Synopsis
In a disjointed and bewildering world, Steve Forbes engages todays thought-leaders to give listeners a better grasp of whats ahead. This weekly podcast launches Season 1 on Sunday, March 17, 2019. Subscribe now.
Episodes
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Spotlight: Here's Why The Courts Might Kill President Trump's Tariffs
16/05/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains how lawsuits against President Trump's tariffs will probably end up in the Supreme Court—and if modern history is instructive, the nation's highest court might end them sooner than anyone thinks.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: The Trump-Engineered India And Pakistan Ceasefire Demonstrates Why The U.S. Must Not Go Isolationist
15/05/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains how the nearly catastrophic escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan—thankfully averted due to a ceasefire engineered by the Trump Administration—demonstrates why the world is safer when the U.S. does not bend toward isolationism.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: President Trump Is Visiting The Mideast—Why Is He Ignoring Israel?
14/05/2025 Duration: 04minAs President Trump visits the Middle East, Steve Forbes urges his administration not to cool relations with Israel, and to green light an assault on all of Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as possible in order to bring about a more stable world.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Here's What The Federal Reserve Must Do To Help Our Vulnerable Economy
06/05/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes offers some much-needed advice to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors to bring some stability to the U.S. economy, including issuing some bonds backed by gold and ditching a lavish revamp of its Washington headquarters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Why President Trump's Second 100 Days Will Define His Presidency
02/05/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains why President Trump's second 100 days will ultimately define his presidency, hinging on how painful the impact of tariffs will be felt, whether Republicans will pass their "one big beautiful bill," and how an increasingly volatile geopolitics will either get better or worse.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: The Dreadful Deal The U.S. Is Pushing On Ukraine Is Dire News For The Free World
25/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration's proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine War would constitute a big win for Vladimir Putin and only make the world more dangerous.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: This Is Why The New U.S. Talks With Iran Are A Very Dangerous Undertaking
22/04/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration needs to remember that the mullahs cannot be trusted as it undertakes new U.S.-Iran nuclear talks—and why if the Iranians actually figure how to get out an upper hand, Israel will ultimately take action to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Medicaid Is The Most Expensive And Inefficient Health Insurance Plan—What Can The GOP Do To Fix It?
17/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes discusses the massive expenses and inefficiencies within Medicaid that are costing the U.S. taxpayer enormously, and advises the GOP to take this generational opportunity to employ some much-needed, but politically difficult, fixes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: This Is Why Trade Deficits And Surpluses Are Meaningless Statistical Data Points Signifying Nothing
15/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains why focusing on trade deficits and surpluses completely ignores the key questions of economic health—and why the focus on that could lead to serious and avoidable economic turbulence.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: How Much Longer Should We Subsidize Drug Prices For Other Countries?
11/04/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes calls out the unfair trade practices that sees U.S. citizens subsidizing the pharmaceutical bills of other countries—and lays out the desperately needed reforms to make things right.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: It's A True Emergency—Our Navy Is Falling Dangerously Behind China's
10/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes warns of China's relentlessly increasing power on the sea, and explains why and how the U.S. must get serious about rapidly ramping up naval shipbuilding.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Will The Tariff Shock Send Us Into Recession Here And Overseas?
08/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes warns that the longer President Trump's tariffs stay in place, the longer will be the recovery time and the probability of a severe economic downturn—and urges the President to offer a 90-day delay to any nation willing to negotiate a deal.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Here's What Must Be Done Now In The Aftermath Of The Tariff Shock
04/04/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes details the most important immediate steps the U.S. must take after President Trump's tariff rollout and the massive aftershock that continues to roil the domestic and global economy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Trump's New Executive Order Will Shake Federal Workforce To Its Core And Enormously Help The Country
03/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes praises a new executive order from President Trump that ends collective bargaining for most federal employees, and urges Congress to pass the Federal Workforce Freedom Act to lock in Trump's action.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Can Senate Republicans Save President Trump's Tax Cuts?
01/04/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes warns that the GOP tax legislation, crucial to bolstering and improving the U.S. economy, is in deep peril—and explains how Senate Republicans can pull it back from the brink.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: President Trump Is Right—We Should Junk The Debt Limit
28/03/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why President Trump is right to say it's time to get rid of the debt limit—and all the political drama and economic turmoil that comes with it—once and for all.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Parents Across The Country Should Be Warned About Illinois's New Education Scheme
26/03/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes warns that Illinois's government has set its sights on homeschooling and unveiled new efforts to regulate and probe the educational decisions of parents—with penalties that could even lead to jail time.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Warning To Trump Administration—Do Not Dismantle Voice Of America
21/03/2025 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration must not end Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America networks and thus surrender the U.S.'s crucial place in the global battle of ideas.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Gold Has Hit $3,000 An Ounce—And The Fed Has No Clue The Trouble This Spells For The Economy
20/03/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why the high price of gold signals higher inflation to come—and warns that the Federal Reserve has no clue how to read these troubling signs.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Why Trump's Goal Of Annexing Canada Would Actually Lead To The Canadian Takeover Of The U.S.
18/03/2025 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why the U.S. "taking over" Canada would effectively lead to the reverse, resulting in the ultimate geopolitical self-own.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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