Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Is there an infrastructure crisis in America? Would we really need $1.5 trillion in new spending to solve it? Dr. Ed Glaeser joins us to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the new infrastructure bill, and help debunk the magical thinking among Democrats that if we just spend massive amounts of money on rail lines, we'll revitalize stagnant economies. Ed Glaeser is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He regularly teaches microeconomic theory and, occasionally, urban and public economics. Glaeser's research focuses on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. Glaeser is the author of Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium (2008); Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (2012); and coauthor of Rethinking Federal Housing Policy: How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable (2008). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Taking orders from terrorists, silencing political opponents, and implementing unconstitutional COVID mandates ad infinitum. When a political ideology with no limiting principles controls our institutions, the inevitable outcome is tyranny. Ben Shapiro returns to show us how the authoritarian left is creating a grave danger to our republic and free societies across the globe, and what we can do to stop it. Ben Shapiro is the NY Times bestselling author of the new book "The Authoritarian Moment," host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," and Editor Emeritus of www.dailywire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @benshapiro.

Andy Stumpf joins us to help unpack the complex dynamics of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, its ramifications for America's national security, and what he learned as a Navy SEAL on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq during the most dangerous era of the War on Terror. Andy Stumpf is the host of the podcast series "Cleared Hot." He first deployed in 2002 as a member of SEAL Team Six. During his career he completed 10 deployments and executed hundreds of combat operations throughout the world. He was medically retired from service in 2013. Follow Andy on Twitter at @AndyStumpf77 and Instagram at @andystumpf212.

Revisiting our interview from last year with General H.R. McMaster where we asked the question: what does America gain by maintaining a military presence in Afghanistan? General McMaster brings decades of experience on the geopolitical stage to answer this question along with how we should address the escalating tensions with Russia and China. General McMaster is a retired Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor. He is the author of "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World." He served in Cold War Europe and led the Eagle Troop of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during the first Gulf War. In 2004, he led the 3rd Armored Calvary in Tal Afar, Iraq, where he pioneered a new counter insurgency strategy. From February 2017 to April 2018, General McMaster served as National Security Advisor to the President. Follow him on Twitter at @LTGHRMcMaster. This episode originally premiered on September 27, 2020.

"nO mORe EnDleSs wArs!" When your entire foreign policy is built upon an emotional slogan, this is what you end up with: a new terrorist safe haven and millions of women and children now under the rule of the Taliban. Dan and Rep. Mike Waltz react to the news that Afghanistan has fallen.

Conservatives are losing the debate over capitalism and free markets, and not just among young college students - a growing number of Americans on the right want more government intervention and stimulus checks. How can we change their minds? Dr. Samuel Gregg thinks it would help if conservatives reframe the economic argument for capitalism as a moral argument - and he joins us to show just how we can do that. Dr. Samuel Gregg is a Visiting Scholar at The Heritage Foundation's Center for American Studies and the Research Director at the Acton Institute. Follow him on Twitter at @DrSamuelGregg.

Dr. Jonathan Haidt joins us to discuss the psychology of America's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic and how to build resilience and thrive in this volatile, uncertain world. Along the way we explore the rise of micro aggression and "safetyism" on campuses, the moral roots of conservatives and liberals, the increasingly toxic polarization on social media and college campuses, and the implications for our democracy. Dr. Haidt is a professor of social psychology at NYU-Stern and author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. He is also the co-founder of HeterodoxAcademy.org, a collaboration among nearly 2500 professors who are working to increase viewpoint diversity and freedom of inquiry in universities. Follow him on Twitter at @JonHaidt. This episode premiered on March 22, 2020.

Uncovering how and when COVID-19 emerged is crucial to understanding the nature of the virus and preventing the next global pandemic. So why have Dr. Fauci and the Democrats attempted to shut down every conversation about the pandemic's origins? Congressman Mike Gallagher joins us to talk about Dr. Fauci's underlying motivations, and set the record straight on everything we know and don't know about the origins of COVID-19. He also gets Dan to answer the question on everyone's minds: who would win in a fight - Dan or Jocko? Rep. Mike Gallagher was first elected in 2016 to represent Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District. He serves on the Armed Services committee and Transportation and Infrastructure committee. He's a graduate of Princeton (BA), the National Intelligence University (MS), and Georgetown (MS, MA, and PhD). He served in the Marine Corps as an intelligence officer and fought in Iraq. Follow Rep. Gallagher on Twitter and Instagram at @RepGallagher.

Private jets. Miller Lite. Care packages. COVID in Speaker Pelosi's office. What do all these things have in common? Texas Democrats in Washington. You've heard a lot about the chaos that's unfolded surrounding the Texas State Representatives who fled to DC in order to block election security reforms, but you probably haven't heard much about the reasons why they're against these reforms. Dan unpacks and debunks their arguments in this quick solo episode.

Matthew Lohmeier is the former Space Force Commander who was fired after speaking out against the growing influence of Marxist ideology in military training. We talk about what he witnessed while in command, how CRT and the modern left's tactics are taken from the playbook of Mao's Cultural Revolution, and what service members can do to stop it. Matthew Lohmeier is the author of "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military." Follow him on Twitter at @matthewlohmeier.