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This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with tech policy expert Joel Thayer to dissect Big Tech's power, past abuses, and the path forward under the Trump administration.

They revisit landmark censorship moments—like the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, Parler's deplatforming, and Trump's ban from major platforms—and warn against forgetting these violations of free expression. Thayer highlights conservative an...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Michael Green to unpack his viral Substack essay "My Life Is A Lie," which exposes the harsh economic realities facing American families today. 

Green dismantles the official poverty line (~$32k for a family of four), revealing how skyrocketing costs—especially childcare, housing, and healthcare—combined with a brutal, hidden benefits cliff creates a "valley of death" betwee...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Russ Greene to unpack his viral American Mind article, "Total Boomer Luxury Communism." He reveals how massive wealth transfers via Social Security, Medicare, and property taxbreaks favor affluent seniors (the richest cohort globally) at the expense of younger workers. 

Topics include program generosity to high earners (e.g., golf and horseback riding covered by Medicare Adv...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick Solheim kicks off Season 6 with Kevin O'Reilly to unpack Right to Repair and its massive national security implications.

Kevin explains how manufacturers lock out owners from parts, tools, and software—hitting farmers, consumers, and crucially, the U.S. military. They discuss real battlefield risks, obscene contractor profits, the recent unsuccessful NDAA push, and why empowering military tech...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick welcomes back Joshua Steinman, former Trump NSC cyber/telecom director and Galvanick CEO, for an optimistic deep dive into America's trajectory. Steinman shares his Navy origins, Iraq tours, and authoring the white paper that birthed the Defense Innovation Unit. If you’re in need of some Christmas cheer, Joshua delivers hopeful white pills on winning and riding out the waves that are a part of any...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Nate Morris, the avowed America First entrepreneur running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky to replace Mitch McConnell.

Nate tells the story of how he went from his blue-collar roots in a single-parent home to founding Rubicon Technologies, a $700M waste management powerhouse, even as he watched career politicians sell his people out to NAFTA. Nate discusses the friendship with JD Va...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick is joined again by Dan Caldwell, who has a big announcement for fans of American Moment.

Dan opens up about his tumultuous year marked by personal trials, including a cancer diagnosis, and shares how God has guided him through it. The duo then dives deep into President Trump's groundbreaking 2025 National Security Strategy and its decisive break from 30 years of failed primacy. Finally, America...

This week on Moment of Truth, the "Maeven of the Senate" Rachel Bovard returns to explain the gritty details behind the effort to remove the filibuster restriction in the U.S. Senate.

Rachel shares the rich history of Senate procedure, how it has changed (and who changed it!), as well as lays out the pros and cons of changing it now at President Trump's request. She also offers some dramatic alternatives that Senate leadership c...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick is joined by his old friend and mentor, Minnesota Republican State Rep. Max Rymer to explain why the once-proud North Star State has spiraled into crime, fraud, and cultural collapse. From turning an $18 billion surplus into a $6 billion deficit, to becoming the welfare magnet for mass Somali resettlement, to the George Floyd riots that hollowed out Minneapolis and left it a ghost town, Max pulls ...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick is joined by Ian Fletcher, Senior Economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America.

Ian demolish the sacrosanct state of free trade and explain why America must embrace tariffs, strategic industrial policy, and government-supported technology development if we want to reclaim good jobs and reassert our global competitiveness. Ian also explains why decades of neoliberal dogma have hollowed ou...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick continues to investigate pro-family housing innovation, this time with guest Bobby Fijan, founder of The American Housing Company.

Bobby's passion is building row homes and apartments that offer a "baby, maybe" appeal, allowing young urbanite couples to start families without worrying about having to move in order to accommodate their new needs.

Together, Nick and Bobby walk through the appe...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick is joined by Brad Hargreaves, a Fellow at The Manhattan Institute and founder of Thesis Driven. Together they rage over Brad's essay about America’s dog obsession and the negative impact it has had on family formation.

Brad explains how cities architect for pets instead of kids as luxury dog spas replace playgrounds and emotional support Yorkies invade grocery stores. And all the while, the cos...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick welcomes Morgan Murphy, Trump admin veteran and U.S. Senate candidate for Alabama. Murphy recounts his wild journey from New York Post reporter and Southern Living food critic to Navy officer in Afghanistan, Pentagon press secretary, and eventually landing as national security advisor to Senator Tuberville (AKA "Coach!").

He gives the inside-baseball on Senator Tuberville's heroic stand against...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Jeremy Tate, founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Jeremy makes the case that standardized tests form what schools teach, and what schools teach form the next generation. The U.S.’s students deserve better than the SAT and ACT. They need a test that encourages teachers to connect them with the classical learning traditions.

Join Nick and Jeremy as they dive into t...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Tom Sauer, founder & CEO of Miramar Health—a veteran-focused rehab center in California. Tom shares how from an early age, the impact of mental illness and addiction touch his life through his father's struggles and, once he had returned from serving his country in the Marines and in the Navy, he felt the pull to step in. Thousands of veterans are being failed by the VA system a...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Luke Niforatos, Vice President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), to unpack why "pot is bad" as well as the dangers of wider drug legalization.

Modern marijuana is far more addictive and harmful than the weed of decades past, contributing to mental health crises, violence, and addiction. Luke exposes the dark side of the marijuana industry, from cartel involvement to corrupt...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Nathan Halberstadt from New Founding to dissect the impact of DEI initiatives and H1B visas on American workers. Nate shares how he saw first hand consulting giants like BCG drive major DEI transformations, often staffing diversity offices with non-citizens to meet metrics, while outsourcing jobs to cheaper labor abroad. They also delve into the struggles of young Americans, who fac...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Terry Schilling, President of the American Principles Project, to tackle the rising issue of trans violence in America.

They dive into the mental health crisis fueling this trend and how government policies and a multi-billion-dollar transgender industry have exacerbated the problem. They also discuss the urgent need for legislative action, the role of pornography in shaping dest...

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick is back in the studio and is joined by Dr. Adam Bruggeman, an orthopedic surgeon and addiction specialist. The opioid epidemic has moved out of the spotlight, but the decades of damage remain. Dr. Bruggeman shares his mission to bring hope and healing to people crawling their way back from addiction.

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