Episode 104 opens with a sharp look at how a small Nantucket church politicized a unifying civic tradition by canceling its annual July 4th reading of the Declaration of Independence to “reflect on our own whiteness” — a move that turned a quiet island ritual into a coast‑to‑coast argument over patriotism, race, and who gets to define America at 250 years. From there, the hosts pivot to a conversation with Craig Shirley — the New York Times bestselling presidential historian and definitive Ronald Reagan biographer, whose body of work spans Reagan’s campaigns and legacy as well as WWII histories including the bestsellers December 1941 and April 1945.

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Our second hour opens with an interview with Dr. Ranier Zitelmann, author of New Space Capitalism: The Entrepreneurial Path to the Stars. A German historian and sociologist, Zitelmann is an internationally published author whose work dissects entrepreneurship, wealth creation, and the private‑sector forces propelling humanity into space. From the future of innovation, we pivot to the pulse of American politics with attorney, political analyst, and veteran commentator Carol Platt Liebau. Carol is known for her crisp, accessible takes on policy, culture, and national trends, and she serves as president of the Yankee Institute, advocating for government transparency and free‑market principles.

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Our second hour opens with Pete Najarian, co‑founder of Market Rebellion. Najarian delivers the kind of clarity Wall Street rarely offers: direct, unvarnished, and grounded in real‑world experience. He cuts through volatility, opportunity, and the psychological traps driving today’s markets. No jargon. No mystique. Just a straight look at what’s moving, why it’s moving, and what everyday investors keep getting wrong. From the financial trenches, we shift to the workplace battlefield with Dr. Lois P. Frankel, bestselling author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office. Her work is a cultural touchstone for women navigating professional power structures. She doesn’t tiptoe around the habits, expectations, and biases that still shape workplace dynamics. She names them, dissects them, and gives listeners tools to challenge them. It’s part coaching session, part cultural critique, part wake‑up call — delivered with the wit and authority that made her book a global phenomenon.

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