Think First with Jim Detjen

Jim Detjen | Gaslight 360
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Think First is a short-form podcast that makes you pause — before you scroll, share, or believe the headline. Hosted by Jim Detjen, a guy who’s been gaslit enough to start a podcast about it, Think First dives into modern narratives, media manipulation, and cultural BS — all through the lens of gaslighting and poetic truth. Some episodes are two minutes. Some are an hour. It depends on the story — and the energy drink situation. No rants. No lectures. Just sharp questions, quick insights, and the occasional laugh to keep things sane. Whether you’re dodging spin in the news, politics, or that “trust me, bro” post in your feed… take a breath. Think first. Visit Gaslight360.com/clarity to sharpen your BS filter and explore the 6-step clarity framework. 🚨Distorted is now available on Ingram, Amazon, Independent Book Stores, Apple Books, Harvard Book Store & COOP, and Barnes & Noble.

Episodes

  1. 🚨 Distorted Is Now in the World · What’s Inside the 346 Pages

    1D AGO

    🚨 Distorted Is Now in the World · What’s Inside the 346 Pages

    Distorted is officially out — and this episode is your map to what’s inside. In this launch edition of Think First, I walk through the structure of the book, what you’ll find across its five parts, and why it was built the way it was. From gaslighting and institutional process to artificial intelligence, identity, media, medicine, education, and the “fringe” moments when official narratives collide with lived experience — this book is about how distortion operates quietly, and how to resist it. We’ll explore the chapters readers keep circling, why early reviews mention picking up something new on nearly every page, and how the book arms you with practical tools to see clearly in a culture of manufactured doubt. The paperback is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, Harvard Book Store, and The COOP locations in Cambridge serving both Harvard and MIT. A special hardcover edition is available through Barnes & Noble. Digital editions are available everywhere ebooks are sold, and the Audible version is currently being recorded. If you read it and it resonates, leaving a review wherever you purchased it genuinely helps — the algorithms listen, even when people don’t. Distorted isn’t a call to outrage. It’s a discipline. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    8 min

  2. 2D AGO

    #97 Palantir 'Hacked' by AI? Eight Days Later, Still Zero Receipts – Run the Clarity Framework

    In this episode of Think First, we slow down Kim Dotcom's viral February 15 claim that Palantir was hacked by an AI agent, revealing mass surveillance of Trump, Vance, and Musk; blackmail archives; CIA backdoors; nuclear/bio-weapons for Ukraine; and AI targeting in Gaza. Nine million views later — and eight full days on — zero data, logs, screenshots, or independent verification have surfaced. We examine why this story feels so satisfying (poetic truth from Distorted Chapter 3), the gaslighting choreography behind it (Chapter 2), and how to cut through the fog using the Clarity Framework at gaslight360.com/clarity. Stages 1, 2, 5, and 6 expose the narrative's loud silence on receipts. If you're tired of stories that feel right but lack proof, this is your pause button. Demand the data. Hold the narrative shares. Practice discernment over outrage. Subscribe for weekly breakdowns of the stories that move fast and question slowly. Share if it made you think twice. Links: gaslight360.com/clarity (free Clarity Framework)Distorted book: https://a.co/d/0hoXusVF#ThinkFirst #Gaslighting #PoeticTruth #ClarityFramework #Palantir #CriticalThinking Support the show Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    10 min

  3. 5D AGO

    #96 AI Hallucination and the Cost of Synthetic Confidence

    AI doesn’t “hallucinate” because it’s broken. It hallucinates because it’s rewarded for coherence under uncertainty. So are we. In this episode of Think First, Jim Detjen examines how artificial intelligence, media systems, and human cognition all prioritize fluency over verification — and why smooth narratives feel true long before they’re tested. This isn’t an anti-technology episode. It’s a structural one. When speed is rewarded and uncertainty is penalized, completion becomes survival. The machine predicts. Markets predict. Humans predict. The real question is whether we still know how to pause. Because hallucination isn’t just a glitch in the system. It’s what happens when coherence outruns humility. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    12 min

  4. FEB 13

    #95 Marijuana, Momentum, and the Cost of Moving Too Fast

    We were told marijuana was basically harmless. Not perfect — but harmless enough. Now even some of the institutions that once championed legalization are adjusting their tone. Daily use is higher than many predicted. Potency is stronger than it used to be. Regulation is catching up. This episode isn’t about returning to prohibition. It’s about something more interesting. How emotionally satisfying stories turn into policy. How momentum can outrun guardrails. And what happens when we legalize a feeling — and audit it later. From rising daily use to institutional recalibration, we examine the pattern beneath the debate. Because the real cost of moving too fast isn’t outrage. It’s drift. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    16 min
  5. #93 Death Isn’t the Problem. Delay Is.

    FEB 9

    #93 Death Isn’t the Problem. Delay Is.

    We don’t talk about death very clearly. We whisper about it at funerals… then scroll past confident voices explaining how to manage it. This episode started with a conversation on a plane — about a Yale philosophy course taught by Shelly Kagan, and a deceptively simple question: Why is death bad at all? From there, we explore the idea that death isn’t frightening because it’s painful — but because it deprives us of future goods. And how modern culture quietly replaces that reality with a more comforting story: that more time automatically means more life. Along the way, we examine what philosopher Bernard Williams warned about immortality, why “forever” isn’t just more time, and how the Extra-Time Illusion shapes the way we delay conversations, risks, forgiveness, and meaning. This isn’t a lecture. It’s not a belief statement. It’s an invitation to think more carefully about how we spend the time we already assume we have. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    12 min
  6. Reserve a Free Signed Copy Before February 10

    FEB 8 · BONUS

    Reserve a Free Signed Copy Before February 10

    This is a short bonus episode. Distorted — the book behind Think First — is now available as a free Advanced Reader Copy, in signed paperback or eBook, for listeners. If you’ve left a rating for Think First on Apple Podcasts — and plan to review Distorted on Amazon when it officially releases — you can request the ARC here: 👉 https://www.jimdetjen.com/arc No verification. This is built on trust. Early reviews don’t reward popularity. They act as signal — helping thoughtful work surface in noisy systems. Until next time, stay skeptical, stay curious… and Think First. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    2 min

  7. FEB 3 · BONUS

    When Feelings Replace Reality: The Danger of Narratives That Just "Feel True"

    What if the most powerful lies… don’t look like lies at all? In this episode of Think First, we unpack poetic truth — the kind of storytelling that sounds noble, feels right, and spreads fast… even when it’s not true. From history to Hollywood, we break down how emotional narratives are replacing reality — and why challenging them comes with a cost. Because when facts become optional… the loudest feelings win. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    7 min

  8. FEB 1

    FLASHBACK #17 Stolen Land · The Ritual, The Riot, and The Rewrite

    They say we live on stolen land. And now, that slogan has leapt from classroom rituals to street riots. From land acknowledgments to ICE agents being swarmed in the name of justice. But what happens when poetic truth replaces real history — and guilt becomes policy? Jim Detjen breaks down the narrative, the irony, and the gaslight driving the Summer of Selective Sovereignty. Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. #SpotTheGaslight Read and reflect at Gaslight360.com/clarity Support Think First and access the full archive for $3/month: Gaslight360.com/subscribe

    8 min
  • 8 Episodes

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About

Think First is a short-form podcast that makes you pause — before you scroll, share, or believe the headline. Hosted by Jim Detjen, a guy who’s been gaslit enough to start a podcast about it, Think First dives into modern narratives, media manipulation, and cultural BS — all through the lens of gaslighting and poetic truth. Some episodes are two minutes. Some are an hour. It depends on the story — and the energy drink situation. No rants. No lectures. Just sharp questions, quick insights, and the occasional laugh to keep things sane. Whether you’re dodging spin in the news, politics, or that “trust me, bro” post in your feed… take a breath. Think first. Visit Gaslight360.com/clarity to sharpen your BS filter and explore the 6-step clarity framework. 🚨Distorted is now available on Ingram, Amazon, Independent Book Stores, Apple Books, Harvard Book Store & COOP, and Barnes & Noble.

Information

  • Creator
    Jim Detjen | Gaslight 360
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Gaslight360.com and JimDetjen.com
  • Show Website
    Think First with Jim Detjen