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Hosted by Matt Kittle and The Federalist’s team of fearless journalists, this is a podcast featuring engaging and in-depth conversations with reporters, scholars, authors, politicians, and thinkers of all stripes. Along with guest hosts Mollie Hemingway, David Harsanyi, and others, the show delivers smart and compelling dialogues on politics, culture, religion, and the news of the day. Support the show by subscribing, rating, and writing a review! Check out The Federalist's other coverage on our website . Follow The Federalist   on X .  

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Shifts In Policing And The Uvalde Disaster 25.07.2022

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Aaron Sibarium, an associate editor at the Washington Free Beacon and co-host of the "Institutionalized" podcast, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the police failures in Uvalde and the dangers of both raising and lowering the qualified immunity standards for officers. Read his article "The Legal Precedents That Haunt Uvalde"...

Amid Cultural Chaos, Republicans Can’t Afford To Punt On Marriage 22.07.2022

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why 47 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to codify same-sex marriage, how the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision ushered in a new era of cultural battles, and why Republicans on Capitol Hill should speak up...

Are Podcasts The Future Of Longform Journalism? 20.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Les Sillars, a professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College, and Mary Muncy, a breaking news reporter for WORLD, join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss their new podcast "Doubletake" and examine how technology is changing the future of journalism.  You can find the Doubletake podcast here:  https://doubletakepodcast.org/

How Reproductive Technologies Often Put Parents Before Children 19.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Katy Faust, founder and director of Them Before Us, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the ethics of in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and third-party reproduction and how those practices affect children's natural rights. You can find Faust's book "Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement" here: https://w...

Avik Roy On Inflation And Crypto 18.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and policy editor for Forbes, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to give insight into the relationship between cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and inflation.

Newt Gingrich On GOP Leadership, Jan. 6, And His Roadmap To Ending ‘Big Government Socialism’ 15.07.2022

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky for a conversation about his new book "Defeating Big Government Socialism: Saving America's Future." You can find Gingrich's book here: https://www.centerstreet.com/titles/newt-gingrich/defeating-big-government-socialism/9781546003199/

The Swamp Gave Us Biden And A Broken Culture 14.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why President Joe Biden is no longer useful to the corporate media and their Democrat allies who are on the hook for putting him in the White House. Read Bedford's article "As Democrats And The Press Turn On Biden, Remember: They Are T...

Ari Fleischer Thinks The Media Is Broken 12.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong―And Just Doesn't Care." You can find Fleischer's book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/suppression-deception-snobbery-and-bias-ari-fleischer

From Covid To The Security State, Abusive Emergency Powers Are Suffocating Us 11.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Clyde Wayne Crews, the vice president for policy and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the case for curbing reflexive federal spending and the expansion of government power in the face of national crises.  Read "The Case for Letting Crises Go to Waste" from Crews here:  https://cei.or...

Cartel Country: Emily And John Reflect On Their Trip To Northern Mexico 08.07.2022

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson and Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky recount their recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border and analyze how American immigration policies have contributed to the exploitation and misery at the border.

Did The Dobbs Decision Go Far Enough? 07.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Hadley Arkes, the founder and director of the James Wilson Institute and professor at Amherst College, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision and evaluate whether the ruling went far enough.

The Dobbs Victory Is More Fragile Than Many Realize 06.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why victories like Dobbs v. Jackson are fleeting and how the pro-life movement can protect itself against vulnerabilities that could be exploited in the future. Read Bedford's article here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/30/dobbs-victory-is-more-complicated-...

Inside Brad Thor’s Remarkable Career As A Bestselling Novelist 05.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new novel "Rising Tiger: A Thriller" which follows America’s top spy Scot Harvath on his latest assignment dealing with tensions between India and China. Thor also shares how he uses real-world experience and facts about global relations to inform...

Naomi Schaefer Riley On The Federal Government’s ‘New Trail Of Tears’ 04.07.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Naomi Schaefer Riley, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, joins Federalist Western Correspondent Tristan Justice to discuss her book "The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians." You can find Riley's book here:  https://www.naomiriley.com/books/the-new-tra...

The Media Is Getting The Southern Baptist Story Totally Wrong 01.07.2022

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Megan Basham, a culture reporter for The Daily Wire, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why the corporate media's coverage of the sexual assault allegations within the Southern Baptist Convention is wrong. Read Basham's article "Southern Baptists’ #MeToo Moment" here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/southern-baptists-metoo-mome...

Eddie Scarry On 'Liberal Misery' 30.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist D.C. Columnist Eddie Scarry joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky and Senior Editor Christopher Bedford to discuss his new book "Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone." You can find Scarry's book here:  https://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone/dp/1637584350

How To Heal The Deep Cultural Wounds Of Roe 28.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, The Federalist's younger female staffers Jordan Boyd, Elle Reynolds, Kylee Griswold, and Madeline Osburn join Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky in a roundtable about the end of Roe v. Wade and what that means for women and the future of American culture. 

Michael Pack Sets The Record Straight On Justice Clarence Thomas 28.06.2022

Author and producer Michael Pack joins culture editor Emily Jashinksy to discuss the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. They also discuss the left's attacks Thomas and his wife, Ginni. Pack is the co-author of "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words."

How Roe Fell 24.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor David Harsanyi joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling and discuss what is next for the pro-life movement.

This Runner Is Celebrating Title IX By Talking About Her Most Painful Losses 23.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, track and field athlete Chelsea Mitchell, her mother Christy Mitchell, and Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Christiana Kiefer join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss their ongoing battle to save women's sports and preserve the meaning of "on the basis of sex."

Watergate At 50: Is Everything We Know Wrong? 21.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Geoff Shepard, author of "The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President," joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the Watergate break-in, the cover-up, and how everything after, including President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974, became politicized thanks to the corporate media. Read Shepard's article "Ame...

Post-Father’s Day Special With Brad Wilcox 20.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why young men and society need attentive fathers. Read the Institute for Family Studies report "‘Life Without Father’: Less College, Less Work, and More Pr...

Democrats’ Legislative Push Is A Poor Midterm Strategy 17.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to recap how Republicans flipped Texas District 34, analyze whether congressional Republicans and Democrats will use their legislative power to rein in Big Tech, and discuss why some Republicans' push to restrict guns should bar them from being i...

Is ‘Barstool Conservatism’ The Future Of Republican Politics? 16.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Nate Hochman, an ISI Fellow at National Review, joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his article "What Comes After The Religious Right?" and what the rapid decline of religiosity in the U.S. means for the conservative movement. You can read Hochman's article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/opinion/republicans-religion-conservatism.h...

The ‘Battle For The American Mind’ In An Age Of Secularized Education 14.06.2022

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, authors Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss their new book "Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation" and how secularization has changed the way K-12 government schools operate. You can find Hegseth and Goodwin's book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-battle-for-the-...

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