Newt's World

This Monday marks the 50th Anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972. Newt’s guest is Dwight Chapin, author of The President’s Man: The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide. Mr. Chapin shares his memories of the years he spent as Nixon’s aide from his ’62 campaign for governor of California to his almost two terms in the White House, cut short by the Watergate scandal. In Part 1, he discusses Nixon’s political career before winning the White House in 1968. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have seen what Big Tech has done in the last two years to silence voices they don’t agree with. From President Trump being permanently banned from Twitter on January 8, 2021, to the latest efforts by Spotify employees to censor podcaster Joe Rogan for his content. Big Tech is more like a Big Government Overlord deciding what information you are allowed to see. Newt’s guest is Kara Frederick, Research Fellow in Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation, author of the new report: Combating Big Tech’s Totalitarianism: A Road Map. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexander Hamilton’s life is one of the more extraordinary stories of a Founding Father’s rise to greatness. He was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, and was orphaned. A lawyer by training, he was also very involved in financial markets and founded The Bank of New York. Later he would serve as the first Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. During the Revolutionary War he was a senior aide to General Washington. After the war, he was elected as a Representative from New York to the Congress of the Confederation. He wrote 51 of the 85 Federalists Papers. Part of The Immortals leadership series. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was born, raised and educated in Ukraine. She now serves Indiana’s 5th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She immigrated to the United States in 2000. Congresswoman Spartz just returned from a bi-partisan congressional delegation to Brussels and Ukraine and she talks with Newt about what needs to be done to stop Putin.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Weifeng Zhong grew up in China and attended college at Shantou University in Guangdong. He then went to University of Hong Kong, where he saw the “Pillar of Shame” about the Tiananmen Square Massacre for the first time and it changed his worldview. He has since founded the “Policy Change Index” Project to track China’s propaganda machine with machine learning and artificial intelligence. Dr. Weifeng Zhong is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Soros has had a deep impact on modern politics, using his money to influence election outcomes. Using his billions, Soros has influenced media, activist groups, colleges, local elections, presidential elections and even global elections. In his new book, The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros, author Matt Palumbo details Soros’ extensive targeting of local races to destroy law and order in America and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Hunter is the prolific author of 21 novels, including Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, and the New York Times bestsellers: Havana, Pale Horse Coming, and Hot Springs. He’s the retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His latest novel, the 12th in the Bob Lee Swagger series is Targeted which is available now.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt is joined by members of his Inner Circle membership club and he answers member’s questions about Russia, Ukraine, and China, the Supreme Court vacancy, the Senate filibuster and whether Ukraine should join NATO in a town hall style meeting. Become a member of Newt’s Inner Circle today at http://newtsinnercircle.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this month, Governor Pete Ricketts of the State of Nebraska announced that he was giving $400 million dollars in surplus back to the Nebraska taxpayers. An extraordinary move, when many other states have used all of their federal funding to increase spending. Nebraska won the Governor’s Cup for the most economic development projects per capita three years in a row from 2016 – 2018. And in 2021, Nebraska has the lowest unemployment rate in all 50 states. Newt’s guest is Governor Pete Ricketts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For many years the Chinese government has been trying to infiltrate American institutions. What is new however, are the number of American elites who are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global power. Presidential families, Silicon Valley gurus, Wall Street high rollers, Ivy League universities, even professional athletes, are all willing to sacrifice American strength and security on the altar of personal enrichment. Newt’s guest is Peter Schweizer, author of Red Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the future hold? Mark Mills makes the case that a roaring 2020s is arriving, and it won’t come from any singular invention but from the convergence of radical advances in the three primary technology domains: microprocessors, materials, and machines. Accelerating this technological revolution is The Cloud, history’s biggest infrastructure. Mills new book, The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and A Roaring 2020s is out now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a college football coach, he led the Auburn Tigers to five western division titles and one SEC Championship, and he was named the 2004 National Coach of the Year. And he retired as one of the top 50 most winning football coaches of all time. In 2021, he was sworn in as the United States Senator representing the State of Alabama. Newt’s guest is Senator “Coach” Tommy Tuberville. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his January 19th press conference, President Biden asked, “What are Republicans for?” In this episode, Newt lays out exactly what Republicans are for and why they are going to win back the majority in the Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt recently read John Moody’s new novel entitled, Of Course They Knew, Of Course They… and was really intrigued by the use of fictional characters and dramatic license to help describe the COVID-19 global pandemic and the threat we face with China. John Moody is a former executive editor and executive vice president at Fox News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On December 9th, 2021, the town of Yuma, Arizona was facing a tough challenge – a surge of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. 6,000 migrants crossed the border in a five-day period, leading Mayor Douglas Nicholls to announce a State of Emergency. To understand more about the border crisis on the front lines, Newt’s guest is Mayor Douglas Nicholls of Yuma, Arizona. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt is joined by members of his Inner Circle membership club and he asks the question, are they better off today than they were a year ago? Members comment on the State of California and how radical it’s become and what Republicans need to do to take back Congress in 2022, in a town hall style meeting. Become a member of Newt’s Inner Circle today at http://newtsinnercircle.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House, they balanced the federal budget for four straight years, the only four consecutive years in your lifetime. And they did it knowingly, deliberately and with a strategic plan. He knows it can be done. Newt makes the case of why the federal budget needs to be balanced now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newt guest is The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, arguably the greatest golfer of all time and without question the game’s greatest champion. Winning 120 professional tournaments worldwide, including 73 PGA Tour events and a record 18 major championships over a 25-year span. Nicklaus shares the secrets to his success both on and off the course. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tragic withdrawal of Afghanistan is not over. There are many Americans and Afghanis who were left behind. A well-known singer-songwriter has made it his mission to support efforts to bring people home safely. Newt’s guest is Grammy nominated singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, of Five for Fighting. He talks about his docu-music video, Blood on My Hands and why we need to keep working to free the people of Afghanistan from Taliban rule. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Americans were shocked and outraged to see chaos unfold at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. But one year later, the original narrative of what happened that day has crumbled while hundreds of Americans have been swept up in an unprecedented Justice Department investigation to punish them for their involvement in the January 6th protest. The public has been misled—and flat-out lied to—about a number of aspects related to that day. Newt’s guest is Julie Kelly. Her new bookJanuary 6th: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Rightis out now.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.