Brandon M. Showalter is a journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post who has reported extensively on topics of theological interest in the Church; bioethics issues such as euthanasia, assisted suicide, artificial reproductive technology, and surrogacy; and the developments of the "gender identity" movement and transgender ideology.
He was first inspired to pursue into a career in writing and journalism while mopping floors and scrubbing toilets as a church custodian in April 2015.
He earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia in 2007, a Master of Arts in human rights from The Catholic University of America in 2022, and is a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law. He is also a graduate (class of 2015) of a three-year, non-degree program at Bethel School of Ministry in Redding, California.
His favorite thing to do in life is to sing.
When I asked her about the cross-partisan dynamics among the struggling parents in an online support group she's a part of, she told me: “Nobody cares about politics anymore, Brandon. We just want to save our kids.”
Rarely do I read legal opinions that put a smile on my face.
The elite chattering class, which sadly includes much of the Christian intelligentsia in academia, seems to either ignore these issues or dismiss them as unimportant and it has left me and countless families I know stunned and bewildered.
When The Christian Post leadership asked me to co-produce a documentary podcast about gender ideology in the fall of 2022, I had no idea what it would yield.
In the fall of 2019, The Christian Post published an in-depth article series called “Leaving Christianity” and it was, in my view, some of the most illuminating and sobering reporting we’ve ever done.
Then, as now, speaking uncomfortable truths and putting one’s life and livelihood at risk is never pleasant.
The Supreme Court taking up L.W. v. Skrmetti is an important step in the long-awaited reckoning over what many, myself included, believe is some of the most atrocious child abuse and monstrous medical scandals in history.
Ten years ago, I was a skinny bag of bones. At age 29, I was 6 feet, 7 inches tall and I weighed 175 pounds.
All of this was done without Hudacko’s permission and he didn't even learn about it until a bill for the surgery totaling nearly $210,000 suddenly appeared on his insurance statement.
The woman who journalistically captured a burgeoning epidemic of self-harm among teen girls suddenly identifying as transgender has confronted yet another colossal behemoth: the mental health industry.
