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 690: Wall Street’s War on Workers
Episode 689: Family Unfriendly
Episode 688: Artificial Intelligence Policy
Episode 687: Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Episode 686: Iran Attacks Israel
Episode 685: Welfare Reform
Episode 684: Funding the War in Ukraine
Episode 683: Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
Episode 682: Ukraine’s War of Independence
Episode 681: How Happy Are We?
Episode 680: Pigs in the Swamp – Earmarks in the $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill
Episode 679: Lincoln, Democracy, and The American Experiment
Episode 678: Newt Answers Your Questions
Episode 677: Men Without Meaning
Episode 676: Crisis in Haiti
Episode 675: The New Cold War
Episode 674: Peter Schweizer on Blood Money
Episode 673: UVA’s $20 Million DEI Budget
Episode 672: Angel Studios Cabrini
Episode 671: Election 2024 – Super Tuesday
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