Podcast Episodes

What’s on Congress’ Fall To-Do List?

The August Recess has been a staple of the congressional calendar for decades. In the 1960s the demands placed on the US Congress were changing. Lawmaking had moved from a part-time to a full-time gi…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Re-Run | What’s Wrong With Our Food Dyes? | Dr. David Gortler

Hello Heritage Explains Listeners! Mark Guiney here. It’s the first week of August and this month we are taking a short vacation. Until we return with our regular show in September, we are looking ba…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Re-Run | Why Was the COVID Lab Leak Theory Suppressed | Jeff Smith

Hello everybody, we at the Heritage Foundation hope you are enjoying these last weeks of summer. We here at Heritage Explains are taking the opportunity for a brief rest during the month of August. O…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Re-Run | USAID Gets DOGE’ed by The Trump Administration | David Ditch

Hello to all of our loyal listeners at Heritage Explains. We are on break for the month of August and will be coming back with new episodes in September. But in the meantime, we’re rounding up some o…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Re-Run | Why Does the Daniel Penny Verdict Matter? | Cully Stimson

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Heritage Explains. We, like many of you, are enjoying a little bit of vacation this summer. We are taking a break from our regularly scheduled episodes for the month…

Published on 3 months ago

What is the Trump Administration’s AI Plan? | Daniel Cochrane

We find ourselves in the midst of a new revolution: The AI Revolution. Complex computer models are now able to replicate human thought, making them capable of an entirely new realm of tasks. AI is go…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

What Did the Big Beautiful Bill Do to Medicare? | Nina Schaefer

In 1965, the Johnson Administration signed into law the programs we now know as Medicare and Medicaid. They were designed to provide healthcare to Americans who were particularly in need. But over th…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why are Progressives Attacking ICE Agents? | Simon Hankinson

Attacks on ICE agents are escalating nationwide, now up nearly 700% over the same time last year. Organized riots followed recent ICE enforcement actions. Investigations reveal coordination by known …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Trump Cut Last Year’s Spending? | Richard Stern

Rescissions 

It’s a word that we’re hearing a lot in the news today. A member of a family of words and phrases that come trotting out whenever folks in Washington start talking about money. 

Appropriat…

Published on 4 months ago

Have We Forgotten the Declaration of Independence? | Brenda Hafera

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...

How many times have we heard these words? 

Back in 2007, the Washington Post ran an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago