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We have a deep belief in people and promote ideas of human flourishing. Top Priority is a collection of interactive, learning-oriented conversations on how the Stand Together Community engages with and advocates for solutions through the lens of our Community Vision: We transform society by breaking the internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential, enabling all people to improve their lives and find fulfillment by helping others do the same. The Stand Tog ...
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Welcome to Top Priority, the podcast where we discuss the most pressing issues facing our nation today. In this episode, our host Duane Lester sits down with Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow on Fiscal Policy with Americans for Prosperity Foundation, to talk about one of the most critical issues of our time: inflation. Inflation is a topic that affects …
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Show: 045 Top Priority Podcast | Book: Get Out of Control Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Neil Chilson, Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Innovation at Stand Together Neil Chilson, the senior research fellow for technology and innovation at Stand Together, launched his book, Getting Out of…
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Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Here are the other episodes in the series: A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4e27f20 A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price - https://share…
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Show: 044 Top Priority Podcast | AFPF v. Bonta Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Casey Mattox, Vice President, Legal and Judicial Strategy at Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Senior Fellow, Free Speech and Peace at Charles Koch Institute Today’s top priority is free expression. Specifically, …
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Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Here are the other episodes in the series: A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4e27f20 A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price - https://share…
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Show: 043 Top Priority Podcast | Protests and Riots Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: David Voorman, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Today’s top priority is free expression. Specifically, we’re talking about the difference between protests and riots, and some troubling …
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Show: 042 Top Priority | Housing Regulations with Jason Sorens Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Jason Sorens, Director for the Center for Ethics in Society Today’s top priority is Economic Opportunity, specifically housing regulations. Our guest today is Jason Sorens. He’s the Director for the C…
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Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for AmericansBy Americans for Prosperity
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The world is watching as the Taliban retakes Afghanistan. In America, opinions on who is to blame and what should have been done are being shared everywhere. In this Insight to Action, I talk with John Byrnes and Russ Duerstine, both with Concerned Veterans for America. They explain why this all happened, the reality of the situation in Afghanistan…
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Show: 041 Top Priority | Drug Policy in a Society of Mutual Benefit Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Brianna Nuhfer, Director of Criminal Justice at Stand Together, Jeremiah Mosteller, Senior Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity Foundation What should we do about the use of drugs in a free…
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We hear the warnings that leaving will create a vacuum, a vacuum that will be filled with enemies of America who will use their new power to plan and execute plots against the United States. The only way to prevent that from happening, we’re told, is to prevent our enemies from having a safe haven. But is this true? I’m Duane Lester and in this epi…
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Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for AmericansBy Americans for Prosperity
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Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for AmericansBy Americans for Prosperity
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You hear a lot of chatter about Medicare for All, but what exactly do proponents of that plan want? What is the plan? Are we looking at just expanding the current program, or is this something entirely new? In this Insight to Action, Charlie Katabi, Americans for Prosperity’s Health Policy Analyst, explains not only what this would look like, but h…
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There are new stories of Veterans Administration cooking the books. Instead of taking care of veterans who need health care, the VA seems to once again be covering up long wait times and possible refusals to allow vets to get care in the community. In this Insight to Action, Darin Selnick and John Byrnes of Concerned Veterans for America, explain w…
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In this Top Priority, we explore the topic of second chance hiring, meaning the hiring of ex-cons. Jeremiah Mosteller joins the podcast again and explains why hiring ex-cons has benefits not just for the employee, but for the employer and society as a whole. Our Vision: We break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. Th…
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Right now in the United States Congress, there is a bill that will implement price controls on prescription drugs. While some might think this sounds like a good idea, history has shown the disastrous consequences of price controls. In this Insight to Action, Dean Clancy, Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Health Care Policy Fellow, and Geoff Holtzm…
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It's possible you've never heard of a Certificate of Need. It's a policy so awful, even the Federal Government repealed it. Yet many states still enforce it and the negative consequences of it impact access to quality health care across America. In this episode, Charlie Katabi, Health Policy Analyst with Americans for Prosperity, and Jason Edson, t…
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Advocates of civil asset forfeiture claim it is a powerful weapon in the failed war on drugs. But is it? In this Insight to Action, we talk with Dr. Brian Kelly about the conclusions of his study, “Does Forfeiture Work?” Also joining the podcast is Jeremiah Mosteller, the Senior Policy Analyst, Criminal Justice Reform for Americans for Prosperity a…
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Show: 034 Top Priority | Understanding Stakeholder Capitalism Date Recorded: March 10, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Bill Easley, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Neil Chilson, Charles Koch Institute Today’s top priority is technology and innovation. Specifically, we’re going to be t…
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How will the Protecting the Right to Organize Act impact independent contractors and members of the gig economy like Uber drivers? How will it change the lives of folks paying their bills by delivering meals for DoorDash? What are businesses who rely on independent contractors supposed to do if they are forced to hire people they can’t afford? In t…
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On March 1st, Americans for Prosperity New Mexico hosted a press conference moderated by the ACLU and featuring the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. The press conference was to urge support for HB4, which would bar the use in state courts of the qualified immunity defense. HB4 became law in New Mexico on April 7th. How did this ideologically…
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Melony Armstrong just wanted to braid hair. The state of Mississippi tried to stop her. This is her story of fighting one barrier after another for more than ten years. Stand Together Community Vision We break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. This moves our society toward one of mutual benefit, where people succee…
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With the entrance of a new administration, how have the goals of the Foreign Policy priority initiative adjusted? What is the goal now that the Biden Administration is in the White House? I’m Duane Lester and in this Insight to Action, I talk with Julianna Heerschap from Americans for Prosperity’s Policy Department and John Byrnes and Russ Duerstin…
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The Americans for Prosperity team in New Hampshire worked to decriminalize marijuana in the Granite State. How did the Stand Together Vision guide them to that action? How does decriminalization break barriers? Deputy State Director Ross Connelly explains what happened and the principles that guided their actions.…
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Show Notes & Timestamps Do we have a spending problem or a taxing problem? [2:00] Where is the biggest problem with spending? [3:07] Outside of the biggest problem, what is something else we should know about where spending is concerned? [6:37] Isn’t this just money we owe ourselves? [7:38] What is the Stand Together Vision for federal spending? [1…
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Show: 035 Top Priority Podcast | No-Knock Raids Date Recorded: January 14, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Guests: Jeremiah Mosteller, Senior Policy Analyst of Criminal Justice Reform, Americans for Prosperity Show Notes & Timestamps What exactly is a no-knock raid? min [5:01] What does the …
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Show Notes & Timestamps The debt is more than 100% of our GDP. Why is that important? [2:49] What is driving the debt? [3:56] Isn’t this just money we owe ourselves? What’s the big deal? [6:00] Is there a threat of China calling in debt we owe them? [8:07] The Stand Together Vision: We break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their …
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Show: Stories From California - Kira Davis Explains the Impact of AB5 Date Recorded: March 5, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Education and Training Guests: Kira Davis, Independent Writer, Podcaster, and Film-makerBy Americans for Prosperity
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Show: 033 Top Priority Podcast | "Reclaiming the American Dream" with Evan Feinberg Date Recorded: February 18, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Evan Feinberg, Executive Director at Stand Together Foundation Additional Links: Reclaiming the American Dream…
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