How Wokeness Sucks All the Fun out of Life (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Commentary Magazine Associate Editor Noah Rothman discuss Noah’s recent book “The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun.” Lefties used to be the “anything goes, don’t judge me” crowd, but today the progressive woke left politicizes everything and sucks all the fun out of food, sports, dating and sex, even gardening! Noah explains how and why this change happened, how it affects American society, and how it’s harming everything from how we eat and play to how we love and form relationships. It’s a great read and a great discussion.
Is a 25th Amendment Removal in Joe Biden's Future? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar discusses his recent piece in The Hill raising questions about President Biden’s obvious slippage with IPI President Tom Giovanetti. Because there is little to no partisan advantage to either party to remove Biden, raising the question isn’t about partisan politics but rather is about the good of the nation, and of the free world. And it’s not as if a 25th Amendment removal wasn’t almost a constant topic in the media during the Trump administration. Double-standard much?
The 25th Amendment and Joe Biden's Future (Audio: Interview)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews joins the Rod Arquette Show to discuss his op-ed in the Hill regarding the mental health of President Biden.
How We Know State Election Integrity Laws Aren't Suppressing the Vote (Audio: Podcast)
An analysis of voter turnout in states that pass voting integrity laws in the last two years, including by racial group breakdown, demonstrates that the recent election integrity laws are not suppressing voter turnout. With IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and President Tom Giovanetti.
IPI Policy Basics: Who Are the Uninsured? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews talks us through an analysis of the composition of the uninsured population in the United States. IPI President Tom Giovanetti reminds us of the problem of large numbers, and both conclude that the problem of the uninsured is exaggerated or at least overestimated.
What's Wrong with Common Good Conservatism? (Audio: Podcast)
An article in today’s The Federalist website gives IPI president Tom Giovanetti occasion to rant against supposedly “common good conservatism” and it’s betrayal of the ideas behind the American founding. With IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
Progressive Policies are Backfiring on Democrats at the Mid-Term Election (Audio: Podcast)
There are four major policy areas—inflation, crime, the border, and gas prices—that voters have identified as their top concerns at the midterm election, and all four of these are areas where Democrats gave free rein to the progressive left, and having sowed the wind, are poised to reap the whirlwind. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
Democrats CAN'T Stop Biden from Running in 2024 (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews leads a discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti on one of Tom’s favorite topics, the extreme weakness of the political parties. In short, the Democratic Party is too weak to prevent Joe Biden from running again if he chooses to do so.
Nominate Lousy Candidates, Lose Easy Elections (Audio: Podcast)
The problem of highly flawed Republican candidates is well-recognized, but why have Republicans done this? How do Republicans nominate flawed, unvetted and inexperienced candidates that will have obvious problems winning a general election? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews shares his thoughts with IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
An Energy Crisis Entirely of Democrat's Making (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews weave together several recent threads of energy news to explain how the current and future energy crisis in the US and in Europe is almost entirely the making of Obama and especially Biden administration policy.