CHAIRMAN’S AWARD!
Received the “Chairman’s Award” at the Jackson County Commission today. Nice turnout, too, thanks so much! It’s kind of overwhelming having so many people say nice things about you. If you want to see the presentation, head here:
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Tuesday 12/16/25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Jeff Dornik, founder and CEO of Pickax, the groundbreaking social media platform built on two uncompromising principles: freedom of speech and freedom of reach.
Are Bots Boosting the Popularity of Kooks and Fueling Division in America?
New research reveals algorithms’ hidden political power
Look at the REAL source of Nick Fuentes’ sudden rise: foreign bots
Nick Fuentes turns out to matter a lot less than his promoters and detractors have been assuming: His rapid rise is built on foreign bots, not any genuine American fanbase.
The online-extremism-tracking National Contagion Research Institute’s bombshell report shows that the Holocaust-denying, self-proclaimed racist’s “surge into national visibility” was driven by engagement from accounts located outside the United States — mainly in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Strange places indeed to host hordes of “white nationalists”; in fact, all are known hotbeds for “low-cost engagement farms” — outfits whose bots feign online activity by real human people, boosting engagement stats for profit … or other ulterior motives.
BIO: Jeff Dornik, founder and CEO of Pickax, is the host of The Jeff Dornik Show, where he’s interviewed prominent voices like Senator Ron Johnson, Dr. Pierre Kory, Kash Patel, Gen. Michael Flynn, Lauren Boebert, Jason Miller and many more. He’s also co-hosting a bold new weekly show with Matt Couch called Unsanctioned.
An author and editor, Jeff published and co-authored Church & State: How the Left Used the Church to Conquer America and Social Injustice: Exposing the False Gospel of the Social Justice Movement. His forthcoming book, Following the Leader, is currently available for pre-order.
Jeff is a frequent speaker at national events, including the ReAwaken America Tour at Trump Doral, the Summit for Truth & Wellness, the Stand Against Marxism Conference, and the #WalkAway American Restoration Tour in Beverly Hills, where he served as emcee.
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7:10 Former State Senator Alan DeBoer discusses the Ashland Community Hospital closing and Controversy.
7:35 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger digs into the medical issues, too, and what is up with getting a new Jo Co Commissioner?
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Monday 12/15/25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation
Recently more than a dozen state financial officers sent a joint letter to America’s 500 largest corporations urging them to audit their healthcare spending.
READ MORE AT FOX NEWS: ‘Financial officers call on major corporations to review healthcare costs with transparency data‘
O.J. Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) is available to discuss this on your show.
In the letter, 16 state Treasurers/Auditors/Comptrollers formally called on every Fortune 500 company to use President Trump’s “radical price transparency” Executive Order to see how much they are overpaying and where savings could be found.
State financial officers are responsible for protecting public dollars, including pension funds for teachers, first responders, and other workers. When large companies overspend on excessive healthcare costs, shareholder value drops and Americans’ retirement security is put at risk. But when price-transparency rules let companies see and compare healthcare prices upfront, they can achieve major savings that ultimately benefit millions of Americans. This is the same group of leaders that was instrumental in pushing back on ESG on the grounds of fiduciary duty.
The full letter can be viewed here.
7:10 Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. known world-wide as America’s Psychiatrist and the Terrorist Therapist, is the host of Dr. Carole’s Couch on VoiceAmerica.com, and The Terrorist Therapist® Podcast. She is a forensic psychiatrist/expert witness, bestselling-award-winning author of 4 books – 2 on terrorism and 2 on relationships.
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WILL THE BONDI BEACH CHANUKAH TERROR ATTACK BE THE TIPPING POINT?
7:35 Katie Asher, Author of the Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, The Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith www.asher.house
Is the Soul More Than Biology? How One Mother and Her Neurologically Injured Son Are Challenging Modern Science
PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Katie Asher, author of The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith.
The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith is a memoir co-written by Katie Asher and her severely neurologically injured autistic son, Houston. What began as a family’s struggle with disability has become one of the most talked-about—and scientifically examined—cases at the intersection of neuroscience, consciousness, and faith.
The core of the book
The Book of Heaven is not a scientific paper—it’s a deeply human story about a boy whose neurological injury left him trapped in his own body, yet able to describe spiritual realities and scriptural truths he had never been exposed to.
The book blends rigorous scientific research, firsthand testimony, neurological and physiological analysis, and the spiritual insights Houston shared despite being unable to speak.
Readers in more than seven countries have written to say the book changed their lives.
Why the story is controversial—and important
The documentary team behind The Telepathy Tapes chose to avoid the spiritual dimension of Houston’s experiences. His mother wrote this book so the full story—the scientific and spiritual components—could finally be told without dilution.
Her claim is not merely that her son has unusual abilities, but that his case offers evidence of consciousness independent from motor function and aligns with key descriptions in Scripture.
This story sits at the crossroads of neuroscience, disability, faith, the mind–body problem, family endurance, and the limits of what we believe is possible.
It’s rare for a memoir to generate this level of scientific attention — and rarer still for scientists of this caliber to engage with a single case across multiple studies, podcasts, and documentaries.
The audiobook releases this December, and the documentary will debut this spring.
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8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers
Daniel Henderson: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Sculpturer
By Dennis Powers
Dan Henderson’s father, an artist and award-winning creative director, influenced him with an early interest in form, design, and background, leading to being a technologist and later focusing on sculpture. He grew up wood working, painting signs, sketching, and restoring cars. To keep his young son from sneaking out at night, his dad had the young Henderson put together a 1949 Ford; “Unfortunately, the car that I bought had no wheels, tires, or running engine,” he said later.
After attending Medford schools and service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Henderson earned two degrees from Southern Oregon University, including a Bachelor of Science degree in Business in 1984. As a SOU intern for IBM’s Medford office, he began selling typewriters and word processors. That opportunity gave him a “real job” in Texas, where he learned to sell the company’s entire line of products. “It occurred to me during that time, he said, “that I had a desire to be creative.”
This led to being assistant to Kazuo Hashimoto, the inventor of Caller ID and the modern answering machine, and also working with Jack Kilby, inventor of the computer chip and Nobel Laureate for this discovery. Dan waited on tables at IHOP while getting the support he needed to start his own business to springboard Direct-Connect, an automatic phone dial system; this included pitches to American Airlines, among other large companies. “I wanted to either do it or die,” he said later.
Setting up his own technology companies centering on communications, he has now over 30 patents, including Direct-Connect, as well as wireless picture and video messaging for which he is best known. This now is used in every cell phone in the world and licensed to over 170 of the largest companies. His patents have been cumulatively cited in other patents over 1000 times. His prototypes for wireless picture and video messaging are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History collection. Dan received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2011 and was featured as a mobile technology innovator in a 2012 Super Bowl commercial for Best Buy.
Henderson does not stress, however, his extensive knowledge of technology through his sculptures. Although his works are often exhibited with other digital artists on technological implications, his fabrication techniques spring him into another category of “digital artists.” (These artists use CAD, or computer aided design, technologies with traditional stone carving techniques). Dan has had many public exhibitions of his large scale stone sculpture in the United Kingdom, China, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and at SOU’s Schneider Museum of Art.
Named “Outstanding Alumnus” by SOU in 1999 and a commencement speaker in 2003, he served on the SOU Foundation Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2014 (and an emeritus member since 2018). He is involved in numerous philanthropic efforts, including The Tech Museum of Innovation, The Cliburn Foundation, and other institutions. He also serves on the Board of Overseers, the Dorman Honors College Board and other boards at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Currently, he is focusing on innovation, creativity and diversity in STEM education, including potentially with the SOU bi-organic chemistry faculty.
Recently, Henderson was elected to the 2022 class of fellows in the National Academy of Inventors. Election as a fellow in the National Academy is the highest professional distinction for academic inventors. This class was honored and presented their medals at the 12th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors in Washington, D.C. He continues with speaking engagements and his sculpting, including full-life, Grecian-looking reliefs.
To say that Daniel Henderson stands out is not sufficient. As a Southern Oregonian and contributor on many stages, one shakes their head.
Sources: SOU News, December 2022, “SOU alumnus and Foundation Board member inducted into inventors’ academy,” at SOU Release; New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT): Daniel Henderson at Technological Innovations; Daniel A. Henderson website at Background; Kevin Opsahl, “Local inventor joins ‘luminaries’,” Mail Tribune, January 3, 2023.
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