WTH is Going On with the Debt Limit Fight? Brian Riedl on our Fiscal Future
It’s a tale as old as time… where will our next trillion come from to feed our hungry coffers? We jest, but only a little: Negotiations on raising the debt limit are ongoing, marking, ahem, dozens of ...
17 Maj 202348min
WTH is Going On with Title 42? Andrew Selee on our Broken Immigration System
This Thursday, the COVID-era immigration policy Title 42 will expire. Initiated by the Trump administration, it allowed for the expulsion of migrants at the border under a public health directive. It ...
10 Maj 202356min
WTH is Going On with Law School Wokeness? Ilya Shapiro on the Dangers of DEI for the Rule Of Law
Not only is DEI hiring creating bureaucracy bloat in higher education country-wide, it is beginning to fundamentally alter our institutions. One place where the erosion of excellence is already appare...
3 Maj 202354min
WTH is Going On with the Discord Leaks? Former CIA Field Officer Marc Polymeropoulos Explains How It Happened and What It Means
The Ukrainians are running out of munitions and the war is predicted to endure past 2023; China is debuting new missiles that have the ability to penetrate US defenses; Egypt Is toying with supporting...
26 Apr 202349min
WTH Happened To Patriotism, Faith and Community in America? Patrick Ruffini Explains the Decline in Key Values that Made Us Who We Are
The priorities that have traditionally shaped American national character – patriotism, religious faith, family, community involvement – are no longer as important to most Americans. The Wall Street J...
19 Apr 202351min
WTH Happened to American Military Power? Seth Jones on Why the US Can’t Produce the Weapons We Need
The conflict in Ukraine has revealed what conventional war looks like in this day and age. It has also made clear just how extensively the US defense industrial base has atrophied in the post-Cold War...
12 Apr 202355min
ICYMI: WTH is Tik Tok So Dangerous? Klon Kitchen on How the Chinese Communist Party is Reading Your Keystrokes and Collecting Your Data
It’s spring break, and your kids might have more time on their hands… so we are revisiting one of our best and increasingly relevant episodes.Over a third of Americans spend hours every day on an app ...
5 Apr 202351min
WTH is Going On with Artificial Intelligence? Tyler Cowen Explains the Next Technological Revolution
The wheel, the printing press, the steam engine, and… ChatGPT? A Luddite you may be, but there is no escaping the world’s newest technological revolution: personal artificial intelligence. It is easy ...
29 Mars 202346min
