Podcast Episodes

Has Trump’s DC Crime Enforcement Worked? | Cully Stimson & Zack Smith

President Trump’s utilization of ICE and the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has significantly lowered crime in the city, modeling success of the …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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. Lawm…

9 months, 3 weeks 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 wit…

9 months, 4 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 opportun…

10 months 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 Septem…

10 months, 1 week 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 f…

10 months, 2 weeks 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 c…

10 months, 3 weeks 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 Am…

11 months 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 act…

11 months, 1 week 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 i…

11 months, 2 weeks ago