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The second Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to reshape American foreign policy, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding an extended phone call on Tuesday over a provisional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump continues to escalate threats of sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, rattling global markets and further cementing his “America First” economic doctrine. These rapid shifts underscore the dominance of the MAGA movement, as the old guard of the Republican Party has been swept aside. What does an unbound Trump presidency mean for America's role in the world? In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative. Mills previously worked at The National Interest, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Examiner, and The Spectator. He was a 2018-2019 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay
What happens to our nation's discourse when every issue has only two possible positions? This week, Roger welcomes Kat Timpf to explore the complexities of division within American society. They discuss how embracing vulnerability can be a tool to diffuse that division and examine the dangers of binary thinking, touching on topics like religion, mental health and the size of government. Plus, discover how Kat's journalism background led to her successful career as a television personality, writer and comedian.Kat is a regular panelist on Fox News' “Gutfeld!” and her national comedy live show has sold out theaters across the country. She's a 2012 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow and her work has been widely published in major outlets. Kat is The New York Times bestselling author of “You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together” and her new book, “I Used To Like You Until...(How Binary Thinking Divides Us)” has just been released and is available wherever fine books are sold.The Liberty + Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS president Roger Ream and produced by Podville Media. If you have a comment or question for the show, please email us at podcast@TFAS.org. To support TFAS and its mission, please visit TFAS.org/support.Support the show
How does one persevere in the face of adversity? In today's discussion, Carrie Sheffield, journalist and TFAS alumna, joins host Roger Ream to discuss her new book, "Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness." With great candor, Carrie shares a harrowing picture of her childhood living in and out of severe poverty and experiencing abuse from her father. Despite facing unimaginable hardships, Carrie shares how she persevered, pursued her education, and forged a successful career in journalism and public service. From her tumultuous upbringing to her journey of self-discovery and faith, Carrie offers valuable insights into discovering one's purpose, values, and voice. Carrie Sheffield currently serves as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women's Forum. She is a 2006 TFAS alumna of the European Journalism Institute and a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. Carrie is the founder of Bold TV, a nonprofit that elevates diverse voices often avoided by the mainstream media. She has worked in investment analysis and has repeatedly testified before the U.S. House on economic policy. Carrie has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, TIME, POLITICO, The Washington Post, and many other publications. She has also appeared on many broadcast networks including Fox, MSNBC, PBS, and BBC. The Liberty + Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS president Roger Ream and produced by Podville Media. If you have a comment or question for the show, please email us at podcast@TFAS.org. To support TFAS and its mission, please visit TFAS.org/support.Support the Show.
Classical schools are distinctly American. Just as our country was founded both as a modern engineering project and as a recollection of ancient political philosophy and the traditional rights of Englishmen, the contemporary classical-education movement is an act of construction — one might say an invented tradition — seeking to revivify and participate in something that once lived, and perhaps could again.Guest Micah Meadowcroft joins us to discuss how classical schools teach to a higher goal of human excellence. Micah Meadowcroft is research director for the Center for Renewing America and a contributing editor of The American Conservative. He was a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at the Fund for American Studies in 2021-2022. This podcast discusses themes from Micah's essay in the Fall 2023 issue of National Affairs, “Classical Education's Aristocracy of Anyone.”
Anthony Hennen covers Pennsylvania as a reporter for the Center Square and is the Managing Editor of Expatalachians. He also was recently named a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow with the Fund for American Studies. He joins Garrett today to discuss Presidential election season and how candidates are addressing rural American issues. Find Anthony online at: Center Square: https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/ Expatalachians: http://expatalachians.com/ Anthony's previous Forgotten America Episode: https://forgottenamerica.libsyn.com/ep-006-expatalachians Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter
Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values
Among the very-online, relatively young, and mostly male cohorts of the Right is a movement growing in popularity and intensity that valorizes the very excesses the Left criticizes as toxic masculinity. This movement, promulgated by the likes of Bronze Age Pervert and Mencius Moldbug and defended or even praised by a surprising array of mainstream conservative outlets, has captured the attention of many a young man yearning for a deeper sense of purpose and pursuits in an age of secular materialism and Leftist wokism. In this episode Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by National Review Online submissions editor Jack Butler who contends that the West's spiritual vacuum has made it possible for pre-Christian paganism to gain a foothold in the culture and that a return to an authentic faith is the only plausible means of combatting this worrisome trend. About Jack Butler Jack Butler is a researcher, editor, and writer who currently works as submissions editor at National Review Online. Jack is a media fellow for the Institute for Human Ecology, and a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at the Fund for American Studies. He was the original producer of The Remnant podcast with Jonah Goldberg and host of the Young Americans podcast. Jack is an alumnus of Hillsdale College and a graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, his hometown. He is also an avid long-distance runner. You can follow Jack on Twitter @jackbutler4815.
ack Butler, submissions editor at National Review Online and a 2022–23 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, talks about his recent column, How ‘Bronze Age Pervert' Seduced Right-Wing Thought Leaders.
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Nate Hochman, ISI Fellow at National Review and Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, to discuss the culture wars in America, the future of social conservatism, and what comes after the religious right political movement.Nate Hochman is an ISI Fellow at National Review and Robert Novak Fellow for The Fund for American Studies. He is a Claremont Institue 2021 Publius Fellow, and graduate of Colorado College in Colorado Springs.Learn more about Nate Hochman's work:https://www.nationalreview.com/author/nate-hochman/Send Nate a Tip -- nhochman@nationalreview.comhttps://twitter.com/njhochman––––––Follow American Moment across Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Gab – https://gab.com/AmMomentOrgCheck out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimAmerican Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced by American Moment Studios, and edited by Jake Mercier and Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Get our Cancelproof RSS – https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/moment-of-truthACast – https://shows.acast.com/moment-of-truthApple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values
“There's a well-worn tale about modern American conservatism,” writes Stephanie Slade in her piece for Reason entitle Is There a Future for Fusionism? “It says that the movement as we know it came into being during the mid–20th century as a ‘fusionist’ coalition of economic libertarians and religious traditionalists. These groups, whose goals and priorities differed from the start, were held together mainly by two things: the sheer charisma of National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr., and the shared enemy of global communism. As long as the Cold War endured, the story goes, each wing was willing to cede some ground to the other…But the fall of the USSR meant the collapse of the common foe that had sustained the fusionist partnership. It was able to trundle on for a while, powered by a reservoir of goodwill, but it has long been running on fumes. In the last few years, the alliance's inherent tensions have come to a head.” The problem with this “well-worn tale”, Stephanie contends, is that it isn’t true. Fusionism, as developed by conservative thinkers from William F. Buckley Jr. to Frank Meyer, was a philosophical orientation that sought to advance both virtue and liberty as societal ends whereas the coalition on the Right that formed to combat global Communism was born out of political expediency. As such, fusionism is just as relevant in a world where Communism is no longer the global menace it was in the prior century, in spite of competing voices on the Right calling for a realignment of market-skeptical Common-Good Conservatism, nationalism, and populism. Stephanie joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss the true history of fusionism, what it became the dominant consensus on the Right, and why it still remains relevant today. Also discussed are some common objections to fusionism, how fusionism can fit within the broader worldviews of libertarians, conservatives, and classical liberals, what is meant by “liberty” and “virtue”, and the seductive dangers of the post-liberal movement. Stephanie Slade is managing editor at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets." Prior to joining Reason, Stephanie worked as a speechwriter, a pollster, and a regular contributor to U.S. News and World Report. In 2013, she was named a finalist for the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. In 2016–2017, she was selected as a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. She's a proud graduate of the University of Florida, where she earned a B.A. in economics. She also has an M.A. from American University. You can find her on Twitter @sladesr
Toward a New Feminism w/Leah Libresco Sargeant and Serena Sigillito To watch this on YouTube, head to: Toward a New Feminism w/Leah Libresco Sargeant and Serena Sigillito - YouTube Today on the show Leah and Serena join me to talk about feminism's 3rd (or 4th?) "wave," valuing women for who they are, freedom to be a woman rather than freedom from being a woman, and what pro-woman policy needs to look like. Serena Sigillito is Editor of Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. She recently completed a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship focusing on contemporary American women’s experiences of work and motherhood. Serena earned her BA at the University of Dallas, where she studied English and Music, and her MA in English at the Catholic University of America, where she earned awards for her writing and teaching. In addition to Public Discourse, Serena also writes for a variety of other publications, such as Newsweek, America, The American Conservative, First Things, National Review, and Verily. You can follow her work at serenasigillito.substack.com. Leah Libresco Sargeant, who is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in First Things, The American Conservative, Plough, The Washington Post, and as of last week, The New York Times. She is the author of Arriving at Amen, which is the story of her conversion to Catholicism, and Building the Benedict Option. Leah earned her BA from Yale University in Political Science. You can follow Leah's new newsletter at otherfeminisms.substack.com. I'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup
Kristin Tate joins She Thinks to discuss her new book “The Liberal Invasion of Red State America.’ With the migration of liberal Americans from blue states to red states at an all-time high she breaks down the data and explains why this trend is drastically changing the economy and living standards in many states. Kristin Tate is an author and columnist focused on taxation and federal spending. She is currently a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at the Fund for American Studies, examining the size and scope of the federal workforce. Kristin writes a weekly column for The Hill newspaper. Her previous books include How Do I Tax Thee? and Government Gone Wild: How D.C. Politicians Are Taking You for a Ride — and What You Can Do About It. Red Alert Politics and Newsmax Magazine each named Kristin one of the 30 most influential right- of-center leaders under the age of 30 in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Previously Kristin worked as a reporter focused on immigration issues for Breitbart. She Thinks is a podcast for women (and men) who are sick of the spin in today’s news cycle and are seeking the truth. Once a week, every week, She Thinks host Beverly Hallberg is joined by guests who cut through the clutter and bring you the facts. You don’t have to keep up with policy and politics to understand how issues will impact you and the people you care about most. You just have to keep up with us. We make sure you have the information you need to come to your own conclusions. Because, let’s face it, you’re in control of your own life and can think for yourself. You can listen to the latest She Thinks episode(s) here or wherever you get your podcasts. Then subscribe, rate, and share with your friends. If you are already caught up and want more, join our online community. Sign up for our emails here: http://iwf.org/sign-up Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) believes all issues are women’s issues. IWF promotes policies that aren’t just well-intended, but actually enhance people’s freedoms, opportunities, and choices. IWF doesn’t just talk about problems. We identify solutions and take them straight to the playmakers and policy creators. And, as a 501(c)3, IWF educates the public about the most important topics of the day. Check out the Independent Women’s Forum website for more information on how policies impact you, your loved ones, and your community: www.iwf.org. Be sure to subscribe to our emails to ensure you’re equipped with the facts on the issues you care about most: https://iwf.org/sign-up. Subscribe to IWF’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/IWF06. Follow IWF on social media: - https://twitter.com/iwf on Twitter - https://www.facebook.com/independentwomensforum on Facebook - https://instagram.com/independentwomensforum on Instagram #IWF #SheThinks #AllIssuesAreWomensIssues
Broadcast in Politics Call in to speak with the hosts: Cisco Acosta, Luther Mays, and our guest (646) 915-8117 Join us on April 11, at 9 pm eastern time, SPECIAL GUEST, Cheryl Chumley is the online opinion editor for The Washington Times and author of several books, the most recent, “The Devil in DC: Winning Back the Country From the Beast in Washington” and of "Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare is Becoming Our Reality," Cheryl is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, an award-winning journalist and a frequent television and radio news guest. Cheryl publication credits include the Blaze, the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, the Heritage Foundation, the Heartland Institute, Lifezette, PamelaGeller.com and more. Topics for discussion: The movie unplanned, the crisis on the Southern Border, and the 2020 presidential election. Show sponsor: Studentsforabetterfuture.com
Join your host, Susan Knowles, as I welcome Cheryl K. Chumley back to the show. Cheryl is a professional journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering a wide range of topics, from politics, policy and presidential elections to small-town courts, cops and country government. Cheryl is also an Army Veteran.I will be talking to Cheryl about her new book "The Devil in D.C.," now on Amazon and about other important political topics of the day. I'll also ask her about why Trump, why not Hillary, who sold out and much, much more.In The Devil in DC veteran journalist Cheryl K. Chumley warns of the progressive-socialist and atheist direction America has taken. In a step-by-step guide on what to do about it, Chumley not only explains the issues at hand but offers solutions to the issues: a crippling welfare and entitlement system that reduces the potential of the citizenry; an education system designed to appeal to the lowest performers rather than help all students rise to a higher standard; a broken immigration system that rewards and encourages illegal immigrants, limits the power of the border states, and makes devalues and endangers US citizens; a Federal Reserve that irresponsibly runs up debt by printing money to artificially prop up our economy (and in turn encourages record-level personal debt); and worst of all career partisan politicians who are more concerned with getting reelected and lining their own pockets than in doing what is right for their constituents.Chumley is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, for which she spent a year (2008-2009) researching the impact of National Heritage Areas on private property rights, with findings published in the Washington Examiner, Capital Research Center and several other outlets.
Join your host, Susan Knowles, as I welcome Cheryl K. Chumley to the show. Cheryl is a professional journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering a wide range of topics, from politics, policy and presidential elections to small-town courts, cops and country government. Cheryl is also a full-time news writer with WND and an Army Veteran.I will be talking to Cheryl about her new book that will be released in March 2016 but our focus will be on current issues in news and politics that concern us all. You can pre-order Cheryl's book, "The Devil in D.C.," now on Amazon.In The Devil in DC veteran journalist Cheryl K. Chumley warns of the progressive-socialist and atheist direction America has taken. In a step-by-step guide on what to do about it, Chumley not only explains the issues at hand but offers solutions to the issues: a crippling welfare and entitlement system that reduces the potential of the citizenry; an education system designed to appeal to the lowest performers rather than help all students rise to a higher standard; a broken immigration system that rewards and encourages illegal immigrants, limits the power of the border states, and makes devalues and endangers US citizens; a Federal Reserve that irresponsibly runs up debt by printing money to artificially prop up our economy (and in turn encourages record-level personal debt); and worst of all career partisan politicians who are more concerned with getting reelected and lining their own pockets than in doing what is right for their constituents.Chumley is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, for which she spent a year (2008-2009) researching the impact of National Heritage Areas on private property rights, with findings published in the Washington Examiner, Capital Research Center and several other outlets.
Join your host, Susan Knowles, as I welcome Cheryl K. Chumley to the show. Cheryl is a professional journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering a wide range of topics, from politics, policy and presidential elections to small-town courts, cops and country government. Cheryl is also an Army Veteran.We will be talking about her new book "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality." Cheryl is also a contributor to TheBlaze.Chumley is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, for which she spent a year (2008-2009) researching the impact of National Heritage Areas on private property rights, with findings published in the Washington Examiner, Capital Research Center and several other outlets.Chumley serves in her spare time as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate to help judges make the difficult decision of where abused and neglected children should live.