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The America's Talking podcast is an interview show hosted by Austin Berg. Guests include professors, journalists, artists, business and nonprofit leaders, authors, and more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americas-talking/support
Join us for a roundtable discussion of the opioid crisis and the spending surrounding it, featuring The Center Square's Anthony Hennen, Cameron Arcand, and Tim Clouser. In this episode, we discuss opioid settlement funds and how states are using them. We explore the differences and similarities in responses to the opioid crisis across America, from Pennsylvania to Washington State to Arizona. We consider the role of law enforcement and treatment efforts in states’ responses. Join us as we discuss opioid settlement funds and how they are being spent.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion of the presidential campaigns and recent related convictions, featuring The Center Square's Executive editor Dan McCaleb, Investigative reporter Brett Rowland, and Washington D.C. Bureau Chief Casey Harper. In this episode, we discuss the latest on former President Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case as well as the conviction of President Biden’s son, Hunter. We explore how these legal issues are impacting the campaigns of both candidates. We consider what these could mean for the presumptive nominees going into November. Join us as we discuss the 2024 election and the unprecedented developments that continue to unfold.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion of mass transit funding across America, featuring The Center Square's Executive editor Dan McCaleb, Managing Editor Tom Gantert, and staff reporter Shirleen Guerra. In this episode, we discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on transit ridership. We examine how federal funding for local transit agencies has increased, and the fiscal cliff facing transit when that funding runs out. We consider the impact of increased transit funding on taxpayers. Join us as we discuss the future of public transit as it continues to face funding challenges.
Join us for a roundtable discussion of protests on college campuses across America, featuring The Center Square's Regional Editors Sarah Roderick-Fitch and David Mastio, and Washington State reporter Spencer Pauley. In this episode, we discuss how different universities have responded to protests about the Israel-Hamas war. We examine how strains of anti-semitism have shown up in some of these protests. We consider what led to this tumultuous moment and how these situations are likely to develop going forward. Join us as we discuss the ongoing protests on college campuses around the country.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion on state legislation addressing illegal immigration, featuring The Center Square's Executive editor Dan McCaleb, Associate editor Kim Jarrett, and Arizona reporter Cameron Arcand. In this episode, we discuss how what has historically been a federal issue - illegal immigration law - has become a state issue. We examine states including Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Arizona that have passed or tried to pass legislation making illegal immigration a state crime. We consider the events that have led to this shift and the legal challenges these laws are facing. Join us as we discuss state efforts to address immigration enforcement across America.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion on The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, featuring The Center Square's Executive editor Dan McCaleb, D.C. Bureau Chief Casey Harper, and Investigative reporter Brett Rowland. In this episode, we discuss a variety of topics the Voters’ Voice Poll covers from the 2024 election to immigration, education to failing trust in the media. We examine how the polling results help us understand the news and the interests of taxpayers across the country. We consider how the Voters’ Voice Poll reveals voters’ perspectives on a number of key issues, asking questions other polls don’t. Join us as we discuss The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll and the issues that matter to the American people.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and debates, featuring The Center Square's Managing editor Alan Wooten, staff reporter Jon Styf, and Washington State reporter Carleen Johnson. In this episode, we examine how DEI policies are impacting different professions including Doctors, Lawyers, and government officials. We explore the concerns critics raise about the impacts of these policies on outcomes. We consider the tension between these efforts and past legal rulings. Join us as we discuss DEI policies on the state and federal levels.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rules, featuring The Center Square's regional editor Steve Wilson, staff reporter Jon Styf, and regional editor J.D. Davidson. In this episode, we explore the significant changes taking place in college sports and the NCAA. We look at the court cases challenging NIL and transfer rules that have led to this upheaval in college sports. We consider the potential consequences for education, high school sports, and taxpayers. Join us as we discuss the future of amateur sports and compensation.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion on new gun restrictions and the legal battles surrounding them, featuring The Center Square's reporters Joe Mueller, Greg Bishop, and Kenneth Schrupp covering Missouri, Illinois, and California, respectively. In this episode, we delve into the nationwide debates surrounding gun control, examining both proposed legislation and ongoing litigation in state and federal courts. Drawing examples from Missouri, Illinois, California, and Hawaii, we dig into the complex landscape of firearm regulations. Tune in for a balanced exploration of the challenging issues at the intersection of gun restrictions and public safety.
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A roundtable discussion on publicly funded stadiums featuring The Center Square's Missouri reporter Joe Mueller, Tennessee reporter Jon Syf, and Virginia reporter Morgan Sweeny. In this episode, we explore the debates over taxpayer funded sports stadiums. We look at how negotiations between governments and sports teams have played out in Virginia, Missouri, and across the country. We consider the economic impacts of these stadiums - both the benefits they bring to communities and the ways they fail to live up to supporters’ promises. Tune in to hear a balanced look at the difficult questions surrounding taxpayer funded stadiums.
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A roundtable discussion on homelessness featuring The Center Square's Managing Editor Tom Gantert, Washington State reporter Spencer Pauley, and California reporter Kenneth Schrupp. In this episode, we explore the pressing issue of homelessness in America, delving into its stark realities in California, Washington State, and on a national scale. We consider the impacts of the rising cost of housing, drug abuse, and mental health challenges on the growth of homelessness in recent years. We examine the efforts of different states and cities to find unique solutions. Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced dynamics surrounding homelessness and the ongoing struggle to find impactful solutions.
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A roundtable discussion on immigration featuring The Center Square's Executive Editor Dan McCaleb, Northeastern regional editor Sarah Roderick-Fitch, and Western regional editor Derek Draplin. In this episode, we explore the impact on major cities like Chicago, New York, and Denver, examining how these urban centers are grappling with the challenges presented by the influx of migrants. We also dig into the responses of communities outside these major hubs, shedding light on the diverse sentiments across different regions within these states. Join us as we analyze the political ramifications of the migrant crisis and discuss what this could mean for the future.
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Roberta Voss is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving in the House from 1997 through 2003. Voss joins America's Talking to discuss her involvement with Arizona Town Hall. Founded in 1962, Arizona Town Hall is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that educates, engages, connects, and empowers Arizonans to solve critical policy issues.
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Aron Wagner is the CEO of American Cloud. American Cloud's mission is to empower businesses of all sizes to achieve their full potential through the use of innovative cloud computing. Aron co-authored two industry playbooks that helped train and educate the channel on hosting, cloud, data center, and interconnection. Prior to the private sector Aron was an airborne infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division, earned the coveted Ranger Tab, and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Michael Strong is the Executive Director of Adolescent Flourishing Initiative (AFI) @ UATX and is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. He is the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and lead author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems.
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Mike Noble is the Founder & CEO of Noble Predictive Insights (NPI), the leading nonpartisan public opinion polling, market research, and data analytics firm based in the Southwest. Noble is a thought leader in public opinion tracking and analysis, known for being a trailblazer in his field. The Center Square, America's Talking Network's sister organization, is partnering with Noble Predictive in the national polling space by launching 'The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll'. Mike Noble's team just completed a poll of 2,500 registered voters across the U.S., 1,000 registered Democrats, 1,000 registered Republicans, and 500 independents.
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Tony Lopes is a first-generation American, CEO of Dirty Boots Capital, real estate professional, bestselling author, coach, and speaker. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from UMass. He worked in the defense industry for 19 years managing multi-million dollar programs while simultaneously building a portfolio of residential income properties. His investments, coupled with his understanding of markets and economics allowed him to retire at age 44. What really drives Tony is sharing his knowledge and experience so that others can achieve financial independence and enjoy the same level of freedom he does.
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S.C. Gwynne is the author of Hymns of the Republic and the New York Times bestsellers Rebel Yell and Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, senior editor, and Texas Monthly as executive editor. His newest book, His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine, tells the tragic story of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later.
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Bill Courtney is an American football coach, and the CEO of Classic American Hardwoods and the subject of the 2011 Academy Award-winning documentary, Undefeated, which chronicles his career as a high school football coach in the economically pressured area of Shelby County, Tennessee. Bill is the host of the new podcast, An Army of Normal Folks, which believes the "country’s problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words on CNN and Fox, but by An Army of Normal Folks".
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Philip Taubman is a lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Before joining CISAC, Mr. Taubman worked at the New York Times as a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues, including intelligence and defense policies and operations. His newest book 'In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz' is available now.
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Richard Norton Smith is an American historian and author, specializing in U.S. presidents and other political figures. A preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller, his new book is a look at the eye-opening life of Gerald Ford. 'An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford' is now available.
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Scot Bertram serves as general manager of WRFH 101.7 FM and also is a lecturer in journalism at Hillsdale College. He also hosts The Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast and The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, the College's national weekly radio show and podcast, now heard on more than 35 stations across the country.
Originally Aired: January 2022
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Kevin Corinth is a senior fellow and the deputy director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches economic opportunity, social mobility, poverty, safety-net programs, and homelessness, among other issues. Dr. Corinth has a PhD and an MA in economics from the University of Chicago. He holds a BA in economics and political science from Boston College.
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David P. Hardy is a Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation and host of the new podcast 'School Choice Report'. David is the Co-Founder and retired CEO of Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia charter school. Boys’ Latin, which opened in 2007 in West Philadelphia, is Pennsylvania’s first and only single-gender charter school. It has a student body that is 98 percent African-American and 74 percent economically disadvantaged. Blending classical studies with contemporary pedagogy, Boys’ Latin offers rigorous coursework and an extensive selection of extra-curricular activities including robotics, drama, entrepreneurship, mock trial, and ten varsity sports. In its first four graduating classes, Boys’ Latin sent 85 percent of its graduates to post-secondary education—80 percent of which attended four-year colleges. The school’s students matriculate into the finest colleges and universities in the nation including Pomona, Bowdoin, Carleton, Penn, UVA, and Penn State, as well as 13 of the 14 members of Pennsylvania’s state university system. Boys’ Latin added a middle school in 2013, increasing enrollment to 850 students to make it the largest 6—12 grade all-male school of any type in the region. Boys’ Latin has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NBC with Megyn Kelly.
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Dr. Thomas Moore (aka Dr. Tommy) has a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Financial Management) with over twenty years experience working in recovery and life coaching. After serving nine years and three months in the Florida Department of Corrections, he brings his lived experience and zeal for "withness" to the reentry workspace. Dr. Tommy shines when working with people ready to put effort into taking steps needed for positive and productive change. Through accountability, the focus on one's well-being, and SMART goals for healthy living, he has seen hundreds of lives changed.
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Matt Farah is a founding partner of The Smoking Tire and a career automotive journalist who has reviewed over 1,000 cars. With over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, The Smoking Tire is the premier destination for automotive video reviews and adventures.
Originally Aired: July 2022
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Scot Bertram serves as general manager of WRFH 101.7 FM and also is a lecturer in journalism at Hillsdale College. He also hosts The Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast and The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, the College's national weekly radio show and podcast, now heard on more than 35 stations across the country.
Originally Aired: January 2022
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Comedian Mark Normand joins America's Talking to discuss what Norm Macdonald means to him.
Originally Aired: January 2022.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Michael T. Hartney is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and an assistant professor of political science at Boston College. Hartney’s scholarly expertise is in American politics and public policy with a focus on state and local governments, interest groups, and K–12 education politics and policy. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science and received press coverage in the Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He is the author of the new book, How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, and American Education. Hartney holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Join host Austin Berg who discusses George Washington with special guest Matt Briney, Vice President of Media & Communications at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Later in the show, Austin is joined by Thomas S. Kidd, historian and author of "Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh," Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame and author of "Religious Liberty and the American Founding," and Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College to discuss the U.S. Constitution.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Michelle Sobel is a digital engagement innovator. As the president of Unify America, a nonpartisan bridge-building organization, Michelle leads its team on a mission of replacing political fighting with collaborative problem solving. In 2002, Michelle co-founded Emmi Solutions, a patient engagement technology company, and in 2008 co-founded Analyte Health, a virtual care company which integrates lab testing in a telehealth setting. Before entering healthcare, Michelle was the Creative Director at Jellyvision, a maker of games and interactive conversations, and she was a film editor with credits including Merchant-Ivory’s “Howards End” and “Remains of the Day.” She supports local Denver non-profit organizations as a member of Impact 100 Metro Denver and volunteers with local DECA high school chapters, mentoring students with an interest in pursuing careers in entrepreneurship.
Read more about Unify America's College Bowl: https://www.unifyamerica.org/college-bowl
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Greg Kozera is the Director of Marketing and Sales for Shale Crescent USA. He is a professional engineer with a Masters in Environmental Engineering and over 40 years’ experience in the energy industry. Greg is a leadership expert, high school soccer coach, professional speaker, author of four books and numerous published articles.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Dr. Orphe Divounguy is a senior economist at Zillow Group and executive adviser at Quantitative Research Group. Orphe earned a doctorate in economics from England’s University of Southampton. He is also the co-host of Everyday Economics, a production of America's Talking Network.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Chris Krug is the President of the Franklin News Foundation, which operates The Center Square newswire service and America's Talking Network. Chris has more than 25 years of experience in the media industry and Presstime named Krug a 40 under 40 in 2008.
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Future of Freedom: Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement. Listeners will hear civil, intellectual conversations about why the organizations exist, what their mission is, and how they work to achieve it. Hosted by Scot Bertram.
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Dr. Vance Ginn is founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting. He also serves as chief economist at Pelican Institute for Public Policy and previously served as chief economist of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. He has taught many economic courses at institutions of higher education, including Sam Houston State University and Texas Tech University.
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Denisha Allen is the Founder of Black Minds Matter. Denisha previously served as School Choice and Youth Liaison to the Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Black Minds Matter is a national movement to celebrate Black minds, support excellence, and promote the development of high-quality school options for Black students. Our essence and our being deserve life.
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Joshua Thompson is the director of legal operations at Pacific Legal Foundation. Joshua joined PLF as an attorney in 2007. His litigation practice has covered all PLF subject areas with a particular focus on equality and opportunity. Joshua’s writings have been published by the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Pacific Legal Foundation is a nonprofit legal organization that defends Americans’ liberties when threatened by government overreach and abuse.
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Geoff Pallay is Ballotpedia's Editor in Chief. He has been in that role since March 2015, overseeing Ballotpedia's editorial department. Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics, and the nation’s premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics and policy. Ballotpedia provides readers curated content on all levels of U.S. politics while being firmly committed to neutrality in all their content.
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Scot Bertram is the host of the 'Future of Freedom' podcast and currently serves as General Manager of Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, the student radio station at Hillsdale College, where he lectures in the journalism department. Cole McNeely is the General Manager of America's Talking Network, which produces shows such as America's Talking and Future of Freedom. Future of Freedom is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the work of the non-profits which are shaping the future of the freedom movement.
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Jeremy Tate is the founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Classic Learning Test strives to provide assessments steeped in content that is intellectually richer and more rigorous than other standardized tests and college entrance exams.
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Dr. Samuel Gregg is Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research, and a research fellow at the Acton Institute. He has a D.Phil. in moral philosophy and political economy from Oxford University, and an M.A. in political philosophy from the University of Melbourne. The author of sixteen books and more than four hundred articles, he has written for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, the Spectator, Foreign Affairs, National Review, American Banker, and Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. His brand new book, The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World, was released earlier this month.
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Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He was previously an executive at a variety of institutions, serving as the President of the Commonwealth Foundation, a Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, and as Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative, at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author or co-author of two books, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism” and (with Dante J. Scala) “The Four Faces of the Republican Party”.
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Jennifer Kabbany is editor of The College Fix. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter and columnist for a decade in Southern California, and prior to that held editorial positions at The Weekly Standard, Washington Times and FrontPageMagazine. She is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipient and has contributed to National Review.
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Jim Lorraine is the President and CEO of America’s Warrior Partnership. Jim served in the U.S. Air Force as a Flight Nurse with nine combat deployments and retired as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the United States Special Operations Command after 22 years of service. He became the founding director of the United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition and served as Special Assistant for Warrior and Family Support to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. America's Warrior Partnership's mission is to partner with communities to prevent veteran suicide. Their programs accomplish this by starting at the community level and understanding the unique situations of veterans and their families.
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John Agresto has taught at the University of Toronto, Kenyon College, Duke University, Wabash College, and the New School University. He was a scholar at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina and later served in senior positions at the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was president of St. John’s College in Santa Fe for 11 years. Agresto has authored five books including his new book, The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It.
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Dr. Thomas S. Kidd is Research Professor of Church History at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Senior Fellow at Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion. Dr. Kidd writes at the Evangelical History blog at The Gospel Coalition. His newest book is Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh (Yale Press). Other recent books include Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis (Yale Press), and American History vols. 1 & 2 (B&H Academic).
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Noah Rothman is the associate editor of Commentary Magazine and a contributor to MSNBC. He is the author of The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun. His work has been published in Townhall Magazine, USA Today, National Review, The Washington Examiner, The New York Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.
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Ryan S. Walters is an independent historian who currently teaches history at Collin College in Texas. He is the author of the new book "The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding". Ryan is also the author of "Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President".
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Dr. Adam Carrington is an Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, where he has taught since 2014. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Ashland University, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Baylor University. He has written for a variety of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, National Review, Washington Examiner, and Public Discourse. Dr. Carrington is joining us on the heels of Constitution Day to discuss the importance of the document and why it should be celebrated.
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Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the Founding Director of ND’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government & author of the new book, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses".
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Paul D. Rader is an assistant staff writer at Ballotpedia and the author of "Why Independents Rarely Win Elections: And How They Could Become More Competitive". Why Independents Rarely Win Elections will give you an in-depth look at various facets of independent politics in America. The book shows how a complex web of factors combine to wreak havoc on the hopes of independent candidates and political operatives in their quest to win elections.
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Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He was previously an executive at a variety of institutions, serving as the President of the Commonwealth Foundation, a Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, and as Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative, at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author or co-author of two books, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism” and (with Dante J. Scala) “The Four Faces of the Republican Party”.
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Dr. Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. She is a specialist in the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the author of "Drug Dealer, MD, How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop" and "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence", a New York Times bestseller.
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Stephen Perkins is American Conservation Coalition’s Vice President of Grassroots Strategy, managing the organization’s grassroots programming, strategy, and growth, while empowering the field team, staff, and local activists to grow as leaders in the environmental movement. The American Conservation Coalition (ACC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing young people around environmental action through common-sense, market-based, and limited-government ideals.
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Sarah Yun is a Program Officer on the California Community Foundation's (CCF) Housing and Economic Opportunity team where she works towards creating financial prosperity and housing for LA County’s most systemically disadvantaged people. CCF's mission is to lead positive systemic change that strengthens Los Angeles communities, envisioning a future where all Angelenos have the opportunity to contribute to the productivity, health and well-being of the region.
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Dr. Gary Hartenburg is an associate professor of philosophy and director of the Honor's College at Houston Baptist University. Dr. Hartenburg is the author of "Aristotle: Education for Virtue and Leisure". The book provides an introduction to Aristotle’s educational philosophy and influence, including an overview of important topics addressed by Aristotle that continue to guide educational thought and practice today.
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Matt Farah is a founding partner of The Smoking Tire and a career automotive journalist who has reviewed over 1,000 cars. With over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, The Smoking Tire is the premier destination for automotive video reviews and adventures.
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Jenna Spinelle is the Founder of The Democracy Group & Communications Specialist for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. The Democracy Group is a network of podcasts united around the goal of helping listeners understand what’s broken in our democracy, and how people are working together to fix it. The Democracy Group is organized and funded by The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State.
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Vanessa Rowse is the host of Village SquareCast, the flagship podcast of The Village Square. The Village Square is a non-partisan public educational forum on matters of local, state and national importance. It is dedicated to maintaining factual accuracy in civic and political debate by growing civil discourse on divisive issues, and recalling the history and principles at the foundation of our democracy.
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David Ozgo is the president of the Cigar Association of America (CAA). Prior to joining CAA he was a Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) for over 20 years. At DISCUS he was part of the team that changed long standing laws in 18 states that prevented the sale of liquor on Sundays. Mr. Ozgo has frequently testified before legislative bodies on tax, regulatory and market access issues.
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Dr. Tovar Cerulli is a "vegan turned hunter", environmentalist, and author of "The Mindful Carnivore". Dr. Cerulli received his PhD from University of Massachusetts Amherst where his dissertation examined Ojibwe and Euro-American hunting communities’ ways of talking about wolves.
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Dr. Kevin Folta is a land-grant scientist and professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida. Dr. Folta completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and previously served as the Department Chair of Horticultural Sciences at University of Florida. Dr. Folta is also the host of "Talking Biotech", a weekly podcast that uncovers the stories, ideas and research of people at the frontier of biology and engineering.
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Michael West teaches at the University of Dallas and holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University, an M.A. from the University of Houston, and a B.A. from the University of Dallas. His research focuses on Renaissance literature, especially the theater of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. He has previously taught courses in literature, writing, and Catholic Studies at the University of Houston, Columbia University, and Sacred Heart University.
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Larry Behrens is Director Of Communications for Power The Future, which has the mission of "offering truth, facts, and research that will enrich the national conversation on energy". Behrens recently served as Communications Director for New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, overseeing communications staff and public information officers in over 20 state agencies. Behrens also previously served as Federal Affairs Director for the Office of the Governor and as the communications leader for the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department along with the Public Education and Higher Education Departments.
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John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation. Hood also serves on the board of the John Locke Foundation, the state policy think tank he helped found in 1989 and led as its president for more than two decades. Hood is the author of nine books, including two novels in his Folklore Cycle series of historical-fantasy tales: Mountain Folk (2021), largely set during the American Revolution, and Forest Folk (2022), largely set during the War of 1812. A former Bradley Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Hood teaches at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. His articles have appeared in magazines such as Readers’ Digest, The New Republic, National Review, Military History, and Reason as well as newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
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Ambassador Andrew Bremberg is the President and CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Previously Ambassador Bremberg served as the Representative of the United States to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is an educational, research, and human rights nonprofit organization devoted to commemorating the more than 100 million victims of communism around the world and to pursuing the freedom of those still living under totalitarian regimes. The Foundation was authorized in 1993 by a unanimous Act of Congress signed as Public Law by President Bill Clinton. In 2007, President George W. Bush dedicated the Victims of Communism Memorial statue in Washington, D.C.
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Jordan Craig is an international performer of opera and musical theatre, most recently spending over three years playing Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in the Broadway tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Jordan is also founder of The Door which offers masterclasses taught by Grammy and Tony Award winning instructors for intensives designed to challenge and inspire aspiring performers.
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Darvio Morrow is an entrepreneur, producer, creator, on air personality and CEO of FCB Entertainment. Darvio is the co-host of The Outlaws Radio Show on iHeartRadio and a contributor to Newsweek. Darvio is a decade plus veteran of the entertainment industry and has been involved in many projects in music, radio, and journalism with outlets such as Radio One, ESPN Radio Cleveland, Salem Media Group and more.
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Harry Nathan Gottlieb is the Founder of Unify America, Jackbox Games, and Jellyvision. For the last 25 years Harry has focused on making learning and decision-making delightful and creating unique games that bring people together. With Unify America, he is now trying to bring Americans together to directly participate in solving big problems by deliberating multiple solutions together.
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Niels Jorgensen worked as a New York City Firefighter for almost 22 years. His firefighting career was cut short by an advanced form of Leukemia diagnosed in 2011, which was attributed to exposure to toxins at 9/11/2001 World Trade Center rescue and recovery operations. Niels is also the host of the 20 for 20 podcast, which tells 20 stories of heroism that will make sure our country doesn't forget that fateful day and its meaning.
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Jimmy Song is a bitcoin advocate, developer and author who has been contributing to open-source bitcoin projects since 2013. Previously working as a software developer in a number of industries, Song joined Monetas, a crypto-finance software company, in 2014. In this episode, Song discusses how bitcoin could be viewed as digital gold, the growth of the cryptocurrency movement, and the dangers with what Song calls cryptocurrency "scams".
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Dan McCaleb is the Executive Editor at The Center Square and the host of the "America in Focus" podcast. The Center Square was launched in May 2019 to fulfill the need for high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States. Dan is a veteran editor who has worked in journalism for more than 25 years . Prior to joining the Franklin News Foundation in 2017, McCaleb served as editorial director of Shaw Media and was the top editor of the award-winning Northwest Herald in suburban Chicago.
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Shakira Mills is the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Bridge Alliance. The Bridge Alliance is a coalition of 100 plus organizations working together to promote healthy self-governance in our democratic republic. Bridge Alliance member organizations span the ideological spectrum, but are unified to work efficiently, outside arbitrarily defined political lines.
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Ciaran O'Connor is the Chief Marketing Officer for Braver Angels. Ciaran O’Connor leads marketing, digital, and communications strategy for Braver Angels. Launched in 2016, Braver Angels is a national citizens’ movement to bring liberals, conservatives and others together at the grassroots level — not to find centrist compromise, but to find one another as citizens. Through workshops, debates, campus engagement, and more, Braver Angels helps Americans understand each other beyond stereotypes, form community alliances, and reduce the vitriol that poisons our civic culture. Before joining Braver Angels in June 2017, Ciaran served as a staffer on the 2012 Obama campaign and the 2016 Clinton campaign, and worked as a political consultant at Precision Strategies.
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John Papola is an American video producer and director who has worked for Spike TV, Nickelodeon, and MTV. John is also the co-founder, CEO, and creative director of Emergent Order and the channel "Dad Saves America" which is on a mission to celebrate, empower, and entertain Dads, could-be Dads, and father-figures of all stripes.
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Eric Kohn is director of marketing and communications at the Acton Institute. In that role, he works to bring Acton's vision of a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles to a wider audience. Every week he hosts Acton Unwind, Acton's roundtable podcast, and he's a part-time host of Acton Line, Acton's weekly interview podcast.
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Angel Eduardo is the Director of Messaging & Editorial as well as an Advisory Board member for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), where he helps shape the organization's pro-human approach to our often contentious and divided discourse. Angel is also a columnist for the Center for Inquiry, where he writes on science, communication, skepticism, and morality.
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Matt Briney is the Vice President, Media & Communications at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Matt joins Austin today to discuss the importance of Mount Vernon, Washington's internal struggles with slavery, and how he became one of the most revered men in the history of the United States.
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Dr. Elia Powers teaches mass communication research, media literacy, media and politics, news editing, sports writing and the multimedia reporting capstone course at Towson University. As a journalist for more than 15 years, he has covered higher education, health, business, sports, media and the arts for publications such as The Los Angeles Times, Inside Higher Ed and MediaShift.
His research interests are audience engagement and the impact of journalism; youth civic engagement and news/media literacy; and media and disability. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journalism Studies, Digital Journalism, Newspaper Research Journal, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media and the Journal of Media Business Studies.
He graduated with a Ph.D. in journalism studies in May 2014 from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where he was named the top graduate student in 2013-2014. He earned a master's degree in American Culture Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Chris Swonger is the President & CEO of both the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) and Responsibility.org. Responsibility.org was founded in 1991 to fight drunk driving and underage drinking and promote responsible decisions about beverage alcohol. DISCUS is the leading voice for distilled spirits in the U.S. market and serves as the industry’s advocate in state capitals, the nation’s capital and foreign capitals around the globe.
America's Talking is a production of America's Talking Network. You can listen to all of our podcasts at www.AmericasTalking.com!
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Kate Bryan is the Founder and CEO of 1 Girl Revolution. 1 Girl Revolution tells stories of resilience, empowerment, courage, strength, beauty, kindness, and more. 1 Girl Revolution highlights the stories of women and girls that the world may not know or may not have heard their story told in this way.
Read more about Kate and 1 Girl Revolution at: https://1girlrevolution.com
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Melissa Giller, Chief Marketing Officer for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, joins host Austin Berg to discuss the underlying principles that lead Ronald Reagan to the White House, what the political right and left should know about the 40th president, and what exactly a presidential library is.
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UCAN (Chicago) Vice President of Development Fred Long joins host Austin Berg to discuss how UCAN helps youths in the Chicago community grow into leaders and how trauma inflicted on them impacts their development.
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John J. Miller (Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College) joins host Austin Berg to discuss the current state of journalism, how much journalism we should consume, and how he educates young, aspiring journalists.
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Comedian Mark Normand joins host Austin Berg to discuss the impact Norm Macdonald had on comedy, performing stand-up in the times of COVID, and the modern state of comedy.
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Zach McClellan (Former MLB Pitcher) joins host Austin Berg to discuss his journey to the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies, the qualities of his best coaches, and how we should talk to kids about quitting and adversity.
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Chad Houser (CEO of Cafe Momentum) joins host Austin Berg to discuss his journey to becoming a renowned chef and the drive behind his non-profit "Cafe Momentum", which helps at-risk youths learn culinary skills.
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Daniel P. Calderon (President of Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow) joins host Austin Berg to discuss where his entrepreneurial spirit comes from and how young people view the quickly changing economy.
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Scot Bertram (Host of "Political Beats", General Manager of WRFH, & Journalism Lecturer at Hillsdale College) joins host Austin Berg to discuss the role of a journalist, the creation of his hit podcast Political Beats, and the impact media giants have had over the last few decades.
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Chris Krug (President of Franklin News Foundation) and Cole McNeely (General Manager of America's Talking Network) join host Austin Berg to discuss the vision for the new podcast network and the current state of media.
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