Newt's World

Newt is joined by a long-time friend, and fellow historian, Dr. Allen Guelzo. He is Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship and Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. He is The New York Times best-selling author of Gettysburg, and his new book about the Civil War Confederate General: Robert E. Lee: A Life is out this Tuesday. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt is joined by Congressman Kevin Brady to discuss the Democrats’ proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill and $3 trillion tax increase bill. As Ranking Republican of the House Ways and Means Committee, Brady is a leading voice in speaking out about the reasons to oppose the Democrats’ tax increase. They also discuss the border crisis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt talks with Josh Mitchell, author of The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe. They discuss the origins of student loans and how student loan debt has increased to $1.5 trillion dollars in the United States. Looking at the story from all angles; students, parents, educational institutions, federal policy and the lenders themselves. And they discuss how earning a college degree may not always pay off, and what’s to be done about it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War details interviews with people who played a direct role in the war and their stunning admissions; that the U.S. government’s strategies for Afghanistan were a mess, the nation-building project was a colossal failure and drugs and corruption infiltrated their allies in the Afghan government. Newt talks with the author and Washington Post investigative reporter, Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed SB 744 into law on July 14th. The law directs the Department of Education to review state requirements for a high school diploma. It also suspends the proficiency requirements for high school students in reading, writing and math for three years. Newt talks with Representative Christine Drazan, Minority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the post-pandemic economic recovery look like? Now that the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation has ended, will more people return to the work? Newt talks with economist Michael Farren, PhD, research fellow at the Mercatus Center. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt is joined by members of his Inner Circle membership club and he answers their questions about the $3 trillion dollar tax increase, Afghanistan, the Biden Administration’s new vaccine mandates, and what he remembers most about when he was Speaker, in a town hall style meeting.  Become a member of Newt’s Inner Circle today at http://newtsinnercircle.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Flag Officers 4 America, a group of retired U.S. Generals and Admirals, have called for the resignations of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, based on negligence in performing their duties primarily involving the events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, in a letter dated 30 August. Newt’s guest is Major General Joseph Arbuckle. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt is joined by his friend and former colleague Senator Bob Kerrey to discuss the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Senator Kerry served on the 9/11 Commission and has an insiders perspective on how 9/11 happened, what went wrong, how we needed to make changes to our national security and what ultimately followed. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elementary school teacher Jennifer Tafuto resigned her position in Manchester, Connecticut public schools on July 14th. Teachers in her district were asked to track their daily activities as part of equity training. They were required to fill out a “Daily Racial Reflection Timeline” that included a list of choices of how individuals both white and non-white should feel about race as they move through their daily routine. Newt’s guest tells more about her experience on the front lines of teaching critical race theory in the classroom. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.