American Experiment Podcast
Why are so many Minnesota high school graduates unable to read or do math at grade level? Does Tim Walz actually think he's going to be the next president of the United States? And why does he keep swearing so much? These are the kinds of hard-hitting questions we get into every week on the American Experiment Podcast, where we unpack the week's biggest stories, interview Minnesota's movers and shakers, and "stop the tape" on clips of our state's most ridiculous elected officials. New episodes drop every Tuesday afternoon and are available on every major podcasting platform.
Latest episodes
Nov 1, 2023 • 46min
The Golden Turkey Award for Wasteful Government Spending
Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn discuss this year's nominees for the Golden Turkey Award, an annual award given out by Center of the American Experiment to the most outrageous example of government waste.Minnesota’s government wastes a LOT of money on silly things. Now it’s up to you to pick the best one at GoldenTurkeyMN.com
Oct 20, 2023 • 28min
Israel, Pro-Hamas Protests in MN, Feeding our Future, and Golden Turkeys - Friday Five
In another edition of the Friday Five, John Hinderaker, Kathryn Hinderaker, Bill Walsh, and Bill Glahn sit down to discuss the situation in Israel, pro-Hamas protests at the MN Capitol, Feeding our Future, the Golden Turkey awards, and more.
Oct 16, 2023 • 45min
Matt Taibbi on Censorship and Free Speech in America
Award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss his work on the Twitter Files and the future of free speech in America.
Oct 6, 2023 • 26min
Raise our Social Studies Standards!
Education Policy Fellow Catrin Wigfall joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss the Minnesota Department of Education's newly proposed social studies standards - and what you can do to make your voice heard.
Sep 26, 2023 • 18min
Friday Five: What's going on in Mankato, SRO Update, and NIMBYs
Sep 11, 2023 • 17min
50% of Minnesota Students Can't Read at Grade Level with Catrin Wigfall
Center of the American Experiment's Education Policy Fellow joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss the sobering reality - new statewide test results show that the MAJORITY of students in Minnesota cannot read at grade level.
Sep 5, 2023 • 16min
Is Mississippi Outperforming Minnesota and the UK? with Douglas Carswell
John Hinderaker is joined by Douglas Carswell - President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Previously a Member of the British Parliament, Douglas co-founded Vote Leave, the official campaign that won the Brexit referendum. He played a pivotal role in securing the Brexit vote in the first place, changing parties and calling a Special Election on himself in 2014 (which he won with the largest increase in voter share in any election in British history). Douglas has appeared regularly on Fox News, the Ben Shapiro Show and local television and radio shows across Mississippi. The author of four books, Douglas has been invited to speak to young audiences from Oxford, England to Oxford, Mississippi. Raised in Uganda, Douglas is now settled in Mississippi, with his wife Clementine, young daughter Kitty - and Crumble, the dog. Recorded live at the State Policy Network's Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Aug 24, 2023 • 31min
From Malawi to Minnesota with Martha Njolomole
American Experiment Economist Martha Njolomole describes her experience growing up in Malawi and what led her to becoming a free market economist in Minnesota.
Aug 18, 2023 • 23min
Friday Five with Bill Walsh, John Phelan, and Bill Glahn
In this episode of the American Experiment Podcast we introduce the Friday Five, a free-wheeling discussion of the week’s top issues with Bill Walsh (Director of Communications), John Phelan (Economist) and Bill Glahn (Adjunct Policy Fellow). The guys discuss Tim Walz’s recent visit to Iowa, Minneapolis city politics, bogus national business rankings, and a song that’s sweeping the nation.
Aug 11, 2023 • 30min
EPA's Attack on the Grid
American Experiment's Isaac Orr describes how he has modeled the impacts of Biden's new EPA rules regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and determined that these regulations would cause massive rolling blackouts in the Midwest and would cost $246 billion through 2055.
