American Experiment's John Phelan and Bill Walsh sit down with Senator Zach Duckworth to discuss the possibility of Uber and Lyft leaving the Twin Cities Metro Area - and what can be done to fix it. FOLLOW THE PODCAST: Website: https://www.americanexperiment.org/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pmS1e3R0Agwc4f9N5wp3P?si=d9c00d7a37404…

John Hinderaker sits down with Rep. Harry Niska to discuss the future of religious liberty in the State of Minnesota after religious protections were removed from the Human Rights Act last session.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

The expansion in Minnesota’s welfare spending has often exceeded growth in spending for other programs, gradually increasing welfare’s proportion of the budget. HHS spending as a share of general funds grew 23 percent between 2000 and 2019, surpassing all other major state spending categories. “If left unaddressed, Minnesota’s welfare system is a f…

Bill Walsh and Catrin Wigfall discuss examples of the Circle of Education Funding taking place before our eyes in Rochester, St. Paul, and Minneapolis to answer the question - why are school districts broke despite record education spending?Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Bill Glahn, American Experiment Policy Fellow, gives an update on the biggest Covid fraud case in the United States - one that he has been following since the beginning. This presentation originally appeared as a webinar.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Energy expert Isaac Orr sits down with John Hinderaker to discuss Governor Walz's plan to hike gas prices in Minnesota through the disastrous California Fuel Standard.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment, interviews James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center and Kendall Qualls of TakeCharge, both of whom were targeted by an arson attack along with American Experiment in January.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Catrin Wigfall, Education Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment, sits down with TakeCharge President Kendall Qualls and Executive Director Sheila Qualls to talk about TakeCharge's work to advance school choice and how it would help educational outcomes in underserved communities.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Public Safety Policy Fellow and former 30-year law enforcement vet David Zimmer sits down with John Hinderaker to discuss the felony murder charges levied against the MN State Trooper who shot Ricky Cobb during a traffic stop last summer.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Education Policy Expert Catrin Wigfall and John Hinderaker sit down with Amy Marotz, Director of Awakening Spirit Homeschool Collaborative in Stillwater, MN to discuss the future of education and school choice in Minnesota.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

American Experiment Policy Fellow David Zimmer sits down with Representative Walter Hudson to discuss the future of public safety in Minnesota during the 2024 legislative session and beyond.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

John Hinderaker sits down with Cristine Trooien, Executive Director of the Minnesota Parents Alliance, and Catrin Wigfall, American Experiment Education Policy Fellow, to discuss the shift towards parental rights in education. About Minnesota Parents Alliance: MPA exists to ensure that every parent who wants to get involved in their child's educati…

David Zimmer and John Phelan, American Experiment's experts on public safety and the economy, discuss the flow of individual into and out of Minnesota, why people are moving, and the true state of crime in our state.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Peter Nelson, a nationally-recognized healthcare expert and senior policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment who specializes in price transparency, leads us into a deep dive into price transparency and describes how we can make healthcare cheaper without losing quality or imposing draconian mandates.…

Have you ever wondered what "fully funding" education means? Just how exactly does the Legislature fund education? What's a WADM? In this episode, Bill Walsh sits down with Catrin Wigfall to answer these questions and more. Tune in for a comprehensive breakdown of how education is funded in Minnesota.…

Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn announce the winner of the 2023 Golden Turkey Award! Join them as they walk through each nominee and end with a deep dive into the DFL's new $730,000,000 State Office Building.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

American Experiment Economist John Phelan sits down with John Hinderaker to discuss his upcoming report "The X-Factor? Social Capital and Economic Well-Being: A Quantitative Analysis"Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

In this edition of the Friday Five, we discuss the meaning of Veterans Day, some new state flag submissions, and give a Golden Turkey Award update. Minnesota’s government wastes a LOT of money on silly things. Now it’s up to you to pick the best one at GoldenTurkeyMN.comAv John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn discuss this year's nominees for the Golden Turkey Award, an annual award given out by Center of the American Experiment to the most outrageous example of government waste. Minnesota’s government wastes a LOT of money on silly things. Now it’s up to you to pick the best one at GoldenTurkeyMN.com…

In another edition of the Friday Five, John Hinderaker, Kathryn Hinderaker, Bill Walsh, and Bill Glahn sit down to discuss the situation in Israel, pro-Hamas protests at the MN Capitol, Feeding our Future, the Golden Turkey awards, and more.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss his work on the Twitter Files and the future of free speech in America.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

Education Policy Fellow Catrin Wigfall joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss the Minnesota Department of Education's newly proposed social studies standards - and what you can do to make your voice heard.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

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Center of the American Experiment's Education Policy Fellow joins the American Experiment Podcast to discuss the sobering reality - new statewide test results show that the MAJORITY of students in Minnesota cannot read at grade level.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

John Hinderaker is joined by Douglas Carswell - President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Previously a Member of the British Parliament, Douglas co-founded Vote Leave, the official campaign that won the Brexit referendum. He played a pivotal role in securing the Brexit vote in the first place, changing parties and calling a Speci…

American Experiment Economist Martha Njolomole describes her experience growing up in Malawi and what led her to becoming a free market economist in Minnesota.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

In this episode of the American Experiment Podcast we introduce the Friday Five, a free-wheeling discussion of the week’s top issues with Bill Walsh (Director of Communications), John Phelan (Economist) and Bill Glahn (Adjunct Policy Fellow). The guys discuss Tim Walz’s recent visit to Iowa, Minneapolis city politics, bogus national business rankin…

American Experiment's Isaac Orr describes how he has modeled the impacts of Biden's new EPA rules regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and determined that these regulations would cause massive rolling blackouts in the Midwest and would cost $246 billion through 2055.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

American Experiment Policy Fellow Bill Glahn looks into the dark money that influences Minnesota politics.Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows

In this episode, Center of the American Experiment President John Hinderaker sits down with Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer to discuss his new report "Dispelling the Myth of Unwarranted Racial Disparities in Minnesota’s Criminal Justice System."Av John Hinderaker & American Experiment Policy Fellows