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In the Market with Janet Parshall
Hour 1: Getting Ready For School
Today we visit with Emily Tsaio who is the editor of Plugged-In magazine for Focus on the Family. Emily will discuss how AI is affecting schools and what students themselves are saying about the new technology. Then, Nicole Hunt, also from Focus on the Family, will join us to warn parents on why they should pay attention to the DSA’s strategy for public schools. This hour is designed to help parents think biblically and critically as they start the new school year.
Hour 2: Freedom and Film
This hour we learn about the plight of a seriously ill Chinese pastor who needs to be sent home. The President is set to meet with President Xi this month and the issue needs to be addressed. Bob Fu, of China Aid, will explain what we can do to help. Then Mark Joseph, producer of multiple films will share how Big Tech is becoming the gatekeeper of free speech. Join us for great conversation.
IN THIS EPISODE
Emily Tsiao
Emily Tsiao studied film and writing when in college and has been serving as a writer and editor for Focus on the Family’s Plugged In since 2019. In addition to writing movie and TV reviews, she is the team’s de facto tech expert. When she’s not busy watching movies for Plugged In, Emily and her husband enjoy hiking, cooking, and playing video games and board games together. Emily is also proud of the fact that they have been a social media-free household since 2023.
Nicole Hunt
Nicole Hunt, J.D., is an attorney and serves as a writer and spokesperson at Focus on the Family on topics such as pro-life policy, motherhood, parental rights and religious freedom. She provides analysis and advocacy engagement for Christians to promote faith, family, and freedom. Prior to joining Focus on the Family, Nicole practiced employment law and worked in Washington, D.C. as a legislative advisor to Members of Congress. A regular writer, her work has been published in Fox News, Newsweek, Newsmax, Washington Examiner, Denver Post, Colorado Springs Gazette, Proverbs 31 Ministries, and others. Nicole earned her J.D. from George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science from Westmont College.
Bob Fu
Bob (Xiqiu) Fu is one of the leading voices in the world for persecuted faith communities in China. Fu was born and raised in mainland China and was a student leader during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations for freedom and democracy in 1989. Fu graduated from the School of International Relations at the People’s (Renmin) University in Beijing and taught English to Communist Party officials at the Beijing Administrative College and Beijing Party School of the Chinese Communist Party from 1993-1996. Fu was also a house church leader in Beijing until he and his wife, Heidi, were imprisoned for two months for “illegal evangelism” in 1996. Bob and Heidi fled to the United States as religious refugees in 1997 and subsequently founded ChinaAid in 2002 to bring international attention to China’s gross human rights violations and to promote religious freedom and rule of law in China. Fu graduated with a Ph.D. from St. John’s College at the University of Durham in the U.K. in the field of religious freedom and from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He has also been awarded an honorary doctorate degree on Global Christian Leadership from Midwest University, where he served as a distinguished professor on religion and public policy. As president of ChinaAid, Fu has testified before the Congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (USCHR), the Foreign Press Association, the European Commission and European Union Parliament. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Fu currently serves as the Family Research Council’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom in addition to responsibilities as President of ChinaAid. He is the winner of the 2020 Wilberforce Award from the Colson Center and the Editor-In-Chief of the Chinese Law and Religion Monitor. Fu’s autobiography God’s Double Agent details his conversion to Christianity, his arrest and imprisonment for starting an illegal house church, his harrowing escape, and his subsequent rise to prominence in the United States as an advocate for his oppressed brethren. His second book, The Politics of Inclusive Pluralism, outlines his proposed foundation for religious freedom in a post-Communist democratic China.
Mark Joseph
"Mark Joseph is a music and film producer, author and columnist. From 2000-2005, he worked in development and marketing for Walden Media and Crusader Entertainment and oversaw a grassroots marketing team. He has served as a producer on 15 films, including Max Rose starring Jerry Lewis, The Vessel starring Martin Sheen, No Safe Spaces, America, Japan: Searching For The Dream, Frank vs. God, and others. He currently hosts the podcast, The Mark Joseph Show, and most recently produced the film Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid, and published the book Making Reagan: A Memoir From The Producer of The Reagan Film. He also produced the film’s two soundtracks, including songs from Bob Dylan, Clint Black, Gene Simmons of KISS, Tanya Tucker, and others."
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Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall has been broadcasting from the nation's capital for over three decades. Her passion is to "equip the saints" through intelligent conversation based on biblical truth. When she is not behind her microphone, Janet is speaking across the country on issues impacting Christians. She has authored several books. Parshall and her husband, Craig, live in Virginia and have four children and six grandchildren.
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