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In this episode, Conner and guest Josh Miller discuss various current events, including the reflecting pool drama, Air Force One, and the trend of 'maxxing'.

In this week's Brief: Welcome to our brand new studio! Conner is joined by Josh Miller, CEO of Denison Ministries, to tackle the reflecting pool drama in DC, the controversial new Air Force One, and how both expensive "birthday gifts" for America's 250th point us back to the one gift that truly came with no strings attached: the gospel. Then we dive into the bizarre trend of "maxxing"—the obsession with optimizing every aspect of life to the extreme. We focus on “looksmaxxing” and Clavicular, a social media star serving as the movement’s primary ambassador. Josh breaks down what it all reveals about control, self-worth, and why identity rooted in anything other than Christ will never be enough. Plus, UK PM Keir Starmer resigns, Toy Story 5 is a hit, Giannis traded to the Heat, Wyndham Clark wins the US Open amid booing, World Cup updates, and a fun Declaration of Independence signer or company name game for America 250. No episode next week—Happy Fourth of July! Topics (0:00) Introduction (0:16) New studio tour (2:05) Reflecting Pool drama (8:12) Air Force One upgrade (16:06) Josh turns 40 (30:34) “Maxxing” trend warnings (33:07) America 250 name game (35:47) UK leadership…

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