Newt's World

In his new book, “Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy”, former Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger looks at lives of six of the most influential leaders of the last century: Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew, and Margaret Thatcher - all of whom he knew personally. Newt’s guest is Henry Kissinger. He served as national security advisor and secretary of state under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford and he has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt’s guest is a rising star in the Republican party, Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota. Her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in her state has made her widely known. She’s been serving the people of South Dakota in public office since 2007. She is a wife, a mother, and a lifelong rancher, farmer and small business owner. Growing up on a ranch she learned a lot of life lessons and she’s sharing them in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Doudna developed a method of genome editing along with her partner Emmanuelle Charpentier and together they won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. Her unique journey from graduate student to Nobel prize winning scientist is chronicled by the biographer of geniuses, Walter Isaacson. His New York Times best-seller, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race is available now.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A day doesn’t go by without energy in the headlines. From banning gas stoves to prices at the pump, to threats to the world’s energy supplies, energy is front and center. In his new book, “Game Changer: Our 50-Year Mission to Secure America’s Energy Independence” Harold Hamm tells the story of his fifty-year journey battling conventional wisdom and, in the process, helping restore America as an energy superpower. How did he do it? With horizontal drilling. What Hamm did was game changing for our country and the world. Newt’s guest is Harold Hamm. He founded Continental Resources in 1967 and currently serves as Executive Chairman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 million Americans lack formal health insurance. Many of the rest of Americans live in constant danger of losing health care coverage. Even with insurance, most live with the risk of enormous medical bills for covered care. In their new book, “We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care,” Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein, Professors of economics at Stanford and MIT, argue it is because no one is asking the right question: What is it that U.S. health insurance policy should accomplish? Newt’s guest is Dr. Amy Finkelstein. She is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are two major congressional investigations underway. The first is looking into the Biden family’s potentially criminal money-making activities. The second is investigating the various federal law enforcement efforts to protect the Biden’s from scrutiny while aggressively trying to destroy former President Donald Trump. And President Joe Biden is at the heart of both stories. Newt’s guest is Mike Howell. He is the Director for the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has around 90 drones for commercial, surveillance, tactical, and suicide missions. The IRGC not only shipped its suicide drones to Russia to be used against Ukraine, but also equipped its proxies such as Lebanese Hezbollah, Yemeni Houthis, the Syrian Army, and Iraqi Shia Militia groups with all kinds of armed drones. The IRGC also has sold armed drones to Venezuela, Ethiopia, and soon Armenia, to use in the case of war with the Republic of Azerbaijan. All of this is detailed in a new book, by Mehran Riazaty. “Iranian Drones: A New Menace from the Ayatollah.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The film, “Sound of Freedom” has become the blockbuster hit of this summer. Released on July 4th by Angel Studios, the film stars Jim Caviezel playing the role of Tim Ballard, a former government agent turned freedom fighter who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue dozens of children from human trafficking. “Sound of Freedom” is resonating with audiences everywhere. It’s total domestic box office is $125 million and counting. Newt’s guest is Eduardo Verástegui, he is executive producer and also plays “Pablo” in the film.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we begin to think about the 2024 election, one of the most important jobs we have as a party is to identify strong candidates in each state and give them the training they’ll need to understand how to run a campaign. Newt’s guest is “The Campaign Doctor,” Chuck Muth. He is the president of the non-profit grassroots lobbying organization called Citizens Outreach and his “Muth’s Truths” is the number one conservative political / public policy blog in Nevada.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his new book, “No Trade Is Free,” Robert Lighthizer challenges the way we think about trade policy in the United States. The establishments of both political parties, under the influence of multinational corporations and importers, have been unwilling or unable to recognize their trade policy mistakes which have put the American worker and manufacturer at risk while trying to maximize corporate profits, economic efficiency, and cut the price of products. Newt’s guest is Robert Lighthizer. He served in President Trump’s cabinet as the United States Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021 and was a deputy USTR under President Reagan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.