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Steven Hayward, John Yoo, and "Lucretia" bring you a whisky-sodden perspective on the week's big headlines, and occasional deep dives into law and philosophy.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 559
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The 14th Amendment at 150, Part 1
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the 14th Amendment, which has been abused perhaps more than any other part of the Constitution. Steve Hayward welcomes back to the show the …
00:55:59 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Here Comes Da Judge!
With the ascent of “democratic socialism” in the Democratic party and a Supreme Court confirmation fight commencing this week, Steve Hayward checks in for the latest on how this may play out in the m…
00:42:33 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
Bulldog Edition
Steve Hayward talks with two proud Yale bulldog alumni—James Kirchick of the Brookings Institution and Jeremy Carl of the Hoover Institution, about the mess in higher education and the mess at our bo…
00:43:11 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
Killer Tomatoes and the Electricity Grid
What could the cult-camp classic “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” have to do with the electricity grid? A lot, as it turns out, and Steve Hayward ponders this gonzo crossover topic with three experts …
01:04:51 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
The IG Report, and the Latest Big Wave Surf Forecast
Steve Hayward is joined this week by Power Line’s own John Hinderaker and Power Line’s eminence grise behind the curtain, Joe Malchow, to dissect the key takeaways of the Inspector General’s findings…
00:47:30 |
Sat 16 Jun 2018
"The Suicide of the University" Revisited, with Charles Copeland
This week’s episode offers a conversation between Steve Hayward and Charles Copeland, president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute ( ISI) about the crisis of the university, especially Steve’s …
00:48:48 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Michael Walsh's Fiery Angel
Steve Hayward talks this week with author Michael Walsh about his new book, The Fiery Angel: Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West. Walsh has encyclopedic knowledge o…
00:59:25 |
Sun 03 Jun 2018
Is Progress Making Progress?
Steve Hayward caught up with the noted author Matt Ridley and energy entrepreneur Chris Wright in a hotel lobby in Denver last week, and decided to make a podcast of it! Matt Ridley (nowadays Lord Ri…
00:53:34 |
Tue 29 May 2018
A Hard Look at Hard Power
Steve Hayward sits down with Rebecca Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute to survey the scene with regard to defense spending, middle defense, what Russia and China are up to, how the North Korea talks …
00:53:34 |
Tue 22 May 2018
The "Flight 93 Election" Comes in for a Landing
Steve Hayward and John Hinderaker interviewed Michael Anton, former senior staffer at Trump’s National Security Council and author of the controversial “ Flight 93 Election” article from September 20…
00:44:41 |
Mon 14 May 2018
The Suicide of the University
This week Steve Hayward talks with . . . Steve Hayward! Well, not exactly. This special edition of the Power Line show features a keynote lecture Steve delivered at Arizona State University back in F…
00:44:50 |
Mon 07 May 2018
Helping Henry
Who can make the connection between an obscure and bizarre British kids TV show and contemporary U.S. political analysis? The Power Line Show, that’s who! “Henry, were helping Henry and were telling …
00:33:19 |
Tue 01 May 2018
Speak Freely, and Other Heresies
The controversies surrounding free speech and academic freedom opened a new front last week with the execrable comments about the late First Lady Barbara Bush from Fresno State University professor R…
00:45:13 |
Thu 26 Apr 2018
The Telos of Teles
Steven Teles of Johns Hopkins University is a rare liberal who writes with great perception and fairness about conservatism and conservative ideas. In this episode, Steve Hayward talks with Teles abo…
00:56:02 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
The Lives of the Constitution
Claremont Institute fellow Joseph Tartakovsky is out this week with a fascinating new book that illuminates the Constitution with a unique approach: “The Lives of the Constitution” explores the meani…
00:42:40 |
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Finding Nino: A Celebration of Justice Scalia
Steve Hayward talks with Ed Whelan, president of of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, author of “Bench Memos” on National Review Online, and co-editor of “Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith,…
00:39:23 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
How Charles Murray Became Charles Murray
In this very special episode, Steve Hayward gets an origin story out of Charles Murray, surveying the sweep of his life from childhood in Iowa through Harvard, the Peace Corps in Asia, and evaluating…
01:13:09 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Help Us Obi-Wan Henry—You're Our Only Hope
In our regular bi-weekly checkup with Henry Olsen, the Obi-Wan Kenobi of election analysts, Steve Hayward and Henry cover the fallout from the special election in House district 18 in Pennsylvania, h…
00:18:07 |
Mon 19 Mar 2018
American Women's Day
We decided to transcend the recent International Women’s Day by declaring our own American Women’s Day with Julie Ponzi and Julie Kelly, stalwarts of AmericanGreatness. Steve Hayward draws out their …
00:32:37 |
Mon 12 Mar 2018
The Future of Free Speech on Campus
In this short episode, Steve Hayward shares his recent short lecture at Claremont McKenna College on the campus threats to free speech, analyzing the pincer movement of the wholesale postmodernist re…
00:13:20 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
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