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Posted: Tue. July 30, 2024, 9:47am PT

Dr. Atlas interviews May Mailman, director of Independent Women's Law Center. May spent four years as a White House legal adviser to President Donald Trump where she advised on a wide range of policies and recently served as the Deputy Solicitor General for the state of Ohio. She is also one of the star Rising Leaders of the Global Liberty Institute. They discuss May's critical work on the fight to protect women's rights, including privacy, and ultimately the legal relevance of biological sex in the United States.

Posted: Fri. July 26, 2024, 1:24pm PT

Phil is an economic historian whose work focuses on the United States and the broader Atlantic world. His research explores the intersection of history and political economy, including the 19th century as well as longer term trends in the macroeconomy such as taxation, trade, and economic inequality. He also works on the political economy and business ethics of higher education.

Posted: Mon. July 22, 2024, 10:08am PT

The Supreme Court has been busy! By the end of June 2024, the Court had issued a welter of decisions ranging from presidential immunity to guns to federal agency regulatory power. In this episode of Independent Outlook, a variety of Independent Institute experts will give you the scoop, and a quick assessment of the most pivotal recent Supreme Court cases. They’ll even argue with one another about them!

Posted: Wed. July 10, 2024, 10:08am PT

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in his twice-yearly testimony before Congress. Powell hinted that Fed interest rates will likely be decreased but inflation needs to keep easing. Shelton gives her analysis of Powell's testimony in terms of inflation, potential tariffs, and trade tensions and the differences between the Biden and Trump economic policies.

Posted: Tue. July 2, 2024, 3:15pm PT

A copy of a secret memo on national security issues has recently come into our hands, and we thought we should bring it to your attention! It tells the national security elite how to keep the public from balking at endless wars, and at the endless costs of the military-industrial complex. Well, actually, we’re publishing it as a book, so it’s not so secret. And, oh, by the way, the book is actually a satire! Join us for this episode of Independent Conversations, where we talk with the authors of this satirical book—uh, that is, this secret memo.

Posted: Tue. June 25, 2024, 10:05am PT

Dr. Atlas interviews Aaron Sibarium, one of the star journalists representing a new group of young reporters committed to restoring the critical role of true investigative reporting. At the Washington Free Beacon, he's broken several critical stories, including exposing academic fraud and malfeasance at our elite universities. He graduated from Yale University where he was the opinion editor of the Yale Daily News. They discuss the state of America's journalism today, and Aaron’s journey and motivation in reporting truth.

Posted: Mon. June 24, 2024, 9:14am PT

Senior Fellow Abigail Hall, coauthor of How to Run Wars, is interviewed on WWTC Northern Alliance Radio. Abigail discusses a comprehensive plan that has been followed by the national security elite, who keep America's warmaking machine running. Her new satirical book provides historical and contemporary examples of how plans and executions of war have not produced the outcomes that were promised when entering military conflicts.

Posted: Thu. June 20, 2024, 11:50am PT

Making war is one of the things that government does best, but sometimes even the deep-state elites need a little help figuring out how to invade other countries, kill their people, and plunder their resources, all while propping up American defense contractors and keeping the voting public complacent. Thankfully, a handy how-to manual for all your global domination needs has just hit the shelves. Matt Kibbe sits down with authors Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall to discuss their new satirical book, How to Run Wars, which uses humor to shine a light on the bellicose evils of the perpetual war machine and those who seek to profit from it.