Patrick explores current controversies in schools, where parents speak out against policies branding girls as mentally ill for wanting privacy from boys in restrooms. He brings listeners firsthand accounts from a mom and a young woman wrestling with gender ideology. He also highlights artificial intelligence's surprising ability to identify consciousness in comatose patients, sparking urgent questions about life, ethics, and hope.

• Audio: Temecula Valley USD wants to label girls with a “mental health disorder” if they object to males in their bathroom (03:34)
• Audio: You’re just a Tomboy (08:10)
• Scott (email) - Was I wrong to leave mass? (13:32)
• AI Spots Hidden Signs of Consciousness in Comatose Patients before Doctors Do (21:18)
• Vicky - What do you mean by the term 'binder'? (27:19)
• Joe - I think people should receive the Eucharist who are mentally ill. It has been helpful to me. (34:36)
• Mary - I have had this covert consciousness happen to me. I knew my family was around me but they were not aware. I was not able to communicate but I know I was there. (35:40)
• Julie - I am tomboyish. I had a lot of people in school asking me if I was lesbian. I have been married for over 7 years and am happy. (42:15)

Originally aired on 9/2/25