Gloria Steinem Dies at 92: Was Her Feminism a CIA Op? Plus Utah's Anti-VPN Law

Gloria Steinem, the "trailblazing" feminist icon, died this week at 92 — and on this episode of the Ask A Christian Podcast, Nate takes NPR's glowing obituary apart line by line, from Steinem's early CIA-linked work in the 1950s to the population-control ideology of Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb. Was second-wave feminism partly a Cold War project? We dig into the receipts, and unpack what Scripture actually says about family, work, and the sanctity of life along the way. From there, the show shifts to Utah's new VPN age-verification law and the news that Utah won't enforce it until a legal challenge resolves — why age-verification mandates are a privacy Trojan horse, how your ISP can legally sell your browsing data, and whether "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about" is actually a good argument. (Spoiler: it isn't.) Finally, Nate breaks down the arrest of a self-described "Christian LGBT podcaster" accused of threatening to assassinate President Trump and attorney Jay Sekulow — and why that's about as far from the fruit of the Spirit as it gets. 📚 Resources & Links NPR's obituary for Gloria Steinem: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/03/nx-s1-5718381/gloria-steinem-dies Engadget on Utah delaying enforcement of its VPN age-verification law: https://www.engadget.com/2250679/utah-wont-enforce-vpn-age-verification-law-legal-challenge-resolves/ RedState on the "Yes, Jesus!" podcaster's arrest over Trump threats: https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/09/03/lgbtq-podcaster-arrested-for-trump-threats-n2206473 For more content, visit: https://www.askachristianpodcast.com 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Gloria Steinem dies at 92: reading NPR's obituary 03:06 - CIA funding and the population control agenda 15:34 - Paul Ehrlich's "Population Bomb" clip and eugenics rhetoric 22:44 - Utah won't enforce its VPN age verification law 25:00 - How ISPs can sell your browsing data 30:52 - Debate: is online privacy an illusion? 38:12 - "Christian" LGBT podcaster arrested over Trump assassination threats 46:36 - Purity ring video and inconsistent outrage #AskAChristianPodcast #Christianity #GloriaSteinem #Feminism #Apologetics #Censorship #VPN #DigitalPrivacy #ChristianApologetics #CulturalCommentary #Bible #Faith #PoliticalNews #ChristianPodcast #TrumpNews