Launching her podcast “Truth on Fire,” Reese Jensen, 11, took to the internet to use a platform to speak her opinions about current issues and events. Jensen’s “Truth on Fire” podcast is posted to YouTube, showing Jensen discussing her values and political beliefs. The death of political commentator Charlie Kirk; was Jensen’s motivation to create the podcast. “Free speech is a big thing in America and when people express that, most people get mad. Murdering people is never okay, and something needs to change. Nobody was going to do anything, so I figured I’d do something,” Jensen said. Working with a team of producers from Motion Mix Media, where Jensen’s dad works, helps her with the technical side of podcasting. Jensen plans to release new episodes monthly discussing topics she feels are important. “I think the debate on abortion and immigration are probably the biggest thing in America that causes so much

conflict, so it’s important to hear everybody’s opinions on it. I’m going to try to approach everything as a whole, touch on why that relates to conservatism and how it relates to religion,” Jensen said. Jensen conducts research and writes her own scripts. “I use articles and news broadcasts because I don’t really like just looking stuff up on Google or ChatGPT and finding an answer there because that’s opinion based. So if you find liberal news articles and conservative news articles, get your information from

there, put it all together, then it gets everything in general instead of opinions,” Jensen said. Troll accounts and comments have appeared below Jensen’s YouTube and TikTok videos, criticizing her and her content. “I don’t care, because I know that people are going to have different opinions. I mean, the country is really split, so it’s just like, “Oh, you’re a liberal. You don’t like my conservative podcast. I don’t care,” Jensen said. Jensen is continuing creating episodes of her podcast and wants to have open discussions on controversial topics, as well as welcome guests with differing opinions. “At the end of the day, it’s so people can understand their own opinions. I’m trying to define what it is like as a 16-year-old girl in America right now and trying to help other people around the same age understand too,” Jensen said.