Category: American Thought Leaders

Antonella Marty: How Socialist, Communist Ideology Took Over Cuba, Latin America

“Communism destroys the incentives. It destroys the most important essence of the human being … liberty,” says Antonella Marty, director of the Atlas Network’s Center for Latin America. At FreedomFest in South Dakota, we sat down with Marty to discuss the spread of communist and socialist ideology in Latin America—from Cuba to Venezuela to her…


Harvard Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff on Vaccine Passports, the Delta Variant, and the COVID ‘Public Health Fiasco’

“Those who are pushing these vaccine mandates and vaccine passports … they’re doing so much more damage to vaccine confidence than anybody else,” says Dr. Martin Kulldorff, one of the world’s leading epidemiologists. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kulldorff for a deep dive on COVID-19 immunity, vaccines, the Delta variant, and why…


An Antidote to Socialist Education for Kids—Connor Boyack and Daniel Harmon on the ‘Tuttle Twins’

“Through storytelling and beautiful illustrations, we tell the time-tested virtues that made our country great: entrepreneurship, free markets, property rights, personal freedom, the golden rule,” says Connor Boyack, author of the “Tuttle Twins” books. Since the pandemic started, books sales have shot up as more parents found themselves looking for educational resources for their kids….


Warren Rothman Tells His Harrowing Story of Being Detained and Beaten in a Black Jail in China

“They’re kicking and punching me, my legs, my back, my arms…” In this episode, Warren Rothman, a Yale graduate and previously a lawyer at an elite law firm, shares his harrowing experience of being secretly jailed and beaten in China. Rothman, an American citizen, says he was hauled from one black jail to the next…


Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on the ‘Siren Call’ of Socialism and Why Businesses Should Stay Apolitical

“Socialism has been tried 41 times in the last 100 years … and there are exactly 41 failures,” says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, author of “Conscious Capitalism.” In this interview, filmed at the FreedomFest in South Dakota, I sat down with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey to discuss the deceiving allure of socialism, his…


Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts: Biden Admin’s 30 By 30 Conservation Plan Will Devastate Small Farmers

The Biden administration’s ambitious 30 by 30 conservation plan “has to be a land grab,” says Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts. Currently, 12 percent of U.S. land is protected. To reach the Biden administration’s goal of 30 percent of land in conservation by 2030, “they’d have to add on 440 million acres or the equivalent of…


Naomi Wolf on Censorship, Vaccine Passports, and the Reversal of ‘My Body, My Choice’

“I can’t believe that the left, with its long tradition of fighting for free speech” is “just giving [that] up,” says feminist author and journalist Naomi Wolf. Wolf, a longtime liberal and former advisor to the political campaigns of both Bill Clinton and Al Gore, breaks down the dangers she sees inherent to vaccine passports…


Dave Rubin: A Growing Alliance Against the ‘Cult’ of Woke Ideology

Woke ideology “infects every system that it’s in,” says Dave Rubin. “There’s no woke enough for the wokesters.” At the recent FreedomFest conference in Rapid City, South Dakota, we sat down with Rubin to discuss an alliance of free thinkers—from classical liberals to religious conservatives to libertarians. There’s an opportunity for diverse groups to unite…


Jaco Booyens: Trafficking Epidemic Fueled by Lockdowns, Police Cuts, and a Porous Border

Sex trafficking has spiked during the pandemic, as kids and teens in lockdown spend much of their waking hours on social media where traffickers and pimps can easily reach them, says anti-trafficking activist Jaco Booyens. Near the U.S.-Mexico border, traffickers are exploiting U.S. border policies and children are being “sold like cattle,” Booyens says. Police…


Reggie Littlejohn: 2022 Beijing Olympics Will Be a ‘Genocide Games’ and ‘Propaganda Bonanza’ for Chinese Regime

“We’re talking about rampant forced abortion, forced sterilizations … the execution of prisoners to harvest their organs for transplant. What does it take to say we’re not going to honor this country by participating in their Olympic Games?” In this episode, we sit down with China human rights advocate Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of…