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The Federal Newswire
The Lunch Hour with Federal Newswire covers wide-ranging discussions with the Capitol city's policy movers, shakers, and thinkers. The Lunch Hour provides a unique look at the people behind the policy debates that are moving in DC.
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Aug 26, 2024 • 54min
Ep. 98 - Dr. Marion Mass, M.D.
Dr. Marion Mass is a pediatrician in the Philadelphia area. She serves on the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times and The Doylestown Intel and on the board of The Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, and is a delegate and member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.Practicing Physicians of America (PPA) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that supports the common business interests of its physician members and works to limit interference of the doctor-patient relationship by third parties in an effort to improve the medical profession.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Aug 19, 2024 • 47min
Ep. 97 - Wayne Crews
Wayne Crews is the Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work explores the impact of government regulation of free enterprise. He studies antitrust and competition policy, safety and environmental issues, and the challenges of the information age like privacy, online security, broadband policy, and intellectual property.Crews is the author of the annual report, “Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State.” He co-authored “This Liberal Congress Went to Market?,” a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress, and “Communications without Commissions: A National Plan for Reforming Telecom Regulation.” Prior to the assorted government bailouts now taking place, he wrote the report, “Still Stimulating Like It’s 1999: Time to Rethink Bipartisan Collusion on Economic Stimulus Packages.”Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Aug 12, 2024 • 47min
Ep. 96 - Jason Pye
Jason Pye is Vice President of the Due Process Instituite, a bipartisan nonprofit that works to honor, preserve, and restore principles of fairness in the criminal legal system. Jason has extensive lobbying experience having worked as vice president of legislative affairs for Freedom Works. His focus is criminal justice reform and civil liberties and has contributed to notable legislation such as the First Step Act and the Fair Chance Act.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Aug 5, 2024 • 38min
Ep. 95 - Karen Cook
Karen Cook is a securities enforcement and white-collar defense attorney with more than 20 years of experience. She has unique expertise gained from success in SEC enforcement, securities industry legal management and private practice that distinguishes her from other former prosecutors and white-collar defense attorneys. She leverages this fusion of knowledge and experience to secure successful results for clients in the highly-regulated financial services and healthcare industries.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jul 29, 2024 • 36min
Ep. 94 - Austen Bannan
Austen Bannan is an employment policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity. His previous experience includes serving as a senior policy analyst and research fellow at the Charles Koch Institute and legislative staffer on Capitol Hill.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jul 22, 2024 • 38min
Ep. 93 - Maureen Tusty
Maureen Tusty is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and producer. Her newest film, She Rises Up (2024), follows the struggles of three resilient women determined to battle poverty by establishing and sustaining local businesses, thereby empowering their communities.Maureen is also a co-founder of Sky Films Inc., an independent production company that seeks to share inspirational stories from around the globe that reflect the triumph of the human spirit.She Rises Up (2024) is screening in select cities throughout the rest of summer. Find dates here:https://www.sherisesupfilm.com/Sky Films Inc.https://www.skyfilmsinc.com/Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jul 15, 2024 • 44min
Ep. 92 - Jonathan Newman
Dr. Jonathan Newman is a Fellow at the Mises Institute. He earned his PhD at Auburn University while a Research Fellow at the Mises Institute. He was the recipient of the 2021 Gary G. Schlarbaum Award to a Promising Young Scholar for Excellence in Research and Teaching. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Bryan College. He has published in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and in volumes edited by Matthew McCaffrey and Per Bylund. His research focuses on Austrian economics, inflation and business cycles, and the history of economic thought. He has taught courses on Macroeconomics and Quantitative Economics: Uses and Limitations in the Mises Graduate School. He is the author of two children’s books: The Broken Window and Ludwig the Builder. His commentary appears regularly in the Mises Wire and Power & Market.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jul 8, 2024 • 44min
Ep. 91 - Jonathan Wolfson
Jonathan Wolfson is the Chief Legal Officer and Policy Director at the Cicero Institute. His research at Cicero focuses on healthcare, regulatory reform, and employment policies. He also oversees the Cicero Law & Policy Fellows program. Before joining Cicero, Jonathan led the Policy Office at the U.S. Department of Labor where he managed DOL's deregulatory efforts and oversaw DOL's internal policy development think tank. He previously was a litigator and regulatory attorney at an international law firm. Following law school, he served as a federal appellate law clerk. Before law school, Jonathan was a policy analyst at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Jonathan received an A.B. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an Olin Law and Economics Fellow and won the John M. Olin Prize for best original law and economics research.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jul 1, 2024 • 41min
Ep. 90 - Nan Hayworth
Nan Hayworth is an American ophthalmologist and former Congresswoman for New York's 19th congressional district. A Republican, she was elected in 2010.She is the only woman physician in history to be elected a voting Member of the House of Representatives, serving the 19th District of New York in the 112th Congress.As a freshman Member of the House Majority, Nan was privileged to be assigned to the House Financial Services Committee; she also had the honor of serving on the House-Senate Conference Committee to extend the payroll-tax holiday and assure Medicare reimbursements through 2012. Nan was named one of the five “highest-profile freshmen” by Politico in April 2012, and she was recognized by many organizations for her work in behalf of seniors, veterans, free enterprise, the environment, family farms, and animals, among other worthy causes.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Jun 24, 2024 • 41min
Ep. 89 - Brandon Arnold
Brandon Arnold is the Executive Vice President of National Taxpayers Union. In this role, he helps to oversee strategic planning and government affairs efforts for NTU and its staff. He has testified on fiscal policy before Congress and numerous state legislative committees. He has also appeared on several television and radio networks including C-SPAN, Fox News, Fox Business, and more. His writings have appeared in publications including Politico, the Hill, the Seattle Times, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and more.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW


