Free To Choose Media Podcast

Today’s podcast is titled “Book Banning and Censorship.” Recorded in 2025, Neal McCluskey, director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom and author of The Fractured Schoolhouse: Reexamining Education for a Free, Equal, and Harmonious Society, joins host Vince Poscente to examine the fight over banned books in America’s schools. Their conversation traces the history and legal landscape of book censorship, looks at why today’s challenges center on race, gender identity, and sexuality, and asks whether any single school system can satisfy families with diverse values and needs. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the …

Today’s podcast is titled “The Epidemic of Youth and Sports Gambling.” Recorded in late 2025, Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, and Saul Malek, board member of the Texas Coalition on Problem Gambling, join host Jim Falk to examine the rapid spread of sports betting among young adults and teens. Their conversation traces the industry’s rapid growth since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling, draws on Malek’s firsthand experience with gambling addiction, and asks whether state governments can protect young people from an industry they now profit from. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the …

Today’s podcast is titled “Tariffs: How They Affect the Economy and Trade.” Recorded in early 2025, Jim Falk sits down with Donald Boudreaux, Ph.D., professor of economics at George Mason University and senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, and Jeff Ferry, chief economist emeritus at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, to examine tariffs and their impact on the U.S. economy. Their conversation weighs who bears the cost of tariffs versus who benefits, digs into competing explanations for the decline in American manufacturing, and debates whether today’s trade policy risks repeating the mistakes of the past. Listen now, and don’t …

Today’s podcast is titled “The Presidential Office: Its Influence and Power Today.” Recorded in early 2025, Jim Falk welcomes back presidential historian Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., Mack Brown Distinguished Professor at UT Austin and author of The Impossible Presidency, along with John Lawrence, Ph.D., former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi and author of Arc of Power, for a look at how modern media and institutional dynamics have reshaped the presidency. Their conversation traces the shift from traditional news to podcasts and influencers, the ongoing tug-of-war between executive power and congressional checks, and why the office’s contradictory demands make it, as …

Today’s podcast is titled “Presidential Leadership: The Defining Traits.” Recorded in early 2025, host Jim Falk sits down with presidential historians Talmage Boston, author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents, and Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., Mack Brown Distinguished Professor at UT Austin and author of The Impossible Presidency, along with John Lawrence, Ph.D., former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi and author of Arc of Power, to discuss what separates history’s most effective presidents from the rest. The conversation points to common threads among the best: building a strong team, staying open to opposing views, …

Today’s podcast is titled “Brands in Crisis.” Recorded in 2025, Bruce Turkel, branding expert and author of All About Them, and Laura Culp, founder of Culp Branding, join host Vince Poscente to discuss how companies survive — or fail to survive — a brand crisis. Their conversation ranges from the fire extinguisher paradigm of crisis preparedness to what separates a genuine apology from a deflection, using Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol response, Chipotle’s food-safety recovery, and Tesla’s ongoing brand-identity struggle as contrasting case studies. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled “The State of Civics Education Today.” Recorded in 2025, host Jim Falk speaks with John Meko, President of Founding Forward and David Bobb, President and CEO of the Bill of Rights Institute about the troubling state of civic education in America, where a recent survey found 70% of registered voters fail a basic civics test. Their conversation ranges from what genuine civic responsibility looks like beyond voting to how social media echo chambers and a generation-long shift away from history and civics in schools have eroded Americans’ understanding of self-government. Listen now, and don’t forget to …

Today’s podcast is titled “Western Tradition and The American Founding.” Recorded in 2025, host Jim Falk sits down with author, filmmaker, and Presidential Scholar at New College of Florida Joseph Loconte and John Meko, President of Founding Forward for a conversation on the Western tradition and its role in shaping the American republic. Tracing the arc from ancient Greece and Rome through the Enlightenment to the founding documents, they explore how ideas about individual rights, natural law, and the separation of powers became the bedrock of American self-governance. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the Free To Choose …

Today’s podcast is titled “Free Speech: Campus Arrests and Deportations.” Recorded in 2025, host Jim Falk is joined by Paul Butler, a First Amendment attorney and partner at Jackson Walker, and Jeremy Suri, presidential historian and Mack Brown Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they examine the growing pressure on free speech and academic freedom in the United States, from the detention of foreign students to the defunding of universities that resist government demands. Their conversation explores what the First Amendment does — and doesn’t — protect, and what’s at stake when those rights go undefended. …

Today’s podcast is titled “Classical Liberals: Our Founding Fathers’ Philosophy.” Program host Dennis McCuistion continues his 2024 conversation with Richard Epstein, Tisch Professor of Law at NYU and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, as they discuss the philosophy of classical liberalism that shaped America’s founding and how the Constitution’s structural safeguards were designed to limit government power and protect individual liberty. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.