At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing our nation today.
Latest episodes
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1 h 07
The Case for Raw Milk, Local Meat, and a Homesteading Revolution in America | Drs. Jill and Robert Malone
Modern industrial agriculture relies on heavy chemical inputs and is built around corporate monopolies, leaving many Americans searching for healthier alternatives, say Drs. Robert…
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45 min
Inside the Amish’s Battle Against Crippling New York Vaccine Fines | Aaron Siri
In 2022, New York fined three private Amish schoolhouses $118,000 in combined fines for allowing unvaccinated children to attend. This came after New York repealed its longstanding…
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1 h 07
Former DIA Chief Reveals China’s Playbook for Stealing American IP, from Tesla to Coca-Cola to F-35s | David S…
From security dossiers and advanced aerospace stealth designs to the mundane technology in your living room, virtually no sector of the American economy has remained untouched by t…
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45 min
Dr. Phil on UFOs, Government Secrecy, and His Search for Proof
What does the U.S. government actually know about UFOs or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), and what aren’t they telling us? Have non-human intelligences visited Earth alrea…
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25 min
Texas Gov. Abbott on Future of Border Security, Data Centers, and Ending Foreign Infiltration
In this episode, I sit down with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. He’s the longest-serving sitting governor, having spent 11 years in office, and is running for reelection this November.Abb…
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37 min
How a Vague Provision of Human Trafficking Law Is Threatening Religious Communities | John Lauro
A 2008 update to the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) is increasingly being used to target religious communities, says attorney John Lauro, and raising red flags…
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58 min
Here’s How Superintelligent AI Could Escape Human Control | Nate Soares
Nate Soares is the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”“One of the c…
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57 min
Peter Navarro: ‘The Biggest Coverup in Medical History’
Six years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still uncovering what was really happening behind closed doors.“What [Dr. Anthony Fauci] says many times privately in his…
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52 min
EXCLUSIVE: AG Blanche on DOJ Strategy to Combat Voter Fraud, Birth Tourism, and Chinese Espionage
In this episode, I sit down with U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to discuss the Department of Justice’s latest work to combat voting and registration fraud, Chinese espionage, w…
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53 min
How a California Bill Lets Sex Offenders Into Women’s Prisons | Amie Ichikawa
It’s been over five years since a California law came into effect that allows biological males to be sent to women’s prisons if they identify as transgender. The law has no require…
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1 h 07
A Mathematical Challenge to Darwinian Evolution | Douglas Axe
Modern biology often presents Darwinian evolution as a settled explanation for the origin and diversity of life.Douglas Axe is chair of molecular biology at Biola University and au…
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1 h 13
How to Identify a Bad Argument | Warren Smith
Modern culture often treats popular consensus and media narratives as settled truth. Warren Smith, author of the new book “A Mind of Your Own: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mi…
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59 min
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan Reveals Next Targets and How Many Missing Immigrant Children Have Been Found
In this episode, I’m sitting down with Tom Homan. A career law enforcement officer, he’s served as a cop, border patrol agent, federal investigator, and acting ICE chief, and worke…
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1 h 20
How Over 700 OpenAI Agents Went Rogue and Hacked Another Company | Daniel Kokotajlo
What happens when AI agents stop acting like isolated tools and begin collaborating to trick the very systems that evaluate them?Daniel Kokotajlo, executive director of the AI Futu…
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1 h 06
Here’s What to Know Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit | Grant Newsham
Ahead of the Trump–Xi summit in Washington this week, I’m sitting down with retired U.S. Marine Colonel Grant Newsham to understand what’s really at stake here, and what each side…
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45 min
How Palau Resists Beijing’s Pressure Campaign in the Pacific | Kambes Kesolei
I recently traveled to the Pacific island nation of Palau, home to one of the deadliest battlefields of World War II. And geography still matters: Today, it’s a security flashpoint…
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50 min
America’s Beef Shortage Explained | Joel Salatin
Centralized agriculture insists that strict federal oversight is essential for food safety and market stability. Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms, argues that a close look…
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44 min
How These Pilots Became a Lifeline for Remote Pacific Islands | Mark Abbott and Brock Welge
In the remote Pacific, emergency medical transport is not a simple call away. Across hundreds of miles of open ocean separating island communities, sudden illness or severe injury…
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37 min
EXCLUSIVE: How a Tiny Nation Is Defying Beijing and Defending Its Sovereignty | President Surangel Whipps Jr.
During World War II, America learned a hard lesson about the strategic importance of the small island nations scattered across the Pacific.Among them is Palau, a nation of 18,000 p…
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1 h 11
The Hidden Costs of a World Without Anything Worth Fighting For | Rusty Reno
Rusty Reno is the editor-in-chief of First Things Magazine and author of “Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West.”In his book, Reno argues tha…