{"podcast":{"title":"Fearless with Jason Whitlock","slug":"fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748","podcast_index_feed_id":3905748,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/fearlesswithjasonwhitlock","website_url":"https://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/fearless-with-jason-whitlock","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/25337a5e-b987-11eb-ac2e-0fa8bfcbd7b4/image/44dcb55b75081c9c13212a4e5c264c8f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Blaze Media","episode_count":1530,"summary":"Celebrated journalist Jason Whitlock and his cast of \"Fearless Soldiers\" protect the realm of common sense and challenge the groupthink mandated by elites. Listen Monday through Friday for the most fearless conversation at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T06:20:41.839591+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 1223 | Matt Calkins Quits Seattle Times After It Spikes His Defense of Sophie Cunningham as Hate","slug":"ep-1223-matt-calkins-quits-seattle-times-after-it-spikes-his-defense-of-sophie-cunningham-as-hate","published_at":"2026-08-21T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748/ep-1223-matt-calkins-quits-seattle-times-after-it-spikes-his-defense-of-sophie-cunningham-as-hate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748","url":"https://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/fearless-with-jason-whitlock","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/4V6da/arttrk.com/p/BLZM1/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/285/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC5045717338.mp3","summary":"Matt Calkins quit the Seattle Times after it spiked his column defending Sophie Cunningham. Refusing to affirm gender dysphoria is not hate, fear, or discrimination. It is reality. Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA smear critics as haters while the contract never defines a woman. Calkins paid with his job in LGBTQ-friendly Seattle. That is biblical courage, not transphobia. He walked away rather than wear the Seattle Times' smear. The alphabet mafia rules the language. Washington votes on girls' sports in November. \"Fearless\" also covers Joe Burrow threatening the Bengals this season, Fernando Mendoza’s Thursday night exhibition against Houston, and Angel Reese’s big night on the court against the Sparks. ➢​​Today's Sponsors PreBorn has helped rescue more than 400,000 babies, and every single day, they continue that work by offering mothers something powerful and life-changing: an ultrasound. Will you help us? Just dial #250 and say the keyword “BABY” or donate securely at https://Preborn.com/FEARLESS  ➢ Show Outline 00:00 - The Transphobic Label and Matt Calkins Resignation 03:38 - The Priesthood of Media and WNBA Orthodoxy 05:15 - Control of Language and Institutions 09:23 - Media Bias and the Decline of Journalism 12:56 - Fake Media and the WNBA Transgender Stance 18:50 - How Ideology Infiltrated Newsrooms 24:20 - ESPN WNBA Coverage and Gender Identity 29:02 - Joe Burrow Now or Never Comments 34:51 - Fernando Mendoza Development Check 38:33 - Dildos in the WNBA and Angel Reese Resilience 49:49 - Closing Argument: Kelsey Mitchell MVP Case ➢ Follow Our GUESTS https://x.com/SteveKim323 ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@Ja…","meta_description":"Matt Calkins quit the Seattle Times after it spiked his column defending Sophie Cunningham. Refusing to affirm gender dysphoria is not hate, fear, or disc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3432,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748/episodes/ep-1223-matt-calkins-quits-seattle-times-after-it-spikes-his-defense-of-sophie-cunningham-as-hate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fearless-with-jason-whitlock-3905748/ep-1223-matt-calkins-quits-seattle-times-after-it-spikes-his-defense-of-sophie-cunningham-as-hate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}