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Last week, Heritage Explains spoke with Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, Nile Gardiner, about the riots rocking France. In the few days since our interview, things have gotten way worse. Over the weekend, masked rioters broke into the historic 19th-century Town Hall in Limoges and set it ablaze. There is perhaps no better symbol of the war raging to...

Ryan Schinkel interviews journalist Charles C. Mann about his New Atlantis essay series “How the System Works,” which examines the four hidden systems that sustain modern life: food, water, electricity, and public health. Mann argues that progress, though heavily criticized over recent decades, deserves defending. Global malnutrition fell from roughly 40% in the 1970s to about 8% today, even as po...

In this episode of The Learning Curve , co-hosts Alisha Searcy of the Center for Strong Public Schools and Prof. Albert Cheng of The Ohio State University speak with Dr. Melodie Wyttenbach , Executive Director of Boston College’s Roche Center for Catholic Education. Dr. Wyttenbach reflects on her career in Catholic schools leadership across the country and how Catholic education’s commitment to th...

With the midterm elections approaching, the stakes extend far beyond gas prices, inflation and the war with Iran. The political divide between red and blue states, the exodus from Democratic-led states and the ideological direction of the Democratic Party raise deeper questions about the future of the United States. As voters prepare to head to the polls, the debate centers on competing visions fo...

Two weeks before the midterms, Erick sizes up the Senate map: Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood baggage and shrinking lead over Mike Rogers in Michigan, Angie Nixon's police abolitionist closing argument against Ashley Moody in Florida, and why early voting numbers in Georgia, Texas, and Florida cannot be read yet. Then Republicans from Ashley Hinson in Iowa to Mike Rogers break with Donald Trum...

Erick blasts Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for an Ohio governor race ad that puts Amy Acton's estranged mother on camera, calls it a sign of a campaign in a bunker, and argues the White House paid for short-circuiting primaries in Ohio and North Carolina with Michael Whatley. Erick also takes on the Wired story of left-leaning Americans regretting their moves to the UK, Germany, and Poland, plus Jon...

Erick makes the case that district attorneys, sheriffs, school boards, and city councils shape your daily life more than Washington does—Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and George Soros-backed progressive prosecutors are discussed as Exhibit A. Erick also takes on the Cornell fraternity case, arguing that the Judeo-Christian moral ethic, chivalry, and self-control got tossed out long before anyone g...

The guys are joined by the scientist who led the Human Genome Project and, more recently, the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Epistemological humility is key to public policy and science; the laboratory is a cathedral; the future of medicine looks wildly different thanks to unique gene-based treatments; and there's COVID blame to go around. Come for the faith and science, stick arou...

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour , McLaughlin & Associates CEO and professional pollster John McLaughlin joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the strategies left-wing polling outlets use to skew their results in favor of Democrats, and how corporate media uses these polls to suppress the votes of conservatives. They also forecast the results of the...

Join Greg and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for the Tuesday 3 Martini Lunch , as they dissect Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin's comments about deterring future Trump administration staffers, Virginia's truly radical constitutional amendment proposals, midterm election integrity concerns, and why the 2025 election results in Virginia should be a warning to the rest of the U.S. headin...

It seems like everywhere you look around the world, political extremism—of forms Islamist, radical-right/ultranationalist, and radical-left/neocommunist—is on the rise. Why is this so and what can be done about it? At Capital Research Center, we’re debuting a new program, the Counter Extremism Research Center to track and expose the forces promoting, funding, and engaging in extremist activity. Le...

Guest: Matthew Mehan Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and associate professor at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about building character in K-12 education, the growing movement to reform education, and his contribution to the upcoming book of essays, The Phoenix Principles: Toward a Rebirth of American Education . To...

Riots across Europe are exposing deep divisions over immigration, assimilation and national identity. From mounting cultural tensions to economic pressures and security concerns, Europe faces difficult questions about its borders, its values and its future. As similar debates intensify in the United States, Europe’s struggles raise serious questions about the consequences of failed integration and...

Broadcasting live from St. Francisville, Louisiana, Erick opens with a CNN clash between Scott Jennings and Ashley Allison over Islamophobia and AIPAC, then connects Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood to the French riots, the Palestinian flag as the new "omni cause" banner, and the red-green alliance of the secular left and Islamists. Then he turns to the midterms: a nine-point Democratic g...

Erick says the Omni Cause has come for CBS News after Bari Weiss pushed reporters to dig into Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his family's Muslim Brotherhood ties. Erick plays Joy Reid and Hasan Piker as the perfect example of secular progressives and Islamists believing they are on the same team. He then breaks down the federal search of Ilhan Omar's home, the New York Times report o...

Broadcasting from St. Francisville, Louisiana, Erick takes on President Trump's $27 billion in government equity stakes across 30 companies, including a nearly 10% stake in Intel, and warns that the precedent, plus a corruption problem that is now the number two issue for voters, opens the door to Zohran Mamdani-style socialists and the next Democratic administration. He also breaks down Trump's s...

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they consider Barack Obama having the gall of accusing others of targeting Americans for their political beliefs and speech, the radical left in France continuing to burn down the nation's history and culture, Abdul El-Sayed's absurd explanation for why his family calls him "Abdul," and a special anniversary for our podcast. First, they shake the...

The conventional wisdom is that the outcome comes down to two possibilities: Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power, or Gadi Eisenkot replaces him. But what if neither scenario happens? On this episode of Call Me Back , Dan Senor speaks with political analyst Gil Hoffman about three under-the-radar scenarios that could reshape Israel’s next government. In this episode: Could Eisenkot form a government...

Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues to continue a series on The Second World War , Churchill's sprawling memoir and history of World War II in six volumes. Release date: 16 October 2026

Socialism is gaining ground in America, particularly among younger voters. But what’s driving its rise, and what could it mean at the ballot box? On this episode of "Midterm Report," Rob Bluey examines the political and economic forces behind the socialist movement with Brooke Medina of State Policy Network and Dr. Charles Steele of Hillsdale College. Medina reveals the dramatic expansion of the D...

John Yoo turns up this week, along with a cameo from our favorite classicist Alex Priou, for an episode that ranged widely from McDonald's to the prospective deportation of Ilhan Omar to women's "athleisure-wear" in the gym, but in the end resolves to a common theme: are we going to be able to save Western Civilization from those relentless attacks from the Left? (And if you don't think McDonald's...

Join Jim and Greg for this special edition of Last Call , as they remember the greatness of the 1980s. Weeks ago, while promoting a movie, actor Ryan Reynolds called the decade "brutal" and a "mess" with "division everywhere." That's not how Jim and Greg remember it, so they recall the politics of the 1980s, what they miss from that era, and what they definitely don't miss. First, they focus on th...

The midterm polls sure don't paint a rosy picture for Republicans. While Henry Olsen, Ricochet's in-house election analyst, isn't here to pretend the data suggest otherwise, he joins James, Charles, and Steve to add dimension to the GOP's bleak prospects. Listeners brave enough for the cold facts will hear important lessons about the Republican Party's growing pains, the value of persuasive speech...

Tensions between the United States and its European NATO allies are raising questions about the future of the alliance. From restrictions on U.S. military operations against Iran to unequal defense spending and security commitments, the growing divide highlights the challenges of maintaining a shared defense partnership. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA...

Further reading: " A Eulogy for Bullfighting ," by Germán S. Díaz del Castillo (First Things) " The Stench of Corruption ," by R. R. Reno (First Things) " Foucault’s Principalities & Powers ," by Angela Franks (First Things) " Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness ," by Carl R. Trueman (First Things)