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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Witness Wednesday: The Lie That’s Killing a Generation

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! Suicide is rising. Purpose feels fragile. Three students—Fevin, Jacob, and Brennan—wrestle with identity, guilt, and what it means to be born again. These conversations press one urgent question: do you need better coping—or a Savior?



Segment 1 — Fevin



• A student who’s faced depression shares what helped her find stability.



• She connects suicide to identity, guilt, and isolation on campus.



• Todd presses deeper: is peace found in purpose…or in something greater?



Segment 2 — Jacob (Part 1)



• Jacob wears a cross and identifies as Christian, but struggles to articulate salvation and the gospel.



• Todd asks questions that expose what “belief” really means. • Jacob admits he isn’t certain he’s born again.



Segment 3 — Jacob (Part 2)



• Jacob wrestles with the weight of repentance and trust in Christ.



• Todd points to the heart of real faith — and what must change for it to be genuine.



• Jacob is left with a question only he can answer.



Segment 4 — Brennan



• A Catholic student confident in his faith—until the questions go deeper.



• Todd challenges his assumptions about guilt, grace, and the meaning of the cross.



• Brennan’s conversation ends with an invitation he can’t ignore.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:09.0

We've had 35 resurrections of the dead. The closer they are to freshly dead, the easier they are to resurrect.

0:14.8

So I see this giant angel and I asked him his name. It's a financial company, and I realize this angel is here for our finances.

0:21.6

And that's a true literal story, by the way.

0:23.1

These people are charlatans, and it's about time we draw a line in the sand and stop fraternizing

0:28.6

with the wolves. It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.

0:32.8

Hey, hey, it's Wednesday, you know, a witness Wednesday here on Ratchet Radio.

0:39.7

I'm Jimmy Hicks here in the studio.

0:41.7

The big guy, the freakishly told Todd Friel, is again out on campus at Kennesaw State University today,

0:49.0

wandering around.

0:49.9

I think he's been out there for about an hour or so now,

0:52.6

looking for students to talk to and share Christ with.

0:56.0

And one thing he's also been doing is trying to get some solid answers about the alarming rate, the increased rate of suicide among college-aged kids.

1:09.5

So let's check in with the team now.

1:10.9

I think they're ready to go.

1:12.0

Todd, you're on, man.

1:13.6

Let's go to Eritrea via Germany and, well, Kennesaw State University.

1:20.5

Your name is Feevan, and you're originally from.

1:22.9

Germany.

1:24.0

But your parents are from.

1:26.1

Eritrea.

1:29.3

Okay, there's a story here. And I'd like to do this interview in German, but I'm not sure you could keep up.

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