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On April 10, 2025, Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s...

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In partnership with the WashULaw Federalist Society, the Show-Me Institute is pleased to present Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional...

Banning Smartphone Use in Schools with John Ketcham

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with John Ketcham, legal policy fellow and director of cities at the Manhattan Institute, about his Model...

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Charles Fain Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about his recent report titled Doing Less...

What to Do About Empty Desks with Daniel DiSalvo

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In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Daniel DiSalvo, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a professor of...

Homelessness and Housing Policy with Judge Glock

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In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Judge Glock, the Director of Research and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan...

How Unions Choose School Board Candidates with Michael Hartney

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Jan 8, 2024

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Michael Hartney about his new latest report, Students or Salaries? How Unions Choose School Board Candidates....

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert VerBruggen about his latest report Making Metros Family-Friendly: Rankings and Suggestions. Read the full report...

Show-Me Testifies Before Civil Rights Commission on Curriculum Transparency and CRT

Show-Me Testifies Before Civil Rights Commission on Curriculum Transparency and CRT

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Last week I testified before the Missouri Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on the topic...

WATCH: Jason L. Riley on the Life of Thomas Sowell

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On April 19, 2023 the Show-Me Institute hosted Jason L. Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for...

The Urban Doom Loop with Daniel DiSalvo

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Daniel DiSalvo about his new report Big City Pensions and the Urban Doom Loop. Daniel DiSalvo...

A New Economic Playbook with Allison Schrager

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Mar 15, 2023

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Allison Schrager about inflation, the Federal Reserve’s next move in light of panic in the banking...

Education as a Winning Issue in 2022 with Andy Smarick

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about how the 2022 campaign and election cycle...

Now What? The Debt Ceiling Crisis with Brian Riedl

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Brian Riedl about the U.S. hitting the debt ceiling and what happens next. Brian Riedl is...

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