Cities across the United States are experiencing rising crime rates, homelessness, and public disorder, alongside deteriorating infrastructure and a decline in the quality of public services like policing, sanitation, transportation management,

The Lies Of Bidenomics And The Reality Of The Economy

May 21st, 2024 9m 24s

On May 16, Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room to discuss his recent op-ed in The Hill detailing how President Biden's economic policies are harming the vast majority of Americans.

Trump Is Indicted, What’s Next?

Apr 11th, 2023 12m 32s

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg did what the left has wanted for years, served Trump with an indictment. Under what charges? Bragg’s case states that Trump’s payment to Stormy Daniels in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement v

Silicon Valley Bank Was a Woke Bank, and it Was Wokeness That Brought it Down

Mar 29th, 2023 11m 10s

The other day, Heartland Vice President Jim Lakely was a guest on The Mark Reardon Show on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis. I was invited on the show to talk about the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and how much woke politics had to do with it.

Lauren Boebert on Climate, Energy, and Politics at Heartland Institute Climate Conference

Mar 9th, 2023 36m 29s

At The Heartland Institute's 15th International Conference on Climate Change on February 25, 2023, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado gave a keynote address. She spoke about the concessions a group of 20 conservatives, including her, got fro

In Defense of the 2nd Amendment (Guest: Larry Correia)

Feb 2nd, 2023 40m 47s

Larry Correia's book, "In Defense of the 2nd Amendment," provides a powerful and accessible explanation of the positive role firearms play in our lives. It explains why good guys with guns are a critical layer of defense and why the 2nd Amendme

Why Are So Many Cities Bankrupt? (Guest: Mark Moses)

Feb 1st, 2023 1h 12m

Cities across the United States are in a persistent financial crisis because their governments are unable or unwilling to define who and what they are. In fact, many cities’ finances are so poor that they’re going bankrupt. The fundamental prob

The Inflation Reduction Act Is ‘Welfare for the Wealthy'

Aug 30th, 2022 45m 19s

H. Sterling Burnett joins the podcast The District with Teresa Mull to discuss the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. Burnett highlights how this bill is simply a renamed version of the Build Back Better plan. Biden and Congressional Demo

Inflation Is Going Away, But for Reasons You’re Not Told (Guest: Donald Luskin)

Aug 23rd, 2022 33m 44s

The government wants you to think its policies are reducing inflation. This isn’t the truth. Inflation is going away because government money infusion is over. Inflation is always a monetary problem of too much money chasing too few goods. The

Guns, Schools, and Markets Are Critical to African Americans' Freedom and Success (Guest: Kevin McGary)

Jun 2nd, 2022 40m

Kevin McGary of the Fredrick Douglas Foundation of California and Every Black Life Matters says liberals and progressives are wrong. The 2nd amendment is absolute and essential for African Americans. More, public schools and socialism are terri

The Right to Bear Arms, A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class?

Mar 14th, 2022 32m 57s

As a defense against the federal government sinking into tyranny, the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States prohibits the government from abrogating or otherwise interfering with the average person’s right to keep and bear a

Freedom of Speech Is Under Attack by Big Tech Corporations

Feb 16th, 2022 55m 16s

Freedom of speech is an unalienable right. It is not granted by government. It preexists the government itself. The Founding Fathers established the United States of America to protect our unalienable rights. Today, freedom of speech is under a

AOC Proposes MORE Spending to Fight Inflation

Nov 16th, 2021 17m 3s

Our second-favorite socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, recently weighed in on the inflation debate, saying we need the government to spend MORE money to counteract inflation. In addition, she also gave her two cents on the recent elections in

Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul (Guest: Brian Kilmeade)

Nov 9th, 2021 37m 31s

Fox & Friends co-host and New York Times best selling author Brian Kilmeade joins the Heartland Daily Podcast to discuss his new book, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul.This is Kilmeade's third time on

The Heartland Institute Safeguards Your Individual Freedoms (Guest: H. Sterling Burnett)

Jun 8th, 2021 24m 27s

The government The Founding Fathers envisioned was a force for good. Its limited role was to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If alive today, they would balk at what our government has become. Rampant government intervention

Florida Aims to End Social Media Censorship (Guest: Jim Lakely)

Jun 3rd, 2021 11m 59s

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill into law that aims to protect social media users from being censored or de-platformed. Jim Lakely joins the Jeff Katz show to discuss how this law is a step in the right direction for protecting

H.R. 1 Makes it Illegal to Ask a Voter if They’re a Citizen

Jun 2nd, 2021 59m 51s

New Poll Finds CNN Viewers Are Wildly Misinformed on Key Issues

May 20th, 2021 9m 44s

Who is the most informed on key issues? Is it viewers of Fox News? How about CNN, MSNBC, or other left-leaning media? Many have hypothesized on this question, but it’s been impossible to quantify until now.In conjunction with Rasmussen Reports,

President Biden's Gun Control Executive Orders Won't Solve Any Problems

Apr 29th, 2021 19m 54s

H. Sterling Burnett joins Merrill Matthews from the Institute for Policy Innovation to discuss gun control.President Joe Biden is, rather unsurprisingly, pushing for more restrictive gun control laws. Aside from calling for legislation to uncon

Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdowns (Guest: Donald Luskin)

Apr 19th, 2021 34m 49s

There are many lessons we should take away from the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic shutdowns imposed by governments. First, lockdowns don't work. They didn't halt the spread of the virus, and any many ways resulted in unnecessary

Why We Must Fight Big Tech to Protect Free Speech on Social Media

Apr 1st, 2021 10m 45s

Heartland Institute President James Taylor explains why we must all must fight to protect free speech on the internet. State legislators, too, have a role in protecting the right of their constituents to speak freely on line. As he said in a re

Gun Legislation in the Biden Era

Mar 31st, 2021 37m 28s

H. Sterling Burnett joins Dr. Merrill Matthews on Point of View radio to discuss gun legislation in the Joe Biden era. Joe Biden has promised to enact more strict legislation regarding gun ownership. As a supporter of the 2nd amendment, H. Ster

Talking Dr. Seuss, Cancel Culture on 'Chicago Tonight'

Mar 17th, 2021 8m 59s

Heartland Institute Publications Director S.T. Karnick was invited on the flagship news program on Chicago's PBS station to talk about how beloved children's author Dr. Seuss is at the center of a cancel culture controversy over what some have

The Destruction of the US Economy

Mar 9th, 2021 15m 45s

Justin Haskins joins the Morning Show with Preston Scott to discuss government policies threatening the US economy. Justin starts by describing how the lockdowns are destroying live. People are losing their businesses, their jobs, and their sav

Dark Money in Washington DC (Guest: Dan Pilla)

Mar 2nd, 2021 18m 59s

Dan Pilla, executive director at the Tax Freedom Institute and policy advisor for The Heartland Institute, joins Dr. Merrill Matthews on Point of View radio to discuss the dark money circulated throughout Washington DC. They discuss possible da