The Independent with Scott Atlas: Recent Episodes
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Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Sponsored by the Independent Institute, the show features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.
In this second part of his two part interview, Dr. Atlas interviews Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. Formerly, he was executive director and senior lecturer at Georgetown's Center for the Constitution. He's written several books, including the forthcoming Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites. They have a conversation about several of the most controversial issues in law and society, including the ideological invasion at our law schools, judicial activism, free speech, and more.
Dr. Atlas interviews Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. Formerly, he was executive director and senior lecturer at Georgetown's Center for the Constitution. He's written several books, including the forthcoming Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites. And in 2020, he wrote Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. They have a conversation about several of the most controversial issues in law and society, many of which are playing out every day in the United States.
Dr. Atlas interviews May Mailman, director of Independent Women's Law Center. May spent four years as a White House legal adviser to President Donald Trump where she advised on a wide range of policies and recently served as the Deputy Solicitor General for the state of Ohio. She is also one of the star Rising Leaders of the Global Liberty Institute. They discuss May's critical work on the fight to protect women's rights, including privacy, and ultimately the legal relevance of biological sex in the United States.
Dr. Atlas interviews Aaron Sibarium, one of the star journalists representing a new group of young reporters committed to restoring the critical role of true investigative reporting. At the Washington Free Beacon, he's broken several critical stories, including exposing academic fraud and malfeasance at our elite universities. He graduated from Yale University where he was the opinion editor of the Yale Daily News. They discuss the state of America's journalism today, and Aaron’s journey and motivation in reporting truth.
Dr. Atlas interviews Harmeet Dhillon, a nationally recognized attorney whose focus is employment law, First Amendment rights, election law and commercial litigation. She is a trial lawyer and the managing partner at Dylan Law Group in San Francisco. She's also CEO and founder of the Center for American Liberty and the co-chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association. They have a wide-ranging conversation about key issues like free speech, the current state of our system of justice and its politicization, and separation of powers essential to our government's function.
Dr. Atlas interviews physician Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, former associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and founder of "Do No Harm". Dr. Goldfarb argues that American healthcare is being destroyed as political ideology increasingly supplants excellence in admission and training of medical students, as well as in medical care itself. They have an important conversation about how DEI, racial preferences, and woke politics in medical schools and medical care threaten the health and future of America.
Dr. Atlas interviews Dinesh D'Souza, bestselling author, award winning filmmaker, and investigative political commentator. D'souza served in the Reagan White House, was President of King's College, and is the author of many books including Illiberal Education, Letters to a Young Conservative, and United States of Socialism. His films include 2000 Mules, and America: Imagine a World Without Her. They discuss freedom in America, ongoing attacks on the ideals upon which the nation was founded, and the resulting division and lack of trust in institutions that threaten the very essence of the nation.
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Alex Epstein, bestselling author and philosopher. He is the author of "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels", arguing that human flourishing and freedom itself require that humanity use more fossil fuels, not less. His most recent book is "Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less". They have a conversation about energy policy, its tradeoffs, and its moral basis, including required energy conversion, mandated electric vehicles, and other policies that have become dogmas to progressive policymakers and many citizens, to a point where even questioning these ideas provokes cancellation and attack.
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Dr. Naomi Wolf, bestselling author, columnist, professor, and graduate of Yale University. She is co-founder and CEO of the company Daily Clout whose mission is to empower people with information and facts from all viewpoints, and is the author of seven bestsellers including The Beauty Myth. They have a wide-ranging discussion about the corporate media's abandonment of journalistic ethics, the public's loss of faith in the media, the danger of ideological echo chambers, and experiences they've had with social media deplatforming.
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Congressman Chip Roy of Texas. Rep. Roy previously served as Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Cruz and as First Assistant Attorney General of Texas. They discuss the lack of accountability for government malfeasance, censorship, and COVID mismanagement, as well as perspectives on healthcare reform and the proper scope of government and executive authority.
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Professor Steven Koonin of NYU. Koonin served as Undersecretary for Science in the Department of Energy from 2009 to 2011 and was a professor at Cal Tech for nearly 30 years where he served as Vice President and Provost. They have a fascinating conversation about the science on climate change and the general state of science, as climate and energy have become so prominent in the media and public policy debates.
Dr. Atlas interviews Richard Corcoran, President of New College of Florida. They have an important and timely conversation about university education in the United States, including merit, free speech, and today's campus environment to develop the next generation of leaders for our country.
Dr. Atlas interviews Dr. Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. They discuss what's going on in Israel and the rest of the Middle East in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas, the importance of the Trump-era Abraham Accords, and what to make of the Biden policies in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Dr. Atlas interviews Senator Rand Paul on exposing the egregious malfeasance and cover-up by government, public health bureaucrats, and university scientists in the COVID pandemic. They discuss COVID's origins, NIH funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, conflicts-of-interest involving government officials receiving royalties from pharmaceutical companies, and more.
Dr. Atlas interviews Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and world-renowned historian and scholar of classics and military history. They discuss the phrase "Threat to our Democracy" - who uses it, what it means, and what the real threats to democracy actually are.
Dr. Atlas interviews John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. They discuss the investigations of Presidents Biden and Trump, the appropriateness of criminal trials vs. political processes to adjudicate alleged misconduct by sitting presidents and ex-presidents, as well as broader concepts including separation of powers, and "threats to democracy."
Dr. Atlas interviews Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the San Francisco Archdiocese. He is outspoken on traditional issues relevant to Catholicism including abortion, the definition of marriage, and religious freedom particularly during the pandemic. They discuss how COVID restrictions and lockdowns impacted the church, the importance to society of religion today, and where we go from here in a time of relative crisis where there has been a loss of anchor in the culture.
Dr. Atlas interviews competitive swimmer Riley Gaines, one of the leading voices for women’s rights, most notably in preserving women’s sports for biological females. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2022 as one of the most decorated swimmers in history. They discuss the challenges she has faced, pushing back against the singular focus of many in power to push the unlimited rights of trans athletes in women’s sports without regard for the impacts on the rights of women athletes themselves and on the damage to today's hard-earned status of women's competitive sports.
Dr. Atlas interviews Kentucky State University Political Science Professor Wilfred Reilly, a leading voice in challenging popular mainstream narratives with an empirical analysis of the data that exposes the truth about some of America's most controversial topics. They discuss what we're witnessing in the United States including divisive narratives about race in this country that have led to a lack of civility among our fellow Americans, and where we go from here to unify our nation.
Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Independent Truths features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.
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Dr. Atlas interviews George Mason University Professor of Law Todd J. Zywicki. They discuss the philosophical basis for the modern concept of “wokism”, why it's a fundamentally flawed worldview, how it came to infiltrate and harm American culture, and where we can go from here to restore our nation's values.
Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Independent Truths features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.
Independent Truths with Dr. Scott Atlas online:
https://www.independent.org/scottatlas/
Youtube playlist of episodes:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FSqhf6cNyki41A0F0sbM-D5JNrXXONU
Rumble
https://rumble.com/user/IndependentInstitute
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/independent-truths-with-dr-scott-atlas/id1663559087
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Dr. Atlas interviews Professor John Etchemendy, formerly 12th Provost at Stanford University, and Patrick Suppes Professor at Stanford's School of Humanities & Science, and co-director of Stanford's Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Center. They have an insightful conversation about the environment for the free exchange of ideas and critical thinking in academia today.
Dr. Atlas interviews Heather Mac Donald. Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor at City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her new book "When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives" argues that lowering standards in an attempt to achieve racially equal outcomes is harmful to society.
Dr. Atlas interviews George Mason University Professor of Law Todd J. Zywicky. They discuss how pandemic policies relate to the law and Constitution, how the public health establishment pushed anti-science policies such as denial of natural immunity, and more.
Dr. Atlas talks with economist and social scientist Dr. Glenn Loury of Brown University. Dr. Loury has worked for years on the impact of affirmative action, the black family, and is an outspoken advocate for black patriotism in the United States. He speaks with unique experience and nuance on these very complex issues. They have an enlightening conversation about race, cancel culture, and where the country goes from here.
Dr. Atlas interviews author and businesswoman Jennifer Sey, former chief marketing officer and brand president of Levi Strauss and Company. They discuss her courageous stand in facing the new corporate wokism, an unprecedented movement in private sector companies that makes it very difficult for young people to enter the job market and navigate their careers, and is a movement that threatens some of the most foundational values of a free-thinking ethical society.
Dr. Atlas interviews Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and world-renowned historian and scholar of classics and military history. They have a fascinating conversation about many critical issues that were exposed by the pandemic, including the historical context of when government has interposed draconian restrictions on civil liberties as well as the ideological takeover of America's universities and campuses.
Dr. Atlas interviews Martin Kulldorff, biostatistician, epidemiologist, and professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School on leave. He is a founding fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom. They have an illuminating conversation on many aspects of the pandemic including bigger issues like groupthink and herd mentality and the solutions to preventing such thinking for future crises.
In this special presentation, Dr. Atlas covers in great detail the pandemic data on mortality rates, natural immunity, lockdowns, and much more, and how to restore trust and repair some of the damage that was done.
Dr. Atlas interviews John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. They have an illuminating conversation about the many legal issues such as civil liberties, censorship, and freedom that have been exposed by the pandemic and management of the pandemic.
Scott Atlas and Dr. John Ioannidis have an illuminating conversation about the pandemic, what happened in the early days, how our experts failed the American people, what was revealed and how to fix science itself. Dr. Ioannidis is a professor of medicine in the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Professor of Epidemiology at Stanford, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford.
Dr. Atlas welcomes Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Stanford Univeristy's School of Medicine. Jay and Scott have an illuminating conversation about Dr. Bhattacharya's experience as a voice of reason during the COVID pandemic, and how we move forward as a society to restore trust and ethics in science and public health.
Dr. Atlas welcomes his first ever guest to the program, Mary Theroux, Chairman and CEO of the Independent Institute. Together, they discuss why they wanted to start this podcast, what they hope to accomplish, and why they felt it was important to do at this moment.