Liberty Chats

Steamboat Emerging Leaders Council Member Steven Hjelm sits down with Daniel Pae, Oklahoma's 62nd District Representative to talk about his time in office and his focus in policies during his time as the youngest serving member of the state Legislature at 23 years old.

Host Gabe Woolley, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council interviews Oklahoma State Superintendent, Ryan Walters. In a 15 minute excerpt of an hour long discussion, Gabe sits down with Ryan and talks about the major aspects of Oklahoma and American education. Ryan Walters taught eight years as a high school history teacher in his hometown at McAlester High School (MHS). During his time at MHS, Walters taught Advanced Placement (AP) courses in World History, U.S. History ...

Host Karl Honegger, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council Alumni Board interviews entrepreneur and educator, Lily Tang Williams. She is fighting to prevent the country she loves from becoming the country she left. Lily Tang Williams was a law school assistant professor at Fudan University, Shanghai, China who became an American entrepreneur and an educator. She is currently co-chair of the New Hampshire Asian American Coalition, elected Supervisor of the Chec...

Host Karl Honegger, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council Alumni Board, kicks off season 2 of Liberty Chats speaking with Writer and Director, Jimmy Morrison, about Grid Down, Power Up, a documentary that brings to light the urgency to save the U.S.power grid, starring Dennis Quaid. Jimmy created the motion graphics for the film. Grid failure is a real and imminent threat, a devastatingly deadly occurrence leading to life-threatening shortages of heat, food, and w...

Host Anastasia Ratcliff, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council, interviews Grace-Marie Turner, who leads the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. Anastasia and Grace-Marie discuss aspects of the healthcare system in America and how policy coincides with the work of the Galen Institute. They also dive into the discussion of the importance of having a diverse...

Host Domine Clemons, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council, interviews Erika Donalds, CEO of Optima Ed, on the recent success of Optima Ed's virtual reality school. They also dive into the value of Classical Education methods and how we can maximize educational freedom and school choice. Erika Donalds, CPA and CGMA, is the Chief Executive Officer of Optima Ed, an education experience company dedicated to expanding high quality school choice. A mot...

Host Stone Washington, member of The Steamboat Institute's Emerging Leaders Council, interviews Dr. Alveda C. King on the issues impacting African-American communities today and how to reach that community with conservative values that allow all people to flourish. Dr. Alveda C. King is from Atlanta, Georgia, and serves as the Chair of the Center for the American Dream at AFPI. She is the daughter of the late slain civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King and the niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther K...

Host Amber Athey, a Steamboat Institute Senior Tony Blankley Fellow, interviews John Rich, country music star and owner of Redneck Riviera. John discusses everything from his music career to cancel culture. This conversation is sure to leave you inspired and ready to defend liberty!John Rich is a multi-platinum hit generator and music industry leader whose creative talents are matched only by his business savvy. Whether through a raucous party anthem or a sober reflection on hard times in the...

Host Cody Wisniewski, a member of the Steamboat Insitute Emerging Leader Council interviews Ilya Shapiro about his new book and the recent news of his resignation as Executive Director of Georgetown University's prestigious law school's Center for the Constitution. Ilya is a Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies for The Manhattan Institute and the author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court (2020).Recently named Execut...

Mollie Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is a Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and the co-author of Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court. She is the author of "Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections."On this podcast, we spoke with Mollie about how and why election security has become so polarized. It used to be something both the Left and the Right could discuss as an important issu...