Newt's World

In his first long form interview since leaving his position as senior advisor to President Donald J. Trump, Stephen Miller talks with Newt about his journey to conservativism, his career in Washington politics and his time serving in the White House.

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If the film Jurassic Park was made today, the dinosaurs would have feathers. With a flood of new fossil discoveries and technological innovations, the latest dinosaur discoveries are inspiring paleontologists to rethink much of what we know about them. Newt’s guest is Michael Greshko, science writer at National Geographic.

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Part 2 – By January 2021 the California State Auditor had identified at least 11.4 billion dollars had been taken from the California unemployment insurance program, but many experts are now estimating the fraud could be as high as 31 billion dollars. In this episode find out how criminals in prison gamed the EDD system to steal billions. Newt’s guest is Anne Marie Schubert, District Attorney for Sacramento County, California.

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Part 1 – By January 2021 the California State Auditor had identified at least 11.4 billion dollars had been taken from the California unemployment insurance program, but many experts are now estimating the fraud could be as high as 31 billion dollars. An unbelievable amount of taxpayer money that was stolen and more importantly did not get to the citizens of California who were unemployed due to the pandemic shutdowns. Newt’s guest is McGregor Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California. 

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For President’s Day, Newt reflects on the founding of the United States and on what every American should understand about one of the greatest enterprises in human history: the exciting, perilous, and immensely consequential story of their own country. Newt’s guest is Wilfred M. McClay, the author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.

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The citizens of California are fed up with government shutdowns, schools that are closed and a Governor who dines at restaurants like French Laundry while the rest of California is barred from eating indoors. A grassroots effort by Californians to recall their Governor, Gavin Newsom, is underway. Newt’s guest is Anne Dunsmore, Campaign Manager and Finance Director of Rescue California.

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In 1760s London, John Wilkes was a champion of liberty and an advocate for free speech and freedom of the press. He was an outspoken member of Parliament and in 1764 the House of Commons expelled him, but he was reelected. The Founding Fathers of the United States were deeply shaped by Great Britain’s Parliamentary oppression of Wilkes. Part of the Immortals leadership series.

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As a young man, Devin Nunes watched as farms in his home town in the San Joaquin Valley in California started to dry up due to a water shortage. That experience spurred him into politics and he’s been challenging the progressive left in his home state and in Congress ever since. Newt’s guest is Congressman Devin Nunes, representing California 22nd District.

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Suzi LeVine is Biden’s top pick for acting assistant secretary at the Employment and Training Administration, part of the Labor Department. She was deeply involved in the Washington State unemployment fraud scheme that cost her state over $600 million to a Nigerian fraud ring. Newt’s guest is John Carlson, radio host for 570 KVI in Seattle.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo completely mishandled the early days of the pandemic. He made misguided policy decisions that killed thousands, including many seniors. Newt’s guest is Matt Palumbo, author the new book, Dumb and Dumber: How Cuomo and de Blasio Ruined New York.

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