Stephen Brewer
@percival84.bsky.social
Whistleblower and former university professor with training in police psychology and forensic threat assessment. Writing on institutional betrayal, digital accountability, and the cost of telling the truth. Never lived in Kansas City.
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Stephen Brewer
@percival84.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Drawing the Line | Stephen Brewer | Substack
Whistleblower and former university professor with training in police psychology and forensic threat assessment. Writing on institutional betrayal, digital accountability, and the cost of telling the ...
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For 20 years, I lived under a system designed to erase me—without charges, trial, or defense.
This is my public testimony: forensic, protected speech, and the record they cannot erase.
Read: percival84.substack.com/t/my-survivo...
#SurvivorTestimony #Whistleblower #TruthTelling
This is my public testimony: forensic, protected speech, and the record they cannot erase.
Read: percival84.substack.com/t/my-survivo...
#SurvivorTestimony #Whistleblower #TruthTelling
Thomas has reached Oregon.
Episode 3 drops Thomas into a logging valley named Sweet Home that is still living with the fallout from a reservoir drawdown and a battle over who owns the water under a low-income park.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/episode-3-...
#ColumbiaUniverse
Episode 3 drops Thomas into a logging valley named Sweet Home that is still living with the fallout from a reservoir drawdown and a battle over who owns the water under a low-income park.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/episode-3-...
#ColumbiaUniverse
Episode 3 - Sweet Home
Columbia: A Walking Pilgrimage Through the American Republic
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January 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Thomas has reached Oregon.
Episode 3 drops Thomas into a logging valley named Sweet Home that is still living with the fallout from a reservoir drawdown and a battle over who owns the water under a low-income park.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/episode-3-...
#ColumbiaUniverse
Episode 3 drops Thomas into a logging valley named Sweet Home that is still living with the fallout from a reservoir drawdown and a battle over who owns the water under a low-income park.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/episode-3-...
#ColumbiaUniverse
@rcfp.org @pressfreedom.bsky.social @pressfreedomtracker.us
I’ve been soft‑banned on Threads. I can’t even post “the sky is blue.”
My work exposes how power distorts truth and weaponizes fear.
When automated suppression kills that work, it isn’t neutral. It’s complicity.
#InformationWarfare
I’ve been soft‑banned on Threads. I can’t even post “the sky is blue.”
My work exposes how power distorts truth and weaponizes fear.
When automated suppression kills that work, it isn’t neutral. It’s complicity.
#InformationWarfare
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
@rcfp.org @pressfreedom.bsky.social @pressfreedomtracker.us
I’ve been soft‑banned on Threads. I can’t even post “the sky is blue.”
My work exposes how power distorts truth and weaponizes fear.
When automated suppression kills that work, it isn’t neutral. It’s complicity.
#InformationWarfare
I’ve been soft‑banned on Threads. I can’t even post “the sky is blue.”
My work exposes how power distorts truth and weaponizes fear.
When automated suppression kills that work, it isn’t neutral. It’s complicity.
#InformationWarfare
Season One of The Golden State Avenger is available for download.
Seventeen episodes. One unmasked protector. No violence. No vigilantes. Just dignity, sanctuary, and people holding the line together.
Free to listen. No subscription required.
percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
#California
Seventeen episodes. One unmasked protector. No violence. No vigilantes. Just dignity, sanctuary, and people holding the line together.
Free to listen. No subscription required.
percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
#California
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Season One of The Golden State Avenger is available for download.
Seventeen episodes. One unmasked protector. No violence. No vigilantes. Just dignity, sanctuary, and people holding the line together.
Free to listen. No subscription required.
percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
#California
Seventeen episodes. One unmasked protector. No violence. No vigilantes. Just dignity, sanctuary, and people holding the line together.
Free to listen. No subscription required.
percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
#California
Season One of The Golden State Avenger ended weeks ago. If Columbia feels like you walked in mid-stream, that’s why.
The Avenger lays the moral groundwork that Columbia builds on.
Catch up here: percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
The Avenger lays the moral groundwork that Columbia builds on.
Catch up here: percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
The Golden State Avenger | Drawing the Line | Stephen Brewer, PsyD | Substack
The Golden State Avenger is a serialized podcast blending storytelling, social justice, and California grit. Follow the rise of a peaceful defender forged in protest, standing between power and the pe...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Season One of The Golden State Avenger ended weeks ago. If Columbia feels like you walked in mid-stream, that’s why.
The Avenger lays the moral groundwork that Columbia builds on.
Catch up here: percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
The Avenger lays the moral groundwork that Columbia builds on.
Catch up here: percival84.substack.com/s/the-golden...
Columbia, Episode 2: Yreka
Thomas reaches a northern California town that swears the state forgot it. A hill was cleared, a shelter put in its place. Some call it safety. Others call it disappearance.
Walk with courage.
Keep the peace.
Remember the Republic.
#ColumbiaUniverse #EthicalAI
Thomas reaches a northern California town that swears the state forgot it. A hill was cleared, a shelter put in its place. Some call it safety. Others call it disappearance.
Walk with courage.
Keep the peace.
Remember the Republic.
#ColumbiaUniverse #EthicalAI
Episode 2 - Yreka
Columbia: A Walking Pilgrimage Through the American Republic
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December 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Columbia, Episode 2: Yreka
Thomas reaches a northern California town that swears the state forgot it. A hill was cleared, a shelter put in its place. Some call it safety. Others call it disappearance.
Walk with courage.
Keep the peace.
Remember the Republic.
#ColumbiaUniverse #EthicalAI
Thomas reaches a northern California town that swears the state forgot it. A hill was cleared, a shelter put in its place. Some call it safety. Others call it disappearance.
Walk with courage.
Keep the peace.
Remember the Republic.
#ColumbiaUniverse #EthicalAI
What if Jesus wasn’t remembered, but invented? On the Feast of Saint Stephen, I ask if Paul created the Christ myth to reckon with guilt over a murder he once supported. The martyr fell. The myth rose.
Between Bread and Stone
Episode 27
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-martyr...
Between Bread and Stone
Episode 27
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-martyr...
The Martyr and The Mythmaker
Between Bread and Stone - Episode 27
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December 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What if Jesus wasn’t remembered, but invented? On the Feast of Saint Stephen, I ask if Paul created the Christ myth to reckon with guilt over a murder he once supported. The martyr fell. The myth rose.
Between Bread and Stone
Episode 27
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-martyr...
Between Bread and Stone
Episode 27
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-martyr...
Online kink spaces aren’t inherently unsafe, but over time some became recruitment grounds for coercion and trafficking.
I’ve released a forensic series on how these systems evolved and what ethical communities can do to stop it.
percival84.substack.com/p/on-dismant...
I’ve released a forensic series on how these systems evolved and what ethical communities can do to stop it.
percival84.substack.com/p/on-dismant...
On Dismantling a Trafficking Ring
Complete Series
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December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Online kink spaces aren’t inherently unsafe, but over time some became recruitment grounds for coercion and trafficking.
I’ve released a forensic series on how these systems evolved and what ethical communities can do to stop it.
percival84.substack.com/p/on-dismant...
I’ve released a forensic series on how these systems evolved and what ethical communities can do to stop it.
percival84.substack.com/p/on-dismant...
Most trafficking doesn’t begin with chains.
It begins with silence, ambiguity, and plausible deniability.
We need to talk honestly about how digital cultures create those openings.
It begins with silence, ambiguity, and plausible deniability.
We need to talk honestly about how digital cultures create those openings.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Most trafficking doesn’t begin with chains.
It begins with silence, ambiguity, and plausible deniability.
We need to talk honestly about how digital cultures create those openings.
It begins with silence, ambiguity, and plausible deniability.
We need to talk honestly about how digital cultures create those openings.
I’ve released a forensic series on exploitation, coercion, and digital vigilantism inside BDSM spaces. It documents two decades of research and the ethical reforms these systems urgently need.
Read or listen on Substack.
Read or listen on Substack.
On Dismantling a Trafficking Ring
Complete Series
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December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’ve released a forensic series on exploitation, coercion, and digital vigilantism inside BDSM spaces. It documents two decades of research and the ethical reforms these systems urgently need.
Read or listen on Substack.
Read or listen on Substack.
The series premiere of Columbia: The Long Walk of the Republic is now out.
A southern father begins a quiet walk across the Union, guided only by conscience.
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A southern father begins a quiet walk across the Union, guided only by conscience.
percival84.substack.com/p/episode-1-...
Episode 1: Oildale
A Walking Pilgrimage Through the American Republic
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November 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The series premiere of Columbia: The Long Walk of the Republic is now out.
A southern father begins a quiet walk across the Union, guided only by conscience.
percival84.substack.com/p/episode-1-...
A southern father begins a quiet walk across the Union, guided only by conscience.
percival84.substack.com/p/episode-1-...
The Season One finale of The Golden State Avenger is out now.
A quiet, powerful chapter rooted in courage, conscience, and the people who hold the line when it matters.
Listen: percival84.substack.com/p/the-day-he...
A quiet, powerful chapter rooted in courage, conscience, and the people who hold the line when it matters.
Listen: percival84.substack.com/p/the-day-he...
The Day He Roared
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 17
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November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Season One finale of The Golden State Avenger is out now.
A quiet, powerful chapter rooted in courage, conscience, and the people who hold the line when it matters.
Listen: percival84.substack.com/p/the-day-he...
A quiet, powerful chapter rooted in courage, conscience, and the people who hold the line when it matters.
Listen: percival84.substack.com/p/the-day-he...
Weeks after the fire, Ramona works its own healing.
A story of repair by hand and under law.
Episode 16 – The Garden That Grew Back
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #RestorativeJustice
A story of repair by hand and under law.
Episode 16 – The Garden That Grew Back
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #RestorativeJustice
The Garden That Grew Back
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 16
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November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Weeks after the fire, Ramona works its own healing.
A story of repair by hand and under law.
Episode 16 – The Garden That Grew Back
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #RestorativeJustice
A story of repair by hand and under law.
Episode 16 – The Garden That Grew Back
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #RestorativeJustice
The Beatitudes weren’t written for comfort. They were written for courage.
New episode of Between Bread and Stone: “The Company of the Excluded.”
On Bakersfield, MAGA, and the real saints of our streets.
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New episode of Between Bread and Stone: “The Company of the Excluded.”
On Bakersfield, MAGA, and the real saints of our streets.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-compan...
The Company of the Excluded
Between Bread and Stone — Episode 18
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November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Beatitudes weren’t written for comfort. They were written for courage.
New episode of Between Bread and Stone: “The Company of the Excluded.”
On Bakersfield, MAGA, and the real saints of our streets.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-compan...
New episode of Between Bread and Stone: “The Company of the Excluded.”
On Bakersfield, MAGA, and the real saints of our streets.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-compan...
New release: Charlie and The Grand Prize
An old-time radio performance about conscience, sweetness, and the courage to repair what we build.
Inspired in part by the research of Dr. Robert Lustig. @robertlustigmd.bsky.social
Listen → percival84.substack.com/p/charlie-an...
An old-time radio performance about conscience, sweetness, and the courage to repair what we build.
Inspired in part by the research of Dr. Robert Lustig. @robertlustigmd.bsky.social
Listen → percival84.substack.com/p/charlie-an...
Charlie and The Grand Prize
An Audio Story
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November 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
New release: Charlie and The Grand Prize
An old-time radio performance about conscience, sweetness, and the courage to repair what we build.
Inspired in part by the research of Dr. Robert Lustig. @robertlustigmd.bsky.social
Listen → percival84.substack.com/p/charlie-an...
An old-time radio performance about conscience, sweetness, and the courage to repair what we build.
Inspired in part by the research of Dr. Robert Lustig. @robertlustigmd.bsky.social
Listen → percival84.substack.com/p/charlie-an...
Halloween night at the California Capitol.
A leader confronts what power costs, and what conscience requires.
The Golden State Avenger
Episode 15: The Gallery of Dignity
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A leader confronts what power costs, and what conscience requires.
The Golden State Avenger
Episode 15: The Gallery of Dignity
percival84.substack.com/p/the-galler...
The Gallery of Dignity
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 15
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November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Halloween night at the California Capitol.
A leader confronts what power costs, and what conscience requires.
The Golden State Avenger
Episode 15: The Gallery of Dignity
percival84.substack.com/p/the-galler...
A leader confronts what power costs, and what conscience requires.
The Golden State Avenger
Episode 15: The Gallery of Dignity
percival84.substack.com/p/the-galler...
New essay on Substack.
This essay extends my earlier reflections on humiliation, exile, and belonging—asking what happens when psychology turns social injury into a personality.
percival84.substack.com/p/stop-calling-trauma-borderline
#Trauma #Borderline #LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice
This essay extends my earlier reflections on humiliation, exile, and belonging—asking what happens when psychology turns social injury into a personality.
percival84.substack.com/p/stop-calling-trauma-borderline
#Trauma #Borderline #LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice
Stop Calling Trauma “Borderline”
A Call to Awareness and Restorative Action
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October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
New essay on Substack.
This essay extends my earlier reflections on humiliation, exile, and belonging—asking what happens when psychology turns social injury into a personality.
percival84.substack.com/p/stop-calling-trauma-borderline
#Trauma #Borderline #LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice
This essay extends my earlier reflections on humiliation, exile, and belonging—asking what happens when psychology turns social injury into a personality.
percival84.substack.com/p/stop-calling-trauma-borderline
#Trauma #Borderline #LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice
Between Bread and Stone — Episode 17: The Prayer at the Edge
A reflection on Luke 18 and the courage to pray honestly in an age of counterfeit holiness.
When Truth kneels, illusion falls.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-prayer...
#BetweenBreadandStone #GospelOfLuke #FaithAndPolitics #AllSaintsDay
A reflection on Luke 18 and the courage to pray honestly in an age of counterfeit holiness.
When Truth kneels, illusion falls.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-prayer...
#BetweenBreadandStone #GospelOfLuke #FaithAndPolitics #AllSaintsDay
The Prayer at the Edge
Between Bread and Stone — Episode 17
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October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Between Bread and Stone — Episode 17: The Prayer at the Edge
A reflection on Luke 18 and the courage to pray honestly in an age of counterfeit holiness.
When Truth kneels, illusion falls.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-prayer...
#BetweenBreadandStone #GospelOfLuke #FaithAndPolitics #AllSaintsDay
A reflection on Luke 18 and the courage to pray honestly in an age of counterfeit holiness.
When Truth kneels, illusion falls.
percival84.substack.com/p/the-prayer...
#BetweenBreadandStone #GospelOfLuke #FaithAndPolitics #AllSaintsDay
PUBLIC BULLETIN — MARKET STREET REPORT
Force met faith last night in San Francisco.
The Golden State Avenger deflected a high-pressure assault meant to break a peaceful march.
Instead, it forged solidarity.
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
Force met faith last night in San Francisco.
The Golden State Avenger deflected a high-pressure assault meant to break a peaceful march.
Instead, it forged solidarity.
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
PUBLIC BULLETIN — MARKET STREET REPORT
Force met faith last night in San Francisco.
The Golden State Avenger deflected a high-pressure assault meant to break a peaceful march.
Instead, it forged solidarity.
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
Force met faith last night in San Francisco.
The Golden State Avenger deflected a high-pressure assault meant to break a peaceful march.
Instead, it forged solidarity.
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
At dusk, the city stands together—order, not fury, holding the night.
The new episode of The Golden State Avenger is live:
percival84.substack.com/p/the-march-...
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The new episode of The Golden State Avenger is live:
percival84.substack.com/p/the-march-...
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The March of Memory
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 14
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October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
At dusk, the city stands together—order, not fury, holding the night.
The new episode of The Golden State Avenger is live:
percival84.substack.com/p/the-march-...
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The new episode of The Golden State Avenger is live:
percival84.substack.com/p/the-march-...
California stands strong.
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The widow in Luke 18 refused to disappear.
Her persistence wore down an unjust judge who cared for neither God nor people.
Faith isn’t silence. It’s the courage to keep speaking when silence feels safer.
#BetweenBreadandStone
Her persistence wore down an unjust judge who cared for neither God nor people.
Faith isn’t silence. It’s the courage to keep speaking when silence feels safer.
#BetweenBreadandStone
That She Might Not Wear Me Out
Between Bread and Stone — Episode 16
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October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The widow in Luke 18 refused to disappear.
Her persistence wore down an unjust judge who cared for neither God nor people.
Faith isn’t silence. It’s the courage to keep speaking when silence feels safer.
#BetweenBreadandStone
Her persistence wore down an unjust judge who cared for neither God nor people.
Faith isn’t silence. It’s the courage to keep speaking when silence feels safer.
#BetweenBreadandStone
In a rain-lit hall, a movement gathers again.
What begins in noise becomes rhythm.
Listen to The Golden State Avenger
Episode 13: The Mirrors of Memory
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Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
What begins in noise becomes rhythm.
Listen to The Golden State Avenger
Episode 13: The Mirrors of Memory
percival84.substack.com/p/the-mirror...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The Mirrors of Memory
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 13
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October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In a rain-lit hall, a movement gathers again.
What begins in noise becomes rhythm.
Listen to The Golden State Avenger
Episode 13: The Mirrors of Memory
percival84.substack.com/p/the-mirror...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
What begins in noise becomes rhythm.
Listen to The Golden State Avenger
Episode 13: The Mirrors of Memory
percival84.substack.com/p/the-mirror...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
New on Substack: What Happened to Sherry Pie?
A reflection on accountability, compassion, and the limits we’ve placed on love.
percival84.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-sherry-pie
#LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice #RuPaul #QueerCommunity
A reflection on accountability, compassion, and the limits we’ve placed on love.
percival84.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-sherry-pie
#LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice #RuPaul #QueerCommunity
What Happened to Sherry Pie?
An Open Letter to RuPaul
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October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
New on Substack: What Happened to Sherry Pie?
A reflection on accountability, compassion, and the limits we’ve placed on love.
percival84.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-sherry-pie
#LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice #RuPaul #QueerCommunity
A reflection on accountability, compassion, and the limits we’ve placed on love.
percival84.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-sherry-pie
#LGBTQ #RestorativeJustice #RuPaul #QueerCommunity
The newest chapter of The Golden State Avenger is live.
A quiet story of compassion and courage, where listening itself becomes resistance.
Episode 12 — “The Bench of Listening”
percival84.substack.com/p/the-bench-...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
A quiet story of compassion and courage, where listening itself becomes resistance.
Episode 12 — “The Bench of Listening”
percival84.substack.com/p/the-bench-...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
The Bench of Listening
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 12
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October 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The newest chapter of The Golden State Avenger is live.
A quiet story of compassion and courage, where listening itself becomes resistance.
Episode 12 — “The Bench of Listening”
percival84.substack.com/p/the-bench-...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
A quiet story of compassion and courage, where listening itself becomes resistance.
Episode 12 — “The Bench of Listening”
percival84.substack.com/p/the-bench-...
Where sanctuary is sacred, the line holds!
New: The Golden State Avenger — Episode 11: The Whisper Network.
San Francisco. A hall where memory and resolve meet. Fragile threads become bonds that endure.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-whispe...
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
San Francisco. A hall where memory and resolve meet. Fragile threads become bonds that endure.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-whispe...
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
The Whisper Network
The Golden State Avenger — Episode 11
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October 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New: The Golden State Avenger — Episode 11: The Whisper Network.
San Francisco. A hall where memory and resolve meet. Fragile threads become bonds that endure.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-whispe...
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
San Francisco. A hall where memory and resolve meet. Fragile threads become bonds that endure.
Listen here: percival84.substack.com/p/the-whispe...
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
Friday at 6pm: The Whisper Network.
In San Francisco, voices old and young gather to carry memory forward. A thread begins that will not fray.
Listen Friday at 6pm PT.
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
In San Francisco, voices old and young gather to carry memory forward. A thread begins that will not fray.
Listen Friday at 6pm PT.
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Friday at 6pm: The Whisper Network.
In San Francisco, voices old and young gather to carry memory forward. A thread begins that will not fray.
Listen Friday at 6pm PT.
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender
In San Francisco, voices old and young gather to carry memory forward. A thread begins that will not fray.
Listen Friday at 6pm PT.
#GoldenStateAvenger #CaliforniaValues #DemocracyDefender