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 442: Charlie Kirk on “The College Scam”
Episode 441: Understanding Mass Shootings
Episode 440: The Road to the Midterms – What Voters are Thinking
Episode 439: Senator Braun on Balancing the Federal Budget
Episode 438: The Rise of the New Puritans
Episode 437: Suppression, Deception, Snobbery and Bias
Episode 436: Defeating Big Government Socialism
Episode 434: Founding Fathers’ Week – Alexander Hamilton
Episode 435: Founding Fathers’ Week – James Madison
Episode 433: Founding Fathers’ Week – Benjamin Franklin
Episode 432: Founding Fathers’ Week – John Adams
Episode 431: Founding Fathers’ Week – Thomas Jefferson
Episode 430: Founding Fathers’ Week – George Washington
Episode 429: Remembering Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams
Episode 428: Seven Ways You Can Financially Prepare for a Recession
Episode 427: Betsy DeVos on “Hostages No More”
Episode 426: Tim Kennedy on “Scars and Stripes”
Episode 425: Justice Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Episode 424: Battle for the American Mind
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