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Jun 16, 2022 • 52min
Is ‘Barstool Conservatism’ The Future Of Republican Politics?
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Nate Hochman, an ISI Fellow at National Review, joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his article "What Comes After The Religious Right?" and what the rapid decline of religiosity in the U.S. means for the conservative movement.You can read Hochman's article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/opinion/republicans-religion-conservatism.html

Jun 14, 2022 • 39min
The ‘Battle For The American Mind’ In An Age Of Secularized Education
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, authors Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss their new book "Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation" and how secularization has changed the way K-12 government schools operate.You can find Hegseth and Goodwin's book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-battle-for-the-american-mind-pete-hegseth/1140521394

Jun 13, 2022 • 37min
Why Media Downplayed Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin
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 the corporate media downplayed the assassination attempt on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ahead of the court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling.

Jun 10, 2022 • 43min
Amid Dobbs Drama, Sen. Mike Lee Is Sounding The Alarm: SCOTUS Needs 'Saving'
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left's Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court and Destroy American Liberty."You can find Lee's book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saving-nine-mike-lee/1140407441

Jun 9, 2022 • 38min
Did Biden Just Give Maduro A Big Win? This Venezuelan Says Yes
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Jorge Galicia, an outreach fellow for The Fund for American Studies, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how socialism under Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro ravaged Galicia's home country and explain how President Joe Biden has emboldened Maduro's regime.

Jun 8, 2022 • 54min
Sheryl Sandberg Makes It Official: Girlbosses Are Done
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Managing Editor Madeline Osburn joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss what Sheryl Sandberg's departure from Facebook’s parent company Meta says about feminism and the end of the "girlboss" era.Read Osburn's article "The ‘Lean In’ Era Is Over, And That’s Good For Everyone" here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/08/the-end-of-the-lean-in-era/

Jun 7, 2022 • 52min
How The White Coat Waste Group Exposed Fauci
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Justin Goodman, senior vice president of advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how to hold the government accountable for spending millions of taxpayer dollars on dangerous experiments, like the ones conducted using coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, that put animals and maybe even humans at risk.

Jun 6, 2022 • 43min
'Last Summer Boys' Chronicles The Vietnam War Era Through The Eyes Of An Appalachian Teen
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, author Bill Rivers joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Last Summer Boys: A Novel," the fictional story of a young Appalachian teen who spends the summer of 1968 trying to make his older brother famous to keep him from getting drafted. You can find Rivers' book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-summer-boys-bill-rivers/1140803017

Jun 3, 2022 • 41min
Why The Left’s War On Guns Is So Out Of Touch
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, the husband-wife duo of gun store owner Trevor Boyd and Federalist Staff Writer Jordan Boyd discuss and debunk some of the lies used by Democrats to push anti-gun legislation.

Jun 2, 2022 • 43min
How The Midterms Are Shaping Capitol Hill
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how the Democrats are scrambling to pass leftist legislation before they are predicted to lose ground in the House and Senate in November.