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    Joseph Tartakovsky on The Lives of the Constitution - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 38:37


    Joseph Tartakovsky sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'The Lives of the Constitution', and its ten historical characters including their impact on and response to the American Founding, the development of the administrative state, constitutional law, the perversion of the courts, war powers and much more. Learn more in 'The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds That Shaped America's Supreme Law': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-lives-of-the-constitution/ Joseph Tartakovsky is the is the James Wilson Fellow in Constitutional Law at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and a Senior Contributor to The Federalist. Follow him on Twitter: @bhweingarten. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Leon Kass on How to Lead a Worthy Life - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 50:12


    Leon Kass sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'Leading a Worthy Life', and a series of topics including finding meaning in a modern age, the decline but potential for rebirth of core values and principles of Western civilization, grappling with scientific progress and ethics and much more. Learn more in 'Leading a Worthy Life': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/leading-worthy-life/ Leon R. Kass is a Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and Hertog Fellow in Social Thought at the American Enterprise Institute. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and a Senior Contributor to The Federalist. Follow him on Twitter: @bhweingarten. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Ryan T. Anderson on the Transgender Moment - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 36:37


    Ryan T. Anderson sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment', and a series of topics including the science and politics around transgenderism, stories of those who have detransitioned, the influence of transgender ideology in schools and much more. Learn more in 'When Harry Became Sally': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/when-harry-became-sally-responding-to-the-transgender-moment/ Ryan T. Anderson William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, and the founder and editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey. Follow him on Twitter: @RyanTAnd. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and a Senior Contributor to The Federalist. Follow him on Twitter: @bhweingarten. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Conrad Black on Trump's Place in the History of Populism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 34:15


    Lord Conrad Black joins Ben Weingarten to discuss Lord Black's essay in “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” Lord Black and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the history of American populism and President Donald Trump's place in it, an assessment of Trump's populist political agenda, the poisonous legacy of Watergate, The Resistance, the 2018 midterm elections and much more. Learn more about 'Vox Populi': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/vox-populi-the-perils-promises-of-populism/ Conrad Black is a British peer, former publisher of numerous publications including The London Daily Telegraph and the Daily Spectator, and a prolific columnist at National Review and elsewhere. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: https://tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Sally C. Pipes on The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 33:45


    Sally C. Pipes joins Ben Weingarten to discuss her new Encounter Broadside “The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care”, the state of Obamacare, how staggeringly wrong our politicians were about Medicare and Medicaid, and much more. Read 'The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/false-promise-single-payer-health-care/ Sally C. Pipes is president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute where she also serves as Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: https://tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Glenn Harlan Reynolds on The Judiciary's Class War - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 20:12


    Glenn Harlan Reynolds, aka the Instapundit, sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new Encounter Broadside 'The Judiciary's Class War', and a series of topics including the split in the American body politic, class and judicial philosophy, the court's activism on major political issues, and much more. Learn more in 'The Judiciary's Class War': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/judiciarys-class-war/ Glenn Harlan Reynolds is the Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee. He blogs at http://instapundit.com. Follow him on Twitter: @instapundit. Ben Weingarten is a Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and a Senior Contributor to The Federalist. Follow him on Twitter: @bhweingarten. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: https://tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Daniel Hannan on Populism, the EU, and the Hangover from the Financial Crisis - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 24:15


    British MEP Daniel Hannan sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss MEP Hannan's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” MEP Hannan and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the anti-progressive character of modern populism, the failure of the elite political establishment, Brexit and the future of the EU, the death of classical liberalism in Europe, the underappreciated impact on the financial crisis on the Western body politic, the imperative to defend free market capitalism and much more. Read 'Vox Populi': https://tinyurl.com/yb8dum9a. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: https://tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Victor Davis Hanson Trump's Unlikely Populism - Full Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 23:20


    Professor Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Prof. Hanson's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” Prof. Hanson and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the populism of President Donald Trump, what President Trump understood about the electorate that his opponents missed, the 2016 election's significance in history and what it augurs for the world, the ramifications of the FBI and DOJ actions regarding President Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, where The Resistance leads and much more. Read 'Vox Populi': tinyurl.com/yb8dum9a. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Rupert Darwall Full Interview on Green Tyranny

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 27:44


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    Rupert Darwall Exposes the Nazi Roots of Environmentalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 1:17


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    How Sweden Became a Dominant Soft Power in Environmentalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:31


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    How the Acid Rain Fraud Served as a Dry Run for the Climate Change Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 2:55


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    Why the Paris Climate Accord Represents a Fight for America's Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 3:19


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    Is Climate Change Really Just 'Ethics for the Wealthy?'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 1:38


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    The Left's Economic Achilles Heel on Environmentalism Could Be Politically Devastating

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 1:22


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb.

    Lessons from Vasily Maklakov's Life for Liberal Reformers in Tyrannical Regimes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 5:33


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    Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 4:44


    Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin by Encounter Books

    Vasily Maklakov's Dealings with Stolypin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 4:22


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    Vasily Maklakov's Prudence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 1:27


    Vasily Maklakov's Prudence by Encounter Books

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    Vasily Maklakov and the Jews

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 3:27


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    Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 40:27


    Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer by Encounter Books

    Doug Schoen Full Interview on Putin on the March

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 22:38


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Doug Schoen on What Pundits Get Wrong About Putin and the 2016 US Presidential Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 1:01


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    What Makes Putin's Russia Different from Past Adversarial Russian Regimes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 1:18


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Doug Schoen on Whether America Should Try to Create a Wedge Between Russia and China

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 1:31


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    What is Putin Seeking to Accomplish in Europe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 1:48


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Doug Schoen Does Not Believe We Have the Capabilities to Counter Russia and China in Cyber

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 1:18


    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including Putin's aim in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what political partisans get wrong about it, Putin's aims in the Middle East and Europe, the Russian-Chinese alliance and what America can do to create a wedge, how the U.S. can counter Putin's aims more broadly, NATO and much more. Learn more about 'Putin on the March': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/putin-on-the-march/. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    F.H. Buckley's Novel Solution for Curtailing Corruption in Our Republic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 2:29


    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University's Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.

    F.H. Buckley Demolishes Campaign Finance Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 3:26


    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University's Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.

    F.H. Buckley: You Can't Be Hayekian and a Constitutional Conservative

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 2:05


    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University's Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.

    F.H. Buckley Full Interview on The Republic of Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 27:49


    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University's Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.

    How the Separation of Powers Contributes to Corruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 2:33


    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University's Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It.” Buckley and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the state of American politics, Constitution as anti-corruption document, myths about the Constitutional Convention, problems of corruption stemming from the separation of powers and the dominance of the executive, how federalism has contributed to corruption, crony capitalism, the failure of campaign finance reform and much more. Learn more about 'The Republic of Virtue': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-republic-of-virtue/.

    Rupert Darwall Full Interview on Green Tyranny

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 27:44


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Rupert Darwall Exposes the Nazi Roots of Environmentalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 1:17


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    How Sweden Became a Dominant Soft Power in Environmentalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:31


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    How the Acid Rain Fraud Served as a Dry Run for the Climate Change Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:55


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Why the Paris Climate Accord Represents a Fight for America's Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 3:19


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Is Climate Change Really Just 'Ethics for the Wealthy?'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 1:38


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    The Left's Economic Achilles Heel on Environmentalism Could Be Politically Devastating

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 1:22


    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall's new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the Nazi roots of the modern environmentalist movement, how Sweden has become a major “soft power” in the realm of environmentalism, the anti-capitalist underpinning of the environmentalist movement, the links between the acid rain fraud and today's global warming movement, why the Paris climate accord represent a battle for America's soul and much more. Read 'Green Tyranny': https://tinyurl.com/ya75heoq. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    John Yoo Full Interview on Striking Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 32:22


    John Yoo and Ben Weingarten discuss Yoo's new book ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' and a series of topics including the revolution in military technology, what the future of war looks like on land, air and sea, ethical concerns around robots and autonomous weaponry, the Iran Deal, how to stop North Korea, why we are losing the War on Terror, and a great deal more. Learn more about ‘Striking Power' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    John Yoo on Why America's Reluctance to Use Force Risks World Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:03


    John Yoo explains why our reluctance to use force in the face of growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and in crises like the Syrian Civil War, poses a greater risk to global security than American military adventurism. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo on the Revolution in Military Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:46


    John Yoo explores the revolution in military technology on land, air and sea—from robots and drones to cyber weapons. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo on Why Hi-Tech Warfare Will Save More Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 1:37


    John Yoo pushes back against critics of hi-tech warfare, arguing that advanced weapons are in fact more moral than conventional weapons in that they actually reduce killing and destruction. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo on Why America Should Nix the Iran Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:00


    John Yoo discusses how he would approach the Iran Deal and explains why, 10 years from now, Iran will likely have a nuclear weapon and be a much richer, more formidable enemy than it otherwise would have been. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo on How to Stop North Korea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 3:12


    John Yoo details a multifaceted plan to constrain North Korea, including beefed up and layered missile defense and coercive efforts including cyberattacks and a full economic blockade. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo Says We are Not Winning the War on Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 3:21


    John Yoo explains why, 16 years after 9/11, the U.S. is not winning the Global War on Terror, pointing to failures of the Obama administration in the rise of ISIS, destruction of actionable intelligence through its drone program and beyond. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo on Attacks on Free Speech on America's College Campuses

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 2:23


    John Yoo talks about the rise of campus craziness and the anti-free speech paradigm that is crippling the values and principles that made American higher education the envy of the world. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    John Yoo Explains Why the Geneva Convention's Rules of War Help Terrorists

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017 1:56


    John Yoo explains how the rules of war under the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention come from a pro-Third World, pro-guerilla, pro-terrorist worldview intended to bolster such groups and hamstring the West. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo's ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War' at https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/striking-power/. John Yoo is a UC-Berkeley law professor and former George W. Bush administration Justice Department official. Ben Weingarten is a conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. Encounter Books is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas. Learn more at www.encounterbooks.com. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterBooks https://www.twitter.com/EncounterBooks https://www.instagram.com/EncounterBooks

    Joy Pullmann Full Interview on The Education Invasion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 34:52


    Joy Pullmann, managing editor at The Federalist, and an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss her new book "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." During the interview, Joy and Ben discuss a variety of topics including how America transitioned from an education system that had produced knowledgeable citizens with basic skills to Common Core, why Common Core is a natural extension of the administrative state, how big business and big government colluded to foist Common Core on the American people, the problems Common Core poses in math and the social sciences and much more. Read ' The Education Invasion': tinyurl.com/mmj3n9t. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    How America Transitioned from a Core Liberal Arts and Civics Education to Common Core

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 1:41


    Joy Pullmann, managing editor at The Federalist, and an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss her new book "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." During the interview, Joy and Ben discuss a variety of topics including how America transitioned from an education system that had produced knowledgeable citizens with basic skills to Common Core, why Common Core is a natural extension of the administrative state, how big business and big government colluded to foist Common Core on the American people, the problems Common Core poses in math and the social sciences and much more. Read ' The Education Invasion': tinyurl.com/mmj3n9t. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

    Is Common Core an Extension of the Administrative State?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 1:31


    Joy Pullmann, managing editor at The Federalist, and an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss her new book "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." During the interview, Joy and Ben discuss a variety of topics including how America transitioned from an education system that had produced knowledgeable citizens with basic skills to Common Core, why Common Core is a natural extension of the administrative state, how big business and big government colluded to foist Common Core on the American people, the problems Common Core poses in math and the social sciences and much more. Read ' The Education Invasion': tinyurl.com/mmj3n9t. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb

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