Episodes

  • How to Tackle an Affordable-Housing Crisis  

    How to Tackle an Affordable-Housing Crisis  
    Sep 9 2025
    President Donald Trump is considering declaring a national housing emergency to deal with high home costs, but what can the federal government actually do, and will it make a difference? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson about cutting regulatory burdens, increasing tax incentives, expanding financing for unconventional homes, and the great opportunity that rests in transferring some federal land for housing development. They also discuss the politics of housing--an issue that, like crime, transcends demographics and voting groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Donald Trump's Anti-Crime Spree

    Donald Trump's Anti-Crime Spree
    Sep 2 2025
    Donald Trump’s decision to send the National Guard into Washington, D.C. to tackle crime is provoking backlash from Democrats across the nation. But Republicans are leaning in on law and order, seeing it as political winner in next year's midterms. Will the president now escalate, and send troops to other cities? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Jason Riley about why Democrats are losing the argument on policing, and what politicians get right and wrong about the reasons behind spikes in crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Trey Gowdy on Advocating for Crime Victims and the Danger of ‘Progressive Prosecutors’

    Trey Gowdy on Advocating for Crime Victims and the Danger of ‘Progressive Prosecutors’
    Aug 26 2025
    Trey Gowdy is known as a former congressman and a Fox News television host, but he remains a prosecutor at heart and has now poured that experience into his newly released first novel, "The Color of Death." On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel and Gowdy discuss the real work "good" prosecutors do, the emotional toll it can take, and the worrisome trend of prosecutors focusing more on politics than on justice for victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Making Congress Great Again

    Making Congress Great Again
    Aug 19 2025
    Public approval of Congress remains low, as Americans no longer think the polarized institution is even capable of performing basic functions. But does the gridlock really all come down to partisanship? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with the Bipartisan Policy Center's J.D. Rackey about the congressional rules, procedures and trends that get in the way of action, and some of the more innovative reforms and ideas for making Congress work again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • The Gerrymandering Wars Heat Up

    The Gerrymandering Wars Heat Up
    Aug 12 2025
    A battle of restricting in Texas has created a national firestorm, with Lone Star State Democrats fleeing to other states, and governors from California to New York getting in on the fight. But what is gerrymandering, how did it start, and what does it mean for Donald Trump’s second term? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with legal scholar and former member of the Federal Election Commission Hans von Spakovsky about how race, politics, and Supreme Court rulings all collide in gerrymandering cases, and why so-called “independent” commissions are nothing like they say they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Resetting the Climate Debate

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Resetting the Climate Debate
    Aug 5 2025
    The Department of Energy's new climate report is making waves, offering a fresh look at the alarmist claims pushed by special-interest groups and prior administrations. The report's five scientists lay out data showing that while climate change is real, it isn't the threat suggested by media or the climate lobby. On this episode of All Things, Energy Secretary Chris Wright takes Kim Strassel through the findings, including the upsides of warming, the minimal economic effects of climate change, the limits of U.S. policy actions and the lack of evidence that climate is related to the frequency or intensity of extreme weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • The Political Origins of the Russia 'Collusion' Hoax

    The Political Origins of the Russia 'Collusion' Hoax
    Jul 29 2025
    Recently declassified documents by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are illuminating the political origins of the infamous Russia “collusion” hoax that began with the 2016 election. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel and investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger take a deep dive into the new material. Just how far did the Barack Obama administration go to manipulate intelligence to spin the collusion narrative? What were the consequences for the first Donald Trump administration, and for public faith in institutions? And what else might be released? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • Are Republicans Capable of Cutting Spending?

    Are Republicans Capable of Cutting Spending?
    Jul 22 2025
    Donald Trump scored a victory with the passage of his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill,” and lawmakers recently approved a rescissions package that cuts $9 billion in spending. Yet Republicans remain far from their campaign promises to rein in the Joe Biden-era spending spree. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks to one of the Senate's fiscal conservatives, Florida's Rick Scott, about the prospects for more reconciliation or rescission bills that cut government largesse, whether Senate Democrats will join to pass slimmer GOP appropriations bills (or provoke a government shutdown) as the September 30 funding deadline looms, and the criticisms surrounding Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins