Heartland Daily Podcast

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• 04.18.2024

  2024 Election Mail-In Ballot Crisis & Election Interference - In The Tank #445

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 445 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Heartland Institute commissioned a new poll with Rasmussen Reports that once again highlights major election integrity issues that...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Ill Literacy, Episode 139: On Great Fields (Guest: Ronald C. White)

  In Episode 139 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Ronald C. White, author ofOn Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.  Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by return guest Ronald C. White, senior fellow at...

  
• 04.12.2024

  Climate and Energy: The Case for Realism – The Climate Realism Show #105

  On episode 105 of The Climate Realism Show, we talk to E. Calvin Beisner, co-editor (along with David Legates) of the new book “Climate and Energy: The Case For Realism.” The book combines outstanding climate science, physics, economics, environmental science,...

  
• 04.11.2024

  Left vs. Right: We Are Living In Different Universes - In The Tank #444

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 444 of the In The Tank Podcast. Depending on what news sites you look at, you might be told the economy is doing great or its...

  
• 04.08.2024

  The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England (Guest: Joanne Paul)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Joanne Paul, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex, to discuss her new book, The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England. They chat about who were the...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Save the Whales, Kill the Turbines – The Climate Realism Show #104

  On episode 104 of The Climate Realism Show, we explain that to save the whales we need to kill these growing large-scale offshore wind projects. These so-called “wind farms” are much larger and do much more environmental damage than most...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Socialism At A Glance, American Polarization - In The Tank #443

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 443 of the In The Tank Podcast. Heartland's Socialism Research Center just released a new book, Socialism At A Glance. Socialism at a Glance attempts to fill that...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical (Guest: Laurie Winer)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Laurie Winer, founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, to discuss her new book, Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical. They chat about why Winer believes Hammerstein more than...

  
• 03.28.2024

  Renewable Power Costs More and Delivers Less

  In this enlightening episode, Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment delves into the complexities of renewable energy and its impact on power grids across the United States. Orr argues for a reevaluation of what we consider 'renewable'...

  
• 03.28.2024

  BlackRock and ESG Divestment - In The Tank #442

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 442 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week, the In The Tank crew is discussing a number of different topics. The bridge collapse in Baltimore, Texas's divestment...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Mail-in Voting Ensures Illegal Ballots Will Be Counted

  The other day, The Heartland Institute's Chris Talgo, Editorial Director and research fellow at our Socialism Research Center, was a guest on "Unleashed with Marc Morano" on TNT Radio. Chris was on to talk about the how regular election laws,...

  
• 03.26.2024

  Why Is George Soros Buying Up Radio Stations?

  The other day, The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, deputy director of our Socialism Research Center, was a guest on the Shaun Thompson Show on AM560 in Chicago. He's a regular guest on that fantastic program and talked with Shaun about...

  
• 03.25.2024

  The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century (Guest: Benn Steil)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Benn Steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss his new book, The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century. They...

  
• 03.22.2024

  Climate: The Movie - The Climate Realism Show #103

  Climate Change Roundtable is now The Climate Realism Show. The same great climate news and analysis from The Heartland Institute’s world-class climate and energy experts, but a snazzy new name that gets right to the heart of what it is...

  
• 03.21.2024

  SCOTUS Hears BIG First Amendment Case - In The Tank #441

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 441 of the In The Tank Podcast. For many years now, we have heard about big tech censorship and the role government may have played. Thanks to investigations...

  
• 03.20.2024

  Climatosis, Fossil Feuds, & Missy's Twitch (Guest: Jon Pepper)

  Businessman and author Jon Pepper has written a series of books that explores the trials and tribulations of the energy industry in a highly politicized age, the newest of which, "Missy's Twitch," explores a young woman's passage from indoctrination and...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Ill Literacy, Episode 135: The Race to Zero (Guest: Paul H. Tice)

  In Episode 134 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Paul H. Tice, author of The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System.   Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Paul H. Tice, retired Wall-Streeter and...

  
• 03.14.2024

  DEBATE! Millennials, TikTok Ban, and AI Dangers - In The Tank #440

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 440 of the In The Tank Podcast. Debate is healthy. Conservatism is not a monolith of thought; disagreements are expected, especially on important topics. This week, we have...

  
• 03.13.2024

  Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon (Guest: Joel Selvin)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Joel Selvin, long-time rock critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, to discuss his new book, Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon. They chat about why Selvin thinks Gordon is...

  
• 03.13.2024

  Electric Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - The Climate Realism Show #101

  Climate Change Roundtable is now The Climate Realism Show. The same great climate news and analysis from The Heartland Institute's world-class climate and energy experts, but a snazzy new name that gets right to the heart of what it is...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Ill Literacy, Episode 133: Drums & Demons (Guest: Joel Selvin)

  In Episode 133 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Joel Selvin, author ofDrums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon. Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Joel Selvin, long-time rock critic at the San Francisco Chronicle,...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Electric Vehicles Worse For The Environment - In The Tank #439

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 439 of the In The Tank Podcast. The electric vehicle industry can not catch a break. There have been a number of stories coming out highlighting the "sluggish"...

  
• 03.07.2024

  ESG On The Out?

  Climate Change Roundtable is now The Climate Realism Show. The same great climate news and analysis from The Heartland Institute's world-class climate and energy experts, but a snazzy new name that gets right to the heart of what it is...

  
• 03.05.2024

  Climate Science Is Being Subverted By Poor Metrics and the Pursuit of Consensus (Guest: Matthew Wielicki, Ph.D.)

  Dr. Matthew Wielicki has had a heck of a year, voluntarily leaving academia when he found the pursuit and promotion of knowledge was being subverted by an effort to enforce consensus on researchers. Nowhere is this more evident than in...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany (Guest: Katja Hoyer)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Katja Hoyer, research fellow at King’s College London, to discuss her new book, Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. They chat about the political, social, and cultural landscape that existed...

  
• 03.01.2024

  States Have Granted Big Banks the Right to Seize Your Property

  A recent study by Jack McPherrin from Heartland explores how state legislatures, in adopting provisions of the Universal Commercial Code, have enabled "too big to fail" banks to seize the private retirement accounts of both individuals and institutional investors during...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Obamacare's Olympian Premiums – "I couldn’t afford it," says Mary Lou Retton (Guest: Kansas State Sen. Beverly Gossage)

  Olympian Mary Lou Retton made a stunning revelation when asked why she didn’t have health insurance while she was in intensive care fighting for her life.  “I couldn’t afford it,” Retton told the Today Show on January 8 when she...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Trump vs. The Deep State? - In The Tank #438

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 438 of the In The Tank Podcast. Every so often, the public gets a little more information about the role the intelligence community played in undermining Donald Trump...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Did Millions of Illegal Votes Swing the 2020 Election?

  The other day, Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo appeared on the Richard Syrett Show to discuss Heartland’s blockbuster poll revealing that at least one-in-four mail-in voters illegally cast mail-in ballots in the 2020 election. They also discuss how this might...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Soros Seizing Control Over Radio - In The Tank #437

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 437 of the In The Tank Podcast. Left-wing billionaire George Soros is reportedly on the verge of taking a controlling interest of the second-largest radio broadcasting companies in...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction (Guest: Fergus M. Bordewich)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Fergus M. Bordewich to discuss his new book, Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction. They chat about the formation of the Ku Klux Klan and the terroristic...

  
• 02.15.2024

  Will Biden Be Replaced In The 2024 Election? - In The Tank #436

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 436 of the In The Tank Podcast. Last week, a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur raised a lot of eyebrows. And not because it essentially...

  
• 02.13.2024

  Did Illegal Votes Rob Trump of the 2020 Election?

  The other day, Heartland Institute Editorial Director Chris Talgo was a guest on "The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson" on Lindell TV.   Chris was invited on the program to talk about our analysis of The Heartland Institute's blockbuster poll...

  
• 02.12.2024

  The SEC Lacks Authority to Mandate Climate Concern (Guest: Stone Washington)

  The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to become a climate regulator. It has proposed forcing companies under its regulatory purview, and even those outside of its direct authority, to take climate change seriously. The proposals would force SEC regulated...

  
• 02.09.2024

  Mann vs. Steyn: A Disgrace to the Profession – Climate Change Roundtable #97

  The Climate Trial of the Century is over, and the result is an absolutely travesty of justice. A D.C. jury ruled yesterday that Mark Steyn must pay $1 in compensatory damages and an absurd $1 million in punitive damages to...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Who Really Won The 2020 Election - In The Tank #435

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Jack McPherrin present episode 435 of the In The Tank Podcast. In December, we released the shocking results of a poll we conducted with Rasmussen showing a staggering 1 in...

  
• 02.07.2024

  Are Hospitals Prematurely Ending Life for Organs? – Heidi Klessig, M.D.

  You see the reports in the news all the time, a patient on life support has given the “gift of life” by donating organs. Few people realize but organ donors needs to be alive to do this.  Hospitals can legally...

  
• 02.06.2024

  My Day with Abe Lincoln (Guest: Jonathan W. White)

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Jonathan W. White, professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and winner of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, to discuss his new children’s book, My Day with Abe Lincoln. They...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Mann vs. Steyn: Climate Trial of the Century Week 3 (Guest: Ann McElhinney)

  In the third week of the defamation trial in which climate “hockey stick” inventor Michael Mann is suing Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg, Mann rested his case. And now the defense has begun to make its devastating case against the...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Global Web Of Chinese Propaganda - In The Tank #434

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 434 of the In The Tank Podcast. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was recently confronted outside her home by a number of Code Pink protesters accusing...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Mann vs. Steyn: Climate Trial of the Century Continues - Guest: Phelim McAleer on Climate Change Roundtable #95

  In the second week of the defamation trial, where serial litigator and special climate snowflake Michael Mann sued Mark Steyn and others for libel, the proceedings featured notable developments and surprising revelations. To discuss, Phelim McAleer, a filmmaker and journalist...

  
• 01.25.2024

  The Elite vs. All of Us - In The Tank #433

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 433 of the In The Tank Podcast. A new analysis by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity compares the worldview's of those representing the upper 1% of the population...

  
• 01.19.2024

  Climate Trial of the Century: Mann vs Steyn

  After 12 years of delays, the defamation lawsuit brought by climate scientist Michael Mann and writer Mark Steyn finally began this week. Mann sued Steyn and others in 2012 claiming they libeled him when they mocked his infamous “hockey stick”...

  
• 01.18.2024

  New Report: Climate Realism = HATE SPEECH - In The Tank #432

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 432 of the In The Tank Podcast. A new report has been released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate which features The Heartland Institute. The...

  
• 01.17.2024

  Davos Watch #1: The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal on the Shawn Thompson Show

  The other day, Donald Kendal, Deputy Director of the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute was a guest on the Shawn Thompson Show on AM560 The Answer in Chicago. Donald is a frequent guest, and has now started a...

  
• 01.11.2024

  The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music

  Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Stephen Walsh, Emeritus Professor of Music at Cardiff University, to discuss his book, The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music. They chat about the music of the nineteenth century and the Romantic...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Is DEI On The Ropes? - In The Tank #430

  The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 431 of the In The Tank Podcast. Along with ESG, DEI has been a popular acronym amongst the woke and culturally enlightened Americans. DEI, of course,...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Biden Wants to Ban Your Favorite Appliances (Guest: Ben Lieberman)

  In its obsessive pursuit of carbon dioxide emission reductions without regard to costs or freedom of choice, the Biden administration has conducted a regulatory assault on appliances, limiting consumers choice of appliances in a doomed attempt to control future weather....

  
• 01.09.2024

  Consumers Have Spent Billions on Decongestants that Don’t Work

  In this episode of Health Care News, we delve into the recent revelation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that certain over-the-counter decongestants, specifically those labeled with "PE" (phenylephrine), are no more effective than a placebo. Our guest, Dr....

  
• 01.08.2024

  Fighting For Freedom Against Climate Tyranny (Guest: Daren Bakst)

  In this insightful episode of "Environment and Climate News," host H. Sterling Burnett engages with Daren Bakst, the new Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment. The discussion focuses on CEI's longstanding commitment to challenging government policies that encroach...