American Thought Leaders

Sam Brownback, former senator, governor, and religious-freedom ambassador, and author of China’s War on Faith, warns that the CCP’s deepest insecurity is its assault on faith. He discusses alleged genocides against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Falun Gong, the crackdown on Christians, mass surveillance exports, and using human-rights abuses as America’s chief leverage.

Paola Brown, a consumer advocate who recovered from interstitial cystitis and leads Americans for Homeopathy Choice, tells her story. She describes finding rapid improvement with homeopathy and explains its principles, individualized care, regulation battles, recent FDA restrictions, and a bipartisan bill aiming to clarify access. The conversation focuses on access struggles, real‑world uses, and efforts to modernize rules.

Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. and diplomat on security and supply chains. He discusses Xi’s 2027 timeline and regional implications. He explains Taiwan’s crucial role in chip and AI supply chains. He highlights maritime and diplomatic coercion, gray-zone tactics, and the massive economic risks of any conflict.

Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary and author of Trump 2.0, reflects on the WHCA dinner shooting and security response. He discusses media reporting, claims about rhetoric and radicalization, and why a second Trump administration would be strategically different. He also outlines Project 2025, staffing plans, and policy priorities like food and economic messaging.

Peter Mattis, president of The Jamestown Foundation and former CIA counterintelligence analyst, unpacks the CCP’s United Front networks. He outlines how thousands of groups and talent programs identify scientists and influence diasporas. Short, clear takes explore consulate roles, tech transfer pathways, and how civic organizations get co-opted.

Sen. Ron Johnson, U.S. senator from Wisconsin who led a major Senate probe into COVID-era records. He discusses releasing 11 million pages of documents, discovery of myocarditis and ischemic stroke signals, altered risk language by health agencies, masking in safety surveillance, suppression of early treatments, and efforts to secure recognition and care for those harmed.

Stephen Meyer, philosopher of science and proponent of intelligent design, argues that random mutation plus natural selection explains small changes but not the origin of new body plans or molecular machines. He discusses limits of neo-Darwinism, information in DNA, developmental gene networks, irreducible complexity, and cosmic fine-tuning. A new film frames these topics visually and provocatively.

Kristen Jenson, child protection advocate and author of the Good Pictures, Bad Pictures series, discusses the widespread exposure of explicit material to young children. She covers how kids encounter porn early, imitative and harmful behaviors, violent content, grooming via apps and games, and practical ways parents can talk to and protect children.

Ethan Gutmann, investigative journalist who exposed forced organ harvesting in China, shares firsthand reporting from Xinjiang and Central Asia. He describes testimonies about underground medical labs and the disturbing pattern of 28- and 29-year-old disappearances. He traces how transplant technology and concealment tactics enabled a covert organ trade and critiques institutional failures to respond.

Peter McIlvenna, co-founder of Hearts of Oak and commentator on social cohesion, discusses failures of multiculturalism in the U.K. He outlines how grooming networks persisted and authorities often avoided action. He examines sharia councils, cultural barriers to women’s rights, and tensions around integration, identity, and free speech in British society.