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Episode 518: The 118th Congress Feb 05, 2023

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Newt discusses the 118th Congress, Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s agenda, the Commitment to America and the 40 new Republican members of Congress.

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Episode 517: The Bidens Feb 04, 2023

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Like the Kennedys before them, the Bidens are a tight-knit, idealistic Irish Catholic clan with good looks, dynastic ambitions, and serious personal problems. As “The Bidens” reveals, the best way to understand Joe Biden, his values, fears, and motives, is to understand his family. Newt’s guest is Ben Schreckinger. He is a national political correspondent at POLITICO. Before that, he served as GQ’s Washington correspondent and covered the rise of Donald Trump as a campaign reporter. His book, “The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power” is out now.

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Episode 516: Drug Prices in America – Worth the Cost? Feb 01, 2023

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Why are drug prices so high in the United States? What impact will the recent “Inflation Reduction Act” have on Medicare and drug development? Newt’s guest is Dr. Tomas Philipson. He is the Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy Studies Emeritus at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. He also served as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors from 2017-2019 and as its Chairman from 2019 to 2020.

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Episode 515: Liz Lev on the Sistine Chapel Jan 29, 2023

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When Callista served as Ambassador to the Holy See, Newt spent three and half years in Rome as her “trailing spouse” and was taken with Rome’s history, art, cuisine, and people. Newt talks with his friend, the art historian Liz Lev, about living full-time in Rome, teaching, providing tours, and discussing the art of the Sistine Chapel. She teaches at Duquesne University’s Italian campus as well as the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Episode 514: Stephen Hunter on “The Bullet Garden” Jan 28, 2023

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Newt has been an avid reader of Stephen Hunter’s books for many years, following closely the lives of his characters, Vietnam War veteran and sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, his father, Earl Swagger, a legendary marine, and Bob’s son, Ray Cruz. His latest novel, “The Bullet Garden: An Earl Swagger Novel” is out now. Newt’s guest is Stephen Hunter. He has written over twenty novels. He’s the retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. He has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, “American Gunfight”.

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Episode 513: Never Forget Our People Were Always Free Jan 22, 2023

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In his new book, “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing”, Ben Jealous draws from his own life lived on America’s racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal and work fearlessly to make America one nation. Newt’s guest is Ben Jealous. He is the former national NAACP President and current President of People For the American Way, Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, and the New York Times bestselling author of “Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding”.

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Episode 512: The Debt Ceiling Debate Jan 21, 2023

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The current national debt is $31.381 trillion dollars. On Thursday, January 19th, The U.S. Treasury Department announced the United States has reached its debt limit and they would begin a series of accounting measures to keep the United States from breaching its borrowing cap. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter to Congressional leadership about the debt limit, saying, “I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States.” Newt’s guest is Thomas Hoenig. He is the former Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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Episode 511: The Immortals – General George Marshall Jan 18, 2023

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General George Catlett Marshall graduated from Virginia Military Institute, and served in the Philippines and in World War I. He was later an aide to General John Pershing and assistant commandant of the Army’s infantry school where he taught many future commanders. As chief of staff of the U.S. Army he directed army operations throughout World War II. After his retirement in 1945, President Harry Truman sent him to China to mediate the civil war there. As Secretary of State, Marshall proposed the European aid program known as the Marshall Plan and initiated discussions that led to the formation of NATO. He resigned because of ill health but was called back by Truman to become Secretary of Defense and to prepare the armed forces for the Korean War. In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Given everything he accomplished in his life, he truly is an Immortal.

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Episode 510: The Real Race Revolutionaries Jan 15, 2023

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In his new book, “The Real Race Revolutionaries: How Minority Entrepreneurship Can Overcome America's Racial and Economic Divides” Alfredo Ortiz demonstrates how and why minority entrepreneurship offers the best path to racial economic equality. Capitalism and entrepreneurship are the true "anti-racist" forces because they reward merit, not skin color. He explains how only in America can people from any background of any skin color succeed, and uses his own life experience as illustration. Newt’s guest is Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO of the Job Creators Network.

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Episode 509: New Alzheimer's Disease Treatment – LEQEMBI Jan 14, 2023

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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced on January 6th that under the Accelerated Approval Pathway the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lecanemab-irmb, which has the brand name in the United States of LEQEMBITM, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The approval is based on Phase 2 data that demonstrated that LEQEMBI reduced the accumulation of Aβ plaque in the brain, a defining feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Newt’s guest is Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, MD. He is a behavioral neurologist in the Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program and a professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute and was one of the leading doctors of the study.

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