Independent Conversations
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Brought to you by the Independent Institute, Independent Conversations is a regular round-table conversation that provides timely insights and cutting-edge commentary on the most pressing issues of the day. It features Independent’s Graham H. Walker (President), Williamson M. Evers (Senior Fellow), and as well as additional Independent Institute fellows and other special guests.
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The Economists You Probably Don’t Know—But Should
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May 11, 2026 |
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End California’s Nuclear Energy Ban!
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Is the Constitution the First Casualty of the Iran War?
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Deleting The State: Fear, Power, and Political Authority
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Slaying Tariffs: From Declaration to Supreme Court Victory
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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The Obamacare Trainwreck…and the way out
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Minneapolis Maelstrom
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Reclaiming the Constitution: The People and the Bill of Rights
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Venezuela on the Brink
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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L.A. Wildfires: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Year in Review: How Did Liberty Fare in 2025? | Independent Outlook 75
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Crackup on the Right, BBC Bias, Rent Control Revisited | Independent Outlook 74
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How NIMBYism Worsens California’s Housing Crisis | Christopher Calton
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Shutdown Blues; Trumpy Tariffs; "Regime Change" War with Venezuela? | Independent Outlook 73
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Beyond Homeless: What Really Works To End Homelessness?
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Does the L.A. Metro System Have to Be a Waste of Time and Money? | Baruch Feigenbaum
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Free Speech vs. Left and Right Cancel Culture | Nadine Strossen
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Is a Multipolar World Better for the U.S.?
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Tariffs on Trial | Independent Outlook 72
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Ukraine Endgame, Redistricting Drama, etc. | Independent Outlook 71
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Trump Strikes Iran: Turning Point or Mistake?
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Race, Liberty, and the Future of Meritocracy in America
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Why Tariffs Are Toxic | Independent Outlook 70
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Executive Orders Galore! Birthright Citizenship, DEI, Energy, and More | Independent Outlook 69
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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It Didn’t Have To Be This Bad: Southern California Firestorms | Independent Outlook 68
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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The New Syria and Civil Liberties. Trump's Team | Independent Outlook 67
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Judy Shelton: Money and Inflation in the New Trump Era
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Election 2024: Policy Issues That Matter Most | Independent Outlook 66
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Free Speech / Free Prices: Deepfakes, Hurricanes, Port Strikes, Hate Speech | Independent Outlook 65
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Yes We Can Cure the Healthcare Crisis!
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Economic Illiteracy of Trump and Harris | Independent Outlook 64
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Latest Supreme Court Decisions Explained | Independent Outlook 63
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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How to Run Wars — Meet the Authors
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Hunter Biden & Gun Laws. Pandering To Young Voters! Voter-Approved Taxes? | Independent Outlook 62
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Is Higher Ed Going Off the Rails?
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Why Campus Chaos? Ban Lab-Grown Meat? Biden Clueless on Economics | Independent Outlook 61
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May 23, 2024 |
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Trump Touts Tariffs. Fast Food Workers Hit. RFK Jr. Chides Big Government. | Independent Outlook 60
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Social Media Free Speech? Biden’s "Shrinkflation" Ploy. IVF Liberties? | Independent Outlook 59
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The California Golden Fleece Award vs. the Bureaucrats!
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The New Antisemitism—from the Left
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Can Milei Succeed? Argentina at the Start of a New Era | Independent Outlook 58
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The Untold Story of FDR's War on the Bill of Rights | David Beito and Amity Shlaes
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Free Speech a Casualty of Israeli War? DEI Under Scrutiny. Ban TikTok? | Independent Outlook 57
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Biden Admin Pressured Tech Companies to Violate Free Speech; D.C. Budget Showdown | Independent Outlook 56
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights, Hunter Biden Faces Gun Charges | Independent Outlook 55
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Trump Indictments Galore, Hunter Biden Corruption, FL Slavery Curriculum | Independent Outlook 54
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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SCOTUS RULINGS: Racial Preferences, Student Loans, Artistic Freedom | Independent Outlook 53
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Debt Ceiling Reprieve, Banking Health, NAACP Slaps Florida | Independent Outlook 52
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy | Christopher Coyne and Mary L. G. Theroux
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Bragg vs. Trump. Ban TikTok? FBI Spying on Catholics? | Independent Outlook 51
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Chinese Balloon Saga, Ukraine Endgame, Cancel Roald Dahl? | Independent Outlook 50
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Classified Docs in Biden’s Garage! When Will COVID Health Emergency End? | Independent Outlook 49
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Free Speech vs. Equal Rights: SCOTUS Weighs the Balance | Independent Outlook 48
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Midterm Elections Red Ripple—Good or Bad for Liberty? | Independent Outlook 47
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Paypal Goes Political, Ukraine Towards the Brink, Harris Hurricane Relief | Independent Outlook 46
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Biden Buys College Vote, Lockdowns Lowered Learning, Historians Go Woke | Independent Outlook 45
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Feds Raid Mar-a-Lago, Inflation Reduction Act Dishonesty, China & Taiwan, | Independent Outlook 44
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Bipartisan Semiconductor Pork, Let's Redefine Recession, Fauci Doubles Down | Independent Outlook 43
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Unflinching SCOTUS Hews to Text and History, On Guns and Abortion | Independent Outlook 41
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Inflation Revs, Ukraine Turns, Taiwan Fears, Homelessness Grows | Independent Outlook 40
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Cancel Student Debt? Kill The Constitution to Solve Gun Violence? | Independent Outlook 39
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Flap, Build-Back-Better Inflation | Independent Outlook 38
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May 18, 2022 |
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The Second Amendment: Opportunities and Threats | Stephen P. Halbrook Interview
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May 11, 2022 |
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SCOTUS Roe Ruling Leaks, Biden's Unconstitutional Disinformation Board | Independent Outlook 37
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May 04, 2022 |
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Putin's Desperation, Florida's Culture War, Goodbye Mask Mandates | Independent Outlook 36
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Elon Musk & Twitter, Ukraine War or Peace, Disney's Culture War, Media Bias | Independent Outlook 35
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Implacable Inflation, Putin's Villainy, U.S.'s Quandary, New SCOTUS Justice | Independent Outlook 34
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Interview with Naomi Wolf: Tyranny & Misinformation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Russia Invades Ukraine, Biden & NATO, School Recalls, Durham, P.J. O'Rourke | Independent Outlook 33
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Biden Threatens Over Ukraine, Olympics & Covid Controls, Academic Intolerance | Independent Outlook 32
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Breyer Resigns at SCOTUS, Ukraine Vortex, Inflation & Inequality, Crime Surges | Independent Outlook 31
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Omicron's Surge, Vax Mandates at SCOTUS, Bidenflation & BBB, School Protests | Independent Outlook 30
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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New Way to Care: Market-Based Health and Social Protections | US Rep Pete Sessions & John C. Goodman
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Victor Davis Hanson | The Dying Citizen: Are Woke Elites, Tribalism & Globalism Threats to America?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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War on Thanksgiving, "Racial Justice," Organized Retail Crime and Inflation | Independent Outlook 29
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Mollie Hemingway on “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections”
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, Red-Wave School Choice, UN Climate Alarmism, Inflation | Independent Outlook 28
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Red-Wave Election Battles, Federal-Budget Behemoth, US COVID Funding at Wuhan | Independent Outlook 27
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Vaccine Mandates, Fiscal Crisis, DOJ Threatens to Silence Peaceful Dissent | Independent Outlook 26
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Artificial Intelligence Can't Think but It Can Transform the Economy | George F. Gilder Interviewed
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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“Build Back Better"?, $3.5T Boondoggle, Biden's Border Crisis, Drone Murders | Independent Outlook 25
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Afghanistan Debacle, Biden Vaccine Mandate, California Recall of Gavin Newsom | Independent Outlook 24
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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America's COVID-19 Debacle: "A Plague Upon Our House" | Scott W. Atlas, M.D., Interviewed
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Cuban & French Liberté Protests, Newsom Recall, Big Teach, Big Tech & Big Gov | Independent Outlook 23
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Skyrocketing Crime, Post-COVID Schools, Biden's Appointments | Independent Outlook 22
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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SCOTUS Religious Liberty, NYC Election, Voter Fraud & Inflation | Independent Outlook 21
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Fauci Emails, States Re-Opening, & the Legacy of COVID-19 Lockdowns | Graham Walker & Philip Magness
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Groupthink and Fauci's Hubris: Disinformation & COVID-19 Origins | Independent Outlook 20
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Lab Origin Scandal: Did the U.S. Fund COVID-19? | Independent Outlook 19
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May 26, 2021 |
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CA Gov Newsom Recall, Ending Woke Schools, Gun Control & Government Failure | Independent Outlook 18
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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COVID Vaccine Passports, School Shutdowns, and the Border Crisis | Independent Outlook 17
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Border Crisis, Woke Racism, Assault Weapons Redux, and Filibuster Omens | Independent Outlook 16
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Shelby Steele Interview | Race and Liberty in America: "What Killed Michael Brown?"
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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COVID-19 Pork, Dr. Seuss, Teachers Unions, Lockdowns, and Reopenings | Independent Outlook 15
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Black History: Frederick Douglass, Ida Wells, Booker Washington... | Independent Outlook 14
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Origins, Harms & Political Deception of the COVID-19 Lockdowns | Phillip Magness & Graham H. Walker
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Impeachment, Black History, Civil Liberties, Woke Tyranny, School Shutdowns | Independent Outlook 13
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Biden's Executive Orders, Border Wall, School Names and Cancel Culture | Independent Outlook 12
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Capitol Protest Fallout, Censorship, Unfettered Biden Agenda, China | Independent Outlook 11
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Election Lawsuits, Biden, Media Bias, EDD Fraud, Vaccines, Walter Williams | Independent Outlook 10
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Election Endgame, Biden Policies, COVID-19, Thanksgiving and Liberty | Independent Outlook Episode 9
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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2020 Elections: Trump or Biden? No Blue Wave? Vote Fraud? What's Next? Independent Outlook Episode 8
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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2020 U.S. Elections, Final Presidential Debate, ACB on SCOTUS & More | Independent Outlook Episode 7
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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SCOTUS Hearings, COVID-19, W.H.O., Pence vs. Harris V. P. Debate | Independent Outlook Episode 6
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Amy Coney Barrett SCOTUS Nomination, Presidential Debates and More | Independent Outlook Episode 5
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Millenarian Mobs, Wildfires, Woke Football, and Milton Friedman | Independent Outlook Episode 4
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Ethnic Studies, Identity Politics, Racism, Riots, and the Police | Independent Outlook Episode 3
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Kamala Harris, Political Correctness, Corruption and Civil Liberties | Independent Outlook Episode 2
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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Free Speech, Cancel Culture, Identity Politics and Police Reform | Independent Outlook Episode 1
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Jul 29, 2020 |