Podcasts
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Mourning Real Environmentalism – The Climate Realism Show #125 (Guest: Matt Wielicki)
Podcast -One could pin the birth of the modern environmental movement to the early 20th century when Theodore Roosevelt’s love of nature led to the creation of America’s beautiful national parks, the preservation of land for future generations, and the beginning of a genuine effort to clean our land, water, and air. That agenda, which enjoyed […] -
Will the REAL Kamala Harris Please Stand Up? – In The Tank #463
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 463 of the In The Tank Podcast. Despite being the official Democratic Presidential candidate for several weeks, the campaign has been slow to reveal her official positions on many important issues. And lately, there have been statements on behalf of Vice President Harris […] -
Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability (Guest: Michael Kimmage)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to discuss his new book, Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. They chat about the origins of the war, […] -
Hurricane Season 2024: Were the predictions wrong again?
Podcast -NOAA and other forecasters predicted the 2024 hurricane season would be among the most active in decades. Professional climate alarmist Michael Mann said human-caused global warming would prime the Atlantic Ocean to produce 33 named storms and several major hurricanes to lash the United States. The media, of course, jumped on that to sell gloom […] -
Kommie-la’s Basket of Deplorable Economic Policies – In The Tank #462
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 462 of the In The Tank Podcast. Over the past few weeks, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris has outlined a number of economic policy proposals her potential administration would enact. Some of these policies include price controls, subsidies for […] -
A Wonderful Career in Crime (Guest: Frank W. Garmon Jr.)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Frank W. Garmon Jr., assistant professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University, to discuss his new book, A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. They chat Cowlam’s career as convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, con artist, and serial […] -
We’re NOT at a Climate Tipping Point – The Climate Realism Show #123
Podcast -The New York Times on Sunday published a special section titled “How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?” The article is heavy on fancy infographics and short on actual references or facts about how many of the Earth’s natural features may be “in danger of collapse.” We will break it down and debunk the […] -
Free Speech Under Assault – In The Tank #461
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and S. T. Karnick present episode 461 of the In The Tank Podcast. The concept of free speech is once again under assault. The Europe Union’s Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote an open letter to X CEO Elon Musk warning him to stop the “amplification of harmful content.” […] -
Free Speech Under Assault – In The Tank #461
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and S. T. Karnick present episode 461 of the In The Tank Podcast. The concept of free speech is once again under assault. The Europe Union’s Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote an open letter to X CEO Elon Musk warning him to stop the “amplification of harmful content.” […] -
Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Davison Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis. They discuss how our historic […] -
The Real Costs of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Podcast -Heartland’s H. Sterling Burnett was recently a guest on the Jeanne Ives Podcast. They discussed the recent announcement by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who touted another “win” as United Airlines committed to purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for O’Hare International Airport, using state tax credits. Burnett questioned the environmental and economic validity of SAF, […] -
The Great British Energy Company – The Climate Realism Show #122
Podcast -The new Labour government in the UK wants to set up the “Great British Energy Company,” supposedly the answer to all of that country’s green energy dreams. -
Debunking Climate Myths
Podcast -Heartland’s H. Sterling Burnett was a guest on the Point of View Podcast. They discussed the accuracy of temperature measurements and the role of urban heat islands, the historical context of climate cycles, and the impact of human activity on global warming. Burnett also challenges predictions about climate disasters and highlights the benefits of increased […] -
Harris/Walz: A Far Left Political Ticket – In The Tank #460
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 460 of the In The Tank Podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic candidate, has selected her running mate – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Nancy Pelosi and others in the media are trying to portray Walz as a moderate “heartland […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 154: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sam Rosenfeld to discuss how party hollowness lies at the heart of our democratic discontents and how the nation’s parties became so dysfunctional. -
‘Green’ Olympics Make Athletes See Red – The Climate Realism Show #121
Podcast -The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and it pledged to be the “greenest” games ever. It not only failed, it pissed off many of the athletes. -
Large Majority of Voters Worried About Cheating in 2024 Election – In the Tank #459
Podcast -No less than 62% of likely voters are concerned that cheating will affect the outcome of the 2024 election in November. -
We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus (Guest: Sean A. Mirski)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sean A. Mirski, Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, to discuss his new book, We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus. They discuss how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War, which […] -
Kamala Harris Is Even More Radical on Climate than Joe Biden
Podcast -With Joe Biden handing off the presidency to “a new generation” in Kamala Harris, her record and public statements shows she is even more radical on environment and energy policies than her old boss. For instance, Harris thoroughly endorsed every bit of the radical “Green New Deal,” she pledged to ban all fracking in the […] -
Candidate Kamala Harris: What You Need to Know – In The Tank #458
Podcast -With an endorsement from Biden, it appears as though the candidacy is Vice President Kamala Harris's for the taking. -
DEI Is Destroying Our Way of Life
Podcast -Climate change is a topic the Globalists have chosen to exploit by teaching junk science brought to us by computer models. -
Climate Policy at the GOP Convention: What a Second Trump Term Could Look Like
Podcast -As the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee comes to a close, we look at the climate and energy platform of the party. Do they differ from Trump’s first-term agenda? What is the stance of VP candidate J.D. Vance on the topic considering Trump has tapped Vance to carry his MAGA agenda forward? To talk about […] -
The Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump – In The Tank #457
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S. T. Karnick present episode 457 of the In The Tank Podcast. Saturday July 13th, 2024 is a day that will go down in history. An attempted assassination of Donald Trump sent shock waves around the world. The In The Tank crew talks about the […] -
An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South (Guest: Robert K.D. Colby
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Robert K.D. Colby, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, to discuss his new book, "An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South."