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May 12, 2022Podcast: How modern music got so lame
Teresa Mull talks with JD Wilkes, lead singer of the Legendary Shack Shakers, about his experience in the music industry over the decades
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May 11, 2022Podcast: The baby formula shortage and our anti-child society
Amber Athey is joined by guest Bethany Mandel to discuss the baby formula shortage throughout the country.
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May 8, 2022Podcast: The aftermath of the Supreme Court leak
Amber Athey is joined by Mary Margaret Olohan to discuss the aftermath of the Supreme Court leak.
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April 29, 2022Podcast: Big Tech and the future of free speech
Chadwick Moore is joined by a guest to discuss Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, Section 230 and the future of free speech.
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April 25, 2022Podcast: Support your local farmer
Host Teresa Mull is joined by Ethan Davis, who runs Strong Roots Organic Farm, to discuss the joys and challenges of making a living in agriculture, recent trends in the local food movement, and why supporting your local farmer is vital to the social, economic, and practical aspects of a flourishing community.
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April 20, 2022Podcast: Cryptocurrency comes to rural America
Host Teresa Mull is joined by Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson of Pennsylvania to discuss the House Agriculture Committee’s role in overseeing cryptocurrency, crypto’s influence on rural America, and what GT predicts will happen as food shortages and prices continue to soar in the coming months.
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April 19, 2022Podcast: The end of masks?
Matt Purple and Matt McDonald discuss the end of mask mandates on public transportation.
Hosts
Amber Athey
Amber Athey is The Spectator’s Washington editor and a senior fellow at the Steamboat Institute. Amber was previously White House correspondent for the Daily Caller and a co-host of O’Connor & Company on WMAL.
Chadwick Moore
Chadwick Moore is the editor of Outspoken and is a Spectator columnist and contributing editor.
Dominic Green
Dominic Green, PhD, FRHistS is a critic, historian and a former editor of The Spectator’s World edition. The author of four books, he writes widely on the arts and current affairs, and contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and the New Criterion. His next book, The Religious Revolution, is forthcoming with Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
Matt Purple
Matt Purple is the online editor of The Spectator’s World edition.
Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is deputy editor of The Spectator World and author of the DC Diary, a daily email from Washington. He is a 2021-22 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.
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