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In The Tank

by The Heartland Institute

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more. This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.

Latest episodes

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The End Times As a Political Weapon? - In The Tank #553

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The debate surrounding AI and whether or not (or even how) its development should be regulated is definitely heating up, with a flurry of mostly-Democrats coming out in f

Sep 19
1 h 40 min

How Bad Is Your State's Medicaid Program? - In The Tank #552

September 11th, 2001, was one of the darkest days in U.S. history. Almost 3,000 Americans died, and it is not a stretch to argue that it changed the course of American li

Sep 10
1 h 29 min

Yeonmi Park - In The Tank #551

Today the team is away at The Heartland Institute's 42nd Anniversary Benefit Dinner, hosting Governor Ron DeSantis. Instead of your regularly scheduled program, we bring

Sep 3
49 min

America At 250 - In The Tank #550

We’re celebrating 550 episodes of In The Tank by revisiting some of the greatest stories from the American Revolution! Join host Linnea Lueken, alongside regulars Jim La

Aug 27
50 min

What The Flock?! - In The Tank #549

One of the biggest tech-related debates right now, which also overlaps with concerns about privacy rights and government overreach, is over new Flock camera systems being

Aug 20
1 h 39 min

Why Socialism Fails - In The Tank #548

 Conservatives often point at socialism and more or less leave the argument at "these guys are crazy!" -- But the DSA do point to some real problems, like the cost of med

Aug 13
1 h 36 min

I Am The Science! Fauci Lied, People Died - In The Tank #547

Anthony Fauci was recently hauled before the Senate to explain his role in the COVID 19 pandemic, and the multitude of lies he told as head of the National Institutes of

Jul 30
1 h 34 min

Our Elections Are In Peril! - In The Tank Podcast #546

President Trump revealed that China has been interfering with our elections, especially the fraught 2020 election, in a speech that the mainstream media attempted to debu

Jul 23
1 h 35 min

Democratic Socialists of America's Anti-American Platform - In The Tank #545

The Democratic Socialists in America have one of the most extreme platforms of any rising political group. They identify some real problems, but their solutions would be

Jul 16
1 h 31 min

Housing Act Held Hostage Until Save America Is Passed — In the Tank Podcast #542

Trump is refusing to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act unless lawmakers first pass the SAVE AMERICA Act, which Trump says is far more important. There is a lot of

Jun 25
1 h 19 min

Elon Musk, Trillionaire — In the Tank Podcast #541

One would think a major terror attack just occurred on U.S. soil, for all the reactions that Democrats and socialist friends are having to the news that Elon Musk's net w

Jun 18
1 h 33 min

Social Security Insolvency by 2032 — In the Tank Podcast #540

Social Security trustees predict the retirement trust fund is now projected to run dry a full year earlier than previously forecast, in just 2032. What got us here, and w

Jun 11
1 h 25 min

Socialists Want to Take Over Artificial Intelligence — In the Tank Podcast #539

More and more, parents and government agencies are preventing kids from doing things like walking home from school on their own. It’s clear that this kind of helicopter p

Jun 6
1 h 31 min

What's Old Is New: Seize Property & Give People Free Stuff - In the Tank Episode #538

As the Justice Department's war on fraud continues, a new report by City Journal says that California is giving free appliances, including solar panels, to illegal immigr

May 28
1 h 25 min

The Cost of Living Crisis — In the Tank Podcast #537

This week, President Trump agreed to drop a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the Biden administration targeting him and his family, and in exchange the DOJ will s

May 22
1 h 30 min

China, Mamdani’s Budget Tricks, and AOC’s Billionaire Meltdown — In the Tank Podcast #536

 Trump went to Beijing this week to negotiate the path forward with China, as President Trump's administration has made multiple international moves to cut the CCP off fr

May 15
1 h 30 min

Innovation vs. Dystopia: In the Tank Podcast #535

AI is everywhere; from the silly videos you see on Facebook to the articles you read online, even within hospital systems and publishers. Where is the line? Where is AI u

May 9
1 h 40 min

Raids, Charges, and Indictments — In the Tank Podcast #534

Federal agents raided more than 20 businesses this week in Minneapolis as the fight against fraud continues, and Governor Tim Walz is trying to take credit, but the publi

May 2
1 h 39 min

DOJ Charges Southern Poverty Law Center — In the Tank Podcast #533

By just a hair, Virginia voters approved a gerrymandering plan that would eliminate five Republican districts, all in the name of "restoring fairness" to Virginia's elect

Apr 23
1 h 24 min

#NoKings Uncovered — In the Tank Podcast #532

We all know that the public education system in America is rotten, but it is actually even worse than you may realize. There are only so many hours in a school day, and w

Apr 2
1 h 37 min

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Balanced and informative podcast from one of the best think tanks in the nation. Worth a listen for educated opinions on all current topics.

Romanofzki · Jun 2023

These guys really bring it. They keep it light while approaching serious topics of our day. Any way we can make this podcast daily rather than weekly?

jroy272 · Jun 2019

In the Tank is a great aggregator of the work being done by think tanks around the country. The back and forth banter is both informative and engaging. I look forward to it every week.

Libertarian Barbarian · Aug 2016

Very important to hear the libertarian positions on tech and energy. Good commentary and banter. Worthwhile.

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