American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times

"They don't know about the ideology. They don't know about the history." A new museum in DC seeks to educate Americans about the deadliest ideology of the 20th century: communism. Tonight, we sit down with founding director Elizabeth Spalding. What is it really like to live in a communist country? And what lessons can we learn from those who chose to resist? 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0709ElizabethSpalding 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50%👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“Communism is premised on the state. And the state is above all. The Party is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … So it means all life is cheap.” Elizabeth Spalding is the founding director of the new Victims of Communism Museum in Washington D.C. It's the first museum in America honoring the over 100 million people killed by communism in the last century as well as the millions more who continue to suffer under communist dictatorships to this day. What is it like to live in a communist country? And what lessons can we learn from those who chose to resist? 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0709ElizabethSpalding 🔴 4th of July Sale: 50% OFF👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“We have policymakers in this city who are compromised because they receive campaign contributions from K Street lobbyists who are hired by the Chinese Communist Party." Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts talks China, education reform, and Roe v. Wade being overturned on ATL’s newest episode 👇 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0707KevinRoberts 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50%👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“I think we have a very simple question: Will this be a century dominated by the US?…Or will it be dominated by the CCP?" Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation, sits down with Jan Jekielek to discuss education reform, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and how the Chinese Communist Party has subverted the American system. “We need to wake up and recognize this threat has been in our backyard—literally—because of our own freedom. … We have to confront this great threat or all of the other policies we're working on could be for naught.” Watch the full American Thought Leaders episode! 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0707KevinRoberts 🔴 4th of July Sale: 50% OFF👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0705Zuby 🔴 50% OFF July 4th Sale👉https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1 "People don't necessarily want to be right. They want to be in the majority." We're facing a "pandemic of cowardice" says Zuby, a rapper, author, fitness coach, and political commentator. We discuss today’s culture wars & how the notion of “truth” has eroded, from gender ideology & identity politics, to COVID disinformation & Roe v. Wade.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0705Zuby 🔴 50% OFF on July 4th Sale👉https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1 “We've always agreed as a society that children, in particular, need special protection. And I see people pushing against that line. … People are saying that 11-year-olds, 10-year-olds, and eight-year-olds can make extremely serious and life-altering, permanent decisions about themselves.” In this episode of American Thought Leaders, we sit down with Zuby, a rapper, author, fitness coach, and political commentator, to discuss our current political moment from transgender athletes in women's sports to drag queen story hour controversies to COVID disinformation to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “We talk too much now in the West about rights and not enough about responsibility… ‘I have a right to do this, I have a right to do that. This is my right. Me, me, me, me, me.’ It's really narcissistic and immature. And people then reject the idea that there's a responsibility that comes with that.”

In this up-close-and-personal interview with Governor Kristi Noem, we discuss her hopes, her regrets, and what she sees as the path forward for America. Governor Noem is the only governor to never lock down any businesses during the COVID pandemic. In her new book, “Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland,” she reflects on her life, her faith, and how she arrived at some of the most difficult decisions of her career. Why did she choose to not lock down any businesses in her state? And where does she actually stand on transgender athletes in women’s sports? 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0702KristiNoem ⭕ Independence Day 50%OFF 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“It was a pretty lonely job for a period of time. … I was getting criticism from other Republicans, from my supporters, from people that had known me my whole life that were calling and saying, Kristi, get in line with these other governors. This is going to be political destruction for you.” South Dakotan governor Kristi Noem is the only governor to never lock down any businesses during the COVID pandemic. In her new book, “Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland,” she reflects on her life, her faith, and how she arrived at some of the most difficult decisions of her career. Why did she choose to not lock down any businesses in her state? And where does she actually stand on transgender athletes in women’s sports? In this up-close-and-personal interview with Governor Noem, we discuss her hopes, her regrets, and what she sees as the path forward for America. 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0702KristiNoem ⭕ Independence Day 50%OFF 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0630SethDillon ⭕ $1 for 2 months 👉https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ "Rationality itself is under attack. It's not just free speech. There are people who have abandoned rationality on purpose and are trying to get you to go along with agreeing with them that 2 and 2 make 5." In this episode, we sit down with Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire website The Babylon Bee.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0630SethDillon ⭕ $1 for 2 months 👉https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “There's no bigger sign of insecurity in your ideas and your values and your positions if you're saying, look, they're off-limits. … You can’t oppose them, and you can't joke about them.” In this episode, we sit down with Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire website The Babylon Bee.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0628PelosoRegoto 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉 https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “The honest truth is that if we were not there, the truth wasn't going to get captured the way that it did." We sit down with Andrew Peloso and Jeremy Regoto, directors of the new docuseries Trucking for Freedom. They take us inside what they witnessed and captured at the frontlines of the Freedom Convoy trucker protests in Canada.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0628PelosoRegoto 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉 https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “You could tell they were fighting for something bigger than just becoming a viral hit overnight or trying to take power. They were fighting for their families. They didn't have a job to go back to so this was their last shot. … They really meant it when they parked on those streets of Ottawa.” We sit down with Andrew Peloso and Jeremy Regoto, directors of the new docuseries Trucking for Freedom. They take us inside what they witnessed and captured at the frontlines of the Freedom Convoy trucker protests in Canada. Chapter One of the series is now streaming on EpochTV and Chapter Two will come out soon.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0628PelosoRegoto 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉 https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “You could tell they were fighting for something bigger than just becoming a viral hit overnight or trying to take power. They were fighting for their families. They didn't have a job to go back to so this was their last shot. … They really meant it when they parked on those streets of Ottawa.” We sit down with Andrew Peloso and Jeremy Regoto, directors of the new docuseries Trucking for Freedom. They take us inside what they witnessed and captured at the frontlines of the Freedom Convoy trucker protests in Canada in 2021. Chapter One of the series is now streaming on EpochTV and Chapter Two will come out soon.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0625DavidStilwell 🔴 Start Your Free Trial (Code: Jan) 👉 https://ept.ms/FreeTrialJan Why is China engaging in dangerous aerial intercepts? What’s fueling the Chinese regime’s “zero-COVID” policy? And how is Beijing weaponizing our media and information systems against us? I sit down with retired brigadier general David Stilwell. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in 2019.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0625DavidStilwell 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉 https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “When we say war, the first thing Dave Stilwell thinks of is my F-16 with bombs, kinetics, killing people and breaking their things. … That's not how the PRC thinks of war.” I sit down with retired brigadier general David Stilwell. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in 2019. Why is #China engaging in dangerous aerial intercepts? What’s fueling the Chinese regime’s “zero-COVID” policy? And how is Beijing weaponizing our media and information systems against us?

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0623JodiShaw 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ "The hired facilitators said any white person who displays discomfort or distress when asked to discuss their race is not actually feeling distress. What they're exhibiting is a power play. And that is white fragility." Today I sit down with Jodi Shaw, who has become an influential figure in the growing movement opposing training based on critical race theory, in academia and beyond. She made waves when she started speaking out in 2019 about the increasing illiberalism she saw at her then-employer and alma mater, Smith College.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0623JodiShaw 🔵 $1 for 2 months 👉https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ "I am asking the court to decide…Are we still interpreting civil rights law in the manner in which it was written, which does include white people?" CRT training is discriminatory and violates civil rights law, says former Smith College employee Jodi Shaw. She made waves when she started speaking out in 2019 about the increasing illiberalism she saw at her then-employer and alma mater, Smith College.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0621SiyamakKhorrami 🔴 Start Your Free Trial (Code: Jan) 👉 https://ept.ms/FreeTrialJan "Sometimes you see people walking into a store with a calculator, calculating & adding up how much they're stealing. If it's below $950…they won't take you to jail." I sit down with Siyamak Khorrami, host of California Insider, to discuss his new documentary California’s Crime Wave, which is now streaming on EpochTV.

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0621SiyamakKhorrami ⭕ $1 for 2 months 👉https://ept.ms/1For2Months-Jan_ “If it's below $950, it's a misdemeanor. … There is no accountability. You can go and steal whatever you want and walk out of the store and do it again the next day.” I sit down with Siyamak Khorrami, host of California Insider, to discuss his new documentary California’s Crime Wave, which is now streaming on EpochTV. What’s causing the sharp rise in crime in California? And why are official statistics grossly inaccurate?

“Law schools have, for many years, been graduating the sorts of people who believe that long-standing legal norms perpetuate oppression and that we are justified in suspending them in order to solve various moral emergencies." Was the Supreme Court draft ruling leak indicative of a broader shift in America’s legal institutions? Today, I sit down with Aaron Sibarium, a writer for the Washington Free Beacon and the former opinion editor of Yale Daily News. He’s been researching how law schools have been impacted by woke ideology. How will this ideological shift impact America’s legal systems long-term? 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0618AaronSibarium 🔵 Father's Day: 50% OFF👉https://ept.ms/FatherDSale-Jan_