What Do You Intend Podcast

In this episode, Jem and Dustin explore how Hollywood, cultural narratives, and modern influence shape the way we think about relationships, marriage, and identity. From subtle messaging in entertainment to deeper questions around deception, truth, and systems like NASA, this conversation uncovers how these patterns may be influencing everyday life more than people realize.What if the tension in your relationship isn’t actually coming from your partner? What if there’s a deeper pattern at play—one that’s been working its way through generations, shaping expectations, behaviors, and beliefs?This is Part 1 of a two-part series focused on identifying that pattern—where it started, how it evolved, and how it shows up in relationships today.Because before you can fix what’s broken… you have to understand what’s actually working against you.

Why does Genesis call every day “good” — except Day 2?In this episode, Jem and Dustin examine the first divisions in creation and ask whether contrast itself was part of God’s design for freedom. Drawing from Scripture, philosophical traditions, and reflections on love and marriage, they explore whether the separation of light and darkness laid the foundation for choice long before the Fall.If love requires the possibility of rejection, then division may not be a flaw in creation — but the condition that made relationship possible.

After years of exploring mysticism, physics, evolutionary theory, and alternative narratives, Jem kept running into the same three questions: Where did this begin? Who defines what’s real? Why does meaning feel binding?She shares why evidence wasn’t the real obstacle — authority was — and why belief became less about religion and more about bending toward truth.

In Genesis 1:11–12, God doesn’t simply create plants. He speaks, and the earth responds.In this episode, Jem and Dustin slow down and examine what Scripture is actually claiming about reality itself. Is matter passive, or is it designed to respond? What does “good” mean before sin ever appears? And what does creation’s obedience reveal about intention, order, and accountability?Together, they explore the tension between modern scientific assumptions and the biblical framework, unpack key Hebrew terms, and trace how ideas like materialism, animism, and deism emerged in moments of historical pressure rather than neutral discovery.This isn’t a science-versus-faith conversation. It’s a question of alignment.If creation listens when God speaks, what does that say about us?

In this episode of What Do You Intend?, Jem and Dustin step into the ancient world to explore how different civilizations understood the origin of reality — and why Genesis stands apart.Rather than treating creation as a myth competing with other myths, this conversation examines the shared assumptions behind Babylonian, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Chinese, and other ancient cosmologies, many of which begin with chaos, instability, or competing forces.Genesis tells a different story.Through thoughtful dialogue, dry humor, and honest skepticism, Jem and Dustin unpack the biblical claim that order comes first, boundaries are established by God’s word, and creation is not something humanity must fear, manage, or appease.This episode invites listeners to consider whether modern cosmology is truly new — or whether it echoes ancient frameworks dressed in scientific language — and why accountability, intention, and trust in the Creator remain central to the biblical worldview.

Freedom is often mistaken for relief, distraction, or permission. This episode confronts the difference between real freedom and escape, and asks what we’re actually choosing when nothing in our lives truly changes. Are we free or are we deep in bondage?

Big Bang Belief vs. Biblical Cosmology.In this debate-style episode, Jem and Dustin explore whether the Big Bang is an observed scientific fact or an interpretive origin story. They examine redshift, cosmic radiation, parallax, and other common arguments, asking where observation ends and assumption begins.This episode isn’t about denying science. It’s about questioning origins, frameworks, and authority.

In this episode, Jem and Dustin slow down in Genesis 1:5–8 and ask a question most people never think to ask:Who decided when a day begins?Genesis presents a dusk-to-dusk rhythm rooted in God’s design, yet modern life runs on a midnight-to-midnight clock. Was that shift about efficiency, or something deeper?Together, they explore the waters of Genesis, the meaning of the firmament, why the second day is never called “good,” and how ancient cultures once understood time before that rhythm changed. Along the way, they wrestle honestly with questions about structure, boundaries, authority, and how God’s order is established in creation — and what happens when that order is quietly replaced.This episode is about noticing what Scripture slows down to show us.

In this episode of Finding God Together, Jem and Dustin continue their careful walk through Genesis, slowing down in Day Two of creation to explore the firmament, the dividing of the waters above and below, and the boundaries God establishes before life unfolds.They examine the ancient Hebrew word raqia, often translated as “firmament” or “expanse,” and why modern translations can subtly shift meaning away from the original text. Through open conversation and honest skepticism, they wrestle with what Genesis is actually describing and how ancient Hebrew cosmology differs from modern assumptions.The episode also explores God’s design for time and rhythm, including why the biblical day begins at evening rather than sunrise, and how that rhythm reflects rest, trust, and order. Jem and Dustin discuss how God’s intentional structuring of creation challenges modern ways of measuring time and authority.This conversation is not about forcing conclusions, but about staying rooted in Scripture, asking honest questions, and rediscovering the depth and intentionality woven into the Bible from the very beginning.

Was God creating sunlight in Genesis 1 — or revealing something far deeper?In this episode of Finding God Together, Jem and Dustin slow down and examine Genesis 1:3–1:5, questioning what the “light” really was before the sun ever existed. By looking at the original Hebrew language and the symbolic way the early biblical world communicated, they explore how Scripture reveals God’s character through meaning, order, and intention rather than modern scientific frameworks.Their conversation moves into themes many people wrestle with but rarely feel free to ask out loud: obedience versus discernment, authority versus relationship, and why God is so often portrayed as controlling or tyrannical. Through the lens of John 1, they connect Genesis to Jesus as the Word present at creation, showing how Christ dismantles the idea of God as a tyrant and reveals a Creator who invites trust rather than demands blind submission.This episode is not about rejecting questions or offering easy answers. It’s about engaging Scripture honestly, testing what we’ve been taught, and learning how to dwell in God’s Word with intention.

In this episode Jem & Dustin, go back to the beginning together. Before the doctrines, before the noise, before the narratives we inherited without questioning. We open Genesis 1 together and talk through what we’ve discovered, what we’ve wrestled with, and how God pulled us out of confusion and into clarity.We talk about why the Big Bang collapses under the weight of Scripture, why gap theory doesn’t stand up to the Hebrew text, and why God’s timeline is nothing like the timeline the world wants you to accept. We share our testimony, the moments that changed everything, and how seeing Genesis clearly helped us see the rest of the Bible clearly.This is the foundation. The place we start as we break down lies, challenge the narratives, and help you reconnect with God’s truth, God’s design, and the story He has been telling since the very first word.

In Part 2 of the liver series, we uncover the lifelong congestion shaping today’s emotional, hormonal, and spiritual instability. This episode traces how the body becomes overwhelmed long before adulthood ever begins — starting with early childhood exposures, processed food, fragrances, plastics, endocrine disruptors, stress chemistry, and the silent thickening of bile that most people never notice.We explore how this slow, steady buildup creates a biochemical terrain where hormones linger, toxins recirculate, and the liver is forced to reprocess the same waste day after day. From childhood overwhelm to adolescent dysregulation, and from teenage identity confusion to young-adult exhaustion, we follow the progression of how a congested liver quietly alters clarity, mood, resilience, gene expression, and the ability to process the world.This isn’t a conversation about disease — it’s a revelation about the inner traffic jam that modern life creates inside the body. We break down how slowed bile flow affects hormone signaling, stress responses, emotional stability, and even the way a person hears Jehovah, perceives truth, and interprets their own identity.This episode connects the dots between biology and the spiritual battle shaping this generation, showing how internal congestion forms the groundwork long before cultural influences or psychological pressures take root.If Part 1 opened the door, Part 2 reveals the landscape — the internal overwhelm so many are carrying, and the clarity that begins to return when the liver is finally allowed to flow again.

For decades, fatigue, anxiety, hormone chaos, brain fog, and inflammation have been treated like separate, mysterious disorders. But what if the most common modern symptoms — the ones everyone just calls “normal life” — all trace back to a single organ?In this episode, Jem pulls back the curtain on the liver. Not the cartoon version you learned about in school. The real one — the control center of metabolism, detoxification, fat processing, hormone clearance, blood sugar regulation, and emotional stability.You’ll learn:• why “normal labs” can be misleading • why fatigue is rarely a “brain problem” • how bile, hormones, and energy all connect • why symptoms multiply even when diagnoses don’t • how a congested liver creates downstream chaos everywhere elseThis isn’t a health fad or a detox trend. It’s root-cause biology — and it changes everything you thought you knew about your body.And near the end… Jem touches the edge of a deeper layer. A layer modern medicine ignores, culture tries to separate, but yet Scripture has always been shouting:The health of the body shapes the clarity of the mind —and the clarity of the mind shapes the ability to discern truth.This is where biology meets spiritual awareness.Where the physical and the inward life are not as separate as we were told.Because before the heart ever feels lost…the liver has already been overwhelmed.

Now that the occult and pagan roots are exposed, what do we do with it? Jem and Dustin share their experiences and offer biblical clarity on how to stand apart, protect your home, and guide your children in a culture that celebrates what God rejects.

A fearless deep dive into the truth behind Halloween’s symbols, rituals, and spiritual origins. From child sacrifice to mirror scrying to the ancient 3-night festival the world still participates in without knowing. Illumination without sensationalism. Truth without compromise.WARNING: Content is not suitable for children and some teenagers

This is not a cute seasonal chat about costumes and candy. This is an exposé.In Part 1, Jem peels back the mask of Halloween and trace it back to its original roots: Samhain, the sun-god calendar, the Druids, divination rites, sacrificial rituals, and the spiritual patterns still embedded in the date itself. This isn’t about fear or superstition. It’s about clarity, discernment, and understanding what we actually align with when we participate.If you’ve ever felt that Halloween “doesn’t sit right,” Part 1 gives language to that instinct. We walk through the symbols, the practices, the myths that are rooted in reality, and the spiritual frameworks the modern world has normalized.Because intention matters—but participation is what the spiritual realm responds to.

We all worship something.Maybe it’s caffeine, sugar, alcohol, social media, or just the next excuse to “unwind.” But what if the very things we turn to for relief are the altars we’ve built to our own exhaustion?In this episode of What Do You Intend, Jem gets blunt about the hidden forms of worship shaping our biology, our beliefs, and our daily lives. She breaks down how your body follows what you serve, why rest is written into your design, and what it means to finally live in rhythm with the Creator — not the culture.It’s not about guilt. It’s about wakefulness. Because once you see what you’ve been bowing to, you can’t unsee it. And that’s where freedom begins.

The war on fat never ended, it just changed names.In this podcast, Jem unpacks the modern seed-oil scare and exposes how fear, not food, became the real toxin. From Ancel Keys to coconut-oil obessesion, from keto myths to “biohacking,” this episode reveals how the industry profits by keeping you afraid of your own design.You’ll learn the real story behind fat metabolism, oxidation, and why polyunsaturated oils were never the enemy — the terrain was. And you’ll see how this same fear mirrors the first deception in the garden: “Did God really say…?”This isn’t about choosing sides. It’s about waking up to the truth — that your body was designed for order, discipline, and healing when you align with it.So before you buy another “clean” label, ask yourself the question that started it all:What do you intend?

What if the story of creation we were taught isn’t the story that was written? In this opening episode of What Do You Intend?, Jem goes back to the very first verse of Scripture,“B’reshit bara Elohim et ha-shamayim ve’et ha-aretz.” We unpack what those Hebrew words really mean and how modern science, philosophy, and culture have built a new origin story that quietly replaced the Creator with chance.Through Scripture, language, and observation, Jem contrasts the divine order of Genesis with the theories that dominate classrooms and headlines today. It’s not about arguing science; it’s about asking who benefits when truth is rewritten and what happens when we remember the Word that spoke light into being.“Genesis 1:1 | The Verse They Replaced” begins the journey of waking up to what was always true.

In this powerful episode, Jem and Dustin come together to share their journey.They didn’t begin their podcast from a place of certainty—they began with questions. From the start of their relationship, they were searching for truth. That search led them down many paths: alternative ideas, new age teachings, history rabbit holes, and even conspiracy claims. They were looking everywhere.But the deeper they dug, the clearer it became: all roads led back to the Bible. The lies and deceptions of the world only made the truth of God shine brighter.This episode tells the story of their journey. It explores where they were before—caught up in confusion and chasing after every so-called truth. It reveals what changed—how the Word of God cut through all of it. And it shows where they are now—living in the light of Jesus Christ, uncovering how His truth is written not just in Scripture, but in history, biology, and the world around us.For anyone wondering how to make sense of the chaos, or chasing answers only to find more questions—this is a podcast worth hearing. Jem and Dustin’s story points to the God who is truth Himself.