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Season 2 - Episode 1: A Conversation about Inflation with Kurt Couchman
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 Couc...
045 Top Priority Podcast | Book: Get Out of Control
Neil Chilson, the senior research fellow for technology and innovation at Stand Together, launched his book, Getting Out of Control: Emergent Leadership in a Complex W...
044 Top Priority Podcast | AFPF vs. Bonta
Today’s top priority is free expression. Specifically, the Supreme Court case AFPF vs. Bonta. Our guest today is Casey Mattox. He’s the Vice President, Legal and Judic...
043 Top Priority Podcast | Protests and Riots
Today’s top priority is free expression. Specifically, we’re talking about the difference between protests and riots, and some troubling legislation being proposed tha...
042 Top Priority Podcast | Housing Regulations with Jason Sorens
Today’s top priority is Economic Opportunity, specifically housing regulations. Our guest today is Jason Sorens. He’s the Director for the Center for Ethics in Society...
041 Top Priority Podcast | **JUST IN TIME** Drug Policy in a Society of Mutual Benefit
What should we do about the use of drugs in a free society? If we apply the principles of equal rights, mutual benefit, openness, and self-actualization, what does the...
040 Top Priority Podcast | Second Chance Hiring Can Help Ex-Cons, Employers, and Society
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 e...
039 Top Priority Podcast | How Certificate of Needs Negatively Impact Your Access to Quality Health Care
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 It's a policy so awful, even the Federal Government repealed it.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 ne...
038 Top Priority Podcast | Government Surveillance - Is Big Brother is Watching You?
Today’s top priority is technology and innovation. Specifically, we’re going to be talking about government surveillance. This podcast was recorded on March 10th, 2021...
037 Top Priority Podcast | Grit: The Melony Armstrong Story
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 ye...
036 Top Priority Podcast | Marijuana Decriminalization in New Hampshire
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?...
035 Top Priority Podcast | No-Knock Raids
What is the Stand Together Community's position on no-knock raids?
034 Top Priority | Understanding Stakeholder Capitalism
What is stakeholder capitalism and how does it relate to the Stand Together Community Vision. Russell Greene, Associate Director, Institution of Business at Stand Toge...
033 Top Priority | "Reclaiming the American Dream" with Evan Feinberg
This is a break from the normal format. In this episode, Evan Feinberg, Executive Director at Stand Together Foundation, talks about one of his favorite books, "Reclai...
032 Top Priority | Does "Big Tech" need its own federal regulator?
"Big Tech" is the target of a lot of people right now, and some are calling for a federal regulator for the industry. Is that needed, or is there enough government rig...
031 Top Priority | Section 230 and The Danger of Silencing of Marginalized Voices
Both sides of the aisle are working to change Section 230, but today's guest says that would harm free speech, especially marginalized voices who have found community ...
030 Top Priority | Regulations
In this podcast, we talk about the role regulations have in keeping people safe and rigging the game. We talk with Clint Woods, recovering regulator and Policy Fellow ...
029 Top Priority | Free Expression
In this installment, we talk about the importance of free expression and how it relates to our vision of a society of mutual benefit. Our guest, Sarah Ruger, leads the...
028 Top Priority | **JUST IN TIME** Facebook, Twitter, And That Hunter Biden Story
The topic of tech decency coming in HOT on Ep028 | Facebook, Twitter, and THAT Hunter Biden Story
027 Top Priority | Civil Asset Forfeiture with Captain Leigh Mattox
Hear the story of a form police captain who used civil asset forfeiture and wants to see it reformed to better protect Americans from their government.
026 Top Priority | Civil Asset Forfeiture & Criminal Justice Reform
What is Civil Asset Forfeiture? Where did it come from? How does it hurt you and enrich the State? And most importantly, what is a viable path to reform? Answer to all...
025 Top Priority | Poverty
In this episode, Evan Feinberg, Executive Director at the Stand Together Foundation, and the Reverend Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. discuss the issue of poverty.
024 Top Priority | Anti-SLAPP in Tech and Innovation
What do you need to know about your personal digital free speech? Learn about anti-SLAPP and what it means for your personally.
023 Top Priority | Mark Holden on Criminal Justice Reform
Mark Holden, Senior Vice President of Stand Together and advocate for Criminal Justice Reform shares his story, why he's passionate about Criminal Justice Reform, and ...
022 Top Priority Podcast | Technophobia
Show: 022 Top Priority Podcast | Technophobia Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Taylor Barkley, Program Officer of ...
021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education
Show: 021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership AcademyGuests: Meredith Olson, Vice Presi...
020 Top Priority Podcast | Post-Secondary Education
Show: 020 Top Priority Podcast | Post-Secondary Education Date Recorded: March 24, 2020Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership AcademyGu...
019 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade and the World Trade Organization
Show: 019 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade and the World Trade OrganizationDate Recorded: January 28, 2020Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots L...
018 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade Priority Initiative
Show: 018 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade Priority Initiative Date Recorded: November 26, 2019 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership ...
017 Top Priority Podcast | Cronyism
Show: 017 Top Priority Podcast | CronyismDate Recorded: January 16, 2020Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Michael L...