Next Steps Show

The studio felt different the moment the microphones warmed. Two election commissioners - one Democrat, one Republican - took their seats side by side, not behind podiums but at the same table. No theatrics, no hedging, just a simple promise: let us show you how the people’s will is counted.
What followed was not a debate. It was a walk-through of the machinery of a republic. They described inspectors who train for hours, machines that are tested before the polls open and audited when the last ballot is sealed, and the quiet grind of list maintenance that no one sees but everyone depends on. They admitted limits, named laws, and opened the door—literally—to a new public viewing area at 435 Smith Street, where anyone can watch the work. It was the opposite of a headline; it was the sound of adults taking responsibility.
Then the phone lines lit up. A volunteer from New York Citizens Audit called with hard claims and harder questions. Another caller pressed on duplicates, on eligibility, on whether the system honors the voter or hides the truth. The air tightened. The commissioners did not flinch. “Bring the records,” they said. “Sit down with us. If there is a problem, we will fix what the law allows.” That is not a slogan; it is how a self-governing people speak to one another when they still believe in the same flag.
There was scripture too—Proverbs 11:3—about integrity guiding the upright. Not a prop, but a reminder. Elections are not only about arithmetic. They are about conscience, duty, and the ancient idea that free citizens choose their leaders in the daylight. You heard the numbers—502,242 registered voters, 215 polling sites, 3,542 trained poll workers—and you heard the invitation: come see for yourself. The truth does not fear an open door.
By the end, something had shifted. Suspicion gave way to scrutiny, and scrutiny matured into stewardship. Listeners did not get told to “trust the system.” They were asked to test it, join it, and improve it. Early voting begins Saturday, October 25. The ballot is waiting, the process is visible, and your voice is still heavy enough to move the country an inch in the right direction.
 
Listen to this episode if you are tired of slogans and ready for substance—if you want to hear accountability without theatrics, and courage without contempt. Then bring a friend to the polls. Liberty requires an audience, but it is built by participants.

Three men. One debate. A city standing at the edge.
Mamdani sells utopia with someone else’s money. Cuomo asks for trust he already spent. Sliwa fights to remind us that freedom demands discipline.
New York’s cost of living is 68% higher than the national average. One in four residents gives half their paycheck to rent. And while politicians play hero, families are running out of time, patience, and faith.
This is more than politics—it is the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis in action. Feelings over facts. Identity over integrity. The slow unmaking of a city that once knew who it was.
That is why The Next Steps Show exists:
To pierce propaganda with reason.
To replace outrage with understanding.
To call our city—and our nation—back to first principles.
 
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Because truth still matters. And courage still counts.

Look to your left. Look to your right. What do you see? A nation confused, distracted, and divided—where crime is coddled as compassion, virtue is mocked as vice, and truth has become theater. Yet in the noise, a few voices still rise above the chaos.
Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz joins host Peter Vazquez on the Voice of Liberty: Next Steps Show to pull back the curtain on America’s managed decline—and to talk about what happens when faith, family, and freedom are no longer negotiable.
From the streets of California to the neighborhoods of New York, Peter and Craig cut through the political fog with numbers that matter and principles that endure. When others offer narratives, they measure results. When others cry “racism,” they point to responsibility. And when the so-called experts rewrite failure as progress, they call it what it is—the Vanboolzalness Crisis.
“The group that was supposed to judge me by the content of my character judged me by the color of my skin.” – Craig DeLuz
This episode is not polite dinner conversation—it is a challenge. It confronts the lies that fuel lawlessness, the moral cowardice of leadership, and the illusion of progress sold to a weary public. From President Trump’s decisive restoration of order in D.C. to the war of ideas shaping New York’s future, every topic hits where it hurts: in the heart of America’s conscience.
And just when the dust settles, Stefan Padfield of the Free Enterprise Project joins to call for something radical: unity built not on illusion, but on truth. Focused fighting, not blind compromise. Courageous dialogue, not utopian fantasy.
This is not another political show. This is a call to reclaim sanity. To tell the truth with courage. To punish evil, reward work, and put government back under the rule of law.
America is not collapsing by accident. It is being managed into mediocrity—and it will only be redeemed by those bold enough to stand.
 
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Mira, listen. This was a real job interview for your streets, taxes, and safety, where Monroe County's median property tax hit $3,805 last year, one of the highest in NY. Choose leadership that delivers a 90-day public dashboard, competitive bids, fair assessments, and data-driven policing with civil liberties intact, because Irondequoit's overall crime rate is already 25% below the national average, and we can build on that. Early voting is open. Choose the adult who shows the work and guards your freedom. “One of the first things I want to do is get a body cam and put it on myself and wear it all day long… and I will provide full transparency.” - Anthony Costanza
Integrity must live in daylight. Demand a Supervisor who publishes the numbers, caps levy growth at inflation, like the county did by holding it flat in 2024 for the first time in two decades, speeds permits, broadens the tax base, and respects Class I wetlands while hiring by merit.
Early voting is open. Vote for results you can verify, no more assessment fights like the 2023 mess where one homeowner's value jumped $110,000, sparking cries for audits. “If you have to resort to fear and lies to win an election, then you should never ever be near the source of power.” - Andre Evans
Safety and freedom are not opposites. Irondequoit needs data-first policing, honest assessments, and transparent budgets you can see without a lawyer. Early voting is open. Pick leadership that shows its math and serves the people, not politics, as one local put it on X: "Democrat ruling party is what happened in Western NY... Tax assessments falsely elevated for money grab too."

The moment demanded backbone, and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Anthony Costanza brought it. An immigrant son who wore the uniform, led in Special Operations, earned a TS/SCI, chose custody of his child over another promotion, and now walks the legal K-1 visa path with his fiancée because law and order are not suggestions. That is the standard.
The record, clean and cold: no grand-jury indictment. A former DA filed a prosecutor’s information. The grand jury did not indict. His counsel issued a cease-and-desist. A motion to dismiss was filed on July 29. Words matter because lies travel on headlines and ruin men by design.
He put the assessor’s office under the same light he puts on himself. Independent third-party appraisals for his own property to remove discretion. Later appraisals showed it was overvalued by about $30,000. In six weeks he delivered a 30-page report showing how lower and middle-income families were overassessed while high-end properties slid. Then he cut the department budget by 11%. Stewardship is not a slogan. It is work.
He pledged a 10% pay cut as supervisor because reform starts at the top. He demanded FOIL responses instead of stonewalling. On safety, he refused theatrics: listen to subject-matter experts, enforce the law equally, and keep families safe. On governance, he rejected the whisper network that strangles small business and tells citizens to wait their turn while permits gather dust.
Irondequoit is diverse, heavily taxed, and tired of curated outrage. Costanza is on the doors in 14609 and across the town because trust is earned face to face, not in press releases. Debate challenges are open. Adults face questions. Keyboard warriors do not run communities.
One line from the show said the quiet part out loud: “Nowadays, exposing evil is considered more evil than those who actually do evil.” If that unsettles you, good. Conscience confirmed.
Listen. Share. Then demand what you would teach your own children: truth before comfort, service before self, and equal justice without exceptions. That is how a town regains its integrity. That is how a nation remembers who it is.

New York is not suffering from a lack of programs. It is suffering from a lack of courage. Today’s episode walks straight into the storm: Columbus Day revisionism, media gaslighting, Middle East reality, New York’s policy theater, and the quiet crisis on our streets.
We open with first principles. History is not a prop, and faith is not a punchline. While the professional outrage machine demands we “unlearn” the West, we remember that civilizations are judged by what they build and what they defend. The U.S. Navy’s birthday is a reminder that strength preserves peace, not hashtags.
Our featured guest, Craig Bannister, Managing Editor at CNSNews (Media Research Center), steps into the watchtower with receipts. He explains how bias works now—not only by twisting stories, but by burying them entirely. When threats against conservatives are ignored and violent plots receive a media yawn, it is not an accident. It is an algorithm. It is power protecting itself. Craig’s bottom line is simple: document, count, expose.
We contrast selective “peace” narratives with hard facts. Remember the Nobel talk while bombs fell and the press nodded along? Compare that to policies that actually deter bad actors and free hostages—then watch the same press refuse to give credit. Results matter more than vibes, and grown adults know the difference.
Closer to home, we call out Albany’s magic tricks. Executive orders that never end. Unemployment hikes that pay people to stay sidelined. Program after program while the homeless count hits decade highs and families live on the margins. If you keep people dependent, you keep them quiet. That is not compassion. That is control.
Culture gets the same treatment. From campus slogans to halftime marketing stunts, the message is clear: sit down, swallow the narrative, and learn the new language of compliance. No, thank you. Free citizens do not outsource truth to influencers or bureaucrats.
Quote of the day: “When truth becomes a threat, lies become laws.”That is the line in the sand.
This episode is not for people who want to be managed. It is for people who want to be free—people who can hold faith, politics, and enterprise in balance, and who still believe parents should raise children, men and women are real, borders mean something, and media should tell the truth even when it hurts their team.
Listen in. Bring your spine. Then take your next step.

Under the hot lights in Butler, Pennsylvania, a man stood where most would have ducked. The shots came. Panic surged. Matt Coday, President and Founder of the Oil & Gas Workers Association, did what real men do — he moved toward the danger. Not because it was easy, but because political violence has no place in a civilized nation. “We are at war for the soul of this nation,” he told us, and every word carried the weight of truth.
This episode of The Next Steps Show is not a chat — it is a confrontation with reality. It is about work that restores dignity, energy that fuels freedom, and a people who refuse to be ruled by fear or fooled by the manufactured chaos of modern politics. While bureaucrats sell fantasy and call it progress, Americans are staring at power bills that rival car payments and politicians who talk “equity” while destroying opportunity.
Matt Coday reminded us that energy security is national security — that real jobs, in real industries, build the foundation for strong families and sovereign communities. We pulled no punches on lawfare, propaganda, and the rot of hypocrisy coming from those who weaponize justice to protect their own power.
And yes — we called out the heart of it: the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis. That engineered confusion, that spiritual and cultural sickness, keeping Americans trapped in a fog of deceit while elites preach compassion and deliver control. It is not just politics. It is the battle for truth itself.
This episode is not for the faint of heart. It is for those who still believe in God, family, and country — who know that silence is complicity and comfort is the enemy of freedom.
Listen. Feel it. Decide what side you are on. Because if you are tired of being managed, taxed, silenced, and shamed, then it is time to stand. Take the next step with us — and fight back against the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis.

When the Keys Changed Hands
The morning began with a handoff—Peter on assignment, and Dom Genova sliding into the driver’s seat of The Next Steps Show. The familiar hum of WYSL carried something different that day: not just talk, but the kind of conversation that reminds you what America used to sound like—real, direct, and grounded in gratitude.
First up, broadcasting icon Don Alhart, a man whose calm voice has carried Rochester through decades of triumph and tragedy. Don spoke about service and discipline—how a few years in the Army Reserve shaped a lifetime of purpose. He talked about that fifth-grade classroom where a teacher built a fake radio booth and unknowingly built a broadcaster. It was a reminder that greatness rarely starts on a stage. It starts in small rooms where kids are taught that hard work and creativity still matter.
Then came Gene Cornish, Rochester’s own Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. From It’s a Beautiful Morning to the halls of Shea Stadium, Gene’s story was pure Americana. A local boy who stood shoulder to shoulder with the Beatles, who went from playing school dances to shaping a generation’s sound. Yet what stuck wasn’t fame—it was loyalty. A man who still calls old friends, still loves his city, still lights up when talking about his father and the taste of a hometown burger. That is the kind of success worth celebrating—the kind that remembers where it came from.
But the tone shifted fast. A clip rolled from Sheriff Grady Judd, the straight-talking lawman from Polk County, Florida. His voice cut through the static like a warning flare: “When you have a breakdown of the rule of law, that’s a slippery slope.” He was talking about Chicago cops ordered not to help their own. Unthinkable once—routine now. Former Monroe County Police Chiefs Association president Jim VanBrederode joined in, frustrated and blunt: politics has no business in patrol cars. Law enforcement is family. You never let family fall. It was a gut check for every listener who’s watched the headlines and wondered how far we’ve fallen.
The show lightened, but never lost its edge. Talk turned to car buying, fine print, and truth in advertising. Dom’s new book—Don’t Be Taken for a Ride—is not just about dealerships; it’s about life. Read the small print. Question what you’re told. Demand honesty. America could use more of that these days.
There were laughs too—“Raccoon Man” tales, ketchup debates, and gentle ribbing between old friends. But even the humor felt like home. The kind of laughter you hear in garages, diners, and back porches—where people still believe in work, faith, and country.
By the end, the mics faded but the message stuck. Veterans, musicians, sheriffs, mechanics—it did not matter who took the mic. They all spoke the same truth: character counts, freedom demands backbone, and America works best when ordinary men refuse to bow to nonsense.
Peter may have handed off the keys, but the engine never stopped running. This was radio the way it was meant to be—honest, human, and wide awake.

Under the glow of the “Curves Day” headlines, the show opened with a different curve: a question. Where did America’s courage go, and who taught us to fear our own voice?
The phones flared first. Dan wondered aloud if we were all just pieces on someone else’s board. Stan came in hot, straight talk and common sense, reminding us that character does not have a skin tone. Keith traced the rot back to classrooms and cowards who let propaganda pass for education. Each caller added a brushstroke to a larger picture: a nation nudged into silence, taught to shout down ideas, and told to treat disagreement as violence. It had a name, and it rang through the hour—the Van-bōōl-zal-ness Crisis.
We looked homeward. In a city that pays school boards like champions and graduates children like afterthoughts, free speech grades are failing and moral courage is graded on a curve. We looked outward. October 7 deserved our memory long after the hashtags died. We looked upward. Faith, family, and honest work are still the anchors when every current pulls against them.
Midstream, a new voice joined the story. Stefan Padfield did not come to posture. He came with receipts. He described a world where corporate giants chase applause from activist scorekeepers, then hide behind procedural riddles when asked for proof that any of it serves customers, shareholders, or country. In his telling, the boardroom was not a mystery; it was a mirror. When profits kneel to politics, families pay the tithe.
The numbers were not abstractions. Students self-censor. Crowds cheer the shout-down. Too many nod when someone calls speech “harm” and violence “answer.” That is not education. That is training wheels for tyranny.
Through it all, one line, sharp as a bell, cut the noise: “The white liberal is more deceitful, more hypocritical than the conservative.” It was not comfort food. It was a test. Who is using you, and who is telling you the truth?
By the time the music faded, the path was plain. Parents who teach grit. Entrepreneurs who build. Churches that preach truth instead of trend. Voters who start local before they talk national. New York politicians can mail “inflation checks” and call it relief. We will call it what it is. The best social program remains a job. The best defense of liberty remains you.
This episode is not a rant. It is a reckoning. Listen, share, and then take your next step—in your home, your school board, your church, your business. Dialogue. Discernment. Media. One brave voice at a time is how a free people win.

Faith. Family. Freedom. Purpose.
Mira la izquierda, mira la derecha—what do you see? A nation rich in programs and poor in purpose, told to trade fathers for agencies and dignity for red tape. Newsflash: purpose is not a government program.
We confront the quiet cruelty hiding in plain sight: a disability system that warehouses people, a culture that sidelines fatherhood, and a political class that talks race while ducking responsibility. A seven-year-old amputee left on a curb. Veterans and service dogs treated like inconveniences. A $2,000 Medicaid asset cap frozen since 1987 that traps families in dependency. That is not compassion. That is control.
Chairman David Ridenour of the National Center for Public Policy Research lays out how to fix disability policy with outcomes over enrollment and work that restores dignity instead of punishing independence. Terris E. Todd of Project 21 takes aim at cultural decay, the assault on fatherhood, and the lie that government programs can replace a father’s presence or a homeowner’s pride.
We choose entrepreneurship over bureaucracy. We restore fathers to the head of the table. We turn $200 billion in disability-community buying power into opportunity, not pity. And yes, we pray—because unity without truth is just noise.
“We warehouse people in our disability system and we need to change that.”     — David Ridenour, National Center for Public Policy Research, October 7, 2025
“Fathers being there makes all the difference.”     — Terris E. Todd, Project 21, October 7, 2025
Be a leader. Be a voice for liberty. And for heaven’s sake—stop letting the same people who broke the system tell you they can fix it.

It started with a diary and a blue butterfly, proof of horrors the powerful swore did not exist. Author Sarah McCarthy exposes the Epstein network not as scandal but as system: intelligence ties, blackmail, and experiments on the innocent, all hidden behind polished lies. Then Dr. Mark Mostert of Able Americans tears into Uber and a culture that tramples the disabled, reminding us that justice is not a slogan, it is a duty. From exploitation to indifference, the thread is the same: power without conscience. On The Next Steps Show, we rip the curtain back. Truth still matters, and it demands we act.

America’s classrooms have been hijacked.
Despite record spending, literacy and math scores are collapsing while unions pour millions into politics instead of children.
In this episode, Project 21 Ambassador Dr. Linda Lee Tarver and Project 21 Ambassador and veteran educator Priscilla Rahn expose how education has become a weapon of control rather than a tool of freedom. Peter Vazquez dissects the Vanboolzalness Crisis—where faith, family, and truth are replaced by dependence, deception, and decay.

Evil does not respect sanctuaries, and pretending it does is a dangerous lie.
The Church has always been a light in the darkness—but today, that light is under siege from violence, apathy, and cultural decay.
With Mike Harville, security director and faith-based defender, we confront the reality of rising attacks on America’s churches and the silence that allows them to continue. Faith is not fear—it is courage in motion. It is the strength to stand watch, to defend the innocent, and to steward what God has placed in our care.
Being ready, willing, and able is not just a security principle; it is biblical stewardship in action. When shepherds grow silent, the wolves move closer. It is time for believers to wake up, stand firm, and protect God’s house.
 
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In Monroe County’s largest town, trust has been eroded by politics, corruption, and silence—symptoms of the growing Van-bōōl-zal-ness Crisis, where truth is buried under image and comfort replaces conviction.
On this episode of The Next Steps Show, Greece Councilman and former Holly Police Chief Bill Murphy steps forward with courage  and clarity. We tackle false allegations, expose political decay, and confront issues that matter—public safety, veterans’ neglect, reckless housing policies, and the death of transparency in local government.
This is leadership in  the crosshairs: faith-driven, accountable, and unafraid to stand against a culture that rewards deception. Murphy reminds us that real leadership is not about titles—it is about integrity when truth is on the line.

The Next Steps Show rips the mask off a government that has stopped serving the people and started preying on them.
Whistleblower and airline captain James Lenore joins Peter Vazquez to expose massive USDA fraud, extortion rackets, and lawfare tactics used to silence citizens who dare to question corruption. What he uncovered is not a single case of misconduct; it is a symptom of systemic rot spreading through every layer of federal bureaucracy.
This conversation dives into how taxpayer dollars are weaponized, how political elites protect the guilty, and how the same failures threatening our farms are threatening our national security and our freedom. Lenore’s story proves what every honest American feels in their gut: the real danger is not foreign enemies; it is the corruption inside our own walls.
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Because the fight for truth does not begin in Washington—it begins with you.

Rot in the walls or leadership in the fire? On The Next Steps Show, Lieutenant Colonel Andraé Evans - current Irondequoit Town Supervisor and candidate for re-election - faces controversy head-on. No charges. No indictments. No retreat. We dig into truth, service, and integrity under fire. From faith to fiscal discipline, this episode is leadership without apology. Listen and decide who’s really serving the people.
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Iran's Fight for Freedom: A Hard-Hitting Conversation with Ali Safavi
Tune in to the latest episode of The Next Step Show on the Voice of Liberty for an explosive discussion with Ali Safavi, a leading voice in Iran's opposition in exile and member of the NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee. This isn’t just talk—it’s a wake-up call about a regime fueling global terrorism, crushing its people, and destabilizing the world from the Middle East to America’s backyard.
Why You Need to Listen:
Unmasking Iran’s Regime: Safavi exposes the brutal reality of a government executing 90 people in a single month-three per day-while masquerading as "moderate."
A Cry for Freedom: Hear how Iran’s people are ready to rise, with resistance units defying the IRGC despite deadly crackdowns, and why change must come from within.
Global Threat: From Venezuela to Cuba, Iran’s regime is exporting chaos, propping up dictators, and threatening U.S. security. Safavi reveals the chilling connections.
A Vision for a Free Iran: The NCRI’s plan for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear Iran, with free elections and equality for all—Kurds, Arabs, Persians, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and more.
No Kinetic Fix: Why airstrikes won’t topple this regime, and what Western governments must do to support Iran’s people without firing a shot.
Key Moment: Safavi shares the personal tragedy of his brother’s execution by the regime, fueling his 40+ year fight for freedom. Tens of thousands rallied in Brussels on September 6th, joined by global heavyweights like Mike Pence and John Bercow, demanding action against Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Join the Fight for Truth: This episode is a rallying cry for liberty, exposing a regime’s corruption and incompetence while amplifying the Iranian people’s resolve. Don’t miss this hard-hitting conversation that cuts through the noise.
Listen Now: Available on all major podcast platforms. Visit iran-ncr.org for more on the NCRI’s mission.
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On this hard-hitting episode of The Next Steps Show, Peter Vazquez exposes forgotten lessons of World War II, the collapse of civic balance in Monroe County, a failing justice system releasing abusers, and the progressive assault on faith, family, and freedom. From the USS Missouri to Rochester’s courtrooms, the call is clear: America needs courage, accountability, and God-centered unity.