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Independent Conversations — 112 episodes

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1

The High-Tech Fix That Is Not Fixing Gun Violence

2

Why Birthright Citizenship Is More Complicated Than We Think

3

The Redistricting Debate After Louisiana v. Callais

4

The Economists You Probably Don’t Know—But Should

5

End California’s Nuclear Energy Ban!

6

Is the Constitution the First Casualty of the Iran War?

7

Deleting The State: Fear, Power, and Political Authority

8

Slaying Tariffs: From Declaration to Supreme Court Victory

9

The Obamacare Trainwreck…and the way out

10

Minneapolis Maelstrom

11

Reclaiming the Constitution: The People and the Bill of Rights

12

Venezuela on the Brink

13

L.A. Wildfires: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

14

Year in Review: How Did Liberty Fare in 2025?

15

Crackup on the Right, BBC Bias, Rent Control Revisited

16

How NIMBYism Worsens California’s Housing Crisis | Christopher Calton

17

Shutdown Blues; Trumpy Tariffs; "Regime Change" War with Venezuela?

18

Beyond Homeless: What Really Works To End Homelessness?

19

Does the L.A. Metro System Have to Be a Waste of Time and Money? | Baruch Feigenbaum

20

Free Speech vs. Left and Right Cancel Culture | Nadine Strossen

21

Is a Multipolar World Better for the U.S.?

22

Tariffs on Trial

23

Ukraine Endgame, Redistricting Drama, etc.

24

Trump Strikes Iran: Turning Point or Mistake?

25

Race, Liberty, and the Future of Meritocracy in America

26

Why Tariffs Are Toxic

27

Executive Orders Galore! Birthright Citizenship, DEI, Energy, and More

28

It Didn’t Have To Be This Bad: Southern California Firestorms

29

The New Syria and Civil Liberties. Trump's Team

30

Judy Shelton: Money and Inflation in the New Trump Era

31

Election 2024: Policy Issues That Matter Most

32

Free Speech / Free Prices: Deepfakes, Hurricanes, Port Strikes, Hate Speech

33

Yes We Can Cure the Healthcare Crisis!

34

Economic Illiteracy of Trump and Harris

35

SCOTUS Review: Latest Supreme Court Decisions Explained

36

How to Run Wars — Meet the Authors

37

Hunter Biden & Gun Laws. Pandering To Young Voters! Voter-Approved Taxes?

38

Is Higher Ed Going Off the Rails?

39

Why Campus Chaos? Ban Lab-Grown Meat? Biden Clueless on Economics

40

Trump Touts Tariffs. Fast Food Workers Hit. RFK Jr. Chides Big Government.

41

Social Media Free Speech? Biden’s "Shrinkflation" Ploy. IVF Liberties?

42

The California Golden Fleece Award vs. the Bureaucrats!

43

The New Antisemitism—from the Left

44

Can Milei Succeed? Argentina at the Start of a New Era

45

The Untold Story of FDR's War on the Bill of Rights | David Beito and Amity Shlaes

46

Free Speech a Casualty of Israeli War? DEI Under Scrutiny. Ban TikTok?

47

Biden Admin Pressured Tech Companies to Violate Free Speech; D.C. Budget Showdown

48

New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights, Hunter Biden Faces Gun Charges

49

Trump Indictments Galore, Hunter Biden Corruption, Florida Slavery Curriculum

50

SCOTUS RULINGS: Racial Preferences, Student Loans, Artistic Freedom

51

Debt Ceiling Reprieve, Banking Health, NAACP Slaps Florida

52

In Search of Monsters to Destroy | Christopher Coyne and Mary L. G. Theroux

53

Bragg vs. Trump. Ban TikTok? FBI Spying on Catholics?

54

Chinese Balloon Saga, Ukraine Endgame, Cancel Roald Dahl?

55

Classified Docs in Biden’s Garage! When Will COVID Health Emergency End?

56

Free Speech vs. Equal Rights: SCOTUS Weighs the Balance

57

Midterm Elections Red Ripple—Good or Bad for Liberty?

58

Paypal Goes Political, Ukraine Towards the Brink, Harris Hurricane Relief

59

Biden Buys College Vote, Lockdowns Lowered Learning, Historians Go Woke

60

Feds Raid Mar-a-Lago, Inflation Reduction Act Dishonesty, China & Taiwan

61

Redefining “Recession,” Semiconductor Pork, Fauci Doubles Down

62

Unflinching SCOTUS Hews to Text and History, On Guns and Abortion

63

Inflation Revs, Ukraine Turns, Taiwan Fears, Homelessness Grows

64

Cancel Student Debt? Kill The Constitution to Solve Gun Violence?

65

Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Flap, Build-Back-Better Inflation

66

The Second Amendment: Opportunities and Threats | Stephen P. Halbrook

67

SCOTUS Roe Ruling Leaks, Biden's Unconstitutional Disinformation Board

68

Putin's Desperation, Florida's Culture War, Goodbye Mask Mandates

69

Elon Musk & Twitter, Ukraine War or Peace, Disney's Culture War, Media Bias

70

Implacable Inflation, Putin's Villainy, U.S.'s Quandary, New SCOTUS Justice

71

Tyranny & Misinformation in the COVID-19 Pandemic | Naomi Wolf

72

Russia Invades Ukraine, Biden & NATO, School Recalls, Durham, P.J. O'Rourke

73

Biden Threatens Over Ukraine, Olympics & Covid Controls, Academic Intolerance

74

Breyer Resigns at SCOTUS, Ukraine Vortex, Inflation & Inequality, Crime Surges

75

Omicron's Surge, Vax Mandates at SCOTUS, Bidenflation & BBB, School Protests

76

New Way to Care: Market-Based Health and Social Protections | US Rep Pete Sessions & John C. Goodman

77

The Dying Citizen: Are Woke Elites, Tribalism & Globalism Threats to America? | Victor Davis Hanson

78

War on Thanksgiving, "Racial Justice," Organized Retail Crime and Inflation

79

Mollie Hemingway on “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections”

80

Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, Red-Wave School Choice, UN Climate Alarmism, Inflation

81

Red-Wave Election Battles, Federal-Budget Behemoth, US COVID Funding at Wuhan

82

Vaccine Mandates, Fiscal Crisis, DOJ Threatens to Silence Peaceful Dissent

83

Artificial Intelligence Can't Think but It Can Transform the Economy | George F. Gilder

84

“Build Back Better"?, $3.5T Boondoggle, Biden's Border Crisis, Drone Murders

85

Afghanistan Debacle, Biden Vaccine Mandate, California Recall of Gavin Newsom

86

America's COVID-19 Debacle: "A Plague Upon Our House" | Scott W. Atlas, M.D.

87

Cuban & French Liberté Protests, Newsom Recall, Big Teach, Big Tech & Big Gov

88

Skyrocketing Crime, Post-COVID Schools, Biden's Appointments

89

SCOTUS Religious Liberty, NYC Election, Voter Fraud & Inflation

90

Fauci Emails, States Re-Opening, & the Legacy of COVID-19 Lockdowns

91

Groupthink and Fauci's Hubris: Disinformation & COVID-19 Origins

92

Lab Origin Scandal: Did the U.S. Fund COVID-19?

93

CA Gov Newsom Recall, Ending Woke Schools, Gun Control & Government Failure

94

COVID Vaccine Passports, School Shutdowns, and the Border Crisis

95

Border Crisis, Woke Racism, Assault Weapons Redux, and Filibuster Omens

96

Race and Liberty in America: "What Killed Michael Brown?" | Shelby Steele

97

COVID-19 Pork, Dr. Seuss, Teachers Unions, Lockdowns, and Reopenings

98

Black History: Race & Liberty in America

99

Origins, Harms & Political Deception of the COVID-19 Lockdowns | Phillip Magness & Graham H. Walker

100

Impeachment, Black History, Civil Liberties, Woke Tyranny, School Shutdowns

101

Biden's Executive Orders, Border Wall, School Names and Cancel Culture

102

Capitol Protest Fallout, Censorship, Unfettered Biden Agenda, China

103

Election Lawsuits, Biden, Media Bias, EDD Fraud, Vaccines, Walter Williams

104

Election Endgame, Biden Policies, COVID-19, Thanksgiving and Liberty

105

2020 Elections: Trump or Biden? No Blue Wave? Vote Fraud? What's Next?

106

2020 U.S. Elections, Final Presidential Debate, ACB on SCOTUS & More

107

SCOTUS Hearings, COVID-19, W.H.O., Pence vs. Harris V. P. Debate

108

Amy Coney Barrett SCOTUS Nomination, Presidential Debates and More

109

Millenarian Mobs, Wildfires, Woke Football, and Milton Friedman

110

Ethnic Studies, Identity Politics, Racism, Riots, and the Police

111

Kamala Harris, Political Correctness, Corruption and Civil Liberties

112

Free Speech, Cancel Culture, Identity Politics and Police Reform