On today's show Bill talks with Rabbi Jason Sobel about his upcoming TV special Jesus In The Passover. We also discuss teaching in our public schools with John Stamper, author of Conflicted: Pulling Back the Curtain on Public Education.

On today's show Bill talks with Rabbi Jason Sobel about his upcoming TV special Jesus In The Passover. We also discuss teaching in our public schools with John Stamper, author of Conflicted: Pulling Back the Curtain on Public Education.

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At the intersection of faith & life is the Bill Bunkley show, briefing loyal radio listeners all across West-Central Florida faithfully for over 20 years.  Bill has a unique heart for conservative issues - particular conservative social issues, all informed by his deeply held faithful conviction.

Bill is the president of the Florida Ethics and Religious Liberties commission, and an abashed follower of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.  He also brings an especially Floridian perspective to his program and podcast, as he served in many capacities over a lot of decades in the Sunshine state. 

At the intersection of faith &amp; life is the Bill Bunkley show, briefing loyal radio listeners all across West-Central Florida faithfully for over 20 years.&nbsp; Bill has a unique heart for conservative issues - particular conservative social issues, all informed by his deeply held faithful conviction.
Bill is the president of the Florida Ethics and Religious Liberties commission, and an abashed follower of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.&nbsp; He also brings an especially Floridian perspective to his program and podcast, as he served in many capacities over a lot of decades in the Sunshine state.&nbsp;

At the intersection of faith & life is the Bill Bunkley show, briefing loyal radio listeners all across West-Central Florida faithfully for over 20 years.  Bill has a unique heart for conservative issues - particular conservative social issues, all informed by his deeply held faithful conviction.

The Bill Bunkley Show

At the intersection of faith & life is the Bill Bunkley show, briefing loyal radio listeners all across West-Central Florida faithfully for over 20 years.  Bill has a unique heart for conservative issues - particularly conservative social issues, all informed by his deeply held faithful conviction.

Bill is the president of the Florida Ethics and Religious Liberties commission, and an abashed follower of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.  He also brings an especially Floridian perspective to his program and podcast, as he served in many capacities over a lot of decades in the Sunshine state.

At the intersection of faith &amp; life is the Bill Bunkley show, briefing loyal radio listeners all across West-Central Florida faithfully for over 20 years.&nbsp; Bill has a unique heart for conservative issues - particularly conservative social issues, all informed by his deeply held faithful conviction.
Bill is the president of the Florida Ethics and Religious Liberties commission, and an abashed follower of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.&nbsp; He also brings an especially Floridian perspective to his program and podcast, as he served in many capacities over a lot of decades in the Sunshine state.

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In this deeply moving two-hour “Day of Hope” special episode of The Bill Bunkley Show, host Bill Bunkley deliberately sets aside his usual coverage of local, national, and global issues to focus entirely on a mission of compassion and generosity. Four times a year the program reverses its normal format so listeners can give back, and this August campaign centers on providing food security for a minimum of 375 children living in extreme poverty across Latin America and the Caribbean. Joined by Food for the Poor representatives Danny and Annie, Bill shares vivid field testimonies that reveal the daily reality for the poorest of the poor: children with distended bellies and golden hair from severe malnutrition, families who survive on boiled water or a few tomatoes with tortilla, and mothers who cry alone in their rooms because they have nothing to feed their sons and daughters. One young girl named Evelyn is heard weeping as she explains she has not eaten that day and the previous day only received boiled water. Another mother, Mirna, describes the heartbreak of watching her children remain hungry while she wonders how she can ever give them a better life. Annie, herself raised by a single mother who sometimes had to say “we can’t,” connects these stories to the biblical call to childlike faith and the Lord’s Prayer—“Give us this day our daily bread”—spoken not as a spiritual metaphor but as a desperate plea for literal survival.

Listeners learn that a one-time gift of $80 (with a current match) feeds two children for an entire year—roughly 4.6 cents a day—while $160 covers four children, $400 feeds ten, and a leadership gift of $1,000 sponsors an entire classroom of twenty-five children. At the time of broadcast the campaign still needed to reach 321 more children and stood just shy of 30 percent of its goal. Bill repeatedly stakes his own reputation and family name on the integrity of Food for the Poor, emphasizing that every dollar is carefully stewarded and that he and Mrs. Bunkley have already made the first gift of the campaign. He challenges Central Florida communities—Tampa, Odessa, Brandon, Mulberry, Sarasota, Bradenton, Plant City, Lakeland, Clearwater, and beyond—to step up, lead from the front like Theodore Roosevelt charging Kettle Hill, and refuse to be spiritual “hoarders” of the resources God has entrusted to them. Drawing on Matthew 25, the Good Samaritan parable, and the command “freely you have received, freely give,” Danny and Annie urge every listener to become the answered prayer for a mother who is on her knees begging for one more day of food.

Throughout the broadcast, real-time donor shout-outs celebrate anonymous heroes and named givers who are already transforming lives. The episode closes with prayer, a final urgent appeal, and clear calls to action: dial 855-353-HOPE (855-353-4673), text WTBN to 51555, or visit letstalkfaith.com and click the Give Food banner. This is far more than a fundraising hour—it is a passionate invitation to turn faith into tangible hope so that hungry children can eat, learn, dream, and know they have not been forgotten.

 

#DayOfHope #FoodForThePoor #FeedTheHungry #BillBunkleyShow #LetsTalkFaith #CentralFlorida #Feed375Kids #ChristianRadio #GenerosityInAction #Matthew25 #GoodSamaritan #ChildHunger #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #FaithInAction #HopeForChildren #EndHunger #GiveFood

In this deeply moving two-hour &ldquo;Day of Hope&rdquo; special episode of The Bill Bunkley Show, host Bill Bunkley deliberately sets aside his usual coverage of local, national, and global issues to focus entirely on a mission of compassion and generosity. Four times a year the program reverses its normal format so listeners can give back, and this August campaign centers on providing food security for a minimum of 375 children living in extreme poverty across Latin America and the Caribbean. Joined by Food for the Poor representatives Danny and Annie, Bill shares vivid field testimonies that reveal the daily reality for the poorest of the poor: children with distended bellies and golden hair from severe malnutrition, families who survive on boiled water or a few tomatoes with tortilla, and mothers who cry alone in their rooms because they have nothing to feed their sons and daughters. One young girl named Evelyn is heard weeping as she explains she has not eaten that day and the previous day only received boiled water. Another mother, Mirna, describes the heartbreak of watching her children remain hungry while she wonders how she can ever give them a better life. Annie, herself raised by a single mother who sometimes had to say &ldquo;we can&rsquo;t,&rdquo; connects these stories to the biblical call to childlike faith and the Lord&rsquo;s Prayer&mdash;&ldquo;Give us this day our daily bread&rdquo;&mdash;spoken not as a spiritual metaphor but as a desperate plea for literal survival.
Listeners learn that a one-time gift of $80 (with a current match) feeds two children for an entire year&mdash;roughly 4.6 cents a day&mdash;while $160 covers four children, $400 feeds ten, and a leadership gift of $1,000 sponsors an entire classroom of twenty-five children. At the time of broadcast the campaign still needed to reach 321 more children and stood just shy of 30 percent of its goal. Bill repeatedly stakes his own reputation and family name on the integrity of Food for the Poor, emphasizing that every dollar is carefully stewarded and that he and Mrs. Bunkley have already made the first gift of the campaign. He challenges Central Florida communities&mdash;Tampa, Odessa, Brandon, Mulberry, Sarasota, Bradenton, Plant City, Lakeland, Clearwater, and beyond&mdash;to step up, lead from the front like Theodore Roosevelt charging Kettle Hill, and refuse to be spiritual &ldquo;hoarders&rdquo; of the resources God has entrusted to them. Drawing on Matthew 25, the Good Samaritan parable, and the command &ldquo;freely you have received, freely give,&rdquo; Danny and Annie urge every listener to become the answered prayer for a mother who is on her knees begging for one more day of food.
Throughout the broadcast, real-time donor shout-outs celebrate anonymous heroes and named givers who are already transforming lives. The episode closes with prayer, a final urgent appeal, and clear calls to action: dial 855-353-HOPE (855-353-4673), text WTBN to 51555, or visit letstalkfaith.com and click the Give Food banner. This is far more than a fundraising hour&mdash;it is a passionate invitation to turn faith into tangible hope so that hungry children can eat, learn, dream, and know they have not been forgotten.
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#DayOfHope #FoodForThePoor #FeedTheHungry #BillBunkleyShow #LetsTalkFaith #CentralFlorida #Feed375Kids #ChristianRadio #GenerosityInAction #Matthew25 #GoodSamaritan #ChildHunger #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #FaithInAction #HopeForChildren #EndHunger #GiveFood

Day of Hope: Feeding 375 Hungry Children in Latin America & the Caribbean – Bill Bunkley Show Special with Food for the Poor

In this special edition of the Bill Bunkley Show on Salem Radio / Let’s Talk Faith, host Bill Bunkley sets aside the usual daily briefing to partner with Danny and Annie from Food for the Poor for a powerful “Day of Hope.” With kids across Central Florida heading back to school, Bill highlights the heartbreaking contrast for children just outside our hemisphere in Latin America and the Caribbean who go to school hungry or don’t eat every day—many showing the classic signs of malnutrition such as golden hair and protruding stomachs. The team is working to provide food security for a minimum of 375 identified children on a waiting list. A one-time gift of just $80 (about 4.5–4.6 cents a day) feeds a child for an entire year with roughly two meals daily; thanks to a generous anonymous matching donor, every $80 gift doubles to feed two children. Listeners hear moving eyewitness accounts and audio testimonies from mothers like Evelyn and Monique who have nothing to give their crying children except boiled water and desperate prayers. Bill, Danny, and Annie repeatedly share easy ways to give—text WTBN to 51555, call 855-353-HOPE (855-353-4673), or visit letstalkfaith.com and click the Food for the Poor banner—while stressing that gifts are tax-deductible, can be made anonymous, or stretched over 12 monthly installments. The episode blends urgent appeals, short-term goals (including classroom-sized challenges of 25 children), personal stories of hopelessness versus hope, and a faith-centered call to action: be the answer to a mother’s prayer, become the hands and feet of Jesus, and leave no child behind.

 #DayOfHope #FoodForThePoor #FeedTheHungry #BillBunkleyShow #LetsTalkFaith #EndChildHunger #80FeedsAChild #MatchGift #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #NoChildLeftBehind #FaithInAction #CentralFlorida #SalemRadio #HopeForChildren

In this special edition of the Bill Bunkley Show on Salem Radio / Let&rsquo;s Talk Faith, host Bill Bunkley sets aside the usual daily briefing to partner with Danny and Annie from Food for the Poor for a powerful &ldquo;Day of Hope.&rdquo; With kids across Central Florida heading back to school, Bill highlights the heartbreaking contrast for children just outside our hemisphere in Latin America and the Caribbean who go to school hungry or don&rsquo;t eat every day&mdash;many showing the classic signs of malnutrition such as golden hair and protruding stomachs. The team is working to provide food security for a minimum of 375 identified children on a waiting list. A one-time gift of just $80 (about 4.5&ndash;4.6 cents a day) feeds a child for an entire year with roughly two meals daily; thanks to a generous anonymous matching donor, every $80 gift doubles to feed two children. Listeners hear moving eyewitness accounts and audio testimonies from mothers like Evelyn and Monique who have nothing to give their crying children except boiled water and desperate prayers. Bill, Danny, and Annie repeatedly share easy ways to give&mdash;text WTBN to 51555, call 855-353-HOPE (855-353-4673), or visit letstalkfaith.com and click the Food for the Poor banner&mdash;while stressing that gifts are tax-deductible, can be made anonymous, or stretched over 12 monthly installments. The episode blends urgent appeals, short-term goals (including classroom-sized challenges of 25 children), personal stories of hopelessness versus hope, and a faith-centered call to action: be the answer to a mother&rsquo;s prayer, become the hands and feet of Jesus, and leave no child behind.
&nbsp;#DayOfHope #FoodForThePoor #FeedTheHungry #BillBunkleyShow #LetsTalkFaith #EndChildHunger #80FeedsAChild #MatchGift #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #NoChildLeftBehind #FaithInAction #CentralFlorida #SalemRadio #HopeForChildren

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In this packed Monday afternoon edition of The Bill Bunkley Show: The Briefing (airing weekdays at 3 p.m. on Let’s Talk Faith / Faith Talk Tampa and streaming worldwide), host Bill Bunkley opens with a major breaking development: newly released text messages extracted from Anthony Fauci’s government-issued iPhone, which the Department of Health and Human Services turned over to Senate investigators on August 5, 2026. Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul disclosed a key chain involving Fauci, then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy from late January 2021 onward. The messages discuss COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women, with Fauci stating the FDA had found “no red flags thus far,” CDC officials reporting “no signal of safety concerns,” and Fauci later asserting that tens of thousands of vaccinated pregnant women showed “no indication whatsoever” of increased adverse outcomes—leading him to conclude that pregnant women “should get vaccinated.” Bunkley contrasts these assurances with later critiques, including an open letter from maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. James Thorne questioning the methodology of a study that reported a 12.6% spontaneous abortion rate and arguing the true figure could be far higher once certain third-trimester recipients were properly excluded.

The program then pivots live to a White House event focused on childhood vaccines, where President Trump is joined by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and NIH officials. Kennedy details a sweeping executive order that prioritizes education, informed consent, and parental choice over mandates, while launching unprecedented research across FDA, CDC, NIH, ARPA-H, and the National Toxicology Program. The effort includes comparing vaccinated versus unvaccinated children’s health outcomes, examining aluminum adjuvants, the timing of the hepatitis B vaccine, vaccines given during pregnancy, and possible links to allergies, autoimmune disease, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions. NIH’s Autism Data Science Initiative has already awarded 13 research grants (five of which will examine vaccines among other factors), with ARPA-H preparing a major new initiative on foundational biology, diagnostics, and treatments. Kennedy also notes the restoration of the congressionally mandated Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, dormant since 1998, which will now expand vaccine options, review timing and sequencing, and evaluate alternative adjuvants. Trump fields questions on manufacturing gains driven by tariffs, the safety of the MMR vaccine (suggesting a possible split into individual components), and the potential to “save hundreds of thousands, millions of lives.”

Interwoven throughout are extensive appeals for Food for the Poor’s August campaign to feed 375 malnourished children in Latin America and the Caribbean (down to roughly 350 remaining at airtime). Bunkley emphasizes that an $80 one-time gift feeds one child for a full year (about 4.5 cents per day) and is doubled by a generous anonymous match, repeatedly urging listeners to text WTBN to 51555, call 855-353-HOPE, or give online at letstalkfaith.com. He highlights specific donor shout-outs (Mark, Carolyn of Clearwater with a $500 gift covering 12 children after match, Teresa of St. Petersburg, and anonymous Clearwater supporters), sets modest hourly goals of 10–15 additional children, and frames the effort in biblical terms—drawing on Nehemiah’s burden for Jerusalem and the classic starfish story—to call Christians and conservatives to meet tangible needs rather than rely on government.

Practical back-to-school segments warn of reactivated school-zone speeding cameras, school-bus stop-arm cameras, heavier morning and afternoon traffic, and the ongoing Florida sales-tax holiday (through Thursday, August 20) for school supplies. On the political front, Bunkley dismantles James Fishback’s recent claims that Congressman Byron Donalds is under federal investigation for sex trafficking alongside Rep. Cory Mills at a Maryland casino—allegations the Justice Department has explicitly denied, Donalds’ campaign has labeled a “baseless and defamatory sideshow,” and Florida Politics notes lack any corroboration just days before the August 18 Republican primary. He cautions listeners about last-minute negative mailers and attack ads that use unflattering black-and-white photos and appear too late for effective rebuttal, drawing on his own past experience as a candidate targeted by similar tactics. Additional commentary criticizes the Senate’s departure for a lengthy recess without advancing the SAVE Act (photo ID and citizenship verification for voting), highlights the national debt and interest payments now exceeding military spending, surveys the Iran–U.S. stalemate and Israel’s position on Gaza redevelopment and residual Iranian nuclear capability, notes two tropical systems approaching the Caribbean, flags Kevin Steele’s self-funded congressional bid, and condemns recent on-court violence in the WNBA as a poor example for young athletes. Listener Todd calls in with a passionate mix of fundraising support, pro-Trump commentary, and criticism of Democratic cultural priorities and Iran policy. Throughout, Bunkley keeps the studio line open (877-943-9673) and repeatedly circles back to the twin themes of protecting children—whether from questionable medical interventions, unsafe roads, or starvation—and exercising discernment in both public health and electoral politics.

 

#BillBunkleyShow #TheBriefing #FauciTexts #VaccineSafety #ChildhoodVaccines #RFKJr #InformedConsent #ParentalChoice #AutismResearch #FoodForThePoor #BackToSchool #FloridaPolitics #ByronDonalds #SAVEAct #Iran #Gaza #SchoolBusSafety #LetsTalkFaith

In this packed Monday afternoon edition of The Bill Bunkley Show: The Briefing (airing weekdays at 3 p.m. on Let&rsquo;s Talk Faith / Faith Talk Tampa and streaming worldwide), host Bill Bunkley opens with a major breaking development: newly released text messages extracted from Anthony Fauci&rsquo;s government-issued iPhone, which the Department of Health and Human Services turned over to Senate investigators on August 5, 2026. Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul disclosed a key chain involving Fauci, then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy from late January 2021 onward. The messages discuss COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women, with Fauci stating the FDA had found &ldquo;no red flags thus far,&rdquo; CDC officials reporting &ldquo;no signal of safety concerns,&rdquo; and Fauci later asserting that tens of thousands of vaccinated pregnant women showed &ldquo;no indication whatsoever&rdquo; of increased adverse outcomes&mdash;leading him to conclude that pregnant women &ldquo;should get vaccinated.&rdquo; Bunkley contrasts these assurances with later critiques, including an open letter from maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. James Thorne questioning the methodology of a study that reported a 12.6% spontaneous abortion rate and arguing the true figure could be far higher once certain third-trimester recipients were properly excluded.
The program then pivots live to a White House event focused on childhood vaccines, where President Trump is joined by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and NIH officials. Kennedy details a sweeping executive order that prioritizes education, informed consent, and parental choice over mandates, while launching unprecedented research across FDA, CDC, NIH, ARPA-H, and the National Toxicology Program. The effort includes comparing vaccinated versus unvaccinated children&rsquo;s health outcomes, examining aluminum adjuvants, the timing of the hepatitis B vaccine, vaccines given during pregnancy, and possible links to allergies, autoimmune disease, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions. NIH&rsquo;s Autism Data Science Initiative has already awarded 13 research grants (five of which will examine vaccines among other factors), with ARPA-H preparing a major new initiative on foundational biology, diagnostics, and treatments. Kennedy also notes the restoration of the congressionally mandated Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, dormant since 1998, which will now expand vaccine options, review timing and sequencing, and evaluate alternative adjuvants. Trump fields questions on manufacturing gains driven by tariffs, the safety of the MMR vaccine (suggesting a possible split into individual components), and the potential to &ldquo;save hundreds of thousands, millions of lives.&rdquo;
Interwoven throughout are extensive appeals for Food for the Poor&rsquo;s August campaign to feed 375 malnourished children in Latin America and the Caribbean (down to roughly 350 remaining at airtime). Bunkley emphasizes that an $80 one-time gift feeds one child for a full year (about 4.5 cents per day) and is doubled by a generous anonymous match, repeatedly urging listeners to text WTBN to 51555, call 855-353-HOPE, or give online at letstalkfaith.com. He highlights specific donor shout-outs (Mark, Carolyn of Clearwater with a $500 gift covering 12 children after match, Teresa of St. Petersburg, and anonymous Clearwater supporters), sets modest hourly goals of 10&ndash;15 additional children, and frames the effort in biblical terms&mdash;drawing on Nehemiah&rsquo;s burden for Jerusalem and the classic starfish story&mdash;to call Christians and conservatives to meet tangible needs rather than rely on government.
Practical back-to-school segments warn of reactivated school-zone speeding cameras, school-bus stop-arm cameras, heavier morning and afternoon traffic, and the ongoing Florida sales-tax holiday (through Thursday, August 20) for school supplies. On the political front, Bunkley dismantles James Fishback&rsquo;s recent claims that Congressman Byron Donalds is under federal investigation for sex trafficking alongside Rep. Cory Mills at a Maryland casino&mdash;allegations the Justice Department has explicitly denied, Donalds&rsquo; campaign has labeled a &ldquo;baseless and defamatory sideshow,&rdquo; and Florida Politics notes lack any corroboration just days before the August 18 Republican primary. He cautions listeners about last-minute negative mailers and attack ads that use unflattering black-and-white photos and appear too late for effective rebuttal, drawing on his own past experience as a candidate targeted by similar tactics. Additional commentary criticizes the Senate&rsquo;s departure for a lengthy recess without advancing the SAVE Act (photo ID and citizenship verification for voting), highlights the national debt and interest payments now exceeding military spending, surveys the Iran&ndash;U.S. stalemate and Israel&rsquo;s position on Gaza redevelopment and residual Iranian nuclear capability, notes two tropical systems approaching the Caribbean, flags Kevin Steele&rsquo;s self-funded congressional bid, and condemns recent on-court violence in the WNBA as a poor example for young athletes. Listener Todd calls in with a passionate mix of fundraising support, pro-Trump commentary, and criticism of Democratic cultural priorities and Iran policy. Throughout, Bunkley keeps the studio line open (877-943-9673) and repeatedly circles back to the twin themes of protecting children&mdash;whether from questionable medical interventions, unsafe roads, or starvation&mdash;and exercising discernment in both public health and electoral politics.
&nbsp;
#BillBunkleyShow #TheBriefing #FauciTexts #VaccineSafety #ChildhoodVaccines #RFKJr #InformedConsent #ParentalChoice #AutismResearch #FoodForThePoor #BackToSchool #FloridaPolitics #ByronDonalds #SAVEAct #Iran #Gaza #SchoolBusSafety #LetsTalkFaith

Fauci Texts on COVID Vaccines & Pregnancy, Trump’s Childhood Vaccine Executive Order, RFK Jr. on Safety Research, Back-to-School Alerts & Food for the Poor Drive

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