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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo are joined by the Center of the American Experiment's Isaac Orr for episode 401 of the In The Tank Podcast. After making waves years ago with the outrageous and outlandish Green New Deal proposal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is resurrecting the legislation. What is the significance of this move? Will the Green New Deal have...

Milton Friedman was a staunch advocate for privatizing Medicaid and Social Security, relying on the free market to regulate healthcare. The 'Plan for America' (PFA) is a proposal to bring this vision to life. Terry Nager, one of the co-authors of this plan, aimed to fortify the nation's entitlement programs, alleviate the country's deficits, debts, and unfunded liabilities, and provide Americans w...

The Supreme Court ruling in the United States' case of Sackett v. EPA has emerged as a pivotal decision, significantly impacting individual liberty, the constitutional balance of power, and the containment of the regulatory state for the first time in decades. The verdict mandates that wetlands must be categorically "wet" and directly connected to navigable waters. As a result, landowners, develop...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins are joined by the Center of the American Experiment's Isaac Orr for episode 400 of the In The Tank Podcast. A new batch of regulations imposed by the Biden Administration are going to result in more strain on the already taxed energy grid. With the summer heat coming, should we brace ourselves for waves of black and brownouts?...

Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) has become one of the gravest threats facing the free societies of the world. A cabal of ideologically aligned progressive elites are pushing to have progressive environmental and social justice goals replace the pursuit of profits and wealth creation through ESG under the guise of stakeholder capitalism.  ESG is a social credit scoring system that ideologi...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 399 of the In The Tank Podcast. Climate Czar John Kerry blames agriculture for a considerable amount of the global carbon dioxide emissions. These comments continue a trend of attacks by climate alarmists on the world's food-producing industry. How do people like Kerry expect the population to eat...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Larry M. Bartels, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law and May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University, to discuss his new book, Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe . They discuss the myth that there is a populist wave in contemporary Europe...

In this episode of Environment & Climate News, we'll dissect a recent so-called study from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) which makes a blatantly false claim attempting to tie fossil fuel products to wildfires in the western United States. Not one, not two, but three glaring issues arise: contradictory data, cherry-picked data, and satellite data, all showing that UCS isn’t just in er...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 398 of the In The Tank Podcast. Why does it seem like there are so many businesses and industries that are doing things that undermine themselves? Whether its beer companies offending their main consumers, or Disney tripping over themselves to be less family friendly, or oil companies trying to go...

Welcome to Environment & Climate News, your source for insights into environmental policies and climate-related issues. This episode, hosted by H. Sterling Burnett, features Jason Isaac from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Isaac sheds light on a pressing power predicament facing Texas and the nation as a whole: the forced transition from reliable fossil fuel power plants to less dependable...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 397 of the In The Tank Podcast. We have seen the ruling elites come after a number of things under the justification of Climate Change. We've discussed bans on gas-powered cars, gas stoves, and other products. Well now, they are coming for your appliances. A new Biden proposal will seek to ensure y...

The other day, Heartland Institute Editorial Director Chris Talgo, was on the Rod Arquette Show in Salt Lake City, Utah to talk about the pathetic results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The nation’s report card found that only 13 percent of 8th graders are considered proficient in US History.    Chris is a former U.S. History teacher in the public schools of the Chicago Subu...

Earlier this week, Heartland's Justin Haskins, the director of our Socialism Research Center, was a guest on The Morning Show with Preston Scott out of Tallahassee, Florida. Justin is a frequent guest on Preston's program, and you can see why in this interview.    Justin and Preston covered a variety of topics, from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenging President Biden for the Democratic nomination th...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Rosen, chief White House correspondent for Newsmax, to discuss his new book, Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986 . They discuss his Catholic upbringing and education, his stints in academia and his published works, his service in the Nixon and Ford administrations, and his time on the D.C. District Court of Appeals. They also chat about his personality...

The left has come with yet another ridiculous label to slur climate realists, or for that matter, normal people just driving their car. That label is "petromasculinity," and it's making waves through academia. Host Anthony Watts and expert weekly panelists H. Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken will embrace “petro-masculinity” and point out that without it, the world would soon collapse. The paneli...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 396 of the In The Tank Podcast. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the most comprehensive Anti-ESG bill into law this week. Now, he is turning his attention toward the Digital Dollar (CBDC). How will these moves effect The Great Reset movement? Is he building a worthy defense for the state or is...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Mark Moyar, William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, to discuss his new book, Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968 . Moyar discusses why the war was a strategic necessity, how American operations gave the South Vietnamese government some breathing space, and how the war could possibly been brought to a satisfactory conclusion if...

On this podcast, former NASA engineer and program director for the space station Tom Moser gives a presentation to shed light on the science behind climate change. Drawing on his impressive credentials, including serving as Acting Associate Administrator for Spaceflight in Washington, D.C., Director of the Space Station Program, Deputy Manager of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, and Chief Engineer at th...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Joel Selvin, former columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle , to discuss the new paperback edition of his book, Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History . They chat about how Sly changed the face of black music, the impact and influence his music had on his peers, and the symbolism of the interracial and intergender Family Stone. They also discuss Sly’s pro...

This week’s episode of Climate Change Roundtable features a discussion of the Biden initiative on making power plants do carbon dioxide capture - a technology that is far from proven, much less practical. It is expected this will add significant costs to every power bill in America. Meanwhile, a recent national poll revealed that people simply aren't alarmed by climate alarmism. Host Anthony Watts...

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 395 of the In The Tank Podcast. There have been a slew of articles recently suggesting the U.S. Dollar is quickly losing its status as world reserve currency. How likely is this and how will it effect you? The ITT crew discusses this important topic. Also, is it just a coincidence that this develop...

How is it that Mifepristone was approved in the first place?  The drug has high risk implications and because of that was authorized under a specific protocol that the Biden administration is now trying to change after the Dobb’s decision last year that reversed Roe v. Wade.  Guest Rik Mehta comes onto the podcast to discuss the legal nature of it all. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jeremy Black, emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter, to discuss the new paperback edition of his book, The Short History of War . They chat about how warfare has transformed the social, political, cultural, and religious aspects of humanity across time, the significance of warfare more broadly, and the ways in which cultural understandings of...

In this podcast, H Sterling Burnett converses with guest Paul Chesser to discuss the interventions of Climate woke special interest in our banking system.  Specifically, they discuss how these groups and investors have offered shareholder proxy proposals to force big banks to adopt net zero targets and reporting, and to cease banking with companies in the fossil fuel industry. If successful, these...

Join us for episode 60 of Climate Change Roundtable, titled "Fake and Bake – Earth Day Edition.” This week’s episode features a smackdown of how the media covers climate and weather stories – badly. For example, one of the stories this week made a claim about a heat wave in Great Britain, with temperatures forecast to 20°C which is 68°F – room temperature! Host Anthony Watts and expert weekly pane...