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Hosted by Matt Kittle and The Federalist’s team of fearless journalists, this is a podcast featuring engaging and in-depth conversations with reporters, scholars, authors, politicians, and thinkers of all stripes. Along with guest hosts Mollie Hemingway, David Harsanyi, and others, the show delivers smart and compelling dialogues on politics, culture, religion, and the news of the day. Support the show by subscribing, rating, and writing a review!Check out The Federalist's other coverage on our website. Follow The Federalist on X.
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Aug 5, 2022 • 40min
The Migrant ‘Superhighway’ Nobody Is Talking About
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Todd Bensman, the Texas-based senior national security fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how the Biden administration's diplomacy opened up a "superhighway" of illegal immigration in South America and makes the U.S. southern border even more vulnerable to crime and crisis. Read Bensman's latest report "New Migrant 'Superhighway' Bringing the World from South America to Texas" here: https://cis.org/Bensman/New-Migrant-Superhighway-Bringing-World-South-America-Texas

Aug 3, 2022 • 46min
How Our Culture’s Premature Embrace Of Big Tech Is Hurting Americans
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Clare Morell, a policy analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center where she works on EPPC’s Big Tech Project, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how social media is rewiring kids' brains and how our culture's premature embrace of Big Tech has hurt generations of Americans.You can find Morell's article "Parents, Are You Prepared for the Digital Dangers Your Kids Face?" here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/parents-are-you-prepared-for-the-digital-dangers-your-kids-face/

Aug 2, 2022 • 43min
How China Is Quietly Buying Influence All Over America
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Michael Cunningham, a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why state legislatures should be on guard against communist China's attempts to infiltrate U.S. institutions such as schools, churches, and other community organizations. You can read Cunningham's report "Why State Legislatures Must Confront Chinese Infiltration" here: https://www.heritage.org/asia/report/why-state-legislatures-must-confront-chinese-infiltration

Aug 1, 2022 • 19min
America’s Health Crisis Is Jeopardizing National Security
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, retired Lieutenant General Thomas Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense, joins Federalist Western Correspondent Tristan Justice to discuss why every branch of the U.S. military is struggling to recruit new members and why that needs to change. Read Spoehr's commentary "Army Is Falling Dangerously Short on Recruitment. Here’s What We Can Do About It" here: https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/army-falling-dangerously-short-recruitment-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it

Jul 29, 2022 • 39min
Inside The Corrupt World Of Alzheimer’s Science And Institutional Failure
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new reporting on Alzheimer's and how institutional failures have guaranteed that the science on the disease is far from settled. Read Bedford's article here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/28/inside-the-corrupt-world-of-alzheimers-science-and-what-its-failure-means-for-all-settled-science/

Jul 28, 2022 • 45min
How Gender Ideology Tore This Chicago Family Apart
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Kelsey Bolar, a senior policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum and senior contributor at The Federalist, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how a Chicago mom lost custody of her daughter for insisting she is a girl.You can find more about IWF's new documentary series "Identity Crisis" here: https://www.iwf.org/identity-crisis

Jul 26, 2022 • 43min
How The Left Lost Perspective On American Exceptionalism
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Adam Brandon, president of grassroots service center FreedomWorks, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "America in Perspective: Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation."You can find Brandon's book here: https://posthillpress.com/book/america-in-perspective-defending-the-american-dream-for-the-next-generation

Jul 25, 2022 • 48min
Shifts In Policing And The Uvalde Disaster
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Aaron Sibarium, an associate editor at the Washington Free Beacon and co-host of the "Institutionalized" podcast, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the police failures in Uvalde and the dangers of both raising and lowering the qualified immunity standards for officers. Read his article "The Legal Precedents That Haunt Uvalde" here: https://freebeacon.com/courts/the-legal-precedents-that-haunt-uvalde/

Jul 22, 2022 • 31min
Amid Cultural Chaos, Republicans Can’t Afford To Punt On Marriage
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why 47 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to codify same-sex marriage, how the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision ushered in a new era of cultural battles, and why Republicans on Capitol Hill should speak up about the importance of marriage and family.

Jul 20, 2022 • 43min
Are Podcasts The Future Of Longform Journalism?
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Les Sillars, a professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College, and Mary Muncy, a breaking news reporter for WORLD, join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss their new podcast "Doubletake" and examine how technology is changing the future of journalism. You can find the Doubletake podcast here: https://doubletakepodcast.org/