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I was eight years old when my family got our first home computer. I remember this hulking grey Dell computer taking up most of the desk space, and I remember thinking how amazing technology was. The mood around tech is no longer nearly as cheery. Over the past five years, Americans have grown increasingly concerned […]

Typical civics and American Government courses teach that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution – that is, determining its meaning and limits. Judicial Review, and other accepted powers of the court, are also taught as if the Founders built them that way. But what if that’s not the case? What […]

What is freedom? Benjamin Constant and Isaiah Berlin divided the answers to that question into two categories: the positive conception of the ancients (freedom to participate in political life) and the negative conception of the moderns (freedom from external constraints). But what if this dichotomy is a false one? My guest on Madison’s Notes thinks […]

Erick opens Open Line Friday with the Democratic pivot nobody expected: Lindsay James running ads on girls sports in Iowa’s second district, James Talarico backing off in Texas, and Democrats all over the map fleeing open borders and defund the police with forty days left before the midterms. Then a caller on the Lindsay Clancy […]

Erick takes apart the online outrage machine after Converse pulled a Chuck 70 ad over absurd claims that a K-pop star’s photo evoked a KKK hood and a lynching, and explains why Nike’s habit of apologizing to the white wokes helped drop it out of the S&P 100 for the first time since 1998. Then […]

Erick walks through the economic war on Iran, with Brent and West Texas crude back below $100, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on CNBC detailing five new sanctions authorities that shut down Iranian airlines worldwide and closed branches of Egyptian, Turkish and Russian banks, and Wall Street Journal reporting on the US Navy blockade, stranded truckers […]

With five weeks to go before the midterm elections, the races remain uncertain. Current polling shows Democrats with an advantage in several key contests, but questions remain about polling accuracy, campaign spending, redistricting and the records of individual candidates. Key Senate races in Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, Texas, Iowa and Kansas remain competitive, while developments in […]

Can Israel confront what went wrong in Gaza when the accusations leave no room for conversation? In this special replay of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi take on Naza, the explosive Israeli film accusing Israel of systematically disregarding civilian casualties in Gaza. After receiving a nearly 25-minute standing ovation at the […]

Should Congress approve President Trump’s $350 billion defense budget request through reconciliation, without requiring any spending cuts to pay for it? The president wants it to come through reconciliation, which can be passed on only a party line vote. And the question conservatives are debating is whether or not that should come with or without […]

Today’s show is packed with political drama, media chaos and some truly bizarre moments. The Chicks break down the escalating fight over White House press access, the lawsuit and network response, JD Vance’s defense of the administration, Ana Navarro’s reaction on The View, and the broader debate over legacy media access. Plus, they dive into […]

It’s not every day that the would be masters of the universe are going on television and proclaiming an imminent doomsday, as if they were street preachers or the people who used to walk around public parks with sandwich boards saying “The end is nigh!” But the heads of major artificial intelligence companies like Anthropic […]

As the late Johnny Thunders would say, “Rock and roll is simply an attitude.” And we bring the attitude this week with Free Press contributor Eli Lake, as we talk Graham Platner’s Maine implosion, underestimating the Ukranians and how Donald Trump may have stumbled to the right answer in Iran. All that and Eli leads […]

Scott Jennings responds to growing questions about Mitch McConnell’s health after revealing details of a private conversation, while critics continue debating the senator’s fitness for office. We also cover major developments in the Tyler Robinson pretrial hearings, including emotional courtroom testimony, newly discussed evidence, phone data analysis, courtroom reactions, and why oral arguments h...

Join Jim and Greg for the Friday 3 Martini Lunch as they walk through the many Candace Owens conspiracy theories proven wrong in this week’s hearings in the Charlie Kirk murder case, a surprising new poll of American Jewsish voters, a Wisconsin candidate using the Green Bay Packers as an example of socialism, and Apache […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, Executive Chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Dr. Jeremy Levin joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss how the biotech industry is essential for American healthcare and security, and how China has strategically advanced its biotech industry to overtake the United States’. They also discuss the distrust Americans […]

Guests: Gad Saad and Stephen Smith Host Scot Bertram talks with Gad Saad, professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and host of The Saad Truth podcast, about the potential dangers of altruism and his new book, Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind. And Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and Temple Family Chair in English Literature at Hillsdale College, discusses the […]

The disease of Democrat Socialism is slowly spreading throughout three groups of people: urban consumers, immigrants, and DEI advocates. Their symptoms and agenda include everything abnormal to traditional American policy: open borders, amnesty for illegal immigration, and the conflation of citizenship with mere residency. Their methodology is to run in select blue cities in local […]

A new federal tax credit could dramatically expand educational opportunities for millions of students next year. Jim Blew of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Coalition and Peter Murphy of the Invest in Education Coalition join the podcast to describe how the new “Education Freedom Tax Credit” will incentivize private donations to scholarship granting organizations (SGOs), […]

Erick Erickson broadcasts live from Las Vegas and dives deep into the dramatic collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine. Platner officially drops out amid a flood of sexual misconduct allegations, unhinged rants, and media fallout — exposing the Democratic Party’s poor vetting and desperate search for anti-establishment fighters. Erick discusses the broader anti-establishment […]

Erick Erickson takes listener calls on an Open Line Thursday, discussing the realities of immigration enforcement, ICE operations, and why Hispanic Americans strongly oppose illegal immigration. He defends law enforcement against left-wing attacks and contrasts postmodern emotional appeals with facts on the ground. Additional topics include: – Escalating U.S. actions against Iran, including strike...

Erick Erickson makes the case that true counterculture today looks very different from the 1960s: going to church, reading physical books, socializing in person, and enjoying moderate drinking with friends. He ties this to rising social isolation, declining literacy, AI cheating in schools, and the health of American culture. Additional topics include: – Costco’s employee-first […]

Graham Platner suspends his Senate campaign, Candace Owens faces mounting scrutiny over her claims in the Tyler Robinson case, and Day 3 of the pretrial hearing brings major courtroom developments. In today’s episode, we break down Platner’s emotional resignation, Gavin Newsom’s latest election comments, the Texas birth tourism controversy, Trump’s response to the birthright citizenship […]

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager Scot Bertram is in for Jim for Thursday’s 3 Martini Lunch. Today, Scot and Greg discuss Graham Platner exiting the Maine Senate race, the media’s horrific performance on the Platnet story, Bernie Sanders’ other radical Senate hopeful in Michigan, and a pointless political controversy over coffee. New episodes every weekday. […]

The Democratic Socialists of America have laid their plans, are on the march, and have been making steady gains. But established orders aren’t toppled in a day… and there’s trouble in paradise. Henry rants his way through the fall of Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed’s edge in his race for Michigan’s Senate seat, and Melat Kiros’ […]

On this edition of Hayden’s History Hour, Federalist Staff Editor Hayden Daniel shares the history of the American Revolution west of the Appalachian Mountains, including the great leaders and brutal tactics involved in the war, and how victory in the west began America’s manifest destiny. The Federalist Foundation is a nonprofit, and we depend entirely on […]