I know it’s Election Day, but the first polls won’t close for many hours. So take a few minutes away from the hustle and bustle of campaigns and listen to today’s very special podcast with Eric Metaxas, author of “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as you may know, was a German pastor who [...]
On today’s podcast, we welcome two top political analysts to the show: The Hotline’s Reid Wilson and The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake handicap Tuesday’s elections. Want to know what to expect Tuesday night? Wilson and Blake agree Republicans will win somewhere around 50 House seats (Wilson says 52 and Blake says 48). And on the [...]
Thomas E. Woods Jr., the New York Times best-selling author, joins us on today’s podcast to discuss his new book, “Nullification.” Woods defines state nullification as the belief that states can and must refuse to enforce federal laws they deem to be unconstitutional. Though the federalist notion of “state’s rights” is often perceived as mere [...]
Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D., the author of “10 Books That Screwed Up the World,” joined us on today’s podcast. If ideas have consequences, then bad ideas have bad consequences, and that’s the premise of our discussion. (Wiker, of course, does not believe in burning bad books; he believes in reading them!) Wiker’s list of destructive books [...]
Larry Kahaner, author of “AK-47; The Weapon that Changed the Face of War” joined us on today’s podcast. Kahaner describes how the weapon was invented by a Soviet soldier named Mikhail Kalashnikov, who began work on the gun because he wanted to protect the Motherland from the Nazis. Kalashnikov’s gun wasn’t even used in World [...]
Washingtonian magazine’s Shane Harris joined us on the podcast today to discuss his new book, “The Watchers; The Rise of America’s Surveillance State.” “The Watchers” argues that America’s surveillance system is better at spying on American citizens than it is on catching terrorists. We also discussed Harris’ recent Washingtonian column, “Plugging the Leaks.” Interestingly, Harris [...]
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