
Moment of Truth
Live weekly from the nation's capital, Moment of Truth is American Moment’s official podcast has become an indispensable part of DC staffers' weekly digest.In 2024, Season 4 continues to bring on high-profile guests — from prominent politicians, thinkers, journalists, and researchers — on the policy issues of the day from geopolitics to trade to immigration. You can enjoy the full backlog of podcasts today, with over 100 hours of interviews with leaders including Heritage's Kevin Roberts, Hillsdale's Dr. Larry P. Arnn, China expert at Asia Times David P. Goldman, contributing editor for UnHerd and author of "Feminism Against Progress," Mary Harrington, and host of the popular show Breaking Points, Saagar Enjeti.Moment of Truth only continues to grow — it has been cited on national television, in America’s biggest newspapers, used by donors to make giving decisions, launched thinkers into prominence, and so much more. The podcast serves an extremely important purpose for American Moment’s network: it gets them on the same page every Monday morning.Other major guests include Senator JD Vance (R-OH) , Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Michael Anton, Blake Masters, Helen Andrews, Jeff Sessions, and Amanda Milius, Yoram Hazony, Dr. Scott Atlas, Wokal Distance, and Rep. Ken Buck, Rep. Dan Bishop, Mark Meadows (Former Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump), Erin Hawley, Mary Eberstadt, Douglas Wilson, Julius Krein, and more.American Moment is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit that seeks to identify, educate, and credential the young Americans who will implement public policy that supports strong families, a sovereign nation, and prosperity for all. Learn more by visiting AmericanMoment.org. Moment of Truth is hosted by Saurabh Sharma, President, and Nick Solheim, Chief Operations Officer.Email the show at podcast@americanmoment.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Mar 21, 2022 • 1h 10min
This Man Stopped Your Suburb from Being Demolished (feat. John Gibbs)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with John Gibbs, a software engineer who helped build the iPhone, a Christian Missionary fluent in Japanese, and former Trump Administration government official, to discuss what it was like working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, why home prices are sky high and what immigration has to do with it, challenges the Trump administration faced with careerist bureaucrats, and what the future holds for the coming political realignment.John Gibbs (@realJohnGibbs) is a regular contributor to The Federalist and RealClearPolitics. He most recently served in the Trump administration as Acting Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at HUD, in addition to being nominated by President Trump for Director of the Office of Personnel Management. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.Learn more about John Gibbs' work:https://thefederalist.com/author/johngibbs/https://americancornerstone.org/foster-friess-fellow/https://www.votejohngibbs.com/––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimSubscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 14, 2022 • 1h 14min
Censorship and Social Cancer (feat. Prof. Adam Candeub)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Professor Adam Candeub, a Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program at Michigan State University, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Renewing America, to discuss the longterm consequences of social media and pornography addiction, how Congress's efforts to police speech and obscenity online has made these problems worse, and what if anything can be done to right these social ills.Professor Candeub joined the MSU Law faculty in fall 2004. He is also a Fellow with MSU's Institute of Public Utilities. Prior to joining MSU, he served as an advisor at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). From 1998 to 2000, Professor Candeub was a litigation associate for the Washington D.C. firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Immediately following law school, he clerked for Chief Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.In 2019, Professor Candeub joined the Trump administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Telecommunications and Information and assumed the role of Acting Assistant Secretary. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Renewing America in Washington D.C.Learn more about Adam Candeub's work:https://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?prof=370https://fedsoc.org/contributors/adam-candeubhttps://americarenewing.com/about/––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 7, 2022 • 1h 9min
Cancelling Rogan: Theory, Practice, and Praxis (feat. Wokal Distance)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with the twitter-famous, anti-critical race theory thread-master @wokal_distance, to discuss the cancellation of Joe Rogan and the little known leftist super-pacs behind the disinformation campaign to silence his podcast, as well as everything wrong with postmodernism and critical theory.@Wokal_Distance, a leading writer and researcher focused on culture, political philosophy, and the rise of postmodernism. Previously, he spent a number of years working in government before turning his attention to writing. His essays, which have been key in shaping the debate on the pushback against cultural Marxism, as well as postmodernism, education, and Critical Social Justice, can be found at Counterweight where he currently writes.Follow Wokal Distance on Twitter:https://twitter.com/wokal_distance––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAjiHeart Radio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-moment-of-truth-77884750/Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/moment-of-truth-3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 28, 2022 • 1h 7min
A Chaos Monkey's Safari of DC (feat. Antonio García Martínez)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Antonio García Martínez, former ads targeting product manager at Facebook, author of "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley", and now Senior Fellow at the Lincoln Network, to discuss the early days of Facebook, the invention of ad-targeting, and what's in store for the future internet, cryptocurrencies, and nation states. You won't want to miss this episode!Antonio García Martínez has been an advisor to Twitter, a product manager for Facebook, the CEO/founder of AdGrok (a venture-backed startup acquired by Twitter), and a strategist for Goldman Sachs. He is still officially on leave from his Berkeley PhD program, and lives on a forty-foot sailboat on the San Francisco Bay.Learn more about Antonio García Martínez's work:https://antoniogarciamartinez.com/about-antonio-garcia-martinez/https://twitter.com/antoniogmBuy "Chaos Monkeys" --> https://antoniogarciamartinez.com/purchase/––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAjiHeart Radio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-moment-of-truth-77884750/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 22, 2022 • 1h 20min
2 Years of Tyranny (feat. Dr. Scott Atlas)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Dr. Scott Atlas, former Special Advisor to President Trump and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, author of "A Plague Upon Our House," and Senior Fellow in Healthcare Policy at the Hoover Institution, to discuss "the most egregious failure of public health in modern history" also known as the Birx-Fauci plan, why Florida responded differently than other states, and what future leaders must do to defeat "the swamp" and restore health and liberty in America.Scott W. Atlas, M.D. is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Dr. Atlas investigates the impact of government and the private sector on health care access, quality, and pricing, global trends in innovation, and key economic issues related to technology-based medical advances. He is a frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials in the United States and in other countries. He has served as Senior Advisor for Health Care to several numerous candidates for President, as well as having counseled members of the US Congress on health care, testified before Congress, and briefed directors of key federal agencies. From July to December, 2020, he served the nation as a Special Advisor to the President and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.Learn more about Dr. Scott Atlas's work:https://www.hoover.org/profiles/scott-w-atlashttps://profiles.stanford.edu/scott-atlas?tab=bio––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter –https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook –https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram –https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube –https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble –https://rumble.com/c/c-695775BitChute –https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Xr42d9swu7O9/Gab –https://gab.com/AmMomentOrgCheck out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2021 • 1h 10min
Us and Amanda Milius (feat. Amanda Milius)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Amanda Milius, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Content at the U.S. State Department, founder of AMDC Films, and Producer and Director of "The Plot Against The President" documentary, to discuss working in Hollywood as a closet conservative, why she left Los Angeles to volunteer on the Trump campaign, what it was like serving in the State Department, and the lasting successes and failures of the Trump Administration.Amanda Milius if the Founder & Director of AMDC Films. She directed and produced the most watched documentary of 2020, and one of the top political documentaries of all time, The Plot Against The President. She worked in the Trump administration at both the White House and State Department, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Content. Prior to working in politics, Amanda worked extensively in and around the film industry in Los Angeles. Her parents are both industry veterans, her father is one of the most highly regarded writer / directors in Hollywood, John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Dirty Harry, Red Dawn, Conan The Barbarian), and her mother is actress Celia Kaye. She holds a masters degree in production from the University of Southern of California School of Cinematic Arts.Learn more about Amanda Milius's work: https://amdcfilms.com/our-team/https://twitter.com/AmandaMilius––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775BitChute – https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Xr42d9swu7O9/Gab – https://gab.com/AmMomentOrgCheck out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimEmma Posey – https://twitter.com/emmaposey7American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAjiHeart Radio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-moment-of-truth-77884750/Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/moment-of-truth-3PodBay – https://podbay.fm/p/moment-of-truth-156571ListenNotes – https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/moment-of-truth-american-moment-HmQXYS9-UBc/Amazon – https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ef1b396c-e4aa-44b1-80a3-e48b4ca9b0d9/Moment-of-TruthSoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/americanmomentACast – https://shows.acast.com/moment-of-truthRSS – https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6030c3f32982873431315653 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 6, 2021 • 1h 27min
They Couldn't Destroy Him (feat. Patrick Witt)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Patrick Witt, former Yale quarterback and former Acting Chief of Staff of the Office of Personnel Management in the Trump Administration, to discuss personnel in the administration, corruption in universities, Title IX, and how conservatives can fight back against the left's stranglehold on the administrative state.Patrick Witt previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Acting Chief of Staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), where he helped advance Trump’s America First agenda. At OPM, Patrick spearheaded the implementation of executive orders aimed at draining the DC swamp and combating anti-American wokeism. In the wake of the November 2020 election, Patrick served as a member of President Trump’s official legal team. Patrick’s voter data analysis uncovered tens of thousands of illegally cast votes and revealed dozens of violations of the Georgia Election Code by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and county officials. Prior to federal service, Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School with honors and led a successful business career at the management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company. A second-generation Georgian, Patrick and his older brother, Jeff, were both starting quarterbacks for Parkview High School under legendary football coach, Cecil Flowe. Patrick went on to play college football at the University of Nebraska and Yale University, where he was a three-year starter. At Yale, Patrick broke nearly every major passing record in school history. After graduation, he became a free agent for the New Orleans Saints. In his senior year, Patrick went toe-to-toe with the radical Left when the New York Times tried to destroy his career by spreading a false accusation about him.Learn more about Patrick Witt:https://patrickwitt.com/meet-patrick/https://twitter.com/patrickjwitt––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter –https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook –https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram –https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube –https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble –https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 2021 • 1h 5min
This Episode Is Probably A Bad Idea (feat. Ryan Girdusky and Terry Schilling)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick and Emma sit down with Terry Schilling, President of the American Principles Project (a pro-family advocacy group), and Ryan Girdusky, founder of the 1776 Project PAC and author of "They're Not Listening: How the Elites Created the National Populist Revolution" to discuss Critical Race Theory, Transgender bathrooms in School, the New Jersey & Virginia 2021 gubernatorial races and surprising outcomes, and analyze what all this means for 2022 and beyond. Hint - it will accelerate "the realignment."Terry Schilling is the President of American Principles Project. Terry is responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing APP’s strategy, messaging and grassroots activity at the state and federal level. Before joining APP, Terry managed his father’s race for Congress in Illinois. Running in 2010 on a shoestring budget in a district that had been Democratic for nearly 30 years, Terry led the Bobby Schilling for Congress campaign to a 10-point victory. He is a proud father of five.Learn more about Terry Schilling @ https://americanprinciplesproject.org/about/staff/#bio-91Follow Terry on twitter @Schilling1776Ryan Girdusky is a political consultant and writer. He’s a native New Yorker and co-author of the book “They’re Not Listening: How The Elites Created the National Populist Revolution,” released in June 2020. In addition, his National-Populist newsletter, started in 2019, has grown to amass thousands of readers, including many congresspeople and leaders in Washington.Buy Ryan's book "They're Not Listening" – https://bookshop.org/books/they-re-not-listening-how-the-elites-created-the-national-populist-revolution/9781642934991?aid=21694&listref=amcanon-book-clubLearn more about Ryan Girdusky's work at:https://www.ryangirdusky.comhttps://natpop.substack.com/––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter –https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook –https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram –https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube –https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble –https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 2021 • 1h 2min
Red America in Defiance (feat. Brent Webster, Aaron Reitz, and Andrew Kloster)
In Today's special episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with three conservative lawyers to discuss how red states are successfully waging "lawfare" to delay and stop destructive policies from Washington DC. First Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Brent Webster and Deputy Attorney General of Legal Strategy of Texas Aaron Reitz alongside former Trump Administration Attorney, Andrew Kloster weigh in on the battle over Border Security, Abortion, Critical Race Theory, and Big Tech censorship and demonstrate how states can defend the rights and safety of American families against federal overreach.Brent Webster is the First Assistant Attorney General of Texas. He has served as a criminal prosecutor in Texas for 10 years, also serving as the First Assistant District Attorney in Williamson County. As a Williamson County Assistant District Attorney, he was awarded the “Crime Victim Advocate Hall of Fame Award” for outstanding service to crime victims.Aaron Reitz has been promoted to Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy. Mr. Reitz graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Texas A&M University, where he was a Regimental Commander in the Corps of Cadets. After graduating, he commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and married his high school sweetheart, Meredith. He spent nearly five years on active duty and deployed to the northern Helmand Province of Afghanistan.Andrew Kloster has served in various regulatory and legal counsel positions in the federal government, including most recently at the White House while serving concurrently as the Deputy General Counsel at the United States Office of Personnel Management. He has lectured and written widely on matters of administrative law and practice, including drafting rules, commenting on rules as a private citizen, and organizing panel events and research on the same.––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter –https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook –https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram –https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube –https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble –https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts –https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify –https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAjiHeart Radio –https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-moment-of-truth-77884750/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 2021 • 1h 12min
How To Destroy Both Genders In Fifty Years (feat. Mary Eberstadt)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Emma sit down with Mary Eberstadt, conservative essayist, former policy planning staff under the Reagan Administration and author of "Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics," to discuss the devolution of family, marriage, and gender since the invention of "the pill" and what, if anything, can be done to reverse the disastrous effects of the sexual revolution on the American family. Mary Eberstadt is an influential American writer whose contributions to the intellectual landscape traverse several genres. An author of both non-fiction and fiction, her social commentary draws from various fields including anthropology, intellectual history, philosophy, popular culture, sociology, and theology. She is known for her public service and is a sought after public speaker. Central to her diverse interests are questions concerning the philosophy and culture of Western civilization and the fate and aspirations of post-modern man. Mary Eberstadt is the author of several influential books, among them Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics, How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization; It’s Dangerous to Believe: Religious Freedom and Its Enemies; and Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution.She and her husband, author Nicholas Eberstadt, have four children, and live in the Washington, D.C. area.Learn more about Mary Eberstadt's work at:https://maryeberstadt.com––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced and edited by Jared Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.