Newt’s World

Dr. Robert Zubrin is a former staff engineer at Lockheed Martin Astronautics and President of Pioneer Astronautics. Dr. Zubrin is here to talk about his recent article, The Profound Potential of Elon Musk’s New Rocket and what SpaceX’s Starship could do for the future of space travel.

With Memorial Day coming up, Newt spends time with a veteran who’s making a difference. Lt. Col. Dan Rooney. In 2007, he started the nonprofit Folds of Honor, with the mission to provide educational scholarships to spouses or children of wounded or killed military service members.

In July 2012, a gay couple came into Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado asking for a custom wedding cake. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court where he won by a vote of 7-2. Newt’s guests are Jack Phillips, and Jake Warner, legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom.

During the pandemic, the federal government stepped in to assist small business owners with loans. But some of this funding went to Chinese companies. To describe how this happened, Newt’s guest is Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory.

Newt’s guest is the remarkably talented writer, Malcolm Gladwell. He is the author of six New York Times bestsellers His latest book is The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War.

Imagination is a national security imperative. Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and even COVID-19 could be considered failures of imagination. In some ways, we failed to imagine and prepare for what could happen. This is what Newt talks about with Adm. James Stavridis, retired four-star U.S. naval officer.

The Hamas – Israel conflict needs a new diplomatic approach. Newt presents a compelling argument for why all Western and Democratic societies should never ask for a cease fire, but demand Hamas’ acknowledgement that Israel has a right to exist.

This episode details how four administrations have failed to confront some of the toughest national security policy issues. Newt’s guest is former Congresswoman Jane Harman.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, joins Newt to talk about leading the State Department and CIA under President Donald J. Trump. Secretary Pompeo talks about his extraordinary career path, and some of the most historic moments and challenges in foreign policy decision making.

The American Legislative Exchange Council just released the 14th Edition of Rich States, Poor States: Newt’s guest is Jonathan Williams, Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council.