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Ep 2899Will the REAL Kamala Harris Please Stand Up? - In The Tank #463

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 463 of the In The Tank Podcast. Despite being the official Democratic Presidential candidate for several weeks, the campaign has been slow to reveal her official positions on many important issues. And lately, there have been statements on behalf of Vice President Harris suggesting she is no longer in favor of mandates for electric vehicles and that she is no longer in favor of banning hydraulic fracturing. With the lack of official policy platforms, how are voters supposed to know who is the real Kamala Harris?OPENING CHIT CHAT Newsweek - Mark Zuckerberg Just Blew the Whistle on Biden's Contempt for Free Speech | Opinionhttps://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerberg-just-blew-whistle-bidens-contempt-free-speech-opinion-1945010 Politico - Zuckerberg’s new Washington gamehttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/27/zuckerbergs-new-washington-game-00176527 PRIMARY TOPIC - Will The Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up? Daily Caller - Harris Campaign Says It’s A ‘Lie’ That Kamala Backs EV Mandates, But Her Record Tells A Different Storyhttps://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/harris-campaign-says-lie-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-record-different-story/ Fox Business - Harris campaign says Dem nominee 'does not support' electric vehicle mandate in attempt to flip the scripthttps://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/harris-campaign-says-dem-nominee-does-not-support-electric-vehicle-mandate-attempt-flip-script Politico - Harris campaign pledges she won’t ban frackinghttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/28/harris-campaign-trump-fracking-ban-00171537 The Hill - Voters deserve answers on Kamala Harris’s true energy policyhttps://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4844038-harris-fracking-energy-policies/ CBS News - Harris has yet to outline her plan for climate change. Here's what the Democratic Party platform says.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-party-platform-climate-environment/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 29, 20241h 15m

Ep 2898Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability (Guest: Michael Kimmage)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to discuss his new book, Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. They chat about the origins of the war, how it has transformed multiple centers of power and has shifted the direction of major macro-trends in world politics, contributing to the fragmentation of international politics, higher inflation, greater food insecurity, and the general collapse of arms control. Get the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/collisions-9780197751794?cc=us&lang=en&Show Notes:Foreign Affairs: Liana Fix & Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Last Stand”https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/putin-last-stand-russia-defeatWall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Trump Is Unlikely to Abandon Ukraine—and Might Dangerously Escalate the War”https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-is-unlikely-to-abandon-ukraineand-might-even-escalate-the-war-356a2825Wall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Rogue State”https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-rogue-state-140d876fWashington Times: Martin Di Caro – “BOOK REVIEW: ‘Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability’”https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/7/book-review-collisions-origins-of-war-in-ukraine-a/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 26, 20241h 6m

Ep 2897Hurricane Season 2024: Were the predictions wrong again?

NOAA and other forecasters predicted the 2024 hurricane season would be among the most active in decades. Professional climate alarmist Michael Mann said human-caused global warming would prime the Atlantic Ocean to produce 33 named storms and several major hurricanes to lash the United States. The media, of course, jumped on that to sell gloom and doom to America. You might have noticed none of that has come to pass. The Climate Realism Show #124 will bring in Stanley Goldenberg, one of the country’s top hurricane forecasters to explain what’s going on. We will also cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including a luxury yacht sinking in the Mediterranean blamed on climate change, record cold temperatures in August, and Utah fighting land grabs by the federal government. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 23, 20241h 21m

Ep 2896Kommie-la's Basket of Deplorable Economic Policies - In The Tank #462

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 462 of the In The Tank Podcast. Over the past few weeks, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris has outlined a number of economic policy proposals her potential administration would enact. Some of these policies include price controls, subsidies for first-time-homebuyers, increases to the corporate income tax, and increases to the capital gains tax. How would these economic policies affect the economy? What do these proposals reveal about the Democratic presidential candidate?PRIMARY TOPIC - COMMIE-LA'S BASKET OF DEPLORABLE ECONOMIC POLICIES ATR - $5 Trillion List of Tax Hikes Kamala Harris Just Endorsedhttps://www.atr.org/5-trillion-list-of-tax-hikes-kamala-harris-just-endorsed/ The Federalist - How Kamala’s Economic Plans Would Send ‘Bidenflation’ Into Overdrivehttps://thefederalist.com/2024/08/21/how-kamalas-economic-plans-would-send-bidenflation-into-overdrive/ Fox Business - Harris proposes $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers — is it a good idea?https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/harris-proposes-25000-down-payment-assistance-first-time-homebuyers National Review - Yes, Harris Is Proposing Price Controlshttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/yes-harris-is-proposing-price-controls/ USA Today - Trump’s ‘Comrade Kamala’ insult is a bit much, but price controls really are an awful ideahttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/21/harris-economy-price-controls-trump/74870938007/ WSJ - Kamala Harris Backs 28% Corporate Tax Ratehttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/dnc-election-2024-harris-walz/card/kamala-harris-backs-28-corporate-tax-rate-lLbAz4jYYGYb7WJnieCp WSJ - Harris Calls for No Taxes on Tips, Borrowing a Trump Ideahttps://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/harris-calls-for-no-taxes-on-tips-borrowing-a-trump-idea-5e969efc ATR - Biden-Harris IRS Targeted Tipped Workers with Heightened Scrutinyhttps://www.atr.org/biden-harris-irs-targeted-tipped-workers-with-heightened-scrutiny/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 22, 20241h 17m

Ep 2895A Wonderful Career in Crime (Guest: Frank W. Garmon Jr.)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Frank W. Garmon Jr., assistant professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University, to discuss his new book, A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. They chat Cowlam’s career as convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, con artist, and serial bigamist and how his life managed to intersect with Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. They also discuss the mid-19th Century’s economic system that was dependent upon trust and personal relationships and how Cowlam exposed the liabilities of the political system constructed on the same foundations.Get the book here: https://lsupress.org/9780807182666/a-wonderful-career-in-crime/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 21, 20241h 9m

Ep 2894We're NOT at a Climate Tipping Point – The Climate Realism Show #123

The New York Times on Sunday published a special section titled “How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?” The article is heavy on fancy infographics and short on actual references or facts about how many of the Earth’s natural features may be “in danger of collapse.” We will break it down and debunk the Times’ misinformation about coral reefs, the Greenland ice sheet, climate change causing loss of the Amazon Rainforest, and more.On Episode 123 of The Climate Realism Show, we welcome back two special guests – CFACT’s Chris Martz and Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com – two of the best on X/Twitter at pushing back at climate alarmist nonsense. We will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the week, and a new report by the American Energy Institute report showing how the Climate Justice Project is corrupting the courts. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 16, 20241h 27m

Ep 2893Free Speech Under Assault - In The Tank #461

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and S. T. Karnick present episode 461 of the In The Tank Podcast. The concept of free speech is once again under assault. The Europe Union's Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote an open letter to X CEO Elon Musk warning him to stop the "amplification of harmful content." Meanwhile, authorities in the UK have been cracking down on so-called "hate speech" on social media, even going as far as threatening American citizens of extradition over supposed incitement of violence. Are any of these restrictions justifiable? Should free speech be absolute? The In The Tank crew discusses these topics and more.PRIMARY TOPIC - FREE SPEECH UNDER ASSAULT CNBC - EU warns Elon Musk ahead of Trump interview to keep hate speech off Xhttps://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/eu-warns-elon-musk-ahead-of-trump-interview-to-keep-hate-speech-off-of-x-.htmlPolitico - EU’s Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane responsehttps://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warns-elon-musk-hate-speech-donald-trump-interview-breton-x/The Guardian - Two men jailed for social media posts that stirred up far-right violencehttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/two-men-jailed-for-social-media-posts-that-stirred-up-far-right-violence NYP - UK police commissioner threatens to extradite, jail US citizens over online posts: ‘We’ll come after you’https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/media/uk-police-commissioner-threatens-to-extradite-jail-us-citizens-over-online-posts-well-come-after-you/ Reason - VP Candidate Tim Walz on "There's No Guarantee to Free Speech on Misinformation or Hate Speech, and Especially Around Our Democracy"https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/08/vp-candidate-tim-walz-on-theres-no-guarantee-to-free-speech-on-misinformation-or-hate-speech-and-especially-around-our-democracy/The Conversation - Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, toohttps://theconversation.com/americans-love-free-speech-survey-finds-until-they-realize-everyone-else-has-it-too-234884 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 15, 20241h 16m

Ep 2892Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Davison Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis. They discuss how our historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved, why a deepening political polarization is the most obvious sign of this, how the true problem is not polarization per se but the absence of cultural resources to work through what divides us, and how all political regimes require some level of unity, and if it cannot be generated organically, it will be imposed by force. They also chat about whether this problem can be fixed and whether or not the Enlightenment-era institution that is liberal democracy survive in a post-Enlightenment world. Get the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274370/democracy-and-solidarity/Show Notes: City Journal: Fred Bauer – “A Renewed Union?”https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-renewed-unionThe Hedgehog Review: James Davison Hunter – “Dissent and Solidarity”https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/america-on-the-brink/articles/dissent-and-solidarityNational Catholic Reporter: Michael Sean Winters – “New book examines cultural roots of our political crisis” & “From 'culture wars' to 'cultural exhaustion': James Davison Hunter diagnoses our cultural ills”https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/new-book-examines-cultural-roots-our-political-crisis-0https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/culture-wars-cultural-exhaustion-james-davison-hunter-diagnoses-our-culturalNew York Times: David Brooks – “The Deep Source of Trump’s Appeal”https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/opinion/trump-biden-authoritarianism.html In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 13, 20241h 22m

Ep 2891The Real Costs of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Heartland's H. Sterling Burnett was recently a guest on the Jeanne Ives Podcast. They discussed the recent announcement by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who touted another "win" as United Airlines committed to purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for O'Hare International Airport, using state tax credits. Burnett questioned the environmental and economic validity of SAF, labeling it a "hoax" and expressing concerns about the true cost and impact of green energy initiatives. The conversation highlighted the ongoing debate over the effectiveness and sustainability of green energy solutions, particularly in the aviation sector. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 12, 202414 min

Ep 2890The Great British Energy Company – The Climate Realism Show #122

The new Labour government in the UK wants to set up the “Great British Energy Company,” supposedly the answer to all of that country’s green energy dreams. But Heartland friend Lois Perry of CAR26 in the UK says it will be a nightmare – especially when you add that “publicly owned” renewable energy project to a reduction in fossil fuel extraction and the millions the UK has pledged to pay in “climate reparations.” On Episode 122 of The Climate Realism Show, we will also cover the Crazy Climate News of the week, whether vanilla is “disappearing,” surprising news about the ice in Greenland, the Washington Post admitting the Urban Heat Island effect is real (but somehow still screwing it up), the ongoing wind turbine disaster off Massachusetts, and more. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 9, 20241h 21m

Ep 2889Debunking Climate Myths

Heartland's H. Sterling Burnett was a guest on the Point of View Podcast. They discussed the accuracy of temperature measurements and the role of urban heat islands, the historical context of climate cycles, and the impact of human activity on global warming. Burnett also challenges predictions about climate disasters and highlights the benefits of increased CO2 levels for plant growth. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 8, 202439 min

Ep 2888Harris/Walz: A Far Left Political Ticket - In The Tank #460

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 460 of the In The Tank Podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic candidate, has selected her running mate - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Nancy Pelosi and others in the media are trying to portray Walz as a moderate "heartland democrat," but is this really the case? The In The Tank Crew looks into Walz's record and policy agenda to show just how far-left he really is.PRIMARY TOPIC - HARRIS/WALZ: A FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATIC TICKET (video) Nancy Pelosi claiming Walz is moderatehttps://x.com/WritingLeeman/status/1820831428390641893 (video) Nancy Pelosi asked Walz to “tone down” views on abortionhttps://x.com/KristanHawkins/status/1820874901009658007 CotAE - What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesotahttps://www.americanexperiment.org/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota/ CotAE - The High Cost of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040https://www.americanexperiment.org/reports/the-high-cost-of-100-percent-carbon-free-electricity-by-2040 Energy Bad Boys – Green New Walzhttps://energybadboys.substack.com/p/green-new-walz National Review - Tim Walz Progressive Agenda Included Giving Driver’s Licenses, Free Tuition to Illegal Immigrantshttps://www.nationalreview.com/news/tim-walz-progressive-agenda-included-giving-drivers-licenses-free-tuition-to-illegal-immigrants/ NYP - Gov. Tim Walz accused of ‘massive overreach’ as VP pick’s COVID record slammed by critics: ‘Complete and utter failure’https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/us-news/vp-pick-tim-walzs-covid-record-a-complete-and-utter-failure-critics-say/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 8, 20241h 13m

Ep 2887Ill Literacy, Episode 156: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)

In Episode 154 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Sam Rosenfeld, co-author of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sam Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative at Colgate University, to discuss his new book, co-authored with Daniel Schlozman, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. They discuss how party hollowness lies at the heart of our democratic discontents and how the nation’s parties became so dysfunctional. They also chat about the history of the party system in the United States, how today’s fractious party politics arose from the ashes of the New Deal order in the 1970s, how the 1968 DNC transformed presidential nominations but failed to lay the foundations for robust, movement-driven parties, and how, in Rosenfeld’s estimation, modern American conservatism hollowed out the party system, deeming it a mere instrument for power.Get the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248554/the-hollow-partiesShow Notes:Capital Research Center: Michael E. Hartmann – “Donors, The Hollow Parties, Distance, And Democracy”https://capitalresearch.org/article/donors-the-hollow-parties-distance-and-democracy/The New Republic: Ben Metzner – “The Decay of America’s Political Parties”https://newrepublic.com/article/184302/decay-americas-political-parties-schlozman-rosenfeld-interviewNew York Times: Sam Rosenfeld and Daniel Schlozman – “The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racket”https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/politics/republican-party-trump-racket.htmlPolitico: Ian Ward – “Democrats Are Feckless and Republicans Are Chaotic. Here’s Why.”https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/01/hollow-political-parties-donald-trump-00155297Reason: J.D. Tuccille – “Hollow Major Parties Preside Over a Politics of 'Fear and Loathing'”https://reason.com/2023/08/07/hollow-major-parties-preside-over-a-politics-of-fear-and-loathing/Semafor: Davie Wiegel – “Why political parties desperately need to make a comeback”https://www.semafor.com/article/05/10/2024/why-political-parties-desperately-need-to-make-a-comebackWashington Examiner: Ben Jacobs – “Political party crashers”https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-life-arts/3010630/political-party-crashers/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 7, 20241h 23m

Ep 2886'Green' Olympics Make Athletes See Red – The Climate Realism Show #121

The Paris Olympics are underway, and it pledged to be the “greenest” games ever. No air-conditioned dorms. Bed frames made of recycled cardboard. An emphasis on plant-based protein instead of meats and eggs. Well, those moves are going over with the athletes about as well as its opening ceremonies did with normal people. This is yet another case of climate virtue signaling crashing into reality. South Korean swimming stars decided to ditch the Olympic Village and check into the nice, air-conditioned hotels that the organizers enjoy. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 3, 20241h 15m

Ep 2885Large Majority of Voters Worried About Cheating in 2024 Election – In the Tank #459

The Heartland Institute’s Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, Justin Haskins, and S.T. Karnick present episode 459 of the In the Tank Podcast. Heartland recently commissioned some polls with our friends at Rasmussen Reports – together, among the only organizations doing serious polling research on election fraud. Our latest finding: No less than 62% of likely voters are concerned that cheating will affect the outcome of the 2024 election in November. And why might that be? Maybe because nearly 20% of those same voters said they received multiple ballots in the mail in 2020. Committing voter fraud has never been easier in America. It’s a national crisis few are brave enough to talk about, and fewer with the power to fix our elections are lifting a finger to stop.PRIMARY TOPIC – WORRIED ABOUT ELECTION CHEATING New Poll Shows Americans Are Very Worried about Election Integrityhttps://heartland.org/opinion/new-poll-shows-americans-are-very-worried-about-election-integrity/ Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Large Majority of Voters (62%) Are Concerned Cheating Will Impact 2024 Electionhttps://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-large-majority-of-voters-62-are-concerned-cheating-will-impact-2024-election/ Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: One-in-Five Mail-In Voters Admit to Committing at Least One Kind of Voter Fraud During 2020 Electionhttps://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-one-in-five-mail-in-voters-admit-to-committing-at-least-one-kind-of-voter-fraud-during-2020-election/ Heartland Institute Poll Shows Nearly Three in 10 Voters Would Vote Illegally in 2024 Presidential Electionhttps://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-institute-poll-shows-nearly-three-in-10-voters-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-presidential-election/ Exclusive: 2024 Georgia Election Poised To Explode Thanks To Secretary Of State’s Inactionhttps://thefederalist.com/2024/08/01/exclusive-2024-georgia-election-poised-to-explode-thanks-to-secretary-of-states-inaction/? In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Aug 1, 20241h 19m

Ep 2884We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus (Guest: Sean A. Mirski)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sean A. Mirski, Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, to discuss his new book, We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus. They discuss how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War, which no other great power in the modern era has managed to achieve. They also chat about what America’s rise to hegemon status can teach us about the United States faces from China, Russia, and Iran today. Get the book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-a-mirski/we-may-dominate-the-world/9781541758438/?lens=publicaffairsShow Notes:The Spectator: David J. Garrow – “Visiting a forgotten chapter in American history”https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/visiting-forgotten-chapter-american-history-sean-mirski/Washington Examiner: Jackson Lopez – “Review: We May Dominate the World by Sean Mirski”https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2441248/review-we-may-dominate-the-world-by-sean-mirski/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 29, 20241h 19m

Ep 2883Kamala Harris Is Even More Radical on Climate than Joe Biden

With Joe Biden handing off the presidency to "a new generation" in Kamala Harris, her record and public statements shows she is even more radical on environment and energy policies than her old boss. For instance, Harris thoroughly endorsed every bit of the radical “Green New Deal,” she pledged to ban all fracking in the United States, she has fully embraced the “Net Zero by 2030” agenda, and has called for changing the American diet by restricting (or even banning) the production of beef.On Episode #120 of The Climate Realism Show, we will cover this troubling record, examine the claim that Europe just recorded its hottest day ever, worry about our future arrest as “climate criminals,” revisit the ongoing environmental disaster off Nantucket due to a single broken wind turbine, and more “Crazy Climate News of the Week. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 26, 20241h 17m

Ep 2882Candidate Kamala Harris: What You Need to Know - In The Tank #458

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 458 of the In The Tank Podcast. Another wild news cycle has seen President Joe Biden bow out of the 2024 election. With an endorsement from Biden, it appears as though the candidacy is Vice President Kamala Harris's for the taking. The In The Tank crew talks about the latest news before breaking down the things you need to know about candidate Kamala Harris.PRIMARY TOPIC - CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW The Federalist - Top 30 Reasons Kamala Harris Would Be A Terrible Presidenthttps://thefederalist.com/2024/07/23/top-30-reasons-kamala-harris-would-be-a-terrible-president/ Front Page - Who is Kamala Harris?https://www.frontpagemag.com/who-is-kamala-harris/ The Spectator - Will the Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up?https://thespectator.info/2020/10/07/will-the-real-kamala-harris-please-stand-up/(video) Kamala Harris CNN Climate Townhall on Dietary Guidelineshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY0Ph-Z4QPI(video) Universal Health Care for illegalshttps://x.com/NRSC/status/1815808480709599308(video) Tulsi Gabbard ends Kamala Harris's primary campaignhttps://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1815155219623227888 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 25, 20241h 19m

Ep 2881DEI Is Destroying Education, Sports, Military, and Our Way of Life

Climate change is a topic the Globalists have chosen to exploit. By teaching junk science brought to us by computer models, these liars have our population believing that if we just stop using fossil fuels, we will alter the climate. The rules and oppressive regulations they intend to impose are put in place for control and do nothing to alter anything except our wallets. Join H. Sterling Burnett as we discuss DEI, the climate hoax leading to climate lawfare. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 24, 202446 min

Ep 2880Climate Policy at the GOP Convention: What a Second Trump Term Could Look Like

As the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee comes to a close, we look at the climate and energy platform of the party. Do they differ from Trump’s first-term agenda? What is the stance of VP candidate J.D. Vance on the topic considering Trump has tapped Vance to carry his MAGA agenda forward? To talk about all this – plus the Crazy Climate News of the Week – we have as our guest Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com who was a member of the EPA Transition Team for the first Trump presidency. What of that agenda was implemented? What wasn’t and why? And if Trump is elected again, will he take a more-aggressive approach? And does the reversal of the Chevron Doctrine that gave agencies like the EPA enormous unchecked power factor in here at all? In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 19, 20241h 13m

Ep 2879The Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump - In The Tank #457

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 457 of the In The Tank Podcast. Saturday July 13th, 2024 is a day that will go down in history. An attempted assassination of Donald Trump sent shock waves around the world. The In The Tank crew talks about the swirling news, trying to make sense of what is going on in this country. From the failure of the Secret Service to the reactions from the media and partisan commentators, there is no shortage of things to discuss. Also, the ITT crew speculates about Trump's upcoming speech he will be giving at the RNC. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 18, 20241h 27m

Ep 2878An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South (Guest: Robert K.D. Colby

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Robert K.D. Colby, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, to discuss his new book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South. They discuss how Southerners made the internal slave trade a cornerstone of Confederate society, a bulwark of the Rebel economy, and a central part of the experience of the Civil War. They also chat about how slave trading helped Southerners survive and fight the war by using this commerce to navigate food shortages and mitigate the demands of military service and other hardships on the home front. Get the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/an-unholy-traffic-9780197578261?cc=us&lang=en&Show Notes:The Guardian: Rich Tenorio – “An Unholy Traffic: how the slave trade continued through the US civil war”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/28/robert-colby-unholy-traffic-slave-trade-civil-war In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 17, 20241h 22m

Ep 2877How Young Americans Are Embracing Socialism

A growing number of people in America under the age of 40, and throughout the world, now believe that socialism is a viable political, economic, and social model. This is especially apparent when comparing the platforms of the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties.In this episode Brian converses with Chris Talgo, co-author of Socialism at a Glance. Chris is senior editor at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland's Socialism Research Center. He is fully engaged in the ongoing societal debate concerning whether or not the USA should replace free-market capitalism with socialism. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 15, 202455 min

Ep 2876Climate Lawfare Heats Up

The weather is heating up, and so is the "climate lawfare" radicals are using to impose draconian policies that would impoverish the masses, and even put some people in jail. On episode #118 of The Climate Realism Show we will cover that story; plus say goodbye to Jim Inhofe, one of the United States Senate's stalwart opponents of climate alarmist policy and junk science; and poke some fun at the Crazy Climate News of the week.Learn more about Heartland's work on climate:https://heartland.org/topics/environment-energy/Climate Realismhttps://climaterealism.com/Climate at a Glancehttps://climateataglance.com/Energy at a Glancehttps://energyataglance.com/See Marc Morano's siteshttps://www.climatedepot.com/https://www.cfact.org/SHOW NOTESDisgusting NYTimes coverage of the passing of Sen. Jim Inhofehttps://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/07/09/huffpost-reports-sen-james-inhofe-was-known-for-his-notorious-climate-denial-n2398166Climate activists lead a ‘funeral procession’ at Citibank for causing ‘climate death’ – Mourn of all of those ‘killed’ due to the ‘climate crisis’https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/07/09/climate-activists-lead-a-funeral-procession-at-citibank-for-causing-climate-death-mourn-of-all-of-those-killed-due-to-the-climate-crisis/https://x.com/nychange/status/1810327708150493344“Calls to add ‘climate change’ to death certificates – New study demands ‘climate change’ be added as ‘pre-existing condition’”https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/05/21/calls-to-add-climate-change-to-death-certificates-new-study-demands-climate-change-be-added-as-pre-existing-condition/Prosecutor outlines homicide case against Big Oilhttps://thehill.com/newsletters/sustainability/4741437-prosecutor-offers-roadmap-to-homicide-case-against-big-oil/New Memo Details Legal Case for Prosecuting Big Oil for Extreme Heat Deathshttps://www.citizen.org/news/new-memo-details-legal-case-for-prosecuting-big-oil-for-extreme-heat-deaths/https://www.citizen.org/article/charging-big-oil-with-climate-homicide/Climate campaigners bombard courts with action against oil execshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-campaigners-bombard-courts-action-112158145.htmlHawaii settles lawsuit from youths over climate change. Here’s what to know about the historic dealhttps://apnews.com/article/hawaii-youth-climate-lawsuit-things-to-know-bcb791b6f23c7dc798bf9e3cd2b67f97Montana Supreme Court hears arguments in Held youth climate lawsuithttps://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-held-youth-climate-lawsuitVermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate changehttps://apnews.com/article/vermont-climate-change-superfund-oil-companies-b6565729f23e85eed4d3da44b04ae2e5GOOD NEWS: BP Wins Key Ruling In City Of Baltimore Climate Change Lawsuithttps://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2024/07/11/bp-wins-key-ruling-in-city-of-baltimore-climate-change-lawsuit/Steve Milloy Tweet (junkscience)https://x.com/JunkScience/status/1811200118328303961 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 12, 20241h 39m

Ep 2875Biggest Political Blunder Ever! - In The Tank #456

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 456 of the In The Tank Podcast. We are now two weeks removed from what might go down in history as the worst performance in a presidential debate of all time, and the story continues to garner massive mainstream attention. President Biden's horrible performance on the debate stage has resulted in a tidal wave of criticism and calls to step aside by many of the most influential people on the left. This is unprecedented. How is this going to play out? Will Biden step aside? How will this impact the rapidly approaching presidential election?PRIMARY TOPIC - WORST POLITICAL BLUNDER EVER!Politico - New York Times editorial board urges public Democratic revolt against Bidenhttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/09/biden-new-york-times-00167028CBS News - Here are the Democratic lawmakers calling for Biden to step aside in the 2024 racehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-2024-race-democrats-who-want-him-to-step-aside/Independent - All the celebrities who have called for Joe Biden to step down, from George Clooney to Stephen Kinghttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/biden-democrats-hollywood-george-clooney-netflix-disney-b2577461.htmlNational Review - President Biden Marches His Party Off a Cliffhttps://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/president-biden-marches-his-party-off-a-cliff/CBS News - What would happen if Biden stepped aside from the 2024 presidential race?https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-biden-steps-down-2024/NYT - How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubtshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/politics/biden-age-videos.html(video) "Sharp as a tack" montagehttps://x.com/0rf/status/1807620571934478683?t=F7piCDariEoQfEGd15XIEg&s=19ABC News - White House fires back at special counsel report, Harris calls descriptions 'politically motivated'https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-fires-back-special-counsel-report-harris/story?id=107112306Media Matters - Study: Top newspapers fixate on Biden's agehttps://www.mediamatters.org/washington-post/top-newspapers-fixate-bidens-age In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 11, 20241h 24m

Ep 2874Who Is Big Brother? A Reader’s Guide to George Orwell (Guest: D.J. Taylor)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by award-winning novelist, critic, and biographer D.J. Taylor to discuss his new book, Who Is Big Brother? A Reader’s Guide to George Orwell. They discuss Orwell’s books, life and thought, including his conflicted relationship with religion to his competing anti-imperialism and fascination with empire. They also discuss Taylor’s recently released, completely overhauled biography, Orwell: The New Life.Get the books here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272987/who-is-big-brother/ & https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Orwell/D-J-Taylor/9781639364510Show Notes:The Critic: Andrew Doyle – “The making of a modern prophet”https://thecritic.co.uk/The-making-of-a-modern-prophet/First Things: John Wilson – “The Lure of Orwell”https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/05/the-lure-of-orwellThe Guardian: Blake Morrison – “Orwell by DJ Taylor review – a very English socialist”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/01/orwell-by-dj-taylor-review-a-very-english-socialistLaw & Liberty: Theodore Dalrymple – “Orwell's Arresting Ambiguities”https://lawliberty.org/book-review/orwells-arresting-ambiguities/Literary Review: David Dwan – “An Unsociable Socialist”https://literaryreview.co.uk/an-unsociable-socialistThe Spectator: Camilla Cassidy – “Will we ever know the real George Orwell?”https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/will-we-ever-know-the-real-george-orwell/The Times: John Carey – “Orwell: The New Life by DJ Taylor review — great writer, terrible husband”https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/orwell-the-new-life-by-dj-taylor-review-great-writer-terrible-husband-0t8w7qrlxWall Street Journal: Dominic Green – “‘Orwell’ Review: A Fresh Biography of Truth’s Champion”https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/orwell-review-champion-of-an-ordinary-truth-e439ecf9 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 9, 20241h 11m

Ep 287310 Questions Climate Doomers Can't or Won't Answer

Have you ever noticed that when it comes to inconvenient hard facts, climate alarmists either revert to calling you a shill for big oil, or block you because they don’t have the skills or the knowledge to refute your factual challenge?Well, we’ve got a list of 10 very inconvenient questions that they refuse to answer.Chris Martz, a meteorology student who has been successfully pushing back climate alarm on Twitter, so much so that he’s been blocked by Michael Mann, will join us with ten questions climate alarmists will never answer. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 8, 20241h 24m

Ep 2872Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat (Guest: Kurt Weyland)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his new book, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism. They discuss how populist leaders can only destroy democracy under special, restrictive conditions, which many never face. They also chat about how left-wing populists typically suffocate democracy only when benefitting from huge revenue windfalls, whereas right-wing populists must perform the heroic feat of resolving acute, severe crises.Get the book here: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/democracys-resilience-populisms-threat-countering-global-alarmism?format=HBShow Notes:National Constitution Center: Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority (VIDEO)https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/democracy-populism-and-the-tyranny-of-the-minority In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 3, 20241h 3m

Ep 2871Future on Hold: Climate Alarmism and Human Advancement

Donald Kendal joined The Shaun Thompson Show to talk about the anti-humanist strain of thought that is pervasive in the modern environmentalist movement. Are climate alarmists motivated by a desire to avert global warming or are they more concerned with unconstrained population growth and human progress? In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 2, 202420 min

Ep 2870Climate Alarmist Messaging Decoded: Lies Work

A very telling exposé of a meeting between leading "climate communicators" appeared on Twitter last week. In it, pictures of a slideshow mentioned things like: "Worst messages tested: electric cars, Green New Deal, frontline communities, 'Big Oil lied', and climate pollution." Essentially, the meeting described why climate alarmists have failed to capture the public’s attention with their messages. What they discovered is that lies work better than facts!Steve Milloy of junkscience.com will join us for commentary, as he’s been following and debunking these lies for years. We'll also discuss the revelations of SCOTUS knocking down the Chevron doctrine and what that means for environment and climate, plus we'll examine what happened on climate in the presidential debate. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jul 1, 20241h 13m

Ep 2869Will Debt Sink The American Empire? - In The Tank #455

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick present episode 455 of the In The Tank Podcast. The national debt is currently closing in on $35 trillion. Even more alarming, the cost of maintaining that debt is approaching $1 trillion annually - this is just the interest payment on the debt! Is this sustainable? Also, how long will the dollar remain the king currency when we pursue such reckless monetary and fiscal policy?OPENING CHIT CHAT - TONIGHT IS DEBATE NIGHTNPR - Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to knowhttps://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5013579/trump-biden-presidential-debate-whenPRIMARY TOPIC - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?Money Wise - How much purchasing power will we have in the next 5 years?https://moneywise.com/research/americans-purchasing-power-plummets-as-inflation-slashes-salariesNPR - Home prices just hit a record high. Here are 4 things to know about housinghttps://www.npr.org/2024/06/22/nx-s1-5015076/home-prices-housing-record-high-mortgage-rates-interest-ratesWSJ - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/will-debt-sink-the-american-empire-8459096bAtlantic Council - Dollar Dominance Monitorhttps://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoeconomics-center/dollar-dominance-monitor/The Economist - The fight to dethrone the dollarhttps://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/05/03/the-fight-to-dethrone-the-dollarReuters - US dollar's dominance secure, BRICS see no progress on de-dollarization -reporthttps://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/us-dollars-dominance-secure-brics-see-no-progress-de-dollarization-report-2024-06-25/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 27, 20241h 14m

Ep 2868The Great Crime Against America's Cities: Government Mismanagement (Guest: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez)

Cities across the United States are experiencing rising crime rates, homelessness, and public disorder, alongside deteriorating infrastructure and a decline in the quality of public services like policing, sanitation, transportation management, and the resolution of abandoned properties. Major cities have been losing population for a decade or more, and now even the suburbs of those urban areas are losing people to more effectively managed cities in better governed states. Miami, Florida, has resisted the trend toward urban decline, enjoying rapid economic growth and record-low crime rates in the 2020s. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez joins Budget & Tax News to discuss the state of America’s cities and the solutions to the nation’s urban problems. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 26, 202434 min

Ep 2867Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000 (Guest: David Blackbourn)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by David Blackbourn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair of History Emeritus at Vanderbilt University, to discuss his new book, Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000. They discuss the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification. They also chat about Germany’s leading role in creating modern universities and its sinister involvement in slave-trade economies, as well as how Germany has maintained its pivotal place for the world, even after its tragic and criminal Twentieth Century.Get the book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631491832Show Notes:The Guardian: Neal Ascherson – “Germany in the World by David Blackbourn review – a rich and full-throated account of the past 500 years”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/02/germany-in-the-world-by-david-blackbourn-review-a-rich-and-full-throated-account-of-the-past-500-yearsLiterary Review: Iain Bamforth – “From Brandenburg to Brazil”https://literaryreview.co.uk/from-brandenburg-to-brazilLondon Review of Books: Richard J. Evans – “Not So Special”https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n05/richard-j.-evans/not-so-special In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 26, 20241h 41m

Ep 2866Hitler’s Panzer Generals (Guest: David Stahel)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by David Stahel, senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales, to discuss his new book, Hitler's Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded. They discuss the significance of the unpublished wartime correspondence of these generals and what it reveals about their personalities, their private fears, and the public pressures they were under. They also chat about their response to the criminal dimension of the Nazi way of war as well as their role as leading military commanders conducting large-scale operations.Get the book here: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/military-history/hitlers-panzer-generals-guderian-hoepner-reinhardt-and-schmidt-unguarded?format=HBShow Notes:The Past: Calum Henderson – “Hitler’s Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt, and Schmidt unguarded”https://the-past.com/review/books/hitlers-panzer-generals-guderian-hoepner-reinhardt-and-schmidt-unguarded/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 25, 20241h 41m

Ep 2865Climate Alarmism & Anti-Humanism - In The Tank #454

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins present episode 454 of the In The Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist narrative is one underpinned by varying groups with specific special interests. There are the politicians who use climate alarm to justify enhanced powers, there are the businesses and firms that use climate alarm to pad their bottom lines, there are the activists that use climate alarm to gain clout, and there are the those that use climate alarm to justify an anti-humanist agenda. While all these groups help prop up the same climate narrative, they all are doing so for different reasons. On this week's episode, we are going to take a look at that last group on the list - the anti-humanists. PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM & ANTI-HUMANISMAnti-progressMackinac - The roots of environmental anti-humanismhttps://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-roots-of-environmental-anti-humanismMackinac - The growth of environmental anti-humanismhttps://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-growth-of-environmental-anti-humanismDailyKos - The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AIhttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/17/2247069/-The-right-wants-us-to-sacrifice-the-planet-for-AIFree Opp - Why Nuclear Power is the Path to Low-Carbon Energy: Part 1https://freopp.org/why-nuclear-power-not-renewables-is-the-path-to-low-carbon-energy-part-1-c0b66d4b9570Alex Epstein (Twitter) - Paul Ehrlich quotehttps://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/481861470930481152Population control(Report) Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Changehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/24870306(letter) World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergencyhttps://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806AEI - Culling for Climatehttps://www.aei.org/articles/culling-for-climate/Limitations on FreedomSlate - Fifteen Minutes of Blamehttps://slate.com/business/2023/02/15-minute-city-oxford-conspiracy-theory-cars-lockdown-explained.htmlC40 Cities – The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5C Worldhttps://expose-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arup-C40-The-Future-of-Urban-Consumption-in-a-1-5C-World.pdf In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 20, 20241h 14m

Ep 2864Ill Literacy, Episode 147: Colonialism (Guest: Nigel Biggar)

In Episode 147 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Nigel Biggar, author ofColonialism: A Moral Reckoning.Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nigel Biggar, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, to discuss his new book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. They discuss whether the British Empire was driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate, whether we should speak of “colonialism and slavery” in the same breath, and whether the Empire was essentially racist. They also chat about whether the Empire was driven by economic exploitation, whether it was essentially violent, and whether colonial government was or was not illegitimate. Get the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-World-That-Wasnt/Benn-Steil/9781982127824Show Notes:The Critic: Robert Lyman – “The British empire, for good and ill”https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2023/the-british-empire-for-good-and-ill/First Things: Nigel Biggar – “A Christian Defense of American Empire”https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/10/a-christian-defense-of-american-empireThe Guardian: Kenan Malik – “Colonialism by Nigel Biggar review – a flawed defence of empire”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/20/colonialism-a-moral-reckoning-by-nigel-biggar-review-a-flawed-defence-of-empireLaw & Liberty: Sumantra Maitra – “Was the British Empire Really a Force for Good?”https://lawliberty.org/book-review/was-the-british-empire-really-a-force-for-good/Literary Review: Jonathan Sumption – “Cruel Britannia?”https://literaryreview.co.uk/cruel-britanniaNational Post: Peter Shawn Taylor – “Peter Shawn Taylor: Colonialism contained 'good things as well as bad.' Why can’t we just accept that?”https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colonialism-contained-good-things-as-well-as-bad-why-cant-we-just-accept-thatNational Review: Andrew Roberts – “The Upside of Empire”https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/07/31/the-upside-of-empire/The New Statesman: Tomiwa Owolade – “Nigel Biggar’s whitewashing of empire”https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/03/nigel-biggar-whitewashing-empirePublic Discourse­: Samuel Gregg – “Reckoning with Colonialism”https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/05/88467/Quadrant: Matthew White – “A Moral Reckoning of the British Empire”https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2023/05/a-moral-reckoning-of-the-british-empire/Quillette: John Lloyd – “Colonialism and Its Discontents”https://quillette.com/2023/02/06/colonialism-and-its-discontents/The Spectator: David Crane – “Failing to denigrate Britain’s entire colonial record has become a heinous crime”https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/failing-to-denigrate-britains-entire-colonial-record-has-become-a-heinous-crime/The Telegraph: Tim Stanley – “Colonialism by Nigel Biggar review: defending the British empire, this book is spoiling for a fight”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/colonialism-nigel-biggar-review-defending-british-empire-book/Times Literary Supplement: David Arnold – “In defence of empire”https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/colonialism-nigel-biggar-book-book-review-david-arnold/Wall Street Journal: Tunku Varadarajan – “‘Colonialism’ Review: Empire Without Apology”https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/colonialism-review-empire-without-apology-80ecc195Washington Free Beacon: Douglas Murray – “The Upsides of Empire”https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-upsides-of-empire/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 20, 20241h 28m

Ep 2863Ill Literacy, Episode 146: Arabella (Guest: Scott Walter)

In Episode 146 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Scott Walter, author ofArabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Scott Walter, president of the capital Research Center, to discuss his new book, Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. They chat about what is the Arabella Advisors network, who its chief backers are, how it functions, and what exactly is “dark money.” They also discuss why Arabella is different than right-wing “dark money” networks, and what impact it has on American politics and policy. Get the book here: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/arabella/Show Notes: Wall Street Journal: Scott Walter – “Inside the Left’s Web of ‘Dark Money’”https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-lefts-web-of-dark-money-11603408114 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 17, 202458 min

Ep 2862Heatwave Alarm Season is Here, Same Old Climate Claims, Different Year – The Climate Realism Show #114

Yes, it’s that time again kids, panic the American people over heat waves by blaming them on climate change.This past week several news outlets talked about the “Western Heat Wave” and tried to link it to “climate change.” Climate Central was the source of most of these stories with a press release that said:“Between June 5-7, much of the Western United States, Mexico, and Eastern Canada are poised to experience a period of unusually hot conditions made much more likely because of human-caused climate change. During this period, over 229 million people across North America will experience extreme heat made at least three times more likely because of human-caused climate change.”We see this every year, and we’ll see it again this year as the feckless media regurgitates the heatwave hype. We will tackle this subject, as well as go over the Crazy Climate News of the Week. Tune in LIVE for the stream at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT) EVERY FRIDAY to watch the show and leave your own questions in the chat with host Anthony Watts, along with panelists H. Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken.https://www.youtube.com/theheartlandinstituteDONATE to help support work like this: https://heartland.org/donate/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 14, 20241h 5m

Ep 2861WARNING! Radical New EU Law to Fundamentally Transform America - In The Tank #453

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haksins, and Chris Talgo present episode 453 of the In The Tank Podcast. The European Union recently passed a law that would essentially mandate many of the guidelines and metrics of the ESG scheme we have talked much about on this show. You might ask, "Who cares about Europe?" Unfortunately, the way this Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is written, it has the potential to fundamentally transform the way businesses around the world operate. It is imperative we get this message out to the public and to lawmakers to protect America from this dangerous law.PRIMARY TOPIC - RADICAL NEW EU LAW WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA Fox News - Europe is hell bent on forcing US companies to go woke and it has a new law to do just thathttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/europe-hell-bent-forcing-us-companies-woke-has-new-law-just Western Journal - Europe Just Approved the Worst Communist Law Ever - How It Affects Youhttps://www.westernjournal.com/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects/ SECONDARY TOPIC - EU ELECTIONS SHIFT TO RIGHT WSJ - Europe’s Ascendant Right-Wing Parties Want to Remake the EU. They Can’t Agree on How.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europes-ascendant-right-wing-parties-want-to-remake-the-eu-they-cant-agree-how-96986a44 Nature - Far-right gains in European elections: what they mean for climate goalshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01742-w Politico - Inside von der Leyen’s secret climate crusadehttps://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-secret-climate-crusade/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 13, 20241h 17m

Ep 2860Creation of "chief heat officers" in Arizona

Phoenix is hiring a "Chief Heat Officer," in response to rising heat related deaths, which the city blames on climate change. The truth is most of those dying are homeless or drug addicts with underlying health conditions, people already in poor health. As far as Phoenix's heat, that is due, not to climate change but the city's massive growth and related increased Urban Heat Island effect. Responding to homelessness and drug use will do far more to prevent premature deaths in Phoenix than efforts to fight climate change or control the weather. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 11, 202433 min

Ep 2859Can America Escape the European Union's ESG Scheme?

The other day, Donald Kendal, director of the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute, joined The Shaun Thompson Show to talk about the European Union's new ESG scheme. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive would mandate a whole host of ESG-like guidelines on businesses and industries in the EU. More importantly, because of the way the legislation was crafted, businesses, both large and small, here in the United States would be subject to the CSDDD mandates, too. Have a listen. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 10, 202422 min

Ep 2858Attacks on Actual Temperature Data – The Climate Realism Show #113 (Guest: Tony Heller)

The Heartland Institute has issued a report exposing the US government’s official land-based temperature stations as hopelessly corrupt and compromised. The study, conducted by Heartland Senior Fellow Anthony Watts – an update on a previous examination of temperature stations in 2009 – was the subject of a hit-piece by Scott Waldman of E&E News and POLITICO titled “Climate denial group wants to subvert NOAA data with its own: The Heartland Institute seeks to build da nationwide network of temperature-monitoring stations.”Well, yes we do. And we’re doing it because too many of NOAA’s historic stations are either captured by sprawl and the urban heat-island effect, in such terrible shape that they should not be relied upon for accurate data, or not even operable at all or broken – and in those cases, NOAA just makes a guess as to the temperature. That is problematic, to say the least, since temperature readings from these crappy stations is used to panic the American people, continually, by telling them that last week or this year was “the hottest ever” and that warming is happening dangerously fast.The mystery is why the corrupt media is attacking the setting up of up state-of-the-art temperature stations with data that can be checked in real time. We will tackle this subject, as well as go over the Crazy Climate News of the Week. Tune in LIVE for the stream at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT) to watch the show and leave your own questions in the chat with host Jim Lakely, panelists H. Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken, and our special guest Tony Heller. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 8, 20241h 35m

Ep 2857Trump Faces 20 Years in Prison!? - In The Tank #452

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 452 of the In The Tank Podcast. In the hours after our show ended last week, the verdicts began rolling in for former President Donald Trump's "hush money" case - 34 convictions. We are truly in unprecedented territory. What does this mean for Trump? What does this mean for the election? And most importantly, what does this mean for America? Also, a new report was released that shines even more light on the Covid lab leak theory and the role the United States played in funding that research. PRIMARY TOPIC - TRUMP FACES 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE!? The Washington Post - Trump’s New York trial is over. What’s next with his other criminal cases?https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/02/trump-trials-next-cases-after-verdict/ The Hill - Trump to be sentenced just 4 days before GOP conventionhttps://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4694696-trump-to-be-sentenced-just-four-days-before-gop-convention/ DNYUZ - The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/05/the-g-o-p-push-for-post-verdict-payback-fight-fire-with-fire/ WSJ - Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slippinghttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/behind-closed-doors-biden-shows-signs-of-slipping/ar-BB1nDMKT SECONDARY TOPIC - LAB LEAK REPORT EXPOSES US FUNDING NYP - Damning new report finds China lab leak most likely source of COVID-19 — and blames US for pumping millions into the dangerous researchhttps://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/us-funded-covid-lab-leak-in-china-damning-report-finds/ NYT - Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Pointshttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/opinion/covid-lab-leak.html The Federalist - Fauci Admits There Was No Scientific Evidence For Six-Foot Social Distancing Rulehttps://thefederalist.com/2024/06/04/fauci-admits-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule/ Fox News - Dr. Deborah Birx admits there was an effort to squash COVID lab leak theoryhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-deborah-birx-admits-effort-squash-covid-lab-leak-theory (video) Chris Cuomo debate "find the clips"https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1796694488632467710 In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 6, 20241h 30m

Ep 2856Ill Literacy, Episode 145: The Myth of Left and Right (Guest: Hyrum Lewis)

In Episode 145 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Hyrum Lewis, co-author ofThe Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Hyrum Lewis, associate professor of history at Brigham Young University-Idaho, to discuss his new book (co-authored with his brother, Verlan), The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America. They chat about how, the book declares, there is no enduring philosophy, disposition, or essence uniting the various positions associated with the “liberal” and “conservative” ideologies of today—there is nothing other than tribal loyalty holding together the many disparate positions that fly under the banners of "liberal" and "conservative." They also discuss how the political spectrum came to the United States from Europe in the 1920s, and how the left and right have evolved in so many unpredictable and contradictory ways.Get the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-myth-of-left-and-right-9780197680629?lang=en&cc=usShow Notes: Acton Institute: Jonathan Leaf – “Getting Beyond Right-Wing and Left-Wing”https://rlo.acton.org/archives/124983-getting-beyond-right-wing-and-left-wing.htmlDeseret Magazine: Hyrum Lewis – “The myth of left and right”https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/15/24002083/the-myth-of-left-and-right-politics/The Public Discourse: Andrew Busch – “The Tribal, and Philosophical, Basis of the Left and Right in American Politics”https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/05/88878/Reason: Jesse Walker – “The Left-Right Spectrum Is Mostly Meaningless”https://reason.com/2023/05/21/the-left-right-spectrum-is-mostly-meaningless/The University Bookman: Lee Trepanier – “Essentially Lying About the Left and Right”https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/essentially-lying-about-the-left-and-right/Washington Examiner: Oliver Traldi – “Busting the myth of Left and Right”https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2573215/busting-the-myth-of-left-and-right/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 5, 20241h 18m

Ep 2855Ill Literacy, Episode 144: The Ecology of Nations (Guest: John M. Owen IV)

In Episode 144 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with John M. Owen IV, author ofThe Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by John M. Owen IV, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Miller Center of Public Affairs, at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order. They chat about “ecosystem engineering”, how liberalism may have evolved in ways that are no longer conducive to its own survival, and the ways Owen believes liberalism should be reimagined to better confront the autocratic threat coming from China, Russia, and others. Get the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300260731/the-ecology-of-nations/Show Notes: American Enterprise Institute: “Discussing American Democracy and a Fragile World Order with John M. Owen IV” (VIDEO)https://www.aei.org/events/discussing-american-democracy-and-a-fragile-world-order-with-john-m-owen-iv/The Hedgehog Review: John M. Owen IV – “To Make the World Select for Democracy”https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/america-on-the-brink/articles/to-make-the-world-select-for-democracy In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

Jun 3, 20241h 13m

Ep 2854Hurricane Season Begins: Bigger and Badder? - The Climate Realism Show #112

Hurricane Season 2024 officially kicks off Saturday, June 1 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a more-active-than-normal season in the Atlantic. The agency is “85% certain” that we’ll have 17-25 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes, and 4-7 major hurricanes this year.Episode #112 of The Climate Realism Show will feature two of America’s best hurricane experts — meteorologists Joe Bastardi and Stanley Goldenberg — to talk about these predictions, and what it will mean for the East and Gulf coasts of the United States.Tune for our live-stream of the show at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT) to listen to these experts, and leave your own questions for them in the chat. The Climate Realism Show Host Anthony Watts and regular panelists H. Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken will also cover, as usual, the Crazy Climate News of the week. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

May 31, 20241h 9m

Ep 2853Climate Alarmism Undermines The Future - In The Tank #451

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo are joined by energy expert Robert Bryce to present episode 451 of the In The Tank Podcast. The technologies and innovations of the future require cheap, reliable, and abundant energy. Climate alarmism hamstrings our society by restricting our use of fossil fuels, only allowing the use of expensive and unreliable energy sources like wind and solar. We talk with Robert Bryce to explore the future of energy in the United States.PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM UNDERMINES THE FUTURERobert Bryce Substack - The EPA’s Emissions Rule Will Strangle AI In The Cribhttps://robertbryce.substack.com/p/epa-emissions-rule-will-strangle-ai-in-the-crib PJ Media - How Big Tech Helped Bring on America's New Energy Crisishttps://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/05/28/big-tech-low-energy-n4929375Robert Bryce Substack - Shanghaied China's Stranglehold on Alt Energyhttps://robertbryce.substack.com/p/shanghaied-chinas-stranglehold-on-alt-energy The Atlantic - Nuclear Energy’s Bottom Linehttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/nuclear-power-climate-change/678483/Reuters - Exclusive: White House to support new nuclear power plants in the U.S.https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-support-new-nuclear-power-plants-us-2024-05-29/Pew Research - Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear powerhttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

May 30, 20241h 7m

Ep 2852Climate at a Glance Videos Hit Social Media Near You: Linnea Lueken

In the new Climate at a Glance video series various climate crisis claims are debunked by Linnea Lueken in an eminently watchable, short, fact filled format. The goal is to reach younger audiences, being mislead on social media about climate change, with quick climate facts. The video's readily accessible on The Heartland Institute's Youtube channel address topics ranging from the so called climate change consensus to the fact that increased CO2 is leading to a beneficial global greening. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

May 29, 202413 min

Ep 2851Ill Literacy, Episode 143: The Middle Kingdoms (Guest: Martyn Rady)

In Episode 143 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Martyn Rady, author ofThe Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History at University College London, to discuss his new book, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe. They chat about how Central Europe has been more than just a fault line between the east and west and how the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. They go on to discuss how Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century’s most important artistic movements. Get the book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/martyn-rady/the-middle-kingdoms/9781541619784/?lens=basic-booksShow Notes: The Critic: Victor Sebestyen – “Why central Europe has always mattered”https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/august-september-2023/why-central-europe-has-always-mattered/Financial Times: Ivan Krastev – “Shadowlands of empire: central Europe’s nervous east-west gaze”https://www.ft.com/content/bb9fbe29-00bc-47bf-946b-456ab77e3fa1Literary Review: Tim Blanning – “Emperors, Mystics & Tomcats”https://literaryreview.co.uk/emperors-mystics-tomcatsThe New Criterion: Jeremy Black – “Middle march”https://newcriterion.com/article/middle-march/The Spectator: Peter Frankopan – “Central Europe has shaped our culture for centuries – yet we still find the region baffling”https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/central-europe-has-shaped-our-culture-for-centuries-yet-we-still-find-the-region-baffling/The Telegraph: Noel Malcolm – “Fish, tobacco and bureaucrats: a mad, marvellous history of central Europe”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/the-middle-kingdoms-by-martyn-rady-review-a-mad-marvellous/Times Literary Supplement: Larry Wolff – “Among the dogmen”https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-middle-kingdoms-martyn-rady-book-review-larry-wolff/The Wall Street Journal: Robert D. Kaplan – “‘The Middle Kingdoms’ Review: Europe’s Eternal Battlefield”https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-middle-kingdoms-review-europes-eternal-battlefield-1a0d92a2The Washington Free Beacon: Jakub Grygiel – “From World Wars to the Cold War to Ukraine: How Central Europe Survives”https://freebeacon.com/culture/from-world-wars-to-the-cold-war-to-ukraine-how-central-europe-survives/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

May 28, 20241h 13m

Ep 2850Scandinavia Was Never a Good Socialist Model for the US, or the World

The other day, Heartland Institute Editorial Director Chris Talgo, who is also a research fellow at our Socialism Research Center, was a guest on the nationally syndicated Pelle Neroth Taylor Show. Pelle apparently got notice of a paper Chris and Heartland's Justin Haskins wrote back in 2019 titled "Debunking the Scandinavian Socialism Myth: An Evaluation of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.Chris was on Pelle's program to talk about that paper. It's a fascinating conversation. Have a listen. And read the paper that got the attention of Pelle Neroth Taylor here: https://heartland.org/publications/policy-brief-debunking-the-scandinavian-socialism-myth-an-evaluation-of-denmark-norway-and-sweden/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there!Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

May 27, 202417 min