Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth is American Moment’s official podcast featuring prominent politicians, thinkers, journalists, and researchers on the American Right. Every show features a high-profile guest, speaking with our co-hosts Saurabh and Nick for over an hour about their background, ideas they are championing, and how to make political change. The signature in-depth nature of the podcast episodes — delving into deep policy topics from geopolitics to trade to immigration, Moment of Truth has become an indispensable part of DC staffers' weekly digest. Enjoy the full backlog of podcasts, with over 100 hours of interviews with leaders of various political and public policy organizations, including Heritage's Kevin Roberts, Hillsdale's Dr. Larry P. Arnn, EPPC's Ryan T. Anderson, and more. Watch all 50+ hours of Season 1 of Moment of Truth, with guests including Michael Anton, Saagar Enjeti, Rachel Bovard, Blake Masters, JD Vance, Helen Andrews, Jeff Sessions, and Amanda Milius! Season 2 is now finished, and includes another 50+ hours of insightful content, with guests including Yoram Hazony, Dr. Scott Atlas, Wokal Distance, and Rep. Ken Buck. Interested in the executive branch? Learn more with former Trump administration officials, representing agencies from the Office of Presidential Personnel to the EPA to the State Department. Other major guests include Rep. Dan Bishop, Mark Meadows (Former Chief of Staff to President Trump), Raheem Kassam, Erin Hawley, Steve Bannon, and many more. Stay tuned for an exciting new season! Moment of Truth only continues to grow —it has been cited on national television, in America’s biggest newspapers, used by donors to make giving decisions, launched thinkers into prominence, and so much more. The podcast serves an extremely important purpose for American Moment’s network: it gets them on the same page every Monday morning. American Moment is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit that seeks to identify, educate, and credential the young Americans who will implement public policy that supports strong families, a sovereign nation, and prosperity for all. Learn more by visiting AmericanMoment.org. Moment of Truth is hosted by Saurabh Sharma, President of American Moment, and Nick Solheim, Chief Operations Officer of American Moment. Email the show at podcast@americanmoment.org. Moment of Truth is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington, DC. It is produced and edited by Jared Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

December 4, 2023 67 mins

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Ed Corrigan, President & CEO of the Conservative Partnership Institute, to discuss how "the swamp" really works, how monied interests control and corrupt members of congress, what is was like working on the Trump 2016 transition team, why the swamp fears Trump, success of the Freedom Caucus, Speaker Mike Johnson, and how CPI is changing conservative culture in Wash...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Andy Roth, President of the State Freedom Caucus Network, to discuss rampant corruption amongst various state legislatures, why South Carolina is the most liberal Red State in the Union, and how the house freedom caucus model can combat government corruption at the state level.


#AndyRoth #CPI #FreedomCaucus #HouseFreedomCaucus #StateFreedomCaucus


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh & Nick sit down with Kara Frederick, Director of the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation, to discuss why a former Fed and Facebook employee is speaking out against Big Tech totalitarianism, the scope of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter (now X) control over our lives,  TikTok's ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and the rewiring of young minds through ha...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Alexa Walker, Director of Coalitions at The Heritage Foundation, to discuss the state of the conservative movement, why we've lost so many battles, where we went wrong, what must be improved upon, and how to bridge the ideological and generational divides to produce a winning conservative coalition.


#heritage #government #usa #conservative #politics #govt #congress #wa...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Dan Caldwell, U.S. Marine (Ret.) and Vice President at Center for Renewing America, to discuss the war in Ukraine, Israel, increased conflict potential against Iran and China, the latest Biden Aid package, and Senator Tommy Tuberville's courageous hold on woke military promotions.


#DanCaldwell #CenterforRenewingAmerica #Israel #Ukraine #Tuberville #Hold #MilitaryPromot...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Nate Fischer, Founder & CEO of New Founding, to discuss why the conservative movement fails to conserve its most cherished values, why we need a true positivist vision to counter the progressive left, why venture investing can turn vision into reality, and how disruptive technology will unseat the left's stronghold over American society.


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Katy Faust, Founder & President of Them Before Us, to discuss all things family and children including marriage, divorce, parenting, surrogacy, adoption, foster care, and how to raise conservative kids in a woke city.


#KatyFaust #Marriage #Family #Kids #Parenting #RaisingConservativeKids #ThemBeforeUs #AmericaFirst


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Saagar Enjeti, Host of Breaking Points & The Realignment Podcast, to discuss the Israel-Palestine War, US Foreign policy in Ukraine, Russia, and Iran, and why neo-conservatism belongs in the dust bin of history, why John Fetterman is a schlub, and what real men's fashion looks like in the city.


#SaagarEnjeti #BreakingPoints #WorldWarIII #Israel #Gaza #Ukraine #R...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Dr. Benjamin Merkle, President and Senior Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, to discuss the state of Christian higher education, why college admissions counselors lie, the reality about college degrees and job prospects, and why a college degree may not matter as much as you think.


#education #college #degree #jobs #usa #economy #essay


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of "Overrun, How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History," to discuss the escalating crisis at the southern border, the massive illegal immigrant colony in Texas, what immigrants really think and how they decide to come to America or stay home, and what...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Douglas Wilson, Senior Minister at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and author of numerous books including "Mere Christendom" & "Rules for Reformers," to discuss effective principles for saving American society, the impact of church building in small towns, how Christians should respond to political challenges, and the future of the parallel economy.


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO and Founder of RedBalloon.work, to discuss the red vs. blue state economic moment, how venture capital has changed the way we think about business, where you can find non-woke jobs, and the rise of the parallel economy.


#AndrewCrapuchettes #RedBalloon #Freedom #Work #America #Economy #Jobs


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September 11, 2023 72 mins

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with David Goldman, Deputy Editor of Asia Times and Washington Fellow at the Claremont Institute's DC Center for the American Way of Life, to discuss everything China, including economics, trade deficits, growth and innovation, wars and rumors of wars, Taiwan, minerals, AI, hypersonic missiles, and what the future holds for US and China relations.


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September 4, 2023 66 mins

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick and Saurabh sit down with Emmet Penney, Editor-in-Chief of Grid Brief and Host of the Nuclear Barbarians podcast, to discuss the state of the United States Electric Grid, the various energy sources it depends on, difficulties in load balancing with renewable sources like wind and solar, why nuclear energy is much safer and more reliable than people think, and why time is running out to ...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Jon Schweppe, Director of Policy at the American Principles Project, to discuss the nefarious dominance of pornography on the human psyche, how its spread has given rise to sexual perversion, confusion, and gender dysphoria nationwide, and what is being done to expose and combat the big porn industry. Hint: Good policy makes a difference!


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Isaiah Taylor, Founder of Valar Atomics and longtime software engineer, to discuss the future of nuclear energy, why misperception and over regulation hinders nuclear energy production, the China threat with AI and robotics, and how cheap and efficient energy is key to the robotics revolution and global power politics.


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with FBI Whistleblower Steve Friend, Fellow on Domestic Intelligence and Security Services at the Center for Renewing America, author of "True Blue," and FBI Special Agent turned whistleblower, to unveil the FBI's questionable investigations of capitol protestors, how these tactics are not new and date back to the FBI's origins, and what must be done to fix the FBI.

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Jason Richwine, Resident Scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies, to discuss the impact migration has on America's economy, politics, and culture, his career in the conservative movement, Con Inc.'s troubling history of acquiescing to leftist cancel culture, and his current "come back" moment.


#JasonRichwine #Migration #Immigration


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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Mark Meador, Partner at Kressin Meador and former Deputy Chief Counsel to Senator Mike Lee, to discuss the terrifying consolidation of economic power amongst Big Tech firms, how consolidation impacts not only our economy but also our society and politics, revelations from the newly released merger guidelines and how conservatives can use antitrust law to bring balance ...

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In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down before a live audience with Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, 18th United States Trade Representative during the Trump Administration and former Deputy Trade Representative during the Reagan Administration, to discuss his new book "No Trade is Free," the economic and security consequences of trade deficits, pros and cons of tariffs, his negotiations with China, and w...

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