Podcasts
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Our Dystopian “Green” Future – In The Tank, #375
Podcast -From high energy prices and energy shortages to dictates about how you should live your life and whether you should have kids, climate alarmists seem to have no shortage of bad ideas. -
Data Is the Cure to Climate Change Anxiety (Guest: Rob Bradley, Jr.)
Podcast -The media loves to report on "climate change anxiety" as a serious concern. While overblown, there is some truth to this. However, the media should push blame on the true culprits, themselves. -
A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Guest: Troy Senik)
Podcast -In Episode 98 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Troy Senik, author of “A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland.” -
Is Long COVID the Next Excuse for Expanding Government and Mask Mandates? (Guest: Rik Mehta)
Podcast -Reports have a knack for becoming public policy, and the latest report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Long COVID could be the next case in point. -
China Erupts, Elites Side with Regime – In The Tank Podcast #374
Podcast -The ITT crew starts off talking about a new analysis from the Socialism Research Center. Then they discuss the ongoing protests that are boiling over in China due, in large part, to the country's strict zero-COVID policies. -
The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Guest: Olivier Zunz)
Podcast -In Episode 97 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Olivier Zunz, author of The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville. -
North Korean Escapee’s Dire Warning for America
Podcast -Yeonmi Park escaped from North Korea into China when she was only 13 years old. She didn’t do it for freedom. North Koreans don’t know what freedom is. Yeonmi did it for a bowl of rice. While she was fed in China, human traffickers sold her for $200 into a life of physical abuse. Thus, […] -
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II (Guest: Paul Kennedy)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University, to discuss his new book, Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II. They chat about the six major naval powers of the war and their individual strengths, weaknesses, and challenges, and how the war was won and lost in the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. They also talk about how the strategic landscape for naval affairs was completely altered by the war and the rise of American economic and military hegemony.
Get the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300219173/victory-at-sea/
Show Notes:
Engelsberg Ideas: Lincoln Paine – “A marriage of the geopolitical, the military and the material”
https://engelsbergideas.com/books/a-marriage-of-the-geopolitical-the-military-and-the-material-victory-at-sea-naval-power-and-the-transformation-of-the-global-order-in-world-war-ii-by-paul-kennedy-review/
Foreign Policy: Alexander Wooley – “The Navy Made America a Superpower Once. Can It Again?”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/30/us-navy-victory-at-sea-review-paul-kennedy-history/
The New Criterion: Jeremy Black – “A new ruler of the waves”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/9/a-new-ruler-of-the-waves
The Sunday Times: Max Hastings – “Victory at Sea by Paul Kennedy review — did the navy win the Second World War?”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/victory-at-sea-by-paul-kennedy-review-did-the-navy-win-the-second-world-war-bd7tft0l9
Wall Street Journal: Brendan Simms – “‘Victory at Sea’ Review: Ruling the Waves in World War II”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/victory-at-sea-book-review-ruling-the-waves-in-world-war-ii-11650634290
Washington Free Beacon: Mike Watson – “How We Achieved Naval Supremacy—And How We Could Lose It”
https://freebeacon.com/culture/how-we-achieved-naval-supremacy-and-how-we-could-lose-it/
Washington Post: Robert D. Kaplan – “How the naval battles of World War II reshaped the global order”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/20/how-naval-battles-world-war-ii-reshaped-global-order/ -
Think Twice Before Signing that Organ Donation Card (Guest: Heidi Klessig, M.D.)
Podcast -You may want to rethink checking that box making you an organ donor. Unlike tissue donation, organs often need to be harvested from a live person in order to be viable for a transplant. Heidi Klessig, M.D., retired anesthesiologist, pain management specialist, and co-founder of respectforhumanlife.com, highlights how hospitals have harvested organs from live patients for the last few years. This procedure makes the person brain dead and then resuscitates their heart to keep blood flowing to the organs. According to Klessig, this goes against the Uniform Definition of Death Act (UDODA).
UDODA, passed in 1981, states that to declare someone legally dead, there must be irreversible cessation of cardiopulmonary function or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem. These determinations are to be made in accordance with accepted medical standards, but hospitals can never be 100 percent sure. Klessig says there are many cases where people have been resuscitated and survived 10 minutes after the heart stopped beating, but a transplant team may begin the harvest of organs in a matter of minutes.
The procedure is banned in Australia and the American College of Physicians has asked for a pause until legal and ethical issues can be ironed out. Yet, hospitals have been vigorously pushing the procedure to increase the supply of organs which require a patient to be alive before they can be harvested.
She also discusses:
- How hospitals can take your live organs if you are incapacitated, no family can be reached, and they determine your condition is “irreversible,” which Klessig says, “is terrifying because their interest lies in what money can be made from your organs, not what is in your best interest.” Organs can be worth about $5 million to transplant centers. The only way to prevent this is by carrying a card: https://halovoice.org/wp-content/uploads/donor_refusal_card.pdf
- How putting all resources into “live organ harvesting” has nearly eliminated research and development of alternatives to people with failing organs
- Ethical donations (tissue after death, kidney or lobe of liver from healthy donors)
- How hospitals can take your live organs if you are incapacitated, no family can be reached, and they determine your condition is “irreversible,” which Klessig says, “is terrifying because their interest lies in what money can be made from your organs, not what is in your best interest.” Organs can be worth about $5 million to transplant centers. The only way to prevent this is by carrying a card: https://halovoice.org/wp-content/uploads/donor_refusal_card.pdf
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373. What We Are Thankful For This Year
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Is the IPCC Spreading Science Fiction? (Guest: Dave White)
Podcast -Author Dave White joins the show to reveal the deception behind the scenes that determines the climate policies affecting your life. -
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals (Guest: Christopher M. Reali)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Christopher M. Reali, assistant professor of music at Ramapo College, to discuss his new book, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals. They chat about the Muscle Shoals music scene in the 1960’s and 1970’s, what exactly is the “Muscle Shoals Sound,” and how that sound became such a potent cultural power that still means something even up to the present day. They also talk about the overlooked history of Muscle Shoals' impact on country music and describes the region's recent transformation into a tourism destination and something of a pilgrimage stop for musicians from all over the world.
Get the book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=45zfd3qs9780252044519
Blues Blast Magazine: Mark Thompson – “Christopher M Reali – Music And Mystique In Muscle Shoals | Book Review”|
https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/christopher-m-reali-music-and-mystique-in-muscle-shoals-book-review/Deep South Magazine: Erin Z. Bass – “Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals”
https://deepsouthmag.com/2022/07/19/music-and-mystique-in-muscle-shoals/Southern Review of Books: Lacey Lyons – “Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals” Chronicles a Legendary Music Scene
https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2022/08/08/music-and-mystique-in-muscle-shoals-christopher-reali-interview/ -
‘The Future is Built By Us’: COP27 and G20 Coverage – In The Tank Podcast #372
Podcast -The ITT crew discusses how COP27 and the G20 summit is going so far – and it is all bad news if you cherish your liberty. The head of the United Nations says we’re on a “climate highway to hell,” Klaus Schwab says “the future is built by us” (and by “us” he means the unaccountable global elite). -
Does Eugenics Exist in U.S. Health Care? (Guest: Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.)
Podcast -Many people think the field of eugenics disappeared after the Nazi’s were defeated in WWII. But eugenics, a controversial program to perfect the human race, exists in various forms in modern times. Robert Graboyes, economist, journalist, consultant at RFG Counterpoint, decided to write about the topic. Graboyes was also a panelist that covered the topic in a webinar hosted by The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.
Eugenics has a long history going back way before the Nazi’s practiced it in World War Two. It really got its origins in Victorian England and it got some cover because it was associated with an emerging field at the time, statistics. Graboyes said it entered the U.S. before the Nazi’s came into power and practitioners at first, and in a much more gruesome way. Euthanasia was too controversial, so sterilization of was the weapon of choice and the practice continued well into the 20th century when it was discovered prisons were sterilizing people who were incarcerated. Graboyes also discusses the expansion of euthanasia in Canada and even in the U.S. He discusses whether it could be used for nefarious purposes.
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Climate Alarm is Alive for Elites and Fading for Civilians (Guest: Steve Milloy)
Podcast -While poll results show voters care about crime and the economy, elites at COP27 still say climate change is the most important issue of our time. -
The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves (Guest: Shaun Tomson)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by all-time surf god Shaun Tomson to discuss his new book with Noah benShea, “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life's Waves.” They chat about purpose, loss, hope, faith, the importance of doing nothing, what lessons surfing has to give about living a fulfilling life, and the power of “I Will.” Tim also tries to not geek out and ask too many surf fanboy questions about Pipeline.
Get the book here: https://www.familius.com/book/the-surfer-and-the-sage/
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Should This Non-mRNA Vaccine Have Been Authorized Early in the Pandemic? (Guest: Raymond March)
Podcast -The FDA recently gave emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Unlike the vaccines Americans received as a result of Operation Warp Speed, Novavax is not an mRNA vaccine. It was bypassed for EUA early in the pandemic because of a decision to put all resources into mRNA vaccines as it was thought this provided the best approach to get a vaccine out quickly.
Our guest today, Raymond March, a research fellow for the Independent Institute and assistant professor of agribusiness and applied economics at North Dakota State University, says this was a costly mistake. In an op-ed, March explains why it took so long for the U.S. to get access to the Novavax vaccine. March discusses Novavax’s different technology, the history of protein-based vaccines, and the dangers in using a one-size-fits-all approach when dealing with a public health threat.
Novavax Authorization: https://ir.novavax.com/2022-10-19-U-S-FDA-Grants-Emergency-Use-Authorization-for-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine,-Adjuvanted-as-a-Booster-for-Adults
Op-ed: https://blog.independent.org/2022/08/12/take-so-long-novavax-vaccine/
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371. 2022 Midterms: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Podcast -The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 371 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew discusses Tuesday's election results - the good, the bad, and the ugly. What takeaways do we have from the results, what happened to the "red wave," and what does this it mean for policy in the United States moving forward? Also, will these results dissuade Donald Trump from running again in 2024?
MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS
NYT – 2022 Midterm Results
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/briefing/midterm-election-results-2022.htmlThe Federalist - To Win Polarized Elections, Republicans Need More Than Weak Opponents — They Need Strong Leaders
https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/09/to-win-polarized-elections-republicans-need-more-than-weak-opponents-they-need-strong-leaders/TRUMP vs DESANTIS
MSN – Donald Trump is the biggest lower of 2022 midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/donald-trump-is-the-biggest-loser-of-2022-midterms/ar-AA13UjH1Axios – Tracking Trump’s endorsement in key midterm races
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/09/trump-endorsement-gop-midterm-electionsPolitico - Trump: 'Very big announcement' coming Nov. 15
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/07/trump-very-big-announcement-00065587WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Mediate – WATCH: Psaki Says Biden Admin ‘Gleeful and Giddy’ Over Midterms In Late-Night Update From Inside White House
https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-psaki-says-biden-admin-gleeful-and-giddy-over-midterms-in-late-night-update-from-inside-white-house/The Hill - Biden blowback shows coal still has sway in US politics
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3723927-biden-blowback-shows-coal-still-has-sway-in-us-politics/[Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]
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370. Left Finally Sees Big Tech as Big Brother
Podcast -The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Cameron Sholty present episode 370 of the In The Tank Podcast. With the 2022 mid term elections only days away, the ITT crew discusses the odds of a coming "red wave" and what that might mean for the country. Also, it appears as though the left is waking up to the threat of big tech censorship. An article from The Intercept is making its rounds highlighting the collusion between the Biden Administration and social media companies Twitter and Facebook.
OPENING CHIT CHAT – 2022 ELECTIONS
538 – It’s a Dead Heat for the Senate
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/538 - The Case For A Republican Sweep On Election Night
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-case-for-a-republican-sweep-on-election-night/PRIMARY TOPIC – Left Finally Sees Big Tech as Big Brother
Daily Wire - Biden White House Admits Using Big Tech to Silence Americans
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/21/biden-white-house-admits-using-big-tech-to-silence-americans/The Intercept - Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/The Atlantic – Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/covid-response-forgiveness/671879/Politico - White House deletes tweet after Twitter adds 'context' note
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/white-house-twitter-context-note-00064647[Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]
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Climate Protests Sweep Across the Globe
Podcast -There's been a sharp uptick in protests in the name of a climate change induced catastrophe across the globe. Fridays for Future, the group inspired by Greta Thunberg, recently held protests in 450 locations. Stories are flooding the news of protestors gluing themselves to private property and then expecting the businesses to cooperate with their demands. Why the sharp uptick in protests? Are these grassroots protests or is this a political scheme?
Andy Singer, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, and JunkScience.com's Steve Milloy discuss the global situation on today's episode of Environment & Climate News.
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To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln (Guest: Jonathan W. White)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jonathan W. White, professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University, to discuss his new book, To Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln. They chat about the personal connection many blacks felt to Abraham Lincoln and how that gave them confidence to write to the president and to seek redress of their grievances. They also talk about how the act of writing to Lincoln for blacks was, in a small way, an act of civic participation and allowed them to claim the rights of American citizenship in a wide range of circumstances.
Get the book here: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665078/to-address-you-as-my-friend/
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How Medicaid Compromised Long-Term Care (Guest: Stephen Moses)
Podcast -Poverty is no longer a requirement to qualify for long-term care under Medicaid. An entire industry has cropped up over the years instructing families on how to maximize Medicaid’s loose financial guidelines. While families save a bundle of money by having the government now pay for this care, the system has had a negative impact on the long-term care market. Reimbursement rates under Medicaid do not cover the actual cost of care which impacts quality and supply. Families no longer save for long term care knowing that Medicaid can come to the rescue. Stephen Moses, president of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, has studied long-term care for decades. He joins the show to discuss the first segment of his new report with the Paragon Institute, ”Long Term Care: The Problem.”
Read the report: https://paragoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/202208_Moses_LongTermCareTheProblem_FINAL_2.pdf
Seventy percent of people who reach age 65 today will require a severe need for long-term care. Long-term care provides medical and social services for those who are unable to care for themselves. 48 percent will receive paid care. The need spikes after age 85. In ten years, the baby boomers will reach that threshold, causing demand for long-term care to soar. Due to the loose financial guidelines, even well-off families can qualify for Medicaid coverage. This market manipulation crowds out private long-term care services. Our guest, Stephen Moses is about to release part two of a report which covers the solutions to this Medicaid problem. His hope is that a new Congress will be open to better alternatives that improve care at more affordable prices.
In the interview, Moses discusses:
1. How easy is it to get Medicaid to pay for long-term care?
2. How has this compromised the quality of long-term care over the decades?
3. Who will need long term care? Can any of us live independently until we die?
4. Baby boomers…most are now 65…what kind of pressure will that put on long-term care and Medicaid in 10, 20, and 30 years from now?
5. What about counting on family members to care for you? How about covering your care with your own wealth and investments?
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America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization (Guest: Mark A. Noll)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Mark A. Noll, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, to discuss his new book, America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911. They chat about how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history influenced the use of Scripture, and how a strongly Protestant Bible civilization was fractured by debates over slavery, contested by growing numbers of non-Protestants, and torn apart by the Civil War. They also talk about how the more religiously plural period from Reconstruction to the early 20th Century saw Scripture become a much more fragmented, though still significant, force in American culture.
Get the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/americas-book-9780197623466?q=america%27s%20book&lang=en&cc=us
Show Notes:
Wall Street Journal: D.G. Hart – “‘America’s Book’ Review: The Word Out of Season”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-book-review-the-word-out-of-season-11651009649 -
COVID-19 Truthers Had It Right – In The Tank, ep369
Podcast -The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 369 of the In The Tank Podcast. The COVID pandemic is over, if you ask president Joe Biden. Now, we need to sift through the rubble to see just how much damage was caused by the government lockdowns. The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, otherwise known as the Nation’s Report Card, came out showing major drops across the board. Also, there have been a few more stories that have come out recently showing just how terrible the government’s response to COVID-19 was.
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Independent - Hillary Clinton warns ‘right-wing extremists’ planning to ‘literally steal’ 2024 presidential election
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-2024-election-republicans-b2210291.htmlPolitico - Hillary Clinton warns of Trump trying to ‘sneak or steal his way’ to a second term
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/hillary-clinton-dnc-speech-398893PRIMARY TOPIC – COVID-19 TRUTHERS HAD IT RIGHT
Heritage Foundation – New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/new-naep-test-scores-are-disaster-blame-teachers-unionsWSJ - The School Lockdown Catastrophe
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-school-lockdown-catastrophe-naep-test-results-national-assessment-of-educational-progress-11666643369?NPR - Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1130629135/naep-test-covidFull Fact - Claims that Pfizer vaccine wasn’t tested on preventing transmission need context
https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-transmission-test/NYP - Judge orders Fauci, Psaki deposed in social media censorship lawsuit
https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/fauci-psaki-can-be-deposed-in-censorship-lawsuit/Reason - Adding the COVID-19 Vaccine to the Childhood Immunization Schedule Is a Mistake
https://reason.com/2022/10/24/covid-19-vaccination-schedule-immunization-childhood-mistake/[Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]