On this special 500th episode of the In The Tank Podcast, the team takes a look at Culture -- from pop culture like movies, to broader American cultural trends like national pride. Is the dominant left-wing culture finally on its way out? Or are recent flops just a a hiccup in some eternal progressive march? Should conservatives even participate to try to influence it, or is it a lost cause?

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, Sam Karnick, as well as our special guest--the ever-popular Donald Kendal, will discuss all of this and more, on Episode #500 of the In the Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and participate in the show in the live chat!

00:00 Introduction
04:24 Is a Cultural Shift Occuring
23:40 Hollywood Is Dying on the Alter of Wokeism
56:41 Establishment Media Is Out
01:10:17 What This Means For the Country

A series of SCOTUS rulings is dealing meaningful blows to the Administrative State, along with other courtroom wins for Trump and conservative interests. Meanwhile, having learned nothing from the collapsing fact-checker establishment, Obama says the government must crack down on “misinformation” posted online. That’s hardly surprising—especially if a study showing Democrats are actually more narrow-minded is accurate. Finally, as many suspected, China has apparently been funneling cash into radical environmentalists’ lawfare campaigns against domestic energy.

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Sam Karnick will break it all down on Episode #499 of the In The Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and jump into the conversation via the live chat!

Riots are once again breaking out in California, stretching all the way to Chicago and East Coast cities. The National Guard is on the streets of L.A. to handle violent protests against ICE, and evidence suggests these multi-day protests are anything but organic. Similar demonstrations are planned across the country this weekend, aiming to counter a military showcase parade President Trump has planned for the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army.

The media can't be trusted to cover this fairly, which brings us to a bigger question: Is the "knowledge" economy falling apart? The mainstream news media, academia, and the scientific establishment are rapidly losing credibility in the eyes of the average person—and it may be well deserved.

Turning our eyes abroad, Trump says he struck a deal with China on trade. We’ll break down the good, the bad, and the ugly. And in the UK, the Labour Party recently levied new taxes that resulted in a quick and clear demonstration of the Laffer Curve—ending in less government income, not more.

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick cover all this and more on Episode #498 of the In the Tank Podcast.

Join The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, S.T. Karnick, and Jim Lakely as they dive into Episode 497 of the In The Tank Podcast. This episode explores timely and provocative topics, including the Democrats' ongoing quest to find their own version of podcast superstar Joe Rogan—can they cultivate a voice that resonates widely in the digital age?

The team also discusses President Joe Biden's reliance on the autopen presidency. With Biden increasingly using automation and pre-scripted methods to fulfill presidential duties, what does this mean for transparency, authenticity, and public perception of leadership?

Finally, they break down former President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." The hosts analyze its economic promises, potential impact on climate and energy policies, and how it stacks up against the Biden administration's previous legislation. Tune in for insightful discussion, sharp analysis, and engaging debate on today's critical issues.

The legacy media that half this country relies on to inform them about the world is irrevocably broken. For the past five years, they’ve lied constantly to cover up the biggest political scandal of the century: that Joe Biden has been in accelerating cognitive decline since before he was sworn in as president.

Of course, it's worse than that. The media attacked anyone who merely stated that obvious fact, calling what you saw with your own eyes and heard with your own ears “misinformation,” “disinformation,” or even “Russian propaganda.”
CNN's Jake Tapper is now promoting his new book Original Sin and pretending that he and the rest of the legacy media innocently missed Biden’s decline until his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump last summer. This, like everything else the media peddles these days, is a lie. Tapper—now serving as an avatar for the entire corrupt media—says he looks back on his coverage of Biden with “humility.” That simply won’t do. The word he must use is “regret,” or “embarrassment,” or even “horror.” And that must be coupled with a pledge to stop lying and a promise to be held accountable every single day. This, of course, will not happen.

The media has brainwashed half the country into believing things that aren’t true and told them to ignore truths staring them in the face. Their corrupt complicity in the cover-up of the century is more dangerous and societally destabilizing than any of the hundreds of fake scares the media peddles about Donald Trump being a “threat to our democracy.”

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and Sam Karnick will discuss this important topic—and more—on Episode #496 of the In the Tank podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and participate in the show via the chat.

Two of the most prestigious physicists in America have written a new paper explaining why greenhouse gases (GHG) produced by human activity — namely carbon dioxide — cannot cause dangerous warming on the planet. Based on their findings, Dr. Will Happer and Dr. Richard Lindzen urge Congress to repeal all Net Zero subsidies, all laws requiring GHG emission reductions, and all restrictions on fossil fuel development and infrastructure.

Our special guest this week is Dr. Will Happer, who will break down how he and Dr. Lindzen reached this conclusion — and why continuing to push Net Zero without scientific justification is a recipe for economic disaster.

On Episode #163 of The Climate Realism Show, Dr. Happer joins The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely to also cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week.

📺 Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X — and drop your questions for Dr. Happer and the panel in the live chat!

LINK TO Dr. Happer's Paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lindzen-Happer-GHGs-and-Fossil-Fuels-Climate-Physics-2025-06-07.pdf
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:28 Joe Rogan vs. Bernie Sanders
00:16:21 Climate Warming and Clouds
00:23:55 Watch Out! Killer Bees
00:30:04 Meme of the Week
00:31:26 Dr. Happer's Paper on CO2 Emissions
00:47:49 Q & A with LIve Audience

The corporate climate-alarmist media is already turning up the heat—on your TV, not outside—by hyping a summer warm spell as a “heat dome” threatening “dangerous heat and humidity” across much of America next week. Yes, it’s going to be hot. It’s summer. But the data tell a different story: there’s no long-term trend showing an increase in the number or intensity of heat waves. And despite what they claim, carbon dioxide emissions don’t drive heat waves. That’s not to say human activity isn’t warming the planet—but not in the way they’re shouting from the rooftops. We’ll lay it all out.

In episode 162 of The Climate Realism Show, we’ll give you the facts you need to counter the inevitable media panic surrounding next week’s forecast. Plus, we’ve got a loaded slate of Crazy Climate News: U.S. residential solar is on the brink, the so-called carbon fingerprint just got smeared, and Philadelphia’s electric bus fleet is going up in flames—literally. You’ll want to hear all of it.

Tune in LIVE at 1 p.m. ET with Heartland’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely. We’ll answer your questions, tackle your comments, and call out the spin in real-time—streaming on YouTube, Rumble, and X.

00:00 Intro
03:38 Collapse of Residential Solar
11:55 Carbon Isotopes and Climate
16:20 Philly EV Buses Delete Themselves
23:58 Heartland Causing Trouble in Europe
33:26 Heat Wave Fact Check
44:26 Q&A

Hurricane season has begun, and while it’s quiet so far, what kind of year can we expect? The Heartland Institute welcomes back Stanley Goldenberg—one of America’s leading hurricane forecasters—to find out. We’ll also tackle the week’s Crazy Climate News: Greta Thunberg’s latest publicity stunt, a proposal to nuke the ocean floor for “carbon capture,” Trump pulling the plug on California’s EV mandate, and accusations that The Heartland Institute is “undermining EU climate rules.” You’re welcome.

Join us live at 1 p.m. ET this Friday for Episode 161 of The Climate Realism Show with Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely, and hurricane expert Stanley Goldenberg. Bring your questions and jump into the chat on YouTube, Rumble, or X.

We get so many great questions in each episode of The Climate Realism Show that we decided to dedicate a whole episode to answering them. Well—all of it except our coverage of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, of course.

This week:

1. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is once again calling for censorship of climate realists

2. Another massive ship has been set ablaze and set adrift by EVs

3. Our atmosphere is getting “thirstier” (and that’s bad, of course)

4. And a Florida TV weatherman is lying about not being able to predict hurricanes because of federal budget cuts

In Episode #160 of The Climate Realism Show from The Heartland Institute, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely are joined by newly minted meteorologist Chris Martz, who has been driving alarmists crazy on social media for years.

Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on Friday—and since this is a special Q&A episode, get those questions ready!

The Heartland Institute and Heartland UK/Europe have been in Poland and Hungary this week, meeting with leaders of the conservative movement and top politicians. Opposition to Net Zero in Europe is real—and growing. Just a few years ago, even right-leaning public figures were reluctant to publicly oppose the Big Green agenda, and hardly ever spoke of it even in private conversations. Today, climate realism has become a main plank of center-right politics and policy.

Heartland Institute President James Taylor and Heartland UK/Europe Director Lois Perry join the show LIVE from Budapest to report on this shift—and take your questions—at 1 p.m. ET.

In Episode #159 of The Heartland Institute’s The Climate Realism Show, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely cover the rise of climate realism in Europe and the Crazy Climate News of the Week. That includes: an alarmist imploring us not to “shatter the climate,” climate clergy livestreaming their climate depression marathon, whether cows dream of electric grills, and the validity of a stack of Biden climate executive orders signed by autopen.

Be sure to join the chat—we’ll show your comments and answer your questions!

Heartland Institute President James Taylor electrifies CPAC Poland with a rallying cry for faith, family, and freedom. Speaking in Jasionka on May 27, 2025, Taylor salutes Poland’s centuries-long defiance of tyranny and urges conservatives across Europe to “stand tall for freedom” in the face of mounting EU pressure to adopt Net-Zero policies. He reminds the crowd that for most of recorded history the climate has been warmer than today, yet humanity thrived, and he warns that “totalitarian socialists” in Brussels threaten both prosperity and national sovereignty. Taylor lays out a blueprint for economic revival built on abundant coal, natural gas, and nuclear power, echoing the energy boom unleashed in the United States under President Trump. Finally, he calls on every Pole—and every European—to raise their flag high and join a growing international movement for liberty and independent nation-states.

Learn more about The Heartland Institute, a 40-year-old freedom-centric think tank, here: https://www.heartland.org/index.html

In this eye-opening clip from The Climate Realism Show by The Heartland Institute, we dive into the alarming rise of climate anxiety among young people, fueled by media hype and unscientific narratives. A recent study from Nature Medicine reveals how climate-related fears are driving depression, hopelessness, and even suicidal thoughts in some, particularly among the younger generation.

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In this gripping segment from The Heartland Institute's In the Tank Podcast, we dive into the shocking firebombing of PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence by a radical leftist, Cody Balmer. We explore the attacker’s anarchist motives, the media’s biased spin, and the broader trend of leftist violence in American politics—from the Weathermen to the BLM/Antifa riots.

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In this riveting excerpt from The Heartland Institute's In the Tank podcast, we explain how the Holy Grail of the environmentalists — the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — is in serious peril. We explore the rule's flawed origins under Obama's EPA, its shaky legal foundation, and how the Trump administration might reverse it using Supreme Court rulings like West Virginia v. EPA. Are we on the verge or returning to a reality-based world? Will science, and not ideology, be the touchstone of government policy again?

Subscribe and share your thoughts in the comments! And join us on this channel every Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for the live-stream of this podcast from The Heartland Institute, a 40-year-old national free-market think tank. The pod is hosted by Linnea Lueken and features Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, S.T. Karnick, and special guests.

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Climate alarmists frequently claim that ocean temperatures are soaring at dangerous rates due to human-caused global warming. In recent reports, they cite record temperatures from 2023 as proof that humanity is dangerously altering our planet's oceans.

But how accurate is this alarming narrative? In this quick climate fact check, Linnea Lueken explains the gradual nature of ocean warming, noting a modest increase of only 0.7 degrees Celsius since 1880. She discusses natural phenomena like the end of the Little Ice Age and recurring El Niño events as significant drivers of ocean temperature variations, raising the important question: Are human CO2 emissions really responsible for ocean warming, or are natural forces playing a much larger role?

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