Podcasts about Civitas Institute

SHOW1-8-2026THE SHOW BEGINS IN DOUBTS ABOUT THE SARCASTIC INVENTION, THE DON-ROE DICTRINE..SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AND THE RETURN OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE Colleague Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Anatol Lieven argues that "spheres of influence" have returned, with the US reasserting the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere and threatening to seize Greenland. Unlike traditional alliances, this approach risks alienating fellow democracies. Lieven contrasts this with Russia's territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union and China's historic regional goals. NUMBER 1COLD WAR TACTICS: THE SEIZURE OF A RUSSIAN TANKER Colleague Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Lieven discusses the US Navy's detention of a Russian-flagged ship in the North Atlantic, viewing it as a dangerous escalation akin to piracy. This move humiliates Moscow and aims to control oil supplies. Lieven warns that if European nations mimic these seizures, Russia may retaliate violently, risking a direct war. NUMBER 2THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MYTH OF THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE Colleague Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute. Richard Epstein challenges the view that the Roberts Court blindly supports a "unitary executive." He argues the Court is correctly questioning the constitutionality of independent administrative agencies, like the FTC, which insulate officials from presidential removal. Epstein contends that relying on case counts ignores the specific legal merits regarding separation of powers. NUMBER 3TRUMP V. ILLINOIS: LIMITING PRESIDENTIAL POWER OVER THE NATIONAL GUARD Colleague Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute. Discussing a recent unsigned Supreme Court order, Epstein notes the Court upheld a decision preventing the President from deploying the National Guard without a governor's consent. This ruling contradicts claims of judicial bias toward the executive, affirming that the President cannot simply declare an emergency to override state sovereignty. NUMBER 4ONE YEAR LATER: ANGER AND STAGNATION AFTER THE PALISADES FIRE Colleague Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch. A year after the Palisades fires, Jeff Bliss reports that residents remain angry over government inaction. Rebuilding is stalled by the Coastal Commission's strict regulations, and fuel loads in canyons remain high due to environmental restrictions on brush clearing. The fires, driven by Santa Ana winds, highlight systemic bureaucratic failures in Los Angeles. NUMBER 5#SCALAREPORT: AI AND ROBOTICS DOMINATE CES Colleague Chris Riegel, CEO of Scala.com. Reporting from CES, Chris Riegel highlights the dominance of AI and robotics, from household droids to military applications. While the tech sector booms with massive infrastructure spending, Riegel warns of a "K-shaped" economy where Main Street struggles with softening demand, masking the wealth concentrated in artificial intelligence and data centers. NUMBER 6LANCASTER COUNTY: AMISH SPENDING AND DATA CENTER GROWTH Colleague Jim McTague, Author and Former Barron's Editor. Jim McTague reports that the Lancaster County economy remains robust, evidenced by heavy Amish spending at Costco and thriving local businesses like Kegel's Produce. Despite some local protests, data centers are being built on old industrial sites. McTague sees no need for Fed rate cuts given the stable local economy. NUMBER 7THE NUCLEAR ESCROW: MANAGING PROLIFERATION AMONG ALLIES Colleague Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Henry Sokolski warns that allies like Poland, Turkey, and South Africaare considering nuclear weapons due to eroding trust in US guarantees. He proposes a "nuclear escrow" account: storing refurbished warheads in the US for allies to deploy only during crises, providing leverage without permanently stationing targets on foreign soil. NUMBER 8THE SIEGE OF 717 AND THE VOLCANO OF THERA Colleague Professor Ed Watts, Author of The Romans. In 717 AD, Arab forces besieged Constantinople but failed due to the city's massive walls and "Greek fire." Professor Watts explains that a subsequent volcanic eruption in Thera was interpreted as divine punishment for the empire's sins, leading to a spiritual crisis and the rise of iconoclasm to appease God. NUMBER 9THE STUPIDITY OF SUCCESSORS: MANUEL AND ANDRONICUS Colleague Professor Ed Watts, Author of The Romans. Manuel Komnenos favored grand gestures over systemic stability, weakening the Roman state. His successor, Andronicus, was a nihilistic sadist whose tyranny and family infighting destabilized the empire. Watts details how the refusal to punish rebellious family members created a culture of impunity that eventually led to a violent overthrow. NUMBER 10THE CRUSADES: FROM COOPERATION TO CONFLICT Colleague Professor Ed Watts, Author of The Romans. Relations between East and West collapsed during the Crusades. While the First Crusade cooperated with Rome, the Second and Third turned hostile, with Crusaders seizing territory rather than returning it. Watts notes that the theological schism of 1054 and cultural distrust entrenched this division, setting the stage for future betrayal. NUMBER 111204: THE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE END OF CONTINUITY Colleague Professor Ed Watts, Author of The Romans. The Fourth Crusade, diverted by Venetian debt, sacked Constantinople in 1204, burning the city to quell resistance. Watts argues this marked the true end of the ancient Roman state. The meritocratic system collapsed, and elites like Nicetas Choniates lost everything, severing the 2,000-year political continuity of the empire. NUMBER 12VENEZUELA: THE REGIME SURVIVES MADURO'S EXIT Colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal. Despite Maduro's removal, the Venezuelan regime remains intact under hardliners Delcy Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello. Mary Anastasia O'Grady notes that repression continues, and European oil companies are hesitant to invest. The regime feigns cooperation to avoid US intervention, but genuine recovery is impossible without restoring the rule of law. NUMBER 13RUSSIA'S OIL CRISIS AND REGIONAL DEFICITS Colleague Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution. Russiafaces a financial crisis as oil prices drop below $60 per barrel. Michael Bernstam explains that increased global supply forces Russia to sell at deep discounts to China and India, often below cost. This revenue loss prevents the Kremlinfrom paying soldiers, sparking severe regional budget deficits. NUMBER 14EUROPEAN FREEZE AND THE MYTH OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND Colleague Simon Constable, Journalist and Author. A deep freeze hits Southern Europe while commodity prices like copper rise. Simon Constable reports on the UK's bleak economic mood and dismisses the feasibility of British or French "boots on the ground" in Ukraine. He notes that depleted military manpower makes such guarantees declarative rather than substantial. NUMBER 15ARTEMIS 2 RISKS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN SPACE Colleague Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com. Bob Zimmerman urges NASA to fly Artemis 2 unmanned due to unresolved Orion heat shield damage, arguing safety should trump beating China. He also dismisses concerns about lunar methane contamination and highlights a new study suggesting ice caps could allow liquid water lakes to exist on Mars. NUMBER 16

Steve welcomes Michael Toth, Director of Research at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss why America needs a modern transcontinental railroad. They break down how outdated regulations have fractured rail transport and driven up costs across the supply chain. Toth explains how a proposed coast-to-coast rail merger could reduce bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and lower prices, if Washington gets out of the way and lets the market work.

THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MYTH OF THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE Colleague Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute. Richard Epstein challenges the view that the Roberts Court blindly supports a "unitary executive." He argues the Court is correctly questioning the constitutionality of independent administrative agencies, like the FTC, which insulate officials from presidential removal. Epstein contends that relying on case counts ignores the specific legal merits regarding separation of powers. NUMBER 31924 SCOTUS HUGHES COURT

THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MYTH OF THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE Colleague Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute. Richard Epstein challenges the view that the Roberts Court blindly supports a "unitary executive." He argues the Court is correctly questioning the constitutionality of independent administrative agencies, like the FTC, which insulate officials from presidential removal. Epstein contends that relying on case counts ignores the specific legal merits regarding separation of powers. NUMBER 31890 FULLER SCOTUS

HEADLINE Presidential Authority Over Independent Boards: The Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter Possible Decision GUEST Professor Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute 50 WORD SUMMARY Epstein analyzes the Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter case, examining presidential authority to hire and fire independent board members. The decision traces to Humphrey's Executor (1935). Epstein predicts Justice Kavanaugh's uncertain vote due to his prior distinction between single-person agencies and panels. This ruling represents a momentous decision determining presidential executive power scope. 1889

Michael Toth, Director of Research at the Civitas Institute, joins The Steve Gruber Show to discuss the looming challenges in America's healthcare system and the broader economic impact. Toth warns that until healthcare is fixed, Americans should expect more government shutdowns and disruptions, highlighting how mismanaged policies create uncertainty for businesses, families, and state budgets. The conversation explores practical reforms, the dangers of inaction, and what policymakers must do to stabilize both healthcare and the economy.

Between the pardoned turkeys and those running loose on Capitol Hill, controversy over insubordination and sedition seem to be on the menu this holiday. The six Democrats who posted a video addressed to service members sowed chaos and confusion about the proper chain of command and lawful military orders. It is crucial to understand the constitutional framework that distinguish lawful military action, legislative and executive powers, crime, and war. In today's politics, rhetoric can make it difficult to discern the line between war and crime. John Yoo reminds us that not everything that harms society constitutes a war or justifies the use of military tools. That being said, where is the line drawn, and who draws it? And what is the proper role for members of Congress?John Yoo is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Yoo has served in all three branches of government. He was an official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues after the 9/11 attacks. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He has been a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman. Professor Yoo has published almost 100 scholarly articles on subjects including national security, constitutional law, international law, and the Supreme Court. Professor Yoo's latest book is The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court. Read the transcript here.Subscribe to our Substack here.

The Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosted "Out of Many, One: Creating a Pluralistic Framework for Civics in Higher Education" with Paul Carrese, Jacob Levy, Minh Ly, and Brian Coyne on November 12, 2025, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT. With increasing cross-partisan support for renewing civic learning in higher education, an important question emerges: how can colleges and universities create a framework for civic education that cultivates shared democratic values while honoring pluralism and diverse perspectives? This webinar explores this challenge in depth, highlighting guiding principles and exemplary approaches for creating a shared vision of civic education suited to a pluralistic society. Panelists: Paul Carrese is Director of the Center for American Civics, and professor in the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership, at Arizona State University, serving as the School's founding director 2016 to 2023. Formerly he was a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, co-founding its honors program blending liberal arts and leadership education. He teaches and publishes on the American founding, American constitutional and political thought, civic education, and American grand strategy. His forthcoming book is Teaching America: Reflective Patriotism in Schools, College, and Culture (Cambridge, May 2026). He has held fellowships at Oxford (Rhodes Scholar); Harvard; University of Delhi (Fulbright); and the James Madison Program, Princeton. He served on the advisory board of the Program on Public Discourse at UNC Chapel Hill; co-led a national study, Educating for American Democracy, on history and civics in K-12 schools with partners from Harvard, Tufts, and iCivics (2021); and served on the Civic Education Committee of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He is a fellow of the Civitas Institute, UT Austin, and serves on the Academic Council of the Jack Miller Center for America's Founding Principles and History, and the executive and on the executive Council of the APSA. He is a Senior Fellow with the Jack Miller Center, and in 2025 was an Alliance for Civics in the Academy Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Jacob T. Levy is the Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory and associated faculty in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He is the founder and coordinator of McGill's Research Group on Constitutional Studies, whose Charles Taylor Student Fellowship is devoted to an intensive non-credit yearlong reading group of major works in the history of political, moral, and social thought. Minh Ly is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont.  His book, Answering to Us: Why Democracy Demands Accountability, will be published by Princeton University Press in March 2026. Anna Stilz, distinguished professor at Berkeley, writes, "this powerful book . . . is a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of democracy in our times."  Professor Ly's research and teaching focus on democratic theory, the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship, economic justice, global justice, and civic education.  His work has been published in the Journal of Politics, the European Journal of Political Theory, the Review of International Political Economy, and other journals.  Before joining UVM, he was a Lecturer at Stanford University and a postdoc at Princeton. Professor Ly earned his Ph.D with distinction in political science from Brown and his A.B. from Harvard.   Moderator: Brian Coyne is an Advanced Lecturer in Political Science and serves as the Nehal and Jenny Fan Raj Lecturer in Undergraduate Teaching. He received his B.A. in Government from Harvard College in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 2014. His dissertation, "Non-state Power and Non-state Legitimacy," investigates how powerful non-state actors like NGOs, corporations, and international institutions can be held democratically accountable to the people whose lives they influence. Coyne's other research interests include political representation, responses to climate change, and the politics of urban space and planning. In addition to Political Science, he also teaches in Stanford's Public Policy, Urban Studies, and COLLEGE programs.

In this episode, Samuel Estreicher of the NYU School of Law and John Yoo of the UC Berkeley School of Law join to recap the oral arguments from the pair of challenges to President Trump's tariffs and discuss whether International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to impose extensive tariffs on nearly all goods imported into the United States. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.     Resources  Samuel Estreicher et al., “Brief of Professors of Administrative Law, Separation of Powers, Foreign Relations Law, Legislation and the Regulatory State, and Trade Law” (10/24/2025)  Sam Estreicher and Andrew Babbit, “The Case Against Unbounded Delegation in Trump v. VOS Selections,” Lawfare (10/30/2025) John Yoo, “What Could the Supreme Court Rule About Trump's Tariffs,” Civitas Institute (9/8/2025)  Biden v. Nebraska (2023)  Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. (2001)  Dames & Moore v. Regan (1981) Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1953)  United States v. Yoshida International, Inc. (CCPA, 1975) United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)    In our new podcast, Pursuit: The Founders' to Guide to Happiness Jeffrey Rosen explores the founders' lives with the historians who know them best. Plus, filmmaker Ken Burns shares his daily practice of self-reflection.    Listen to episodes of Pursuit on Apple Podcast and Spotify.  Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@constitutioncenter.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Explore the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠America at 250 Civic Toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen Join us for an upcoming ⁠⁠⁠live program⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or watch recordings on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support our important work:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate⁠⁠

PREVIEW HEADLINE: Obamacare's Affordability Crisis: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It GUEST: Michael Toth, Research Director of the Civitas Institute 50-WORD SUMMARY: Obamacare has become "massively unaffordable" for taxpayers because federal subsidies covering premiums rose from less than 70% to over 80%. The original mistakes could be corrected by deregulating the health insurance market, allowing insurers to charge lower premiums for younger, healthier people, thereby increasing the risk pool and bending the cost curve.

Preview: Kevin Frazier of University of Texas Law School/Civitas Institute discusses congressional concerns over AIregulation, balancing state interests versus federal goals of preventing cross-state policy projection and prioritizing national AI innovation and growth.

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Show Schedule 8-28-25 Good evening. The show begins in Ukraine, watching Modi move toward Putin and Xi... 1911 CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor First Hour 9:00-9:15 Ukraine: Losing Modi to Putin. Anatol Lieven, Quincy 9:15-9:30 EU: Populism rising. Anatol Lieven, Quincy 9:30-9:45 AI: Software supremacy. #ScalaReport: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache 9:45-10:00 POTUS: Unthreatening Anchorage. John Bolton Second Hour 10:00-10:15 #NewWorldReport: Milei stoned. Flotilla off Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @RevAnEllis #NewWorldReportEllis 10:15-10:30 #NewWorldReport: Lawfare successful. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @RevAnEllis #NewWorldReportEllis 10:30-10:45 #NewWorldReport: The narco terror states. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @RevAnEllis #NewWorldReportEllis 10:45-11:00 #NewWorldReport: Zambada apologizes for $15 billion. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @RevAnEllis #NewWorldReportEllis Third Hour 11:00-11:15 Lebanon: UNIFIL departing, LAF rising. Michael Wagenheim, i24. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_Pres @MHoenlein1 11:15-11:30 Lebanon: The unquiet border with Israel. Sarit Zehavi, ALMA. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_Pres @MHoenlein1 11:30-11:45 Gaza: Hamas falsehood. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_Pres @MHoenlein1 11:45-12:00 Iran: And terror gangs. Sarah Boches, Washington Institute Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 Market: The Fed and stability. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus 12:15-12:30 Canada: Aboriginal land claims and the court. Conrad Black 12:30-12:45 Paris Haussmannization. Tyler Turman, Civitas Institute 12:45-1:00 AM Paris Haussmannization. Tyler Turman, Civitas Institute continued

Show Schedule 8-27-25 Good evening. The show begins in China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization annual gathering, including Putin, Modi and host Xi. First Hour 9:00-9:15 #Ukraine: SCO show. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:15-9:30 #Ukraine: Populism rising. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:30-9:45 Russia: Recession in the forecast. Michael Bernstam, Hoover 9:45-10:00 Hotel Mars: Space test #10 success. Eric Berger, David Livingston Second Hour 10:00-10:15 PRC: Fearing history. Steve Yates, Gordon Chang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:15-10:30 PRC: High end does not solve the economy. Fraser Howie, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:30-10:45 PRC: Crater bottomless. Anne Stevenson-Yang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:45-11:00 PRC: 600,000 students in the US. Charles Burton, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Third Hour 11:00-11:15 Iran: vs Australia. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:15-11:30 SCO bolsters Putin. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:30-11:45 Populism: Turns away from Kyiv. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:45-12:00 King Charles: Health challenges. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 France: Blackberries ripe; Macron's government overripe. Simon Constable, Occitanie 12:15-12:30 UK: Farage UK Reform rising. Simon Constable, Occitanie 12:30-12:45 Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute 12:45-1:00 AM Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute continued

Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/diversity-real-and-imposed 1648 CROMWELL

Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute. CONTINUED. https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/diversity-real-and-imposed 1798 GILLRAY

Venezuela flotilla like 1989 Panama? Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas 1790 BREED'S HILL.

POTUS: Tariffs unstable, inefficient. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas

Show Schedule 8-22-2025 The show begins in a suddenly anxious Las Vegas. First Hour 9:00-9:15 #PacificWatch: #VegasReport: Flagging business model. @JCBliss 9:15-9:30 AI/Quantum: Bubble chat. Brandon Weichert, National Interest 9:30-9:45 POTUS: Tariffs unstable, inefficient. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas 9:45-10:00 Venezuela flotilla like 1989 Panama? Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas Second Hour 10:00-10:15 Proliferation: What is the US policy? Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:15-10:30 Proliferation: What is the US policy? Henry Sokolski, NPEC continued 10:30-10:45 SpaceX: Launching X-37B. Bob Zimmerman BehindTheBlack.com 10:45-11:00 Webb: More black hole mysteries. Bob Zimmerman BehindTheBlack.com Third Hour 11:00-11:15 Vietnam War 5/8: Military History. Geoffrey Wawro 11:15-11:30 Vietnam War 6/8: Military History. Geoffrey Wawro 11:30-11:45 Vietnam War 7/8: Military History. Geoffrey Wawro 11:45-12:00 Vietnam War 8/8: Military History. Geoffrey Wawro Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 Lancaster County: Booming tourism. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's. @McTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety 12:15-12:30 Italy: Bridge over the Straits of Messina. Lorenzo Fiori 12:30-12:45 Canada: Conrad Black. National Post 12:45-1:00 AM Market: Tariffs fail. Veronique de Rugy

AI: REGULATING LLM - KEVIN FRAZIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1941

AI: REGULATING LLM - KEVIN FRAZIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE CONTINUED 1952

CHICAGO: UNDERWATER - THOMAS SAVIDGE, CIVITAS INSTITUTE

SHOW SCHEDULE  8-15-25 ..  Good evening. The show begins in Las Vegas where the tourism and gambling are both noticeably down from 2024, and why is the challenge... 1910 DONNER LAKE CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor First Hour 9:00-9:15 #PacificWatch: #VegasReport: Canary in the coal mine @JCBliss 9:15-9:30 Quantum Computing: 10 years on. Brandon Weichert 9:30-9:45 SCOTUS: Price control pharma monopoly. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas 9:45-10:00 SCOTUS: Price control tech. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas Second Hour 10:00-10:15 Nukes: Truman said no more. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:15-10:30 Energy: Grid at risk. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:30-10:45 #SmallBusinessAmerica: Mixed economy. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer 10:45-11:00 #SmallBusinessAmerica: AI jobs. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer Third Hour 11:00-11:15 Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War by William B. Styple (Part 1/4) 11:15-11:30 Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War by William B. Styple (Part 2/4) 11:30-11:45 Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War by William B. Styple (Part 3/4) 11:45-12:00 Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War by William B. Styple (Part 4/4) Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 Lancaster County: High end hesitate. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's. @McTagueJ. Author of "The Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety 12:15-12:30 Italy: Heat wave pause. Lorenzo Fiori 12:30-12:45 SpaceX: 100 in 25. Bob Zimmerman BehindTheBlack.com 12:45-1:00 AM Saving Swift. Bob Zimmerman BehindTheBlack.com

SCOTUS: Price control pharma monopoly. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas 1876 SCOTUS

SCOTUS: Price control tech. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas 1890 SCOTUS

Nixon: Continues with Trump vs Administrative State. Steve Hayward, Civitas Institute 1920 HANOI

Nixon: Continues with Trump vs Administrative State. Steve Hayward, Civitas Institute

Arsenal of Democracy: Rebuilding. Arthur Herman, AUTHOR "FREEDOM'S FORGE Civitas Institute "Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" - The Economist named this one of its Best Books of 2012

Arsenal of Democracy: Rebuilding. Arthur Herman, AUTHOR "FREEDOM'S FORGE Civitas Institute CONTINUED "Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" - The Economist named this one of its Best Books of 2012

Research endowments and Trump administration.  EriK Jensen, Case Western Reserve University, Civitas Institute 1888 STANFORD MANSION

AI: Electricity supremacy. Kevin Frazier, Civitas Institute continued JANUARY 1959

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AI: Electricity supremacy. Kevin Frazier, Civitas Institute JUNE 1957

SCOTUS: Tariff power. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas. 1887 CHICAGO

SCOTUS Climate & CO2. . Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute, University of Texas. TOULOUSE

AI AND FTC: THE PURSUIT OF BIGNESS, JESSICA MELUGIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1952

Preview: Anti-trust: Colleague Jessica Melugin of Civitas Institute comments on the Trump admin carrying over the FTC allegations against big tech for bigness. More. 1940

PAX AMERICANA 1945-: JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1945 BERLIN

Colleague Rachel Lomasky, Civitas Institute, reports that though AI users know cut-and-paste copying is not learning, the temptation can be too strong to nix.

AMERICA: AND THE YOUNG DOUBTERS. DAVID ROSE, CIVITAS INSTITUTE, 1920 HARVARD YARD

SHOW SCHEDULE 7-11-25 Good evening. The show begins in Las Vegas downtown, well away from the luxury casinos... 1940 DOWNTOWN ... CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: BRAD PITT AND STEVE MCQUEEN IN VEGAS. @JCBLISS 9:15-9:30 AI: WHAT ABOUT IP THEFT? Brandon Weichert, National Interest. 9:30-9:45 SCOTUS: BIRTHRIGHT GAME-PLAYING. Richard Epstein, Civitas. 9:45-10:00 SCOTUS: FIRING DC STYLE. Richard Epstein, Civitas. SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 LANCASTER REPORT: CORN SIX FEET HIGH ALREADY. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's. @MCTAGUEJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY 10:15-10:30 ITALY: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GENOA'S ZOAGLI. 10:30-10:45 SPACEX: MAKING OXYGEN. Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com 10:45-11:00 SPACEX: LANDING ZONE MARS. Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 1/4: "The Optimists: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future" by Keach Hagey 11:15-11:30 2/4: "The Optimists: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future" by Keach Hagey11:30-11:45 3/4: "The Optimists: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future" by Keach Hagey 11:45-12:004/4: "The Optimists: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future" by Keach Hagey FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 NATO: PRC ALWAYS WINS TABLETOPS AND WAR. Henry Sokolski, NPEC. 12:15-12:30 NATO: RUSSIA ATTACKS BY 2030. Henry Sokolski, NPEC. 12:30-12:45 TEXAS: GROWTH AND A TEXAS STOCK EXCHANGE (TXSE). Mike Toth, Civitas Institute. 12:45-1:00 AM TEXAS: GROWTH AND A TEXAS STOCK EXCHANGE (TXSE). Mike Toth, Civitas Institute.

TEXAS: GROWTH AND A TEXAS STOCK EXCHANGE (TXSE). MIKE TOTH, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1911 FT WORTH

TEXAS: GROWTH AND A TEXAS STOCK EXCHANGE (TXSE). MIKE TOTH, CIVITAS INSTITUTE CONTINUED

PREVIEW: GROWING TEXAS: Civitas Institute Research Fellow Mike Toth presents the state of Texas as built for growing the pie. More to come. 1920 TEXAS RANGERS

SHOW SCHEDULE  6-26-25 GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Canada where the government much disdains Tehran's conduct... 1920 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 Canada: Decrying Tehran via the Italian Embassy. Conrad Black, National Post 9:15-9:30 PRC: "Underwhelming" performance by Xi and his favorites. Chris Riegel. #ScalaReport: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @stratacache. 9:30-9:45 Energy: Pipeline politics in New York State. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute 9:45-10:00 Energy: Pipeline politics in New York State. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute continued SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 Israel recovery with successes. Jonathan Conricus, Malcolm Hoenlein. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 10:15-10:30 Iran: The ethnics hold back. Brenda Shaffer, author "Iran Is More Than Persia" 10:30-10:45 Iran: Goals for the negotiations. Dennis Ross, Washington Institute. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 10:45-11:00 Israel security for the American synagogues and schools. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 Nukes: The path to atomic weapons is atomic power. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 11:15-11:30 OAS: Brazil seeking to tilt the OAS toward ally PRC. Mary Anastasia O'Grady 11:30-11:45 SpaceX: Mexico points to debris on the beach. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com 11:45-12:00 Moon: Search for water in the polar craters continues. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #NewWorldReport: Iran in the Americas. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:15-12:30 #NewWorldReport: The adversaries. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:30-12:45 #NewWorldReport: BRICS in Rio. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:45-1:00 AM #NewWorldReport: Argentina is the good news. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

ENERGY: PIPELINE POLITICS IN NEW YORK STATE. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1936 HERALD SQUARE

ENERGY: PIPELINE POLITICS IN NEW YORK STATE. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE CONTINUED 1868 PUBLISHER'S ROW NYC

TARIFFS: CAN CONGRESS DELEGATE THE DELEGATED?  ROB NATELSON, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1870 DC TREASURY

SHOW SCHEDULE 25 JUNE 2025 GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Iran over the Fordow suspect nuclear weapon tunnels that have as yet unknown certain fate... 1879 TEHRAN CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #Iran: BDA low probability. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @cbsnews @dickinsoncol 9:15-9:30 NATO: #Ukraine: 5% of GDP is the goal. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @cbsnews @dickinsoncol 9:30-9:45 Tariffs: Cannot delegate the delegated. Rob Natelson, Civitas Institute. 9:45-10:00 Russia: Losing money with oil and gas. Michael Bernstam, Hoover SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 PRC: What did PLA learn from the B-2 mission? Blaine Holt Gordon Chang 10:15-10:30 PRC: Oil reserves? Andrew Collier Gordon Chang 10:30-10:45 PRC: Xi fading? Charles Burton Gordon Chang 10:45-11:00 PRC: PLA Navy carriers and airwings ready 2027. James Fanell Gordon Chang THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 1/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets by Svetlana Lokhova (Author) Format: Kindle Edition On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enroll at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education. Recognizing Russia was 100 years behind the encircling capitalist powers, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had sent Shumovsky on a mission to acquire America's vital secrets to help close the USSR's yawning technology gap. The road to victory began in the classrooms and laboratories of MIT – Shumovsky's destination soon became the unwitting finishing school for elite Russian spies. The USSR first transformed itself into a military powerhouse able to confront and defeat Nazi Germany. Then in an extraordinary feat that astonished the West, in 1947 American ingenuity and innovation exfiltrated by Shumovsky made it possible to build and unveil the most advanced strategic bomber in the world. Following his lead, other MIT-trained Soviet spies helped acquire the secrets of the Manhattan Project. By 1949, Stalin's fleet of TU-4s, now equipped with atomic bombs could devastate the US on his command. Appropriately codenamed BLÉRIOT, Shumovsky was an aviation spy. Shumovsky's espionage was so successful that the USSR acquired every US aviation secret from his network of agents in factories and at top secret military research institutes. In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a journey through Stalin's most audacious intelligence operation. She pieces together every aspect of Shumovsky's life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives, exposing how even Shirley Temple and Franklin D. Roosevelt unwittingly advanced his schemes. 11:15-11:30 2/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets by Svetlana Lokhova (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 11:30-11:45 3/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets by Svetlana Lokhova (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 11:45-12:00 4/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets by Svetlana Lokhova (Author) Format: Kindle Edition FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 France: Heat wave and country lanes. Simon Constable, Occitanie. 12:15-12:30 NATO: On Starmer struggles to find the money for defense pledge of 5%. Simon Constable 12:30-12:45 NASA: Looking for private funding for missions. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com 12:45-1:00 AM Big Astronomy Key corrections made: Added proper time formatting with colons "BATCHELORFIRST" → "BATCHELOR" (separated) "enrol" → "enroll" (American spelling) "Recognising" → "Recognizing" (American spelling) "NÅSÅ" → "NASA" "PLADGE" → "pledge" "aM" → "AM" Applied proper sentence case throughout Fixed spacing and formatting for readability