The Atlas Society Asks

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 251st episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews author, filmmaker, business executive, and retired National Champion gymnast, Jennifer Sey. Listen as the duo explore Sey's journey from elite gymnastics to corporate leadership and outspoken activism, exposing abuse in gymnastics (Chalked Up, Athlete A), fighting COVID lockdowns (Levi’s Unbuttoned), and her latest work on women’s sports.

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski Wednesday for a special webinar exploring academic freedom and how the government uses federal/state funding to exert control over higher education.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 249th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks about his book Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer, in which he tells the inside story of how Anheuser-Busch suddenly became enamored with stakeholder capitalism, DEI and ESG.

Join Atlas Society International Strategy Director Isidora Kolar for the 248th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Stephen R. Soukup about his book "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business," exploring the Left’s long march through American Institutions, culminating in its capture of Big Business, and a strategy to prevent corporate America from becoming an economically powerful extension of the “woke” college campus.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 247th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she sits down with author and health policy scholar Sally Pipes to talk about her latest book "The World's Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy--and How to Keep it," which details how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation and argues how efforts by Democrats and Republicans to impose price controls on prescription drugs will have disastrous consequences.

In preparation for the release of The Atlas Society’s newest publication, "The Pocket Guide to Free Trade," later this year, we invite you to join Atlas Society Founder and Senior Scholar David Kelley, Ph.D., and Senior Fellow Rob Tracinski for a discussion about how trade is a vital necessity of prosperity and essential to economic freedom, and why barriers to international trade are mostly arbitrary and destructive.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 245th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews Joshua Mitchell, professor of political theory at Georgetown University, about his book "American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time," which explores how America’s founding ideal of civic engagement is being eroded by identity politics, social media-induced bipolarity, cultural addition to convenience–and how these challenges can be overcome.

Join Atlas Soceity CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 244th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she sits down with investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain to talk about his book "The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future," which reveals the extraordinary intrusiveness and power of the tech surveillance giants and the chilling implications for all our futures.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 243rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she sits down with author, political historian, attorney, and politician Christopher Cox to discuss his new book, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn. The book explores Wilson’s opposition to racial equality and women’s suffrage, highlighting his role in segregating the federal government, resisting the 19th Amendment, and ultimately attempting to preserve Jim Crow restrictions even as women secured the right to vote.

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholars Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., and Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a special webinar discussing the "Capitalist Peace" thesis, where the duo will examine the claim that capitalist societies tend towards peace while authoritarian ones tend towards it, pulling from historical examples and data.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 241st episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she speaks with Gregg Hill, Co-Founder and General Partner of Parkway VC, about his entrepreneurial journey, his views on the future of AI and robotics, and how investment will contribute to developing these emerging technologies.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 239th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews David T. Beito, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, about his latest book, "The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance," which unveils a very different portrait of FDR than the standard orthodoxy found in today’s historical studies.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 238th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews returning guest Brendan O'Neill about his new book "After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation."

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 237th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, about the complex dynamics of societal change, including how historical institutions and modern pressures have shaped the role of Islam in the Middle East.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 236th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, with returning guest and author Kara Dansky to discuss her latest book, "The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls."

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 235th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she sits down with BasedPolitics' Hannah Cox to discuss Elon Musk and the red pill gang who constantly sound the alarm over declining birth rates. Listen as the duo answer the question of if this phenomena is really the calamity that those on the right make it out to be?

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D., alongside Senior Fellow Antonella Marty for the 233rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which they explore populism: what it is, why it gains followers, and how it can appear in collectivist movements on both sides of the political spectrum. The duo also discuss Antonella Marty's latest publication How to Spot a Populist: Understanding the Appeal and Dangers of Demagoguery. View Full Transcript Episode Trans

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 232nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews journalist, rural policy expert, and award-winning writer Brian Reisinger about his new book "Land Rich, Cash Poor" and the story of the disappearing American farmer.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 231st episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews returning guest, Dr. Naomi Wolf about her latest book, The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer’s Crimes Against Humanity.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 230th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Anthony Pompliano about his book "How To Live An Extraordinary Life," a compilation of 65 letters drawing on his experience as a soldier, entrepreneur, investor, and founder & CEO of Professional Capital Management, to share the lessons he’s learned along the way.