The American Mind Podcast

This land is your land; this land is...Greenland? Following the recent arrest and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump has halted shipments of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, raising new speculations about efforts to acquire Greenland and solidify US control in the region. Meanwhile, Renée Good, egged by her wife to obstruct ICE officers in Minneapolis, was fatally shot while accelerating a vehicle toward an agent. To unravel the new “Donroe” Doctrine and twisted LARPing of progressive and Antifa activists, Kyle Shideler of the Center for Security Policy joins the hosts to throw light on recent events.
Recommended:
The Callous and Cynical Politics That Led to Renee Good’s Death
Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars
Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win
The Regulars Are Coming!
Thou Shalt Kill, by Anna Geifman


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Nicolás Maduro is in U.S. custody, pleading not guilty to federal drug and weapons charges. What does his capture mean for Venezuela, American foreign policy, and the global order? And how does this moment connect to the domestic fight over America’s administrative state? Josh Treviño of AFPI unpacks the geopolitical aftermath of Maduro’s arrest, and R.J. Pestritto of Hillsdale College discusses his latest publication about the rise of America’s unelected bureaucracy: Government by the Unelected: How It Happened, and How It Might Be Tamed.


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This week, hosts Ryan and Spencer sit down as the year closes out to share their Christmas plans and recommendations: music, theater, food, drink, and more! Stay tuned in the new year!
Recommendations:
Adventures in Old English: The History and Meaning of Advent
“Christmas Traditions,” by the CRB editors
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition
The PDT Cocktail Book


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Australia has suffered its deadliest mass shooting in decades, allegedly perpetrated by father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, on the first night of Hannukah. Meanwhile in Germany, (yet another) planned attack at a Christmas market was foiled. This week, Spencer and Mike discuss problems that have finally gotten too overwhelming for even the BBC and the New York Times to ignore, from mass migration to the DEI crusade against young white men. Plus: Christmas recommendations!
Recommendations:
The Lost Generation, by Jacob Savage
Why “The Lost Generation” is a Lost Opportunity, by Jeremy Carl
The Christmas of the Quarter-Century


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Under the nose of the Tim Walz regime, hundreds of millions of Minnesotan tax dollars have been defrauded by an array of shell organizations sending money overseas, in some cases to terrorist groups. That the ringleaders are primarily of Somali descent makes progressives uncomfortable and help’s Trump’s case against mass migration. This week, the guys discuss COVID-era abuses of welfare, consider immigration’s rolling effect on national security, and consider Trump’s handling of the economy amidst a potential affordability crisis. Plus: more cultural recommendations!
Recommended:
The Real Clash of Civilizations, by Nathan Pinkoski
Leo Strauss and American Foreign Policy, by Thomas G. West
Democracy and the Bush Doctrine, by Charles R. Kesler
House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski


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