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Think First with Jim DetjenSkinwalker Ranch: When Reality Fights Back (Special Episode)This isn’t a ghost story.It’s not a UFO tale.And it’s definitely not a recap of the TV show.This is a Think First special edition — on the most heavily instrumented paranormal site on Earth: Skinwalker Ranch.What’s happening in this remote corner of Utah defies physics, distorts perception, and may challenge the limits of human consciousness itself.We dig into the evolving theories — the mesa, the triangle, the anomalies — and how Brandon Fugal, a friend of Jim Detjen...2025-07-2916 min
Think First with Jim DetjenBorrowed Truth. Broken Brands.What do Victoria’s Secret, Nike, the U.S. Army, American Eagle, Harvard, Lululemon, and BlackRock all have in common?They bought into poetic truth—branding built on feelings over facts.In this Think First supercut, we walk through the moment when marketing turned into morality theater… when brands stopped telling their own stories and started role-playing someone else’s.The result? Audience fatigue. Cultural backlash. Reputational collapse.This episode isn’t just a critique—it’s a roadmap. For creatives, strategists, and decision-makers who know that real branding starts with earned truth...2025-07-2808 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Interstellar Visitors They Don’t Want You to NoticeSomething strange is moving through our solar system — again.First, it was ‘Oumuamua, the cigar-shaped traveler that accelerated without explanation.Now it’s 3I/ATLAS — bigger, brighter, and on a path that feels… designed.But don’t worry. NASA says it’s “just a comet.”Harvard’s astrophysicist Avi Loeb isn’t so sure.And the scientific journals? They’ve already edited out the parts you weren’t supposed to read.In this episode, we track the signals beneath the noise, from cosmic coincidences to quiet censorship. Because sometimes, the rea...2025-07-2506 minThink First with Jim DetjenClarity Is the New Counterculture · Light Your FlameWhat if clarity isn’t something you find — but something you build?In this special episode of Think First, we walk through the six-stage journey to mental clarity. From the first flicker of curiosity to full-on confidence in truth, Jim Detjen lays out the tools for seeing through gaslighting, poetic truth, and media manipulation. Because before you can think clearly… you have to see clearly.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-2406 minThink First with Jim DetjenGaslighting 101 · That's Not What HappenedIt’s a textbook Reframe moment: the lie isn’t the problem — it’s the doubt it plants.Gaslighting isn’t just lying — it’s psychological warfare dressed as concern.In this episode of Think First, we unpack the tactics used to make you question what you saw, what you felt… even what you know. From politics to parenting, media to medicine, we expose how confident repetition replaces evidence — and how silence becomes compliance.If you’ve ever felt like you’re the crazy one… you’re probably not.Support the showStay sharp...2025-07-2405 minThink First with Jim DetjenTikTok, Instagram, & YouTube · Why We’re Using Cartoons to Expose Gaslighting🎉 Bonus Episode: Think First is now on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts — with a twist.We’re using 1950s-style animation to tackle modern gaslighting and poetic truth. Why? Because nothing exposes the absurdity of today’s filtered narratives like vintage visuals and dry humor.This episode unpacks the strategy behind the new content — and why contrast, irony, and clarity are our secret weapons in a world of spin.🧠 Follow us everywhere @ThinkFirstPodcast🎧 Full episodes always at JimDetjen.comSupport the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and...2025-07-2300 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Happiness Study Lied to You (But Not How You Think)For 85 years, Harvard tracked what makes life worth living.The answer was clear. The culture? Not so much.This episode unravels how we took one of the most important studies ever done on happiness — and turned it into Instagram therapy, hustle culture, and $18 candles that smell like personal growth.Based on The Good Life by Marc Schulz and Robert Waldinger… and filtered through Think First’s dry humor, media lens, and deep-cut clarity.Because the study didn’t lie — but someone’s been selling you poetic truth ever since.Support the...2025-07-2305 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Mandela Effect: What If Reality Didn’t Agree With You?What if you didn’t just remember it wrong…But the world moved on — and left you behind?In this special edition of Think First, we dive headfirst into the Mandela Effect — the eerie sensation that something you know to be true has somehow… changed. From false memories and collective misremembering to quantum drift and simulated timelines, this isn’t just a fun parlor trick. It’s a crack in our understanding of truth, memory, and reality itself.Featuring original theory, dry humor, and a slow unraveling of everything you thought was solid — this episode isn...2025-07-2208 minThink First with Jim DetjenBrotherhood (Not Bureaucracies) · What the Ivy League Used to Get RightThe Ivy League was never perfect.But it used to produce loyalty, grit, and real leadership — forged through brotherhood, not bureaucracy.Today? The final clubs, eating clubs, and secret societies that once shaped generations have been sidelined… replaced by curated cohorts, DEI offices, and a fear of unfiltered conversation.Jim Detjen — Army veteran, Harvard dad (x2), and cultural strategist — unpacks what the Ivy League used to stand for, what it’s become, and why the rest of America should care.Inspired by Lucca Ruggieri’s essay, “Brotherhood, Not Bureaucracies,” published at The American Min...2025-07-1908 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Federal Reserve · It’s Not Federal. And It Has No Reserve.It controls your mortgage rate, your grocery bill, and the value of your paycheck — but it’s not even part of the government. In this episode of Think First, we unravel the strange origin of the Federal Reserve, the poetic truths that keep it alive, and the gaslighting that makes you think it’s there to protect you. From Andrew Jackson to JFK to Ron Paul, history is full of warning signs… and yet here we are. Follow the money — and spot the lie.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and r...2025-07-1805 minThink First with Jim DetjenBacon, Booze, and Billion-Dollar Gaslighting: What They're Not Telling YouYou’ve seen the headlines: cut bacon and booze, cut cancer by 40%. But why didn’t that go viral? Why didn’t your favorite steakhouse or whiskey brand mention it? In this episode, we pull back the curtain on one of the most well-funded dietary gaslights of the modern era — and you just might rethink your brunch.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-1705 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe OG Listener's Call to ArmsNo flaming cars. No gaslighting breakdowns. Just a quick bonus drop to say… we’re at 200 downloads per episode — and it’s time to grow. This one’s for the OGs, the founding listeners, the people who laugh at the dark stuff and think for themselves. If that’s you, we need your help.Text a friend. Post the link. Whisper it to your dog.Because the only way smart voices cut through the noise… is if you send the signal.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and ref...2025-07-1603 minThink First with Jim DetjenEpstein (Part 4) · Two Lies, No EscapePam Bondi said the Epstein client list was on her desk. Then she said it wasn’t. Trump promised transparency — now he wants us to move on. Ghislaine Maxwell offers to testify, and MAGA turns on itself. This episode unpacks the contradictions, fake binder drops, vanishing files, and the one ugly truth no one in power wants to admit: they think we’ll forget.We won’t. And today… we’re going there.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-1506 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Barcode That Changed the World · Think First (Special Edition)You thought it was just a faster checkout. But that little beep at the register quietly reshaped retail, rewired your habits, and launched one of the first behavioral data systems ever used on the public — without your consent. This is the story of how a black-and-white square became the first invisible tether between you and the algorithm. And now you know… the part they left out.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-1403 minThink First with Jim DetjenPoetic Truth · When Feeling Replaces FactWhat if the most powerful lies… don’t look like lies at all?In this episode of Think First, we unpack poetic truth — the kind of storytelling that sounds noble, feels right, and spreads fast… even when it’s not true. From history to Hollywood, we break down how emotional narratives are replacing reality — and why challenging them comes with a cost.Because when facts become optional… the loudest feelings win.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-1206 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Vanishing Middle Button on Elevators · Think First (Special Edition)It’s right there in the middle of the panel. The button you press when you’re in a hurry, annoyed, or just need to feel in control. But what if it’s not connected to anything at all? This is the story of the elevator close-door button — a quiet little symbol of manufactured control, fake feedback, and placebo participation. Because sometimes… the button was never meant to work. And now you know… the part they left out.Support the showStay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslightRead and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity2025-07-1103 minThink First with Jim DetjenThe Moon Landing · Perfect Story or Perfect Illusion?What if humanity’s greatest leap… left a few footprints we weren’t meant to follow?In this special episode of Think First, we examine the Moon landing — not to confirm or deny it happened, but to unpack the 7 most compelling claims behind the conspiracy theories. From fluttering flags to missing craters, radiation belts to missing tapes, we ask the questions you’re not supposed to ask — and let you decide what adds up.No conclusions. No lectures. Just a slow orbit around truth, gaslighting, and the kind of poetic narratives that sometimes glow a little too b...2025-07-1007 min