Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold talks about President Trump's economic decisions on tariffs. She says the grand theme is the transition of the economy that is dependent on the government, to one that thrives on its own, delivering prosperity to Americans. A peace dividend could also come if the war in Ukraine is ended, she says.

In the second part of this two part interview, Scott welcomes back to the show Victor Davis Hanson, world renowned scholar of classics and military history. They discuss the current state of foreign affairs and our politicians’ refusal to learn from history.

Making war is one of the things that government does best, but sometimes even the deep-state elites need a little help figuring out how to invade other countries, kill their people, and plunder their resources, all while propping up American defense contractors and keeping the voting public complacent. Thankfully, a handy how-to manual for all your global domination needs has just hit the shelves. Matt Kibbe sits down with authors Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall to discuss their new satirical book, How to Run Wars, which uses humor to shine a light on the bellicose evils of the perpetual war machine and those who seek to profit from it.

Independent Institute Research Fellow Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, the Right, and the Jews is interviewed on WFSX radio. Ginsberg discusses how Israel became the enemy of the left after the 1967 Six-Day War, when progressives saw the US was making an ally of Israel. Ginsberg, a political science professor says he ends up teaching history to students who don't know the facts of recent history of the Middle East.

Mary L. G. Theroux interviews Senior Fellow Christopher Coyne on his new book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy. They discuss his intellectual journey, the shift in America’s culture post 9/11, preemptive war, the loss of liberty and security at home resulting from such wars, and the viability of a path to peace without a deep state.

Christopher Coyne, F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University discusses his new book In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace.

Should the U.S. turn the Ukraine war over to its European allies? Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of War and the Rogue Presidency is interviewed on the Jeff Katz radio show on WRVA. In a recent Op-Ed, Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland argues that Europe should take more responsibility to protect themselves from Russian incursion. It's not up to the U.S. to shoulder all the burden of supporting Ukraine. European countries with higher GDP than the U.S. can afford to support Ukraine.

That Chinese balloon floated over the American heartland for days before it was shot down. But are concerns about it just so much hot air? And a year after Putin’s invasion, does Ukraine deserve a “blank check” from the U.S., and is there an end game? In other news, will Section 230 survive the Supreme Court? And what’s with this effort to rewrite and sanitize Roald Dahl’s children’s books? We discuss these issues and much more.