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Friday, April 17, 2026
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Welcome to our Weekend Edition with host Liberty McArtor. Her co-hosts are President, CEO, & Chief Counsel of First Liberty Institute Kelly Shackelford, and expert analyst Dr. Merrill Matthews. Topics for discussion include the young men coming back to church, recent religious liberty cases, illegal immigrants getting free transgender surgeries in CA, and other top stories from today.

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Liberty McArtor
Liberty McArtor
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Liberty McArtor is the host of the Know Why Podcast and a co-host for Point of View Radio Talk Show, where she has worked as a writer since 2018. Previously, Liberty taught English at a Christian hybrid school, tutored students in English and writing, and wrote for various outlets and organizations, including First Liberty Institute. Liberty earned a bachelor’s degreeRead More

Guests
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Kelly Shackelford
President | CEO | Chief Counsel - First Liberty Institute
Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified before the U.S. House and Senate on constitutional issues, and has won three state landmark First Amendment and religious liberty cases in the past few years alone. He was recently named one of the 25 greatest Texas lawyers of the past quarter-century by Texas Lawyer, and is the recipient of the prestigious William Bentley Ball Award for Life and Religious Freedom Defense for his leadership and pioneering work protecting religious freedom.
Merrill_Matthews
Merrill Matthews, PhD
Public Policy Analyst | Writer
Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., was for 25 years a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation. He is a public policy analyst specializing in health care, entitlements and energy issues and is the author of numerous public policy studies. He is past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists.

For nine years Dr. Matthews was executive director of the Washington, DC-based Council for Affordable Health Insurance, a health insurance trade association. While he was executive director, National Journal recognized the Council as one of the most effective health policy organizations in Washington.
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