Marnie Pehrson Kuhns is a best-selling author of "Trust Your Heart: Spirit-Led Business" and "Restoring Liberty: Personal Freedom & Responsibility in America." Marnie is an articulate voice for practical faith and freedom principles. Her two podcasts are Spirit-Led Life for those wishing to grow closer to the Spirit in their personal and professional lives and Front Porch Sense for those who enjoy common sense conservative principles.

Faith & Freedom Principles: Spirit-Led Life & Front Porch Sense

The destruction of the family is closely tied to the loss of freedom in our country. This episode of Front Porch Sense explains why families are so important, why they are under attack, and why preservation of the family is the solution to restoring liberty in America.

Front Porch Sense

Episode 3 - Family and Freedom

In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns, author of Restoring Liberty: Personal Responsibility and Freedom in America, looks at hot-topic issues (like racism) and how we’re discussing them in America. Are we taking into account all the perspectives, geographic areas, cultural differences? The discord we’re experiencing is a clue to a much deeper problem that strikes at the core of freedom in America.discusses racism. Let’s take a look at lawmaking, centralization, and decentralization in U.S. government.

Episode 2 - Racism and the Proper Role of Government

In this first episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns and her father, Jack Morton, discuss the shifts in the political climate - the changes that are happening in both the democratic and republican parties over recent decades, why the left has become more bold in their progressive (aka socialist) agenda, and what we can do about it.

Episode 1 - Progressive Agenda of the Democratic Party

What do open borders really mean for our country and the world? Marnie explores the root agenda of the left in eliminating national borders and national sovereignty in this episode of Front Porch Sense. For more common sense conservative insights, please subscribe.

Episode 4: Immigration and Globalism

Episode 4 - Immigration and Globalism

Marnie’s dad, Jack Morton, joins her on her front porch to talk about what’s happening in the world. Jack, an octogenarian, shares the 5 concerns for America that he has. These are five things that he’s seen drastically deteriorate in the last fifty years (since Marnie was born).

Episode 5 - 5 Changes in the US Since the 1960's

What do big dreams and the pursuit of happiness have to do with entitlement? Very little! In this episode, Marnie explores why taking away challenges and giving people things for free diminishes their happiness and keeps them from becoming the people capable of achieving great things. Let’s stop robbing people of their big dreams and the ability to pursue their own brand of happiness!

Episode 6 - Big Dreams, The Pursuit of Happiness & Entitlement

Today people are trained to turn to government to find solutions for nearly every challenge. Government is involved in everything from health care to education to redistribution of wealth. How do we know what situations are appropriate for government intervention and which are not? This episode gives you a simple rule to follow.

Episode 7 - The Proper Role of Government

This episode addresses the right to life vs pro choice and what is happening in the world with abortion. How does the inalienable right to life relate to a woman's right to choose? Are we asking the right questions when it comes to pro choice? What price are we paying for abortion?

Episode 8 - The Price We're Paying for Abortion

We often think of the three branches of government as the checks and balances we have in the United States, but there are more checks and balances intrinsic in the U.S. Constitution. This episode explores 3 additional important ones that we need to be protecting.

Episode 9 - Checks and Balances

Are you accepting or rejecting freedom in your life? Many of us are actually rejecting freedom without even realizing it. This episode is an exploration of why some people actually don’t want freedom and why many of us outright reject it. How can we truly embrace the freedoms available to us? What is the purpose of freedom in the end?

Episode 10 - Are You Accepting or Rejecting Freedom?

In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie addresses Nike discontinuing the Betsy Ross Flag Nike shoe because Kaepernick was offended by it. Why do modern people disrespect the Founding Fathers and the sacrifices they made? Why are people so hopped up to judge people throughout history and each other? Marnie talks about the ingratitude, judgmental and hypocritical nature of modern America and why we need to step out of that and into gratitude to preserve freedom.

Episode 11 - Disrespect and Ingratitude Toward Founding Fathers

What is common sense for some makes no sense to others. Each person comes to conclusions based on their core beliefs. We may think others are irrational but their views are quite rational when you root back to the fact that they have different fundamental beliefs than we do.

This episode of Front Porch Sense deals with the root cause of rifts happening between those with varying viewpoints. How can we ever have a civil discourse on sensitive topics? Is it even possible? And why bother?

Episode 12 - What Is Common Sense Anyway?

Are we responsible for the sins of our fathers? How far do you go back and make reparations?  How do people prove that they are due reparations? What about people who have ancestors who were on both sides of situations that modern America deems offensive? Should our own individual contributions be nullified because of the sins of our fathers? In this episode, Marnie shares a little of her own family tree to illustrate how convoluted and impractical the reparations and accountability arguments really are.

Episode 13 - Reparations and the Sins of the Fathers

In our families, parenting, spousal relationships, and as a society at large, we are allowing other people to manipulate us. It’s time we stop walking on egg shells and own our own personal responsibility in how we respond to people who make excuses, demand free stuff, or violate the rule of law to get their way.

This episode explores what it looks like when someone’s manipulating you and how to pull yourself out of the dynamic. It’s time we take responsibility for our part in these codependent relations and take responsibility for our own responses.

Episode 14 - Stop Walking on Egg Shells

Political candidates and parties that rally people around what they stand FOR are more likely to succeed in getting elected than those whose primary focus is defeating another candidate. In this episode I go out on a limb and make my prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election and explain why hate is not sufficiently galvanizing to win elections.

Episode 15 - What Do You Stand For?

If we are ever to have a civil discourse in our country, we need to cut through all the emotion and finger-pointing and look at the root issues … the core values. Where are they the same and where they are different between the right and the left? If you’ve ever wanted to understand your friends and family on the left or wished you could cut through all the drama to discuss what really matters, this episode of Front Porch Sense is for you.

Episode 16 - Discussing Core Values for the Right and Left

If you have a cause that is important to you, don't wait around for somebody else to fix it, roll up your sleeves and do it yourself! Just like these folks! They didn't wait around for the government to fix problems they see in the world, they started cleaning up the environment, helping children with special needs and building a border wall themselves.

Episode 17 - If You Want Something Done, Do It Yourself

Why is the U.S. National Debt so high and what can be done about it? This episode of Front Porch Sense explains why our national debt is out of control and what needs to happen to stop the runaway train.

Episode 18 - Why Is The U.S. National Debt So High?

Many are upset about corporate greed and corruption. Whether it's Big Pharma or corporate bailouts of entire industries, something smells fishy in Washington. Corporations and government corruption go hand-in-hand. Why is it so easy for corporations to get away with things and run smaller businesses out of the market? Why is Washington DC swarming with lobbyists? Find out in this episode of Front Porch Sense.

Episode 19 - Corporations and Government Corruption

Normally conservatives go to sleep when a Republican is in the oval office. But they're not going to sleep now because of the polarizing reactions to President Trump. Let's use this unique window to teach the American people (those sleeping giants) the principles of freedom. Maybe... just maybe we can turn the tide and save our country.

Episode 20 - The Giant Is Awake, Teach Him Freedom Principles Now!

Marnie’s a best-selling author, musician and Southern country girl who makes faith and freedom principles practical. Her podcasts are "The Spirit-Led Life" podcast based on her book, "Trust Your Heart: Spirit-Led Business" and the Front Porch Sense Podcast based on her book, "Restoring Liberty: Personal Freedom & Responsibility in America."