Elon Musk is building the rockets that will send the next generation of astronauts to Mars, but they won't stand a chance of surviving the journey if not for the research being done by scientists like Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D. Dorit joined us to talk about inventing new ways to keep humans alive and healthy on multi-year missions into deep space. Dorit Donoviel is the Executive Director of NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health and Professor of Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Follow her fascinating work on Twitter at @DoritPhD. This interview was recorded as part of Dan Crenshaw's Healthcare Innovation Summit at Rice University in Houston, TX.
Far-left activists hold influence over the White House, Congress, the media, corporations, and our educational institutions. But the one institution that remains outside of their control - the Supreme Court - is the one stopping them from sabotaging the Constitution. Senator Mike Lee joins us to talk about the left's decades-long battle to pack the Supreme Court and remake America. Mike Lee is a United States senator from Utah and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He served as a law clerk in the Supreme Court to Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. He is the author of "Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left’s Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court and Destroy American Liberty." Follow him on Twitter at @SenMikeLee.
Theoretical physicist Steven Koonin covers what the latest climate science actually tells us versus what alarmists want us to believe about everything from melting ice caps to extreme weather events. We end the conversation with an overview of Steven's other domain of expertise: multiverses! Steven Koonin is the author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. From 2009 to 2011, he was Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration.
Quick episode covering the Senate gun bill, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, that passed on Friday. Dan breaks down his main concerns with the bill and lays out what is true, and what isn’t, about the bill. There has been a lot of emotional reactions to this legislation, but very little objective breakdown of the substance. Here is the truth.
Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan examines 70 years of demographic trends, economics, and history to make the case that the world is about to enter a period of massive disorder. Peter Zeihan is the author of the just-released The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization. He is the author of numerous bestselling books including The Accidental Superpower and Disunited Nations. His geopolitical analysis has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Fox News and more. Follow him on Twitter at @PeterZeihan.
Crime is running rampant across the nation. Why? Democrats’ soft on crime policies are to blame. Even murderers are being released back onto our streets. For example in Texas, between September2016 and September 2021, 133 capital murder suspects were bonded out of jail in Harris County alone. While crime trends are often very localized, there are some national trends as well that have unfolded recently. To help examine these trends, we are joined by an expert on criminal justice, Josh Crawford from the Pegasus Institute.
Rep. Garret Graves joins me to discuss an important pillar of the Republicans Energy, Climate, and Conservation task force: how to compete with China and Russia on energy production. America’s key strategic asset is its geopolitical advantage in producing and exporting resources – whether that’s food, energy, or materials, and American energy dominance is crucial to maintaining that advantage. Rep. Garret Graves joins us to outline the Republican plan to protect American energy dominance and reduce global emissions as a result. Follow Rep. Garret Graves on Twitter at @RepGarretGraves.
Pete Hegseth, New York Times bestselling author and the cohost of FOX & Friends Weekend, joins us to take a deep dive into our education system. It’s no secret that Progressives hijacked our education system years ago, but how can parents regain control over their children’s education once again? Pete provided the game plan in this episode - how we can fight back, and what options we have to reclaim our education system. Follow Pete Hegseth on Twitter at @PeteHegseth.
Author, comedian, and TV personality Dave Rubin joins us to take on some of the most complex and controversial topics in society today. Using his new book as a guide, Don’t Burn This Country: Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia, Dave shares how he went from a left leaning progressive to using his platform to stand up against wokeism across the country. Follow Dave Rubin on Twitter at @RubinReport.
Alex Epstein, author of Fossil Future and The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, joins us for a reality check on fossil fuels. Many Americans have been convinced by radical environmentalists that fossil fuels are bad, if not inherently evil, and that supporting oil and gas is equivalent to supporting the environmental destruction of our planet. Alex joins us to explain why supporting fossil fuels and supporting the environment are not mutually exclusive, and how fossil fuels have contributed to human flourishing. Follow him on Twitter at @AlexEpstein.