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American Thought Leaders

American Thought Leaders

Where influential voices weigh in on the nation’s major issues.

The Epoch Times

223 episodesEN

Show overview

American Thought Leaders has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 223 episodes. That works out to roughly 190 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 1h — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 58 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 160 episodes published. Published by The Epoch Times.

Episodes
223
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
50 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing our nation today.

Latest Episodes

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Jun 23, 202631 min

Beijing Wants to Wipe Taiwan Off the Map—This Man Is Making Sure Its People Can Survive | Enoch Wu

Jun 20, 202632 min

How Classical Arts Training Helps Kids Unlock Their Full Potential | Sherry Zhang

Jun 19, 202634 min

How Cartel Mega-Tunnels Move Hundreds of Millions in Narcotics Into America | Sara Carter

Jun 13, 202649 min

Why Women Can’t Find Good Husbands | Timothy Goeglein

Jun 12, 202642 min

How Constitutional Liberties Moved Into Hidden Algorithms | Jacob Siegel

Jun 6, 20261h 25m

What the End of the Orban Era Means for Hungary and Its Constitution | Marton Sulyok

Jun 5, 202657 min

One Key Fact About America’s Founding That Isn’t Taught Anymore | Eric Metaxas

May 30, 202649 min

Is Canada Becoming the CCP’s Backdoor into America? | Former Canadian Intel Analyst Scott McGregor

May 29, 202628 min

Gordon Chang Breaks Down Trump-Xi Summit and What’s Next

May 23, 202652 min

How Cartels Force Children Into Prostitution, Drug Dealing and Even Killing | Rosi Orozco

May 22, 20261h 0m

The Charter School Principal Turning Children Toward Plato, Virtue, and the Eternal | Caylan Ford

May 16, 202655 min

The CCP’s Greatest Insecurity—and America’s Greatest Weapon | Sam Brownback

May 13, 202645 min

Homeopathy Cured Her Disease, Now She’s Fighting for More Access | Paola Brown

May 9, 202633 min

Why a Taiwan Invasion Would Trigger Trillions in Global Losses | Amb. Alexander Yui

May 2, 202643 min

Inside ‘Trump 2.0’ and the Media’s Role in Political Violence | Sean Spicer

May 1, 202633 min

Over 1,000 CCP-Linked Groups in America: Exposing United Front Operations | Peter Mattis

Apr 25, 20261h 10m

Sen. Ron Johnson: Here’s What We Found in 11 Million Pages of COVID Records

Apr 24, 20261h 1m

Why Some Scientists Are Rethinking Darwin’s Theory of Evolution | Stephen Meyer

Apr 18, 20261h 2m

How Rampant Explicit Material Is Poisoning the Minds of America’s Children | Kristen Jenson

Apr 17, 20261h 2m
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