America was once the world’s dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from curing polio to landing on the Moon to creating the internet. And we were confident that more wonders lay just over the horizon: clean and infinite energy, a cure for cancer, humanoid robots, radical life extension, and space colonies. Science fiction would become fact. But as we moved into the late 20th century, we grew cautious, even cynical, about what the future held and our ability to shape it. Newt’s guest is James Pethokoukis. His new book, “The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised”, presents groundbreaking ideas, sharp analysis, and provides a detailed roadmap to a fantastic future filled with incredible progress and prosperity that is both optimistic and realistic.
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Episode 463: Leader Kevin McCarthy on the Commitment to America
Episode 462: Border Crisis in El Paso, Texas
Episode 461: Jon Clifton on “Blind Spot”
Episode 460: Are We a Nation of Victims?
Episode 459: Folds of Honor Scholarships
Episode 458: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
Episode 457: Henry Kissinger on Leadership
Episode 456: The Queen and the Prime Minister
Episode 455: Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
Episode 454: Newt Answers Your Questions
Episode 453: Operation Pineapple Express
Episode 452: The Road to the Midterms – U.S. Senate Races
Episode 451: Twitter’s Troubles
Episode 450: John Solomon on the FBI’s Raid on Mar-a-Lago
Episode 449: Paul Manafort on “Political Prisoner”
Episode 448: Supersizing the IRS
Episode 447: FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago
Episode 446: A U.S. Marine Rescues His Afghan Interpreter
Episode 445: Why Climate Change is ‘Unsettled’
Episode 444: Penn Law School’s War on Amy Wax
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