05/10/2023

Episode 226: “The Weaponization of Loneliness” with Stella Morabito

Guest(s): Stella Morabito

In this episode Stella Morabito returns to talk about her recently published book The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer. Stella, a prolific author at The Federalist, writes incisively about the social fallout of propaganda,…

05/04/2023

Episode 225: “Protecting Investors from an Overreaching Regulatory State” with Chris Iacovella

Guest(s): Christopher A. Iacovella

When Walmart went public in 1970 and soon thereafter listed on the New York Stock Exchange, its SEC disclosure prospectus was 20 pages long. Today, a prospectus requires massive numbers of mostly obscure disclosures imposing very real liabilities for the issuing company - but…

04/26/2023

Episode 224: “The FBI’s Ambitious New Plans” with J. Michael Waller

Guest(s): J. Michael Waller

Joining me to talk about the planned building, the FBI’s history and what it’s become today, is my frequent guest and astute observer of US intelligence agencies, Mike Waller. J. Michael Waller, is a Senior Analyst for Strategy at the Center for Security Policy…

03/24/2021

Episode 223: The Differences Between Men and Women: Warriors and Worriers with Joyce Benenson

Guest(s): Joyce Benenson

In this episode, Dr. Joyce Benenson talks with Bill about her book, Warriors and Worriers, which draws her extensive lifelong research on children’s interactions. The result is fascinating array of studies and stories that explore the ways boys and men deter their enemies, while girls…

04/12/2023

Episode 222: “What You Need to Know About Your Money and the Federal Reserve” with Cato’s Norbert Michel

Guest(s): Norbert Michel

Is the Federal Reserve a godlike Zeus able to control our money and the economy, preserve financial stability and keep a lid on inflation?  Or is it like the Wizard of Oz? A little man behind the curtain pulling levers to create smoke and…

04/05/2023

Episode 221: Are We Really Surprised We’re Having Another Banking Crisis?-Alex Pollock & Steve Dewey

Guest(s): Alex Pollock

Joining me to talk all this through are Alex Pollock and Steve Dewey. Both are grizzled veterans of the banking and regulatory world, which, as Alex points out, has been hit by a major crisis every decade since the 1970s. Together we have many…

03/28/2023

Episode 220: “Silicon Valley Bank: The Bill Finally Comes Due” with Rick Manning and Robert Romano

Guest(s): Rick Manning

This week, Americans for Limited Government published a provocative and insightful piece about the banking system asking, "Has the United States banking system become too big to save?” In the past three years, to finance massive federal spending, the Treasury has issued almost $8…

03/21/2023

Episode 219: “The Labor Department’s Radical Agenda” with Pat Pizzella

Guest(s): Patrick Pizzella

Under President Joe Biden and his Administration the whole of government has been weaponized to promote a so-called Diversity Equity and Inclusion agenda that, in fact, will bring about just the opposite of what these words mean.  Case in point is an assertive, left-wing,…

03/08/2023

Episode 218: “The Ugly Truth About the White House, the FBI and the Social Media Companies” with Jenin Younes and Todd Zywicki

Guest(s): Jenin Younes

The censorship regime has been widespread and relentless. Our argument here is that the companies, as private actors, have a right to do that, but that the government does not have a right to coerce private actors to do what the government wants them…

02/28/2023

Episode 217: “Ukraine: It’s Time for Realism” with David Goldman and Stephen Bryen

Guest(s): Dr. Stephen Bryen

“The global utopians, led by the likes of Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan and Victoria Nuland, have plunged us into a war which could take us into a real catastrophe,” says David. Already, they’ve let take root a Russian coalition with China, Iran, North…

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