Jimmy at the Crossroads Podcast

Jimmy at the Crossroads Podcast

"JIMMY AT THE CROSSROADS," hosted by Jimmy Sengenberger in partnership with The Washington Examiner, is a new kind of political talk program: an audio podcast and video broadcast that is always vibrant and engaging, thoughtful and thought-provoking, free-flowing and fun. "Jimmy at the Crossroads" isn’t your typical politics podcast, offering a special emphasis on how politics and economics interact – and impact your bottom line.

Episodes

August 6, 2021 58 mins

This week, Jimmy Sengenberger gets insights from Florida U.S. Senator Rick Scott on the infrastructure bill making its way through the U.S. Senate and the crisis in Cuba and President Biden's handling of the situation. Sen. Scott, as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also shares his thoughts on the upcoming 2022 U.S. Senate elections.

Then, it's well past time we fund students, not systems! Leading advocate ...

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This week, Jimmy Sengenberger speaks with Wyoming U.S. Senator John Barrasso about President Biden's nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management, environmental activist Tracy Stone Manning.  Biden has done this despite her history of diddling with eco-terrorism in the 1980s and lying about it.  Sen. Barrasso also offers reflections on the life and legacy of former WY Sen. Mike Enzi, who passed away this week at age 77.

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This week, host Jimmy Sengenberger goes in-depth with updates on the popular uprising in Cuba from Mailyn Salabarria, who escaped communist Cuba in 2001.  Mailyn offers insights on the real drivers of Cuban protests against the their government (hint: it's not COVID-19), what the situation is like in Cuba now, the brutality of the communist regime, and much more.

Plus, Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed the White House is wor...

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On this week's podcast, Jimmy Sengenberger speaks with former Sen. Rick Santorum in-person at the Western Conservative Summit about the importancce of the filibuster to our republican form of government. Plus, we talk with Dr. James Lindsay, PhD., author of Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody, at the Leadership Program of the Rockies Retreat.  Plus...

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On today's podcast, Jimmy Sengenberger speaks with Charles Murray about his new book, "Facing Reality," talks in-person with Antifa expert Andy Ngo, and discusses Frederick Douglass's profound speech, "What to the slave is the 4th of July?"

In Episode 1 of the Jimmy at the Crossroads Podcast, host Jimmy Sengenberger speaks with Charles Murray, political scientist and Hayek Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, abou...

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America's future is at stake, and our young people are the key to preserving Liberty. This all depends on winning the Long Game. Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (@ScottWalker), now the president of the Young America's Foundation, joins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to explain YAF's new plan to do just that - called The Long Game.

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Should U.S. presidents ACTUALLY aspire to be "Great?" Amity Shlaes (@AmityShlaes), board chair of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, joins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to explore the dangers and pitfalls of presidents who do aspire to be "Great."

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From his weak tone to his soft policies, Joe Biden is off to a bad start with China. Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang), author and Gatestone Institute Senior Fellow, rejoins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to discuss how things are going so far on many China-related topics.

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The House of Mouse has gone woke. So have Apple and Amazon. How did so many corporations get this way - to the point where Woke Capitalists seem to have taken over? Stephen R. Soukup (@thepolforum), author of the new book "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business," joins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to discuss!

 

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Let's be real: The 1619 Project put out by The New York Times is, as Peter Wood puts it, "factually sloppy." Peter - who is president of the National Association of Scholars - joins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to discuss his new book, "1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project," the phony scholarship of the 1619 Project, and the danger of letting its curriculum into our schools.

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Schools across America are still taking far too long to reopen - and it's harming kids. Corey DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey), Director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation and adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute, rejoins Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) to break down what the data show about COVID-19 transmission in schools, the importance of getting kids back in the classroom NOW, and how the pandemic underscores the need to "...

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Higher ed costs keep skyrocketing. Host Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) and many others contend that this is driven by the massive availability of student loans and grants. John Tamny (@JohnTamny), editor of RealClearMarkets and Director of the FreedomWorks Center for Economic Freedom, disagrees. In today's episode, they hash it out!

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Student loan forgiveness IS a bad idea. But while many Republicans argue that we should oppose cancellation because it's "unfair," that's not really a strong argument. Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) explains why and breaks down how we got into this student loan crisis (it's government's fault!), why student loan forgiveness will actually making things worse, and what can be done instead of "debt cancellation."

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Donald Trump may no longer be president, but what kind of legacy did he leave behind? Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) is joined by David L. Bahnsen (@DavidBahnsen) - managing partner of The Bahnsen Group and a National Review Institute Trustee - to explore the Trump presidency, his policy achievements, and how, in the end, Trump's personality got in the way of his own success.

The discussion stems from Bahnsen's National Review Ja...

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Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) continues his interviews with the SIX new Millennial Republicans joining Congress (including 3 women). Congresswoman-elect Kat Cammack (@Kat_Cammack), just-elected for Florida's 3rd district, joins the show to discuss how Republicans can make inroads with Millennials and Gen Z, making history in Congress, key issues of the day, and more!

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Syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette (@RubenNavarretteJr) returns to talk with Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) about why Joe Biden is not "The One" to fix America's race problems, his focus on a diverse cabinet, why Trump made inroads with the black and Hispanic communities, and more.

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Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) is joined by Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) - co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, adviser at FreedomWorks, and a member of President Trump's economic recovery task force - to shatter bad stimulus ideas, discuss what Congress should really be considering, and honor the late Dr. Walter E. Williams. Jimmy closes the show by commemorating Dr. Williams, the legendary free market economist w...

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Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) is rejoined by Fahad Nazer (@KSAEmbassySpox), official spokesperson for the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington, D.C. They discuss the virtual G-20 Summit, at which Saudi Arabia served as President for the first time ever; the current state of U.S.-Saudi relations; and where our countries' relationship - and concerns over issues like Iran - may go if Joe Biden in fact becomes President of the United...

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Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) sits down for the first in a series of interviews with the SIX new Millennial Republicans joining Congress (including 3 women). Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert (@LaurenBoebert), just-elected for Colorado's 3rd district, joins the show to discuss her passions for the U.S. Constitution, gun rights, reopening American businesses and schools, the state of politics today, and more!

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Was the 2020 election process *legitimate*? Jimmy Sengenberger (@SengCenter) is joined by Wayne Williams, former Secretary of State of Colorado - the 3rd state to switch to statewide vote-by-mail, in 2013 - to extensively discuss three key questions that must be answered. These questions are posed by Jimmy and Suzanne Taheri, former Deputy Secretary of State for Colorado, in a new op-ed for The Washington Examiner.

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