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Tony Katz discusses CNN’s downfall from a credible news source to laughing stock including the trending #CNNBlackmail. We also discuss North Korea and why Generation Z may just be conservative.Tony is a radio host, author, and political and cultural commentator. He hosts the popular Tony Katz and the Morning News on WIBC in Indianapolis which is listened to across the country. He also hosted The Tony Katz Show on KFTK in St. Louis. Tony’s been featured at TownHall.com, ChristianPost.com, The Daily Caller and is a Ricochet Contributor.  He has also been seen on FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, and radio stations around the country.Tony can be heard live at Tony Katz Radio and on Twitter and Facebook.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In:  Little Green Bag, George Baker Selection. Out: Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac Cover), Coty Hogue.  

Hyperion Knight is a pianist with a romantic touch whose recordings range from Beethoven and Chopin to Ragtime and Queen. in addition to regular appearances with orchestras across the United States, he has been a headline performer at Manhattan’s Rainbow Room and Entertainer of the Year for Silversea Cruises. He is a Gershwin enthusiast, whose performance of “Rhapsody In Blue,” along with works by Cole Porter and Andrew Lloyd Webber, was recently featured in the Public Television special Hyperion Plays Piano. Hyperion was born in Berkeley, California, graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory at age 19, and by the age of 22 had received both a Master’s degree and a Doctoral degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He then studied at the Juilliard School in New York, where he now resides. The American Record Guide said of his performance, “Not since Heifetz has anyone played Gershwin solos with this much panache…the songs glitter like jewels against black satin.” In this episode of Whiskey Politics, Hyperion discusses his upcoming speaking engagement subject at Freedom Fest 2017 on Free Markets and the Arts.Hyperion can be found at HyperionKnight.com where you can hear his recordings and see his upcoming schedule.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In:  Little Green Bag, George Baker Selection. Out: Gershwin Concerto Movement #3 with the Santa Fe Symphony, Hyperion Knight.

On this special 50th episode of Whiskey Politics, we are honored to welcome Peter Robinson, Speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. Among hundreds of other speeches, Peter is now celebrating the 30th anniversary of the history-making Brandenburg Gate speech where against advice from the White House, State Department, and Germans, President Reagan called on General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” We discuss this pivotal moment in history, the relationships with Margaret Thatcher and Milton Friedman and his upcoming Ricochet and Uncommon Knowledge interview with Pat Sajak at the Reagan Library. Peter Robinson graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and went on to study politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University, graduating in 1982. Peter then spent his next six years in the Reagan White House, first for a year as chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush and then special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan.Now, Peter Robinson, who, co-founded Ricochet.com,  is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics and hosts Hoover’s video series program, Uncommon Knowledge.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Brandenburg Gate Speech, Peter Robinson, Ronald Reagan & Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: Rendezvous with Destiny, Ronald Reagan 

Rusty Humphries currently hosts The Rusty Humphries Rebellion and is ranked the 6th most listened to talk radio host in the USA. As a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, Rusty was been named one of America's 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts eight years in a row and was nominated as Talk Personality Of The Year.His new book, 7 Ways to Win Political Debates with your Liberal Family and Friends, and Still Keep Them as Family and Friends is now available for pre-order at RustyLive.com.https://www.rustylive.com/Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: American Pravda, Project Veritas and Little Green Bag, George Baker Selection – Out: Lies, Violent Femmes

John Hinderaker joins us to discuss how Democrats are partially to blame for the Virginia shooting at Republican congressional members; with the zero proof of collusion with Russia, Mueller's "investigation of nothing" is appearing more political by the day; Sharia law in Minnesota and John's think tank Center of the American Experiment's video on Millennials who are unable to move out from their parents homes. John Hinderacker is a nationally recognized lawyer and is now President of Center of the American Experiment, a think tank headquartered in Minnesota. He founded the website Power Line in 2002 and has appeared as a commentator on NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and CNBC and is a frequent guest and guest host on national radio programs. John is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. John writes daily at Power line, which is mandatory reading for conservative readers. Power line gained notoriety for its role in covering the Killian documents story that aired during the 2004 Presidential campaign where CBS’s Dan Rather and 60 Minutes reported they had documents relating to President George W. Bush's term of service in the Texas Air National Guard, which kept him out of the Vietnam war. Turned out those documents were fake, Powerline advanced the story and Dan Rather was subsequently fired from CBS.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker Selection  - Out: Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, Wierd Al Yankovic

Dave finds out why FreedomFest is the most exciting, star-filled adventure in Vegas and founder Mark Skousen details why everyone who is interested in prosperity, health and freedom should go. Whiskey Politics will be reporting on the ground from the conference as we interview dozens of big names like Steve Forbes and William Shatner. Held July 19-22, a special $100 discount code #FS2017 is available online at FreedomFest.com.Dr. Mark Skousen is an Author, Lecturer, and was an economic analyst for the CIA, a columnist for Forbes magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC's Kudlow & Company and has also appeared on C-SPAN and Fox News. Skousen has lectured on economics and finance at Columbia Business School, Barnard College at Columbia University, Mercy College in New York and Rollins College. Grantham University renamed it's online School of Business "The Mark Skousen School of Business." He has been named a "Presidential Fellow" at Chapman University and currently teaches at Chapman University.Skousen served as president of the free-market nonprofit Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)Dr. Skousen now oversees FreedomFest, a conference that has grown to attract thousands of people each year, and focuses on issues of geopolitics and domestic politics, global economics, investing and personal finance, free markets and entrepreneurship, health and healthcare, education, arts and literature, science and technology, history, and philosophy. FreedomFest also houses the Anthem Film Festival, the world's only libertarian film festival, directed by Jo Ann Skousen.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: I’m Free, Soup Dragons

On May 1st, 1960, 1,300 miles into Soviet Airspace an American U-2 spy plane was flying at 70,000 feet, supposedly out of range of Soviet missiles.  But the CIA’s U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Gary’s Father, felt the thump of an exploding Soviet missile and was shot down over Russia. After being tried for espionage he served nearly 2 years in a Soviet prison suddenly becoming a key figure in the Cold War’s most infamous spy case that ultimately ended up with a prisoner exchange with the KGB spy Soviet Colonel Rudolph Abel. 57 years later books, documentaries, and movies are still being written including Steven Spielberg's 2016’s Academy Award winning Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks where Gary was a consultant and played a CIA agent. In 1996 Gary Powers Jr. founded the Cold War Museum outside Washington D.C. and lectures across the globe on the U-2 Incident, the need to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War veterans. Gary has written for the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the National War College and appears regularly on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and A&E. Look for Francis Gary Powers Jr. upcoming book Letters From a Soviet Prison. For information on getting an advance copy of his new book or speaking inquiries contact Gary at GPowersJR@ColdWar.org or GaryPowers.com.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: Russians, Sting

Steven Hayward joins us at Whiskey Politics to discuss Trump, Russia, the media's double standard, North Korea, U.C. Berkeley, Single Payer healthcare in California, the election in England, and of course, James Bond.Steven F. Hayward is currently senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, and a visiting lecturer at Boalt Hall Law School. He was previously the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy, and was the inaugural visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2013-14. From 2002 to 2012 he was the F.K Weyerhaeuser Fellow in Law and Economics at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, and has been senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco since 1991. He writes frequently for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Claremont Review of Books, and other publications. The author of six books including a two-volume chronicle of Reagan and his times entitled The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964-1980, and The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counter-Revolution, 1980-1989, and the Almanac of Environmental Trends. His latest book, Patriotism is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments That Redefined American Conservatism, was published in February. He frequently guest-hosts Bill Bennett's national morning radio show, and writes an occasional online column for Forbes entitled "The Sinews of Politics." He writes daily on Powerlineblog.com, one of the nation's most read political websites.Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: Live And Let Die, Paul McCartney and Wings 

First a quick update on the last episode with Megan Barth (ReaganBabe) who discussed rampant election voter fraud and the illegal alien tax scheme using ITIN. The episode got overwhelming feedback across the country and Megan just informed us the state of Nevada is now under federal investigation based on the evidence she presented and she's likely to soon testify in front of the Election Integrity Commission/Panel in DC. If you didn’t hear her interview, check it out WhiskeyPolitics.net, or subscribe to WhiskeyPolitics on iTunes, Stitcher and GooglePlay and Megan's site ReaganBabe.com. With the recent political news, on this week's Whiskey Politics we take time for a drink, breath and exhale while focusing on what’s really important… friends, family, and laughter. We welcome back David Deeble who talks with us about his comedy, travels, (and we do get a little political about the Republican health care plan). David also shares how he reinvented himself after a tragedy that impacted his career and life. A lesson that shows how the fire inside can propel us forward when facing monumental challenges. You have seen David on the Tonight Show, The Late Show with James Cordon, America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, CBS This Morning and also appears regularly at The Comedy & Magic Club and emcees the Magic Castle. Please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: The Fire Inside, Bob Segar

Megan Barth joins us at Whiskey Politics to discuss her investigations with rampant voter fraud and a massive illegal alien tax scheme. Megan is the founder and proprietor of ReaganBabe.com. She’s a nationally recognized political commentator, a weekly co-host for WAR-The Wayne Allyn Root Show and you’ve seen her on Headline News, CNN, NewsMax TV, weekly on 360Daily.net, One America News Network, The Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler, America Trends with Dr. Gina, The Blaze Radio, Lars Larson, Bill Cunningham, and has regular weekly appearances on a variety of nationally syndicated radio shows. Her op-eds have been published in Canada Free Press, The Hill, and the Daily Caller. You can follow Megan at ReaganBabe.com.

Daniel Greenfield, a frequent contributor to FrontPageMag.com and Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center runs the best-named blog on the internet: SultanKnish where his articles and investigative pieces have been cited by Rush Limbaugh, John Podhoretz, and Michelle Malkin, to name a few. In today's Whiskey Politics Podcast we discuss the Left's nostalgia for Communism, America's new civil war, culture, education, the GOP budget, Democrats treatment of Israel, the Iran Deal and much more. In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: Right Here, Right Now, Jesus Jones

Best-selling author, columnist and former Breitbart Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro joins Whiskey Politics to discuss President Trump, Conservatism, his strong feelings about Steve Bannon, the Iran Deal,  the Antifa threats against campus free speech and answers some Ricochet Member questions. You can find Ben's columns at The Daily Wire, musings on Facebook and his #1 ranked conservative podcast on iTunes & Soundcloud. Special thanks to the Reagan Foundation for hosting.Also, please subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating would be appreciated!In: Little Green Bag, George Baker SelectionOut: Gimme Some Truth, John Lennon

National Review's John Fund is also on the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board and a frequent Fox News Contributor. John discusses his thoughts on the White House shakeup with Steve Bannon. Jared Kushner and KT McFarland. We also discuss the future of SCOTUS and the evidence of voter fraud in 2016.

Michael Walsh, Author of THE DEVIL'S PLEASURE PALACE joins us at Whiskey Politics to discuss Russia, Trump, and 'the Deep State'. You have read Michael’s pieces in Time Magazine, SF Examiner, PJ Media, The National Review, NPR and the NY Post. Follow Michael on Twitter @DKahaneRules.

Dave Carter joins the Whiskey Politics Podcast after one of the most news-heavy weeks in recent memory where we had a breaking story seemingly every 3 hours. We decided to focus on 2 issues: Syria and the Supreme Court and Dave shares his perspective on both, as only he can.Dave Carter is a household name for Ricochet.com members, but for those who have not had the pleasure of reading or hearing Daves work you're in for a treat. Dave’s a cross country truck driver, a Veteran & Security Forces member and Senior Historian authoring over 40 volumes of Air Force histories. In the US Air Force Dave was deployed throughout Asia, Europe & the Middle East accompanying aircrews on combat missions. He’s a former private detective, a radio show host and a Contributor for Ricochet, The Federalist, and Conservative Review. Dave's new podcast "Radio Deplorable" can be found at Ricochet.com.