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The American Mind Podcast
The American Mind Podcast uncovers the ideas and principles that drive American political life. The hosts engage Claremont scholars and critics in thought-provoking discussions about the real causes of our current political and cultural reality.
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Episodes
The American Mind PodcastBIPOC Cholbe
First, they came for the green card-holding terror groupies—then they came for...us? Not exactly. But the recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia…
The American Mind PodcastRed State Strategy | Cincinnatus Series
The Trump administration’s approach to governance presents an opening for a new federalism to take hold. States may now be incentivized to aggressively take…
The American Mind PodcastTrump's Cards
In his first address to Congress, President Trump goaded Democrats into a limp, performative resistance while he rattled off an impressive list of…
The American Mind PodcastCell Phones in Schools | Cincinnatus Series
Silicon Valley elites have pushed school-provided tablets and phones into K-12 schools, replacing textbooks, real human interaction, and traditional education…
The American Mind PodcastPress Pass Fail
The White House has taken charge of issuing press permissions, prompting wails of horror from the White House Correspondents’ Association—but who’s really…
The American Mind PodcastFamily Policy | Cincinnatus Series
Following the social revolutions of decades past, liberal sex education reforms, and the devaluation of marriage, Conservatives can no longer ignore the social…
The American Mind PodcastMr. Vance Goes to Germany
After an Afghan national drove his car into a Munich crowd, J.D. Vance delivered a stern rebuke of the European ruling class. Unsustainable immigration…
The American Mind PodcastIVF | Cincinnatus Series
In vitro fertilization (IVF) has presented a moral dilemma as its processes discard embryos as a matter of course, ending more lives than even abortion. Emma…
The American Mind PodcastYour Not-So-Lying Eyes
Elon Musk's DOGE continues to sweep through the bureaucratic minefields, accompanied by the howling of entrenched progressives. Legal battles are surely ahead…
The American Mind PodcastHigher Education Reform Part II | Cincinnatus Series
Time to tighten the belt. As federal funding scrutiny increases—and with an enrollment cliff fast approaching—state legislators, not internal experts, must…
The American Mind PodcastBelt and DOGE
Elon Musk’s DOGE helps lead an effort to pull out the rug from under Sri Lankan pronoun education, Vietnamese inclusivity programs, Bolivian transgender…
The American Mind PodcastHigher Education Reform Part I | Cincinnatus Series
Kicking off the Cincinnatus Series, a set of six weekly Roundtable special episodes, Claremont Institute president Ryan Williams is joined by Inez Stepman…
The American Mind PodcastCruel Kids and Theater Kids
The uphill battle to restore common sense continues with Trump’s executive orders against gender ideology and transition for minors. Meanwhile, a rebellion…
The American Mind PodcastThe Arrakeen Restoration
Objective normalcy makes a comeback. In several inauguration speeches, Trump delivered a searing indictment of the elites, a symbolic rebuke to the old order…
The American Mind PodcastBig Tech Turns Red
The age of the normie has arrived. As Mark Zuckerberg lifts Facebook’s censorial boot off the neck of its users and moves its moderation team from California…
The American Mind PodcastMar-a-Igloo
To kick off the new year, the guys open the mail and answer listeners’ questions on everything from cutting back the glut of unaccountable bureaucratic offices…
The American Mind PodcastUnidentified Federal Operations
Is that a bird, is that a plane? No, it’s drones! Or aliens? Demons? Iran? The guys take a look up in the sky and down at the public frenzy, which betokens an…
The American Mind PodcastStrangio-er than Fiction (ft. Gates Garcia)
The ACLU’s most deranged lawyers try to enshrine kid-transing in United States v. Skrmetti; a true domestic terrorist assassinates a healthcare CEO; and…
The American Mind PodcastA Pardon in a Pear Tree
Biden tosses his son Hunter an early but unsurprising Christmas present in the form of a sweeping presidential pardon. In doing so he undermines the moral…
The American Mind PodcastBiden’s Parting Gifts
As Biden’s lame duck administration winds down, he—or whoever's in charge—is leaving a few fun parting gifts for the incoming Trump Administration. From…
The American Mind PodcastRecess is Over
With a historic second Trump presidency on the way, there's a new vista of possibility just over the horizon. Immigration, trade, and international relations…
The American Mind PodcastOne Shift, Two Shifts, Whiteshift, Redshift
Trump assembles a notably youthful cabinet of swamp-draining avengers, grinding the gears of the Left. Democrats, meanwhile, face a Hobson’s choice between…
The American Mind PodcastHe's So Back
Exceeding even the most optimistic expectations, Trump swept across the states handily to the chagrin of the Harris-Walz campaign, winning both the electoral…
The American Mind PodcastMadison Square Garbage
Joe Biden has October surprised everyone by saying what he really thinks for a change. In a pitiful effort to characterize Trump's Madison Square Garden rally…
The American Mind PodcastIt's in the Bag
Conservative-backed litigation is whittling away at the administrative state to protect the rights and decision-making power of the people. Meanwhile, liberal…
The American Mind PodcastNo Thoughts in My Head, Just Vibes
As election season heats up, Harris loses steam in battleground states--and loses grip on support from black voters and men. After years of wishfully…
The American Mind PodcastAs I Was Saying...
Trump was back in Butler this week after a failed assassination attempt there—and joining him on-stage this time was none other than Elon Musk. But will MAGA…
The American Mind PodcastVance Mops the Floor (ft. Todd Bensman)
Seth Barron returns to the podcast to discuss Tuesday’s rousing VP Debate, in which a silver-tongued J.D. Vance thoroughly trounced a sputtering and nervous…
The American Mind PodcastSpecial Edition: Truths ft. Vivek Ramaswamy
In today's special edition of The Roundtable, Ryan Williams, President of the Claremont Institute interviews Vivek Ramaswamy about his latest book "Truths: The…
The American Mind PodcastMissed Again.
Not even two months after the first assassination attempt against him, President Trump survives another one. Media coverage of the event has…
The American Mind PodcastSpecial Edition: Debate Reactions
In a special, up-to-the-minute episode of The Roundtable, Mike, Spencer, and Ryan give their first impressions of what was, by all accounts, a dog's breakfast…
The American Mind PodcastWolves in Skin Suits ft. Megan Basham
In a time when the slimmest margins in just a couple of swing states can flip national elections, Democrats are making a play for the pews. Claremont Institute…
The American Mind PodcastTerms, Conditions, and Amendments
RFK Jr. has stepped out of the presidential race and thrown his weight behind Trump. Will it help, or will he be forced back onto the ballot in swing states by…
The American Mind PodcastSkin Suits, Clown Suits, and Leap Frogs
As the spectacle of the DNC passes before our screens, the Obamas expertly put a button on the Left's fable of Joe's evanescence and Kamala's rise to…
The American Mind PodcastWill it Matter? ft. Jeffrey H. Anderson
As we hurtle ever closer to the election and headlines fly past left and right, it can be hard to tell which news stories will make a dent, and which will…
The American Mind PodcastWalzing Toward Armageddon
Kamala Harris has chosen her VP, and he's right out of central casting--if you're shooting an episode of Ted Lasso featuring nationwide race riots. That's…
The American Mind PodcastWeird...
The lame duck Biden Administration, in its last-ditch effort to leave a mark on US policy, is threatening to pack the Supreme Court. Is court packing a trial…
The American Mind PodcastKamalapalooza
It's official: Joe Biden has failed to resist the onslaught of pressure from the elites that are really in charge of far-left politics. Kamala Harris is now…
The American Mind PodcastShots Fired, Bullets Dodged
Donald Trump was nearly assassinated last weekend, but for the few degrees of rotation that brought his head out of the bullet’s trajectory at the last…
The American Mind PodcastRe-Platformed
Biden’s debate performance was so horrid that Democrats have taken it as license to wonder openly who else could be their candidate. But is it too little too…
The American Mind PodcastHappy Independence Day from The American Mind!
The editors are off this week to celebrate the Fourth of July with family, friends, and fellow patriots. Happy 4th from everyone at TAM! This is a public…
The American Mind PodcastWretched of the Earth, Unite
The Supreme Court ruled in Murthy v. Missouri, that the states of Missouri and Louisiana have no standing to challenge the Biden Administration’s meddling in…
The American Mind PodcastRussian Sub Summer
Steve Bannon looks to be headed to prison in July as a result of a totally normal and not-at-all political conviction that will take him out of the picture for…
The American Mind PodcastHostage Situations
Hunter Biden has been found guilty of lying about his drug habits on an application to obtain a firearm—does it matter? Is this a triumph of impartial justice…
The American Mind PodcastI wish I Knew How to Quit You
Trump’s enemies can’t seem to let go of their obsession with him, or keep themselves from living up to the worst things he says about them. New York DA Alvin…
The American Mind PodcastSinking Parties… and Piers
The Libertarian Party has rejected RFK in favor of a no-name candidate, Chase Oliver—but he’s a far cry from Libertarians of old. Meanwhile, the US…
The American Mind PodcastA Dangerous Empire to Lose
Scarlet Johansson is "shocked" and "angered" that even though she declined to voice ChatGPT 4.0, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seems to have plugged an imitation of…
The American Mind PodcastBorg Scouts
The Boy Scouts abandoned manly virtue for DEI and participation medals long ago. This killed enrollment numbers, but the Scouts are doubling down, rebranding…
The American Mind PodcastGo See a Star War
Filled with apparent panic at Biden's low standing among "the youth," the Administration pulled out all the stops this week with a press conference…
The American Mind PodcastBaptism by Gatorade
As the global intifada marshals its ranks across American campuses, bemused observers are wondering what exactly the protestors want, and whether they'll show…
The American Mind PodcastNon-Player Radio
A double-header in Congress this week as Mike Johnson's House passes a foreign aid package with help from Democrats, and the Senate confirms that China's…
The American Mind PodcastThe Unprotected Class ft. Jeremy Carl
Jeremy Carl, Claremont Senior Fellow and author of The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart, joins the editors to discuss the book…
The American Mind PodcastTrump’s Path of Totality
The numbers are in, and they aren’t good. Recent inflation exceeded expectations, and even that doesn’t fully capture the pain felt by everyday Americans…
The American Mind PodcastScams' Day of Visibility
Liturgical calendar printer go brrrrrr as the Trans Day of Visibility falls this year on Easter Sunday--and Biden's Twitter handlers clearly had no trouble…
The American Mind PodcastPoor Man’s Rich Man
Turns out that which doesn't bankrupt Donald Trump makes him richer. Somehow. Truth Social has been valued at $8 billion, over $4 billion of which accrues to…
The American Mind PodcastShadowbond
As Trump goes through the legal wringer in New York, the state’s AG is gearing up to start seizing his properties to cover a mammoth $464 million bond…
The American Mind PodcastTik, Tok, Boom
The House has passed a bill that will force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest from the platform within six months; otherwise, the service will be…
The American Mind PodcastThey're Sending Their Worst
In perhaps the least surprising but most unusual Super Tuesday ever, or at least in living memory, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been all but officially…
The American Mind PodcastDeaths of Decline
It’s a sad news week. Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty member of the US Air Force, self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in D.C. this week in a…
The American Mind PodcastGemini Rising
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison after multiple poisonings by Putin's operatives. In the States, this has prompted fewer sober…