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Examining Politics Podcast

455 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings

Examining Politics is a daily podcast from The Washington Examiner featuring radio host Larry O'Connor from WMAL in Washington DC and KABC in Los Angeles. Featuring some of the biggest names in American politics, journalism and punditry, O'Connor focuses on the biggest political stories of the day with in-depth interviews and unique analysis. If you only have time for one news/politics podcast, Examining Politics is for you. Available every day at 7PM ET, Examining Politics is the perfect podcast to wrap up your busy day and bring you up to speed on everything happening in American politics today.

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Rep. Jim Jordan, Sean Trende, Rep. Rob Wittman

September 02, 2020 23:56 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

REP. JIM JORDAN Represents Ohio's Fourth District Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Congressman Jim Jordan joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the latest riot activities in the District of Columbia and his demand that Mayor Muriel Bowser releases any and all information related to the arrests made of the rioters and whether Metropolitan Police have any information regarding inter-state transportation and 3rd party financing of the violent behavior.  Jordan also comments on the late...

Salena Zito, Andy Ngo, Marc Lotter

September 02, 2020 02:06 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

SALENA ZITO National Political Reporter for the Washington Examiner What was the reaction in Western Pennsylvania when Vice President Biden finally emerged from his basement in Delaware to deliver a speech to an empty room? We ask Salena Zito who know more about the politics of this region than any other reporter in America.  ANDY NGO Editor-at-large of The Post Millennial As violent protests and riots become the number one topic int he presidential campaign, we check in with eh reporter out...

Salena Zito, Mollie Hemingway, Burgess Owens

August 28, 2020 02:15 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

SALENA ZITO National Political Reporter for the Washington Examiner Co-author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics"   What are the political ramifications of the violence and rioting in Kenosha, a swing county that could make the difference int he 2020 presidential election? Salena Zito has a pretty good hunch.  MOLLIE HEMINGWAY A senior editor at The Federalist Fox News Contributor Co-author of "Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the ...

Mercedes Schlapp and Byron York

August 26, 2020 22:35 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Mercedes Schlapp  Senior Advisor for the Trump Pence campaign Hours before the start of the third day of the Republican National Convention, Schlapp joined Larry to discuss the success of the convention so far, memorable stories from speakers and more.  Byron York Chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner Fox News contributor  York shared his thoughts on the Republican National Convention, Hillary Clinton warning Joe Biden not to concede and more. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Acting Chairman Tyler Goodspeed, Natalie Harp and Amy Johnson Ford

August 26, 2020 22:31 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

Tyler Goodspeed Acting Chairman  of the Council of Economic Advisers   Acting Chairman Goodspeed joined Larry to discuss the economy bouncing back, success on Wall Street and more.  Natalie Harp Advisory Board Member for President Trump's Campaign Harp detailed how President Trump saved her life and shares her experience speaking at the Republican National Convention. Amy Johnson Ford Registered Nurse Ford joined the podcast to share her experience working on the front lines as a nurse duri...

Paris Dennard, Rep. Jody Hice, Patti Lyman, Matt Schlapp

August 25, 2020 19:19 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

Paris Dennard GOP Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs Dennard joined Larry O'Connor to preview night one of the RNC, the diversity in the Republican party and more. Rep. Jody Hice Congressman representing Georgia's 10th District Hice shared his thoughts on vote-by-mail, the USPS hearing and his appearance on CNN. Patricia "Patti" Lyman Republican National Committeewoman For Virginia Lyman joined Larry to share her experience o the first day of the RNC convention in Charlo...

Charles Hurt, Kimberly Strassel

August 21, 2020 22:14 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

CHARLES HURT Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times Often seen as a Fox News contributor Author of "Still Winning: Why America Went All In on Donald Trump-And Why We Must Do It Again" Charles Hurt provides full analysis of Vice President Joe Biden's acceptance speech and discusses the over-all tone and theme of the Democrats' four-day, virtual convention.  KIMBERLEY STRASSEL Potomac Watch columnist for Wall Street Journal Author of "Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Hater...

Gov. Scott Walker, Andrew McCarthy, Eric Shiraev

August 21, 2020 04:25 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Governor Scott Walker  Former Governor of Wisconsin President Elect of Young America’s Foundation How do the people of Wisconsin feel about the Democrats pretending like their convention is in the Badger State while they gather in Joe Biden's home state of Delaware for all the celebratory speeches and fireworks? We ask the former governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker. Andrew McCarthy A contributing editor at National Review FOX News Contributor  Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern ...

John Pence, Leslie Marshall, Diamond & Silk

August 20, 2020 01:42 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

John Pence Senior Advisor to the Trump-Pence campaign Vice President Pence’s nephew The Trump/Pence campaign just opened a new "Trump Victory Field Office" in Virginia Beach, VA. Pence joins the podcast to discuss the campaign's strategy for the Commonwealth and how Virginia is very much in play this November. Leslie Marshall Democratic Strategist FOX News Contributor & Opinion columnist The Democrat strategist joins Larry O'Connor to give her impression of the Democratic National Convention...

Jane Hampton Cook, Kimberly Klacik, Liz Harrington

August 19, 2020 01:43 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Jane Hampton Cook Presidential historian Author of the new book, "RESILIENCE on PARADE: Short Stories of Suffragists and Women's Battle for the Vote" Cook joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the women's suffrage movement, President Trump pardoning Susan B. Anthony and more. Kimberly Klacik Republican Congressional Nominee in MD-District 7 Larry O'Connor speaks with Klacik about her viral campaign video, the real issue with Democrat run cities and more. Liz Harrington National spokesperson for ...

Rep. James Comer, Seton Motley and Deneen Borelli

August 17, 2020 23:31 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

Rep. James Comer Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee Representing Kentucky's First Congressional District In for Larry O'Connor, Stacy Washington, speaks with Rep. James Comer about the latest conspiracy about the U.S. Postal Service. Seton Motley President of Less Government Seton Motley joins Stacy Washington to discuss his latest column, at RedState, "Ninth Circus Court No More? Trump-McConnell’s Judges Have Made Huge Differences Everywhere". Deneen Borelli FOX N...

KT McFarland, Joe LaVorgna, Sean Spicer

August 14, 2020 01:45 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

K.T. McFarland  Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor Author of  Revolution: Trump, Washington and “We The People” McFarland joins Larry O'Connor to give historical perspective to the landmark agreement announced today between Israel and United Arab Emirates. Joe LaVorgna  Special Assistant to the President Chief Economist for the National Economic Council Is the US economy in covid freefall or is it recovering in a "V Shape" rally? Sean Spicer  Host of Spicer & Co. on Newsmax How i...

Kamala Harris Special Episode with Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Steve Cooley, Phil Matier

August 13, 2020 02:02 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Who is Sen. Kamala Harris? What kind of campaign will she wage for Vice President? What issues will drive her agenda should she win the November election? We ask some of the people who know her best.  REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ, who lost to Harris int he Senate campaign in 2016. STEVE COOLEY, Former Los Angeles County District Attorney who narrowly lost to Harris in the 2010 race for California Attorney General PHIL MATIER: Columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle who has covered Harris' career a...

Mollie Hemingway, Dr. David Jeck, J. Christian Adams

August 13, 2020 01:57 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Mollie Hemingway A senior editor at The Federalist Fox News Contributor Co-author of "Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court" Sen. Kamala Harris led the attempted character assassination of Justice Brent Kavanaugh. Mollie Hemingway reminds us of who she is and what she did during Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings.  Dr. David Jeck Superintendent of Fauquier County Public Schools In the shadow of the nation's capital, Fauquier County VA was the last ma...

One-on-one with DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson

August 11, 2020 23:54 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Phil Mendelson Chairman of the DC CouncilFollowing a surge of violence in Washington, D.C., Chairman Phil Mendelson joins Larry to discuss the surge in shootings, protests in the city and more.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mercedes Schlapp, Mary Anne Marsh, Monica Crowley

August 11, 2020 23:39 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MB

Mercedes Schlapp Senior Advisor for the Trump Pence campaign Mercedes Schlapp joins Larry for instant analysis to former Vice President Joe Biden naming Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Schlapp critiques Harris' track record and predicts Sen. Kamala Harris will throw Joe Biden under the bus during the campaign. Mary Anne Marsh Democratic Political Analyst Former Senior Adviser to John Kerry Mary Anne Marsh shares her thoughts on former Vice President Joe Biden naming Senator Kamala...

Janice Dean, Phil Kerpen Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki

August 10, 2020 23:37 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

Janice Dean Senior Meteorologist for Fox News Channel Author of, "Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days" Janice Dean was unceremoniously removed from the witness list for a New York State hearing on Covid-19 nursing home deaths. Dean, an outspoken critic of the Cuomo administration's nursing home policies after the death of both her mother and father-in-law, joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the situation. Phil Kerpen President of American Commitment Why are we ...

Salena Zito, Stephen Moore, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer

August 08, 2020 21:02 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

SALENA ZITO National Political Reporter for the Washington Examiner Co-author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics" Salena Zito joins the podcast to discuss her latest column focusing on the enormous rise in gun sales in Pennsylvania and other suburban areas. Is it a reaction to the virus? Is it a reaction to the protests and Black Lives Matter's call; to defund the police? What does it portend for the November election? STEPHEN MOORE Senior Economi...

Dr. Simone Gold, Rep. Andy Biggs, John Lott

August 07, 2020 01:16 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

Dr. Simone Gold Board Certified Emergency Physician Dr. Gold has lost her job and was censored from social media because she gave a second medical opinion about covid-19 and hydroxychloroquine.  We don't censor opinions on this podcast. Dr. Gold joins us and shares her forbidden ideas.  Rep. Andy Biggs Represents Arizona's 5th District Rep. Biggs joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the politics over school closings, the covid relief bill, and the Democrats' recent performance in their recent con...

Rep. Tom McClintock, Burgess Owens, Kyle Shideler

August 06, 2020 01:10 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB

REP. TOM MCCLINTOCK Congressman, California's 4th District Rep. McClintock joins the podcast to discuss the latest concerns over mail-in balloting, the House Covid relief bill, and the direction of the Democratic Party and Biden campaign. BURGESS OWENS Candidate for Utah's 4th Congressional District  Former NFL Super Bowl champion Burgess Owens is the Republican nominee for congress in the 4th district in Utah, a bellwether race in 2020. He joins the podcast to discuss socialism, liberty, Bl...

Liz Harrington, Rick Ungar, J. Christian Adams

August 05, 2020 01:19 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

LIZ HARRINGTON RNC Spokesperson What's up with Joe Biden ducking a debate with President Trump? Liz Harrington answers this question and more today on the podcast.  RICK UNGAR Democrat, Rick Ungar Show Has Biden embraced the Ilhan Omar/Bernie Sanders agenda for the Democratic Party?  Rick Ungar answers this question and more today on the podcast.  J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. Former DOJ, Voting Section  Will Democrat governors rea...

Mark Smite, Mike Gonzalez, Ann Coulter

August 01, 2020 01:19 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

MARK SMITH Senate Staffer Friend of Herman Cain From Mark: I’ve known Herman for 8 years, this news of his passing is incredibly sad. This photo is from a College Republican event at Morehouse College, I delivered a speech and introduced him as our speaker. Herman was so thrilled about my speech that he read it on his radio show, posted it on his website, and quoted it at numerous speaking engagements across the country. He literally lifted me up, the way Morehouse Brothers do. He would take ...

Byron York, Dave Rubin

July 31, 2020 03:18 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

BYRON YORK Chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner Fox News contributor New book, "Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment's Never-Ending War on Trump" now available for pre-order on Amazon [Available Sept. 8, 2020] Byron York joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the uproar over President Trump's tweet that appeared to suggest the November election should be delayed until concerns over mail-in voting can be dealt with. York has been reporting on very real problems with mai...

BONUS EPISODE: Mary Kate Marshall and Christiana Holcomb 072920

July 30, 2020 02:29 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

MARY KATE MARSHALL & CHRISTIANA HOLCOMB  Mary Kate Marshall, Collegiate Track Athlete at Idaho State University Christiana Holcomb, Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom Female Olympians, Title IX pioneers, and more than 300 collegiate and professional athletes submitted a letter to the National College Athletic Association Board of Governors Wednesday, urging them to reject a recent call to boycott Idaho for passing its Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. In the letter, the current and f...

Mark Morgan, Mollie Hemingway, Gen. Jack Keane

July 30, 2020 02:26 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Mark Morgan   US Customs & Border Protection Acting Commissioner Are federal officers withdrawing from Portland? "No!" says Mark Morgan, head to the CBP. Morgan joins the podcast to pushback on Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats' attacks on federal officers and on the misinformation put out by the Governor of Oregon and echoed in the news media. Mollie Hemingway A senior editor at The Federalist Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College Fox News Contributor   Mollie Hemingway gives her analy...

Rep. Mike Johnson, Sean Spicer, Commissioner Brendan Carr

July 29, 2020 00:40 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

REP. MIKE JOHNSON Congressman from Louisiana, Member House Judiciary Congressman Johnson gives his reaction to the House Judiciary hearing with Attorney General William Barr from earlier today.  BRENDAN CARR FCC Commissioner   The FCC Commissioner discusses the latest actions by Twitter and Facebook and the Trump Administration's petition to have the FCC crackdown on social media companies who reach beyond their role as "platforms" and venture into the realm of advocacy.  SEAN SPICER Former...

Joel Griffith, Stephen Moore

July 27, 2020 22:36 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

JOEL GRIFFITH A research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation In for Larry O'Connor, Stacy Washington (Stacy on the Right) spoke with Joel Griffith, a research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation, about President Trump dismantling the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFH).  STEPHEN MOORE A member of the White House Economic Recovery Task Force Co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity Chairman of the Freedomworks Task Force on Economi...

Stephen Miller, Joe Collins

July 24, 2020 22:31 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

STEPHEN MILLER Senior Advisor to the President for Policy. From the federal response to Antifa chaos in American streets to calls for the abolition of ICE to sanctuary city policies to Speaker Pelosi calling federal officers "storm troopers" to the tyranny of "cancel culture," Stephen Miller isn't shy to express his position on all of it and he does just that in today's podcast with Larry O'Connor. JOE COLLINS U.S. Navy veteran and Congressional Candidate running against Maxine Waters. How w...

One-on-one with Ben Shapiro

July 23, 2020 22:20 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

BEN SHAPIRO Podcaster, radio host, NY Times bestselling author of "How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps"Larry O'Connor welcomes his long-time friend and colleague Ben Shapiro to go in-depth about his new book, "How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps" and how it's frighteningly prophetic with regard to the events in the streets of America's major cities and how it will play into the presidential election this November.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OMB Dir. Russ Vought, Dr. Harvey Risch

July 23, 2020 22:19 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

DR. HARVEY RISCH Epidemiology professor at the Yale School of Public Health  What's the truth about hydroxychloroquine? And why is it so hard to get to the truth and science behind this well-prescribed drug? And why have partisan, presidential politics influenced the way the medical and scientific communities discuss this issue? Yale professor of epidemiology and medicine explains it all to Larry O'Connor on today's podcast.  DIR. RUSS VOUGHT Office of Management and Budget  Director Vought ...

Orel Hershiser, Megan McLaughlin

July 23, 2020 02:32 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Megan McLaughlin Fairfax, VA School Board Member One of the nation's largest and best-funded school systems reversed their in-class policy yesterday and recommended a fully remote learning plan for this Fall. The decision did not go over well with parents and even many members of the school board. Megan McLaughlin is a member of the Fairfax School Board and she joins Larry O'Connor to express her concerns over the radical policy. OREL HERSHISER Former Major League Pitcher and Broadcaster for...

Rep. Mike Garcia, Andy Ngo

July 21, 2020 21:28 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

REP. MIKE GARCIA Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot & Congressman representing California’s 25th District Congressman Mike Garcia is the newest member of the House of Representatives after flipping a Democrat-held seat in California in a special election two months ago.  Garcia gives us an update on his first 60 days in congress and what the November election is looking like for his race as well as for the nation's presidential choice.  ANDY NGO Editor-at-large at The Post Millennial What's real...

Ken Cucinelli, Harmeet Dhillon, Nick Freitas

July 20, 2020 23:41 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

KEN CUCCINELLI Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli joins the podcast to discuss the use of federal officers in Portland, Oregon. What was the legal precedent for the troops to be used there? What about Nancy Pelosi calling the officers "stormtroopers"?  Would Cuccinelli sympathize with states that don't welcome federal intervention if it was coming from a Democrat administration? HARMEET DHILLON Trial Attorney & Founder of The Center For American Liberty. Harmeet Dhil...

Dr. Nicole Saphier, Liz Harrington, Ashley MacLeay

July 20, 2020 16:19 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

Dr. Nicole Saphier  Board Certified Physician in NYC area Author of the bestselling book: Make America Healthy Again, how bad behavior and big government caused a trillion-dollar crisis. The largest on the convoluted covid data, the truth behind covid treatments, the unreliable numbers hidden in testing results and the science behind school opening policies with Dr. Nicole Saphier.  Liz Harrington Spokesperson for the RNC Liz Harrington tells Larry O'Connor that Democrats and teachers' union...

Dr. Mark McDonald, Gen. Jack Keane, Kerry McDonald

July 17, 2020 02:29 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

DR. MARK MCDONALD Psychiatrist Specializes in children and at-risk youth  Dr. McDonald discusses the lack of science supporting decisions to keep schools shuttered "to protect children" and the very real health consequences that children will be facing due to these misguided decisions.  Kerry McDonald Senior Education Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education Adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute Author of "Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Cl...

Open America's Schools! Phil Kerpen, Mari Burke

July 15, 2020 23:50 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Open America's schools!  In a special edition of the Examining Politics podcast, we discuss the momentum behind the online schooling decisions being made by major school systems across the country and the science that suggests it's actually the wrong thing to do for our children.  We speak with Phil Kerpen who possesses an encyclopedic understanding of the data, the studies, and the actual science behind covid-19 and its effects on children. We also speak Mari Burke, with a school board memb...

Dr. Scott Atlas, Austin Beutner, John Solomon

July 15, 2020 00:06 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

DR. SCOTT ATLAS Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution What's the science behind America's largest school systems deciding to stay closed with at-home learning systems this fall? Dr. Atlas says there IS NO science behind these decisions. He joins the podcast to make that case. Austin Beutner Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District Yesterday, the nation's second-largest school system announced that students would not be allowed in classrooms this fall. LAU...

Gov. Larry Hogan, Ben Domenech, Rep. Jody Hice

July 14, 2020 00:22 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

GOV. LARRY HOGAN Governor of Maryland Author of the new book, "Still Standing: Surviving Cancer, Riots, a Global Pandemic, and the Toxic Politics that Divide America" One of America's most popular governor discusses his new book, sanctuary policies, covid school policy and his views on Donald Trump and the president's style versus his various accomplishments. BEN DOMENECH Co-founder and publisher of The Federalist.  Is it hypocritical for Republicans to be strong advocates for law and order...

Catherine Herridge, Art Laffer, Dr. David Samadi

July 11, 2020 22:26 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

CATHERINE HERRIDGE Senior Investigative Correspondent for CBS News  Breaking news involving the release of more FBI notes connected to the Michael Flynn investigation as well as the latest on the president's commutation of Roger Stone's sentence. ART LAFFER Former Reagan economist Founder of Laffer Associates 2019 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient     What will Joe Biden's economic plan do to the American economy? One of the fathers of "Reaganomics" gives his expert analysis. DR. DAVI...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Jim DeMint, Joe diGenova

July 10, 2020 00:42 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

Senator Marsha Blackburn Tennessee Senator  Senator Blackburn calls on Rep. Ilhan Omar to resign from congress given her desire to dismantle the American system. She also responds to Instagram suspending advertisements and promotion for her children's book about the suffrage movement and the 19th amendment.   Senator Jim DeMint Represented South Carolina in the U.S. House (1999-2005) and U.S. Senate (2005-2013) Chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute Author of the new book, Saving...

Robert O'Brien, Roger Stone, Hugo Gurdon

July 08, 2020 23:22 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Ambassador Robert O'Brien Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs The National Security Advisor Sanctions for China? A red line in the South China Sea? A US response to Chinese designs on Taiwan?  National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien joins the podcast to discuss all these matters and today's state visit from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Roger Stone Former adviser to President Trump Just six days away from having to begin his 40-month prison sentence Roge...

Tyler Goodspeed, Francisco Madrigal, Kurt Schlichter

July 07, 2020 00:19 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Tyler Goodspeed Acting Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Goodspeed joins the podcast to tell of the latest economic outlook post-covid-19 pandemic and how the state's decisions to suspend regular school schedules int eh fall could have a terrible effect on the economy.  Francisco Madrigal Acting Baltimore Field Office Director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Madrigal discusses the imminent dangers stemming from sanctuary policies in the DC area and the latest s...

Dr. Scott Atlas, Dep Sec. Kate MacGregor, Steve Moore

July 03, 2020 01:44 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

Dr. Scott Atlas Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution An accomplished physician A scholar of public health Dr. Atlas joins the podcast to shed some perspective and context on the latest data involving a rise (or spike) in covid-19 cases and how those numbers don't translate to covid illnesses, hospitalizations or deaths. Atlas makes the case that there is no scientific basis for the continued shutdown protocols instituted by several governors.  Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor...

One-on-One with John Bolton

July 02, 2020 01:33 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MB

Amb. John Bolton Former National Security Adviser Amb. Bolton goes toe-to-toe with Larry O'Connor over the allegations and conclusions in his new memoir "The Room Where It Happened" about his tumultuous time in the Trump Administration.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sec. Dan Broulillette, Andy Ngo, Mike Baker

July 02, 2020 01:31 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

Secretary Dan Brouillette Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Sec. Brouillette joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the official first day of the USMCA and how it will affect the energy sector and other trade and labor dynamics for Americans as compared with the former NAFTA agreement. Andy Ngo Investigative reporter Andy Ngo discusses the Seattle police departments move to irradicate the ANTIFA-led CHAZ area in Seattle and the larger goals and agenda of the ANTIFA movement conjoined with ...

Rep. Tom McClintock, Corey DeAngelis, Phil Kerpen

June 30, 2020 23:24 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

Rep. Tom McClintock Congressman from the 4th District of California Rep. McClintock joins the podcast to discuss the cultural shifts in American and the constant struggle between the organized Left's agenda and the constitutional principles that built and kept America free.  Corey DeAngelis Director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation Adjunct Scholar at Cato Institute  Executive Director at the Educational Freedom Institute  DeAngelis discusses today's landmark SCOTUS decision striking...

KT McFarland, Kristen Waggoner, Sam Sorbo

June 29, 2020 22:52 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

KT McFARLAND Former Deputy National Security Adviser Author of Revolution: Trump, Washington and "We the People" What's behind the "Russian bounties to the Taliban" story and how do these stories keep leaking to major media outlets when the intelligence appears to be unvested, uncorroborated, and unconfirmed? KRISTEN WAGGONER General Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom What was Chief Justice John Roberts' reasoning behind his majority opinion in today's abortion ruling and how does it differ...

Madison Cawthorn, Joe Concha, Marcia Cole

June 26, 2020 00:55 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

MADISON CAWTHORN Republican nominee for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District  Madison Cawthorn won a stunning victory in the GOP primary for congress in the 11th district in North Carolina. The 24-year-old paralyzed Republican joins Larry O'Connor to discuss his inspiring story and his plans to be the youngest congressman in American history.  JOE CONCHA Media Reporter at The Hill The latest media analysis of coverage of Covid, protests and destruction of historical statues from Joe ...

Daniel Gade, Alexandra DeSanctis

June 25, 2020 02:03 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Daniel Gade Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Republican nominee running against Mark Warner for Virginia Senate Seat Daniel Gade just won the Republican nomination for US Senate in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The retired Army officer and wounded combat war veteran introduces his campaign to the podcast and discusses why he thinks Senator Mark Warner has not earned the right for six more years.  Alexandra DeSanctis Staff writer at National Review.  Visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Po...

EXCLUSIVE: Gen. Mike Flynn's Defense Attorney, Sidney Powell

June 24, 2020 19:55 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Former federal prosecutor and author of "License to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice", Sidney Powell joins Larry O'Connor to discuss breaking news regarding a federal appeals court ordering the dismissal of General Flynn's case.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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