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 527: Governor DeWine on Ohio’s Train Accident
Episode 526: War in Ukraine – One Year Later
Episode 525: Baltimore City Schools’ Failure to Educate
Episode 524: Washington’s Farewell Address
Episode 523: Balanced Budget Amendment
Episode 522: Newt Answers Your Questions with Chairman Jim Jordan
Episode 521: Rethinking Public Employee Unions
Episode 520: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Episode 519: The American Imperative
Episode 518: The 118th Congress
Episode 517: The Bidens
Episode 516: Drug Prices in America – Worth the Cost?
Episode 515: Liz Lev on the Sistine Chapel
Episode 514: Stephen Hunter on “The Bullet Garden”
Episode 513: Never Forget Our People Were Always Free
Episode 512: The Debt Ceiling Debate
Episode 511: The Immortals – General George Marshall
Episode 510: The Real Race Revolutionaries
Episode 509: New Alzheimer's Disease Treatment – LEQEMBI
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