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The Bill Walton Show
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The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 231: "Reclaiming the Culture through Film" with Michael Pack
Global streaming services are projected to reach over 1.5 billion subscribers in 2025 with worldwide spending on TV, film and documentary production reaching…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 230: "An Action Plan to Thwart the Chinese Communist Party's Aim to Achieve Global Dominion" with Frank Gaffney
Over three decades ago the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party began in earnest to develop and execute a strategy to bring about what its now President…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 229: "You May Not Be Interested in CISA, But CISA is Certainly Interested in You" with Ben Weingarten and Frank Gaffney
"Overwhelming evidence suggests that federal agencies – led by among others, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), buoyed by senior…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 228: "Google's Utopian Vision and the 2024 Election" with Dr Robert Epstein and Jenny Beth Martin
Voter and ballot fraud may just be a small part of the problem that conservatives face in the upcoming 2024 elections compared to the power of Alphabet, the…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 227: "It's Time for the US to Use Its Power to Bring the War in Ukraine to an End" with Stephen Bryen
The war in Ukraine drags on at a terrible cost for all involved with no seeming end in sight. Some estimate that there have been almost 400,000 total Russian…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 226: "The Weaponization of Loneliness" with Stella Morabito
"Terror can rule absolutely only over men who are isolated against each other.… Therefore, one of the primary concerns of all tyrannical government is to bring…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 225: "Protecting Investors from an Overreaching Regulatory State" with Chris Iacovella
When Walmart went public in 1970 and soon thereafter listed on the New York Stock Exchange, its SEC disclosure prospectus was 20 pages long. Today, a…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 224: "The FBI's Ambitious New Plans" with J. Michael Waller
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is proceeding with plans to build a new headquarters which would be twice the size of the The Pentagon, the world's largest…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 223: The Differences Between Men and Women: Warriors and Worriers with Joyce Benenson
What are the evolutionary differences between men and women, and how do they survive and thrive through differing competitive strategies? In this episode, Dr…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 222: "What You Need to Know About Your Money and the Federal Reserve" with Cato's Norbert Michel
Is the Federal Reserve a godlike Zeus able to control our money and the economy, preserve financial stability and keep a lid on inflation? Or is it like the…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 221: "Are We Really Surprised We're Having Another Banking Crisis?" with Alex Pollock and Steve Dewey
It looks like the bill is finally coming due after decades of reckless monetary policy and out of control federal spending. After 40 years of relatively stable…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 220: "Silicon Valley Bank: The Bill Finally Comes Due for Decades of Reckless Monetary, Fiscal and Regulatory Policy" with Rick Manning and Robert Romano
This week, Americans for Limited Government published a provocative and insightful piece about the banking system asking, "Has the United States banking system…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 219: "The Labor Department's Radical Agenda" with Pat Pizzella
Under President Joe Biden and his Administration the whole of government has been weaponized to promote a so-called Diversity Equity and Inclusion agenda that…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 218: "The Ugly Truth About the White House, the FBI and the Social Media Companies" with Jenin Younes and Todd Zywicki
Newly released documents show that the White House has played a major role in censoring Americans on social media. Email exchanges between Rob Flaherty, the…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 217: "Ukraine: It's Time for Realism" with David Goldman and Stephen Bryen
The Biden Administration - and a majority of Republicans in Congress - persist in their bellicose rhetoric about an "existential war to defend Ukraine" telling…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 216: "What The Grateful Dead and Successful Dealmakers Have in Common" with Marc Morgenstern
Backstage with Bill Walton In this episode I compare notes and share stories with veteran dealmaker and entrepreneur Marc Morgenstern. In today's polarized…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 215: "To Shrink Government, Cut Taxes: How the States are Doing It" with Grover Norquist
For an excellent primer about how the politics of our over-complicated state and local tax systems operate, this conversation with Grover Norquist is…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 214: "Ukraine, The Balloon and the Loss of US Hegemony" with Brandon Weichert.
Events are picking up pace rapidly on the world stage and I've asked my frequent guest Brandon Weichert to join me to help explain what's happening. Brandon…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 213: "It's High Time for a Ceasefire in Ukraine" with Stephen Bryen and David P. Goldman
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds on, it's nearly impossible for the ordinary observer to figure out what's really happening. One of the problems is…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 212: "The Truth about Energy, Global Warming, and Climate Change" with Dr Jerome Corsi, PhD
"This whole climate hysteria seems to focus on a molecule - carbon dioxide (CO2) - which we humans exhale and which we release into the atmosphere by burning…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 211: "It's Happening According to Plan" with Kevin Freeman
If someone wanted to weaken, then destroy a sovereign and free United States, what would they do? Well they might start with surrendering its energy…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 210: "Office Buildings: Will We Ever Go Back?" with John Scheurer
"Commuting to office work is obsolete. It is now infinitely easier, cheaper, and faster to do what the 19th century could not do, move information, and with it…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 209: "The Money Confusion: Why Inflation Now?" with John Tamny
In 1974, with annual inflation raging over 12%, President Gerald Ford introduced WIN ("whip inflation now") buttons telling Americans: "To help increase food…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 208: "How Policy Responses to the Pandemic Continue to Shatter Our World" with Jeffrey Tucker
The world has suffered and continues to suffer catastrophic economic and social damage from the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 - but not from the virus itself…
The Bill Walton ShowEpisode 207: "The Red Trickle: Where Do Our Elections Go From Here?" with Paul Teller PhD
To put it mildly, the expected massive Republican Red Wave in the recent 2022 midterm elections didn't materialize. Even though 75% of Americans believe the…
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Episode 206: "The Pro-Human Answer to Intolerance & Racism" with Bion Bartning
In this episode I'm joined by Bion Bartning, the founder of FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. An entrepreneur and investor, Bion also…
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Episode 205: "Confronting the K-12 Racialist Star Chamber" with Sahar Tartak
Recently The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by my guest on this episode, Yale freshman Sahar Tartak. Titled "My High School's 'Antiracist' Agitprop"…
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Episode 204: "The Climate Change Industrial Complex: Trillion $$$ Promises That It Can't Keep" with Myron Ebell
In this episode I'm talking again with Myron Ebell, Director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, one of our most…
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Episode 203: "This is not a Nintendo Game" with Dr Stephen Bryen
"There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit…
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Episode 202: "Biden's Playing Nuclear War Brinksmanship with Russia; Meanwhile China Looms" with KT McFarland
In the 20 months that Joe Biden has been President, his decisions and rhetoric have made the world ever more combustible. Events in Ukraine has reached a flash…
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Episode 201: "Surviving Hurricane Ian while Contemplating Nuclear Armageddon" with Brandon Weichert
This episode took a couple of twisting turns to complete. A few weeks back, I emailed my friend Brandon Weichert, a very smart geopolitical strategist and…
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Episode 200: If You Want Lawful Elections, You Will Need To Get Engaged (Here's How) with Cleta Mitchell
Election process isn't a sexy topic, but if we want to preserve our democratic election system, and keep our Republic, election integrity is essential…
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Episode 199: It is Time to Negotiate Peace Between Ukraine and Russia with Shea Bradley-Farrell
"These are the cold, hard facts: Russia, the country cornering the European energy market, is profiting from its war against Ukraine, while the West's…
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Episode 198: Will Chinese-Style Social Credit Be Coming to America? with Todd Zywicki
In the decade since Barrack Obama remarked that "it would be so much easier to be the President of China," the Chinese Communist Party has been working hard to…
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Episode 197: "How We Can Rein in the Power of the Federal Government" with Mark Meckler.
The genius of the founders who gave us the United States Constitution was that they sought to provide a system of government to guard against the concentration…
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Episode 196: Freedom, CPAC, America and Winning the Next Election with Matt Schlapp
This episode is set in our mountainside house in Rappahannock County, Virginia for a wide ranging conversation with my friend, the always engaging and…
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Episode 195: "The Supreme Court Reins in the EPA: Why? What Happens Next" with John Vecchione and Casey Norman
The Supreme Court's most momentous decision was not the 5-to-4 vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. That simply sent the issue back to the states to decide. Rather it…
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Episode 194: "Making America First Again" with Brooke Rollins
As we can all recall, when Donald Trump took office in January 2017, he didn't exactly come equipped with the detailed plans and the 1,000s of people necessary…
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Episode 193: "Gun Control Myths" with Dr. John Lott
We've all been appalled by yet another school shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas. We want these tragedies to stop. We want to do something. Of course the…
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Episode 192: "National Security Realities: Threats and Solutions" with Brandon Weichert
From the moment President Joe Biden's administration took office, the world has grown a more dangerous place, and the pace is accelerating. There's a long list…
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Episode 191: "Lessons from the Street: Stephen Schwarzman's Book Prompts Bill to Compare Insights into the World of Money" with John Tamny
In this episode, my friend John Tamny interviews me about legendary Wall Street leader and Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman's book What It Takes: Lessons…
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Episode 190: "Cancel Culture Comes to Banking" with Todd Zywicki and Paul Watkins
Have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you were denied access to a bank account or a credit card or access to any kind of digital payment…
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Episode 189: "Ukraine Explained, Taiwan Explained" with Dr Stephen Bryen
Russian's war on Ukraine, and China's aim to take over Taiwan. Joining me is one the wisest national security experts around, Dr Stephen Bryen. With 50 years…
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Episode 188: "Why Are We Investing American Retirement Dollars in China?" with Frank Gaffney and Roger Robinson
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is once again planning to allow federal employees' to invest their retirement savings into companies controlled…
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Episode 187: "The Federal Government Is Using Twitter to Censor Speech" with Jenin Younes and John Vecchione
Is this right and lawful? Well, we now have a test case to find out. In a first-of-its-kind First Amendment lawsuit against the federal government, attorneys…
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Episode 186: John Tamny and I Don't Agree About Everything, and That's OK
Author John Tamny joins me on this episode for a freewheeling back and forth about some of today's big concerns. John, a free market fundamentalist and…
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Episode 185: The Behind The Scenes Story Meeting with The Bill Walton Show Team
Listen in to a behind the scenes story meeting as the Bill Walton Show team speculates on what's going on in the world. Starlink satellites and all the junk…
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Episode 184: "A Final Report Card on the States' Response to COVID-19" with Phil Kerpen
We're more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic. So by now, we should know enough to assess what we've learned about the measures our governments took to…
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Episode 183: "Have US and EU Blunders Led to Putin's War?" with J. Michael Waller
In this episode I'm talking again with Dr. J. Michael Waller, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Mike's Secret Empire: The KGB in Russia Today…
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Episode 182: "Are We Misreading Putin's War Aims" with Dr. Peter Vincent Pry
This episode is a follow-up to my conversation a few weeks ago with Dr. Peter Vincent Pry about our concerns that our Administration's responses to the Russian…
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Episode 181: "A Brave New-and More Dangerous-World" with Brandon Weichert
Since the COVID-19 virus was loosed upon the world, either intentionally or accidentally, from Wuhan, China, the world has been fundamentally changed. The…
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Episode 180: "America's Open Borders" with Ken Cuccinelli and Russ Vought
"No borders. No walls. No USA at all." Chant by Antifa rioters marching in the streets of Denver. With Ukraine and Russia dominating the headlines, America…
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Episode 179: "Taking a Hard Look at our Dependence on China for Our Drugs" with Rosemary Gibson and Frank Gaffney
Thirty years ago, the United States, Europe, and Japan manufactured 90 percent of the global supply of the key ingredients for the world's medicines and…
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Episode 178: "Stops Along the Way" with Brent Bozell
Growing up Bozell. Stops Along the Way: A Catholic Soul, a Conservative Heart, an Irish Temper, and a Love of Life. Talking in this episode with L. Brent…
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Episode 177: "A Nuclear War Scenario" with Dr Peter Vincent Pry
This is a very upsetting episode. I'm joined by my frequent guest Dr Peter Vincent Pry and we're talking about Ukraine and the likelihood of nuclear war. Dr…
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Episode 176: "Ukraine First?" with Fred Fleitz and John Zadrozny
For a wide ranging overview of how and why the Biden's national and homeland security teams have made America more vulnerable on virtually every front, start…
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Episode 175: "The West's New Totalitarianism" with Dr. Naomi Wolf and Jenin Younes
In the past two years, measures taken to deal with Covid have resulted in extraordinary losses of freedom in the West - in fact, all over the world - driven by…
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Episode 174: "Race Marxism" with James Lindsay
James Lindsay is someone who truly understands Critical Race Theory and doesn't believe a word of it. As James explains in this episode of The Bill Walton…
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Episode 173: The Desecrators with Matt & Mercy Schlapp
The subtitle of Matt Schlapp's new book, written with Deal Hudson, sums up well why this book is a must read. Defeating the cancel culture mob and reclaiming…
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Episode 172: Ukraine: Is the Biden Administration Unleashing Furies It Does Not Understand? with Dr Peter Vincent Pry and J. Michael Waller
There are growing calls among political elites in Washington for the United States to "do something" about preventing a Russian invasion of the Ukraine. But do…