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Jeremiah Hayden, a reporter for the Portland Mercury, joins Lars to discuss records showing Portland officials coordinating with Urban Alchemy’s PR firm as the homeless-services contractor faced serious misconduct allegations. Was City Hall more concerned with protecting Urban Alchemy’s image than addressing complaints?
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Ann Vandersteel, co-founder of the American Made Foundation and co-author of The CPS Pipeline, joins Lars to discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of President Trump’s latest attempt to overturn the E. Jean Carroll verdict. Should there be clearer constitutional limits on massive punitive damage awards?
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Joel Griffith, senior fellow at Advancing American Freedom, joins Lars to discuss Vice President JD Vance’s warning to Republicans not to blame young Americans for socialism’s growing appeal. Is Vance defending socialist ideas, or warning the GOP that economic frustration is driving young voters toward them?
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Jayne Zirkle, a conservative policy analyst and political strategist, joins Lars to discuss the Trump administration’s overhaul of the VA’s electronic health records system. After years of delays, long wait times and fragmented care, will the new system finally deliver better healthcare for veterans?
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Dr. Zachary Marschall, Editor-in-Chief of Campus Reform, joins Lars to discuss the University of Michigan’s plan to hide first-semester letter grades from freshmen transcripts. Will shielding students from grades ease stress, or simply protect them from failure?
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Dr. Henry Miller, physician, molecular biologist and founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology, joins Lars to discuss allegations of conflicts of interest on an FDA advisory committee. Should advisers with financial ties to the peptide industry be voting on whether those products reach the market?
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Brooke Medina, Vice President of Communications for State Policy Network, joins Lars to discuss the growing strength of socialist candidates in governor’s races. After a Democratic Socialist nearly won Wisconsin’s primary, could the movement soon take control of a governor’s mansion?
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Zilvinas “Z” Silenas, President of the Empire Center for Public Policy, joins Lars to discuss New York’s troubling reading scores despite spending more per student than any other state. If record education spending isn’t producing better results, where is all that money going?
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Tyler Coward, Lead Counsel for Government Affairs at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, joins Lars to discuss how universities are responding to antisemitism while protecting First Amendment rights. Can colleges protect Jewish students without punishing constitutionally protected speech?
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Richard Stern, Vice President of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise at Advancing American Freedom, joins Lars to discuss the “Burrito Index” and what the price of a Chipotle burrito can tell us about affordability across America. How much does where you live determine how far your paycheck goes?
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