At IBM's annual meeting of shareholders, the company faced a shareholder proposal from the Heritage Foundation via its Free Enterprise Initiative over its perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, one of the primary corporate activist rating systems for LGBTQ+ issues.

Presenting at that meeting was Camille Kiefel, a detransitioner (someone who undergoes gender transition surgery and later regrets it). Kiefel talked to the company about the risks and ramifications of covering gender transition surgery in its healthcare, particularly for children as it appears that IBM does. This was a powerful example of the real human consequences of corporate policies that aid or adopt radical, activist social agendas - and why the corporate move away from such policies and back to sanity cannot come quickly enough.

Learn more about The Heritage Foundation's Free Enterprise Initiative here: https://www.heritage.org/free-enterprise-initiative

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In Ep. #126, Jerry talks with Justin Danhof, Director of Policy at the Department of Labor's EBSA division, to explain recent executive actions around proxy advisory services, what you need to know, and how it affects the financial freedom and future of ordinary Americans.

Join us for a conversation around:

• What is a proxy advisory service – and why should you care?
• Which factors determine whether proxy advisory services are fiduciary entities?
• Why eradicating political bias in finance has generational impact

Learn more at dol.gov/agencies/ebsa.

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In Ep. 125, Isaac Willour talks with Dustin DeVito, director of research at 1792 Exchange, a nonprofit helping to get politics out of corporate America (and one of Bowyer Research's many partner organizations). Join us for a conversation on:

• The latest iteration of the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index
• Why companies are backing away from gender ideology
• The future of getting corporate America out of politics

Check out 1792 Exchange on X (and follow Dustin here), and at 1792exchange.com.

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In December 2025, Bowyer Research president Jerry Bowyer delivered a speech on Genesis 1 at the 25th annual symposium for the Center for Cultural Leadership (CCL).

After that speech was over, CCL senior fellow David Bahnsen remarked, “Can you imagine what would happen for Christian-oriented economics if the 30 minutes Jerry Bowyer gave here today were permeated across the land? The leverage in his messaging about this is absolutely world-transformative.”

That’s a serious endorsement – and so we’re publishing that 30-minute speech from Jerry to you today for the education and, we hope, the encouragement and edification of our listeners.

Learn more about the Center for Cultural Leadership here: https://christianculture.com/

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In Ep. 124, Isaac Willour talks with Thomas Dias, Foundation Relations Specialist at the Acton Institute, about how Gen-Z can approach AI constructively, not reflexively.

Join us for a discussion on:

- How young Christians should be viewing technological innovation
- The use case for AI
- Responding to AI skepticism in 2026 and beyond

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In Ep. 123, Jerry talks with C. Theodore Hicks II (CFP, CKA, CMT), founder and CEO of Hicks & Associates Wealth Management, about:

• The flaws in modern portfolio theory
• Is ‘diversification’ a free lunch?
• Lessons from Warren Buffett’s ‘secret sauce’ of investing
• Why financial advisors need to be ‘good Bereans’ – and what that means.

Read Ted’s book, “Evidence-Based Investing” here: https://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Based-Investing-Long-Term-Sometimes-Short-Term/dp/B0FH65SD2K

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In Episode 122, Jerry is joined by Dr. Allen Mendenhall, Senior Advisor for the Free Enterprise Initiative at the Heritage Foundation. Dr. Mendenhall previously worked as a lawyer and served as the Associate Dean of the Sorrell College of Business. Join us for a fascinating discussion on:

• What Ayn Rand-style libertarianism gets wrong about capitalism
• How ESG activism inherently hinders the knowledge necessary for free enterprise
• How conservative and red-state-centric brands go woke, and what to do about it
• The Heritage Foundation’s goals for its Free Enterprise Initiative (previously the Capital Markets Initiative)

Learn more about The Heritage Foundation’s Free Enterprise Initiative here.

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In Ep. 121, Jerry Bowyer interviews Rick Graber, CEO of The Bradley Foundation and former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, on the right’s shift from classical liberalism to nationalism, the failure to defend capitalism, and victories against DEI and ESG. Graber warns about judicial overreach and rising anti-Semitism, explains how Bradley Foundation grantees are steering corporations back to principle, and shares why, despite deep divisions, there’s still reason for optimism about America’s future.

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