The dust has not settled in New York. It shifted. On this episode, Peter Vazquez walks listeners through a post-election landscape where Monroe County’s old firewall collapsed, Greece and Perinton flipped, and City Hall doubles down on “progress.”   Callers light up the lines: Keith demanding Trump turn fully domestic and fix the kitchen table economy; John warning of nickel and dime governance; Lorraine pressing the information war the Right keeps losing; Charles pointing to turnout math and hard lessons ahead; Gary tracing thirty years of classroom conditioning and broken voter rolls.   Peter connects the dots: culture beats campaigns, schools precede city halls, and parties that ignore their own “Growth and Opportunity” playbook keep reliving the same losses. He uses National Men Make Dinner Day as a parable: lead at home first, model dignity, and rebuild the foundations of God, country, and family.   He contrasts poetic promises of “free” solutions with the prose of reality, crime, costs, and a city told “this democracy is yours,” though not for those who still believe virtue, work, and faith matter.   This is not despair. It is a summons. Turnout is a duty. Culture is the battleground. Leadership begins at the dinner table and radiates outward to precincts, school boards, and budgets. Truth has fallen in the streets; pick it up. Join The Next Steps Show and take your place in the rebuilding.

Election Day, 11/4/25. I sit with Monroe County GOP Vice Chair James VanBrederode to cut through the noise: victims sidelined, bad policy fueling poverty and crime, and media narratives smearing conservatives. We weigh Cuomo versus Mandami, when endorsements are strategy, SNAP with work as dignity, and rebuilding local leadership with candidates who serve. City races and courts matter; jurists of character and Marcus C. Williams offer real choices. Turnout lags, independents surge. Faith, family, freedom, duty. Vote by 9 P.M.

Henrietta stands at a turning point. Corey Brown, engineer and father, joins Peter Vazquez to confront failing leadership, rising assessments, and cultural decay with solutions, not slogans. He built schools that deliver 100% grade-level literacy and wants that same results-first mindset in town hall: real transparency through interactive budgets, resident alerts, and fast, bias-free permitting. Brown backs small business districts, early tax relief for startups, and fair, evenhanded code enforcement that targets blight, not homeowners.   He rejects Albany’s energy overreach, defends faith, family, and country, and defines diversity by merit and contribution. To restore roots, he proposes Victory Gardens, orchards, and food forests after Henrietta lost 250 acres of farmland, linking neighbors to land and lowering costs. He calls for Monroe County town cooperation, citizen participation, and a return to responsibility—where informed voters shape a free, orderly, and hopeful community.

America stands at a crossroads: liberty versus control, truth versus narrative. As federal distrust rises—nearly 70% of Americans say media bias threatens our representative republic—Peter Vazquez speaks with Joshua Philipp of The Epoch Times to expose foreign influence operations, media compliance, and the legal contours of the Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255), invoked only 30 times in U.S. history to restore order when states fail to act. Project 21’s Phil Bell follows, championing faith, family, free markets, and civic grit over dependency, reflecting the truth that only one in three Americans believe government makes life better. No excuses, no fear—build, serve, and guard the Constitution.

Peter Vazquez leads a powerful conversation on faith, freedom, and the duty to act when truth is under fire. From rising antisemitism and moral confusion abroad to voter apathy, fusion politics, and dependency at home, he exposes how comfort and compromise weaken conviction. Compassion without structure becomes cruelty, and faith without action becomes sentiment. The call is clear—restore moral courage, demand integrity, and defend liberty through informed leadership. Courage is the cure for confusion. Listen now on the Voice of Liberty.

America’s compassion has been replaced by control, trapping citizens in systems that measure dependency instead of progress. Rachel K. Barkley, political strategist and director of the Able Americans Program, shares how faith, work, and outcome-based reform can restore dignity and independence for people with disabilities while challenging policies that quietly destroy hope. Then A.K. Kamara, conservative commentator and entrepreneur, exposes media deception and the culture of victimhood, urging Americans to reclaim faith, family, and freedom through courage, accountability, and truth-driven leadership.

Peter Vazquez sits down with the Hon. Ed McGinnis, former U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and now CEO of Curio. With over three decades at the Department of Energy, McGinnis exposes how fear and politics buried America’s nuclear future. Curio’s breakthrough turns “waste” into 150 years of clean power, critical isotopes, and generational jobs, restoring U.S. energy leadership, cutting dependence on rivals, and reigniting the nation’s will to lead again.

A hard look at truth and speech. MRCTV’s Nick Kangadis, a self-described anti-communist, calls out the culture war, dependency sold as compassion, and the entitlement behind threats over SNAP. Attorney Michael B. Morris, Director of MRC Free Speech America, exposes Big Tech censorship, AI bias, and why Section 230 needs clarity. From Europe’s speech crackdowns to American courage, we urge listeners to think, speak, and stand.

Across borders and headlines, The Next Steps Show goes to work. Peter Vazquez speaks with NCRI’s Shaheen Gobadi on Iran’s execution surge, snapback sanctions, and a people-powered push for a secular, non-nuclear republic. Then strategist Christopher Arps cuts through soft-on-crime politics, defends citizen-only voting, and calls the U.S. military back to mission. Faith, liberty, accountability. No spin.

On this episode of The Next Steps Show, Peter Vazquez drives straight into truth and tension. From a historic conversation with both Monroe County Board of Elections commissioners—the first time they faced live public questions—to callers confronting voter integrity, Sharia law, housing instability, and Rochester’s school district failures, the hour exposes deep cracks in leadership and civic trust. Vazquez calls for faith, accountability, and informed voting to confront the Vanboolzalness Crisis with courage and conviction.

Guest host Fred “Striker” Selber fills in for Peter Vazquez on The Next Steps Show, cutting through the fog of the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis—where incompetence and ideology masquerade as progress. From Rochester’s payroll collapse to Charlie Kirk’s Medal of Freedom and the “No Kings” rallies, Striker exposes hypocrisy with a veteran’s grit and a truth-teller’s edge, keeping faith, family, and freedom at the center of America’s renewal.

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.   🎧 Listen now to The Next Steps Show: “The Great Unmasking.” 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.   🎙 Listen now to The Next Steps Show with Peter Vazquez. The Voice of Liberty. The sound of common sense. The cure older than the crisis.

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.