Are You Falling for the "Great Society" Trap?

Everyday Homesteading

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🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How do we preserve family, community, and truth in a culture that seems to be moving faster and faster away from them? In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, I sat down with my friend Rory Groves for a thoughtful conversation about modern culture, technology, family economy, and what many families are sensing right now: that something important has been lost. Using the republished book Henry and the Great Society as a starting point, we talked about how modernization changed family life, c...

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0:00.0	Hey you guys, this is Carolyn from Homesteading Family. Did you know that every single month
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0:51.9	magazine. And families live in this day and age and still preserve the values and preserve, you know,
0:59.9	our liberties and the truth as we move into kind of these uncharted times.
1:03.6	But then also, how did we get away from a way of life that we feel is the life that God
1:10.4	wants us to live? But we just can't seem to get there.
1:14.3	You know, there just seems to be so many roadblocks in the way.
1:16.7	Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency without burning out.
1:22.9	I'm Josh.
1:23.7	And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family.
1:25.8	And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving
1:31.8	your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine and anything homesteading in between.
1:37.9	Let's jump in.
1:39.3	Today we're going to be talking to my friend, Rory Groves, and we're going to be talking about our culture,
1:47.2	why we're losing it, why it matters,
1:49.7	and what families can do about it today.
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