisis-driven behavior. Was it a shortage of coins… or a shortage ...
🔍 Ep. 3 The Cindy James Tapes · Patterns of Fear (00:07:16)
By 1983, Cindy James had reported over a dozen attacks. But each incident followed the same script: No witnesses. No suspects. No evidence. Police began to doubt her. Doctors prescribed medication. And her own family struggled to keep up. But what if the repetition was the point? What if the perpetrator knew exactly how to make it all look suspicious — just enough to be dismissed? In this episode, we examine the turning point when the system stopped protecting Cindy… and started watching her ...
🔍Ep. 2 The Cindy James Tapes · Someone’s Watching (00:07:09)
Cindy James always said it started small. Phone calls with no one on the line. Notes left on her windshield. Footsteps outside her window — when no one was there. By the time police finally started paying attention, Cindy had documented over a hundred separate incidents. But here’s the thing: almost none of them could be verified. Was she being hunted… or haunted by her own mind? In Episode 2 of The Cindy James Tapes, we rewind to the early days of Cindy’s ordeal — the first signs of surveill...
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