Podcasts
Conservative podcast episodes from The Daily Signal featuring expert analysis, interviews, and commentary on the issues that matter most.
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Why Liberalism Failed, and What Is Already Succeeding It
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Don’t miss politics editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with professor Patrick Deneen by turning on YouTube notifications for the premiere at 6:30 a.m. EST on Sept. 4. Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen’s book, “Why Liberalism Failed,” was not a project undertaken to explain the…Bradley Devlin -
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Unhinged Washington Protesters Show Why Democrats Are Losing Ground
While Washington, D.C., residents are enjoying feeling safe on the streets of their community once again, angry middle-class suburban protesters want the National Guard to leave the crime-ridden city. When Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the National Guard troops at Union Station this week, protesters used their First Amendment rights…Elise McCue -
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The Communist Who Invented Modern Conservatism
You may not have ever heard the name of a man who was among the most profound intellectuals of the modern conservative movement in America. Frank S. Meyer was the man who came up with the idea of fusionism, an alliance between traditionalists and libertarians that underpinned the anti-communist bloc that composed the American Right…Bradley Devlin -
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Was It Always This Easy to Clean Up Washington, DC?
President Donald Trump cracked down on crime in the nation’s capital this week. On Monday, he declared a state of emergency in Washington through an executive order, temporarily placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. He also deployed more than 800 National Guard troops, resulting in over 100 arrests so far. Trump’s move has…Elise McCue -
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The Disease Slowly Killing Our Schools
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Don’t miss politics editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Dr. Matthew Spalding by turning on YouTube notifications for the premiere at 6:30 a.m. EST on Aug. 14, 2025. Should I even send my kids back to school at all? Parents at every level are…Bradley Devlin -
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‘What Gives Trump the Right …?’
Can the president really temporarily federalize the Washington, D.C., police force in an effort to reduce the rampant crime occurring in the city? Is that actually legal? President Donald Trump has sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and hundreds of National Guard troops into Washington to “pursue and arrest every violent criminal in the district…Joe Thomas -
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When Online Dating Gives You a Wild Story and Your Friend a Husband!
Dating is hard, and a bit complex in the modern era. There’s a reason so many women love Hallmark movies where the guy sees a girl struggling to carry her groceries to her car and rushes to help her, only to strike up a conversation that ends with an invitation to get dinner later that…Virginia Allen -
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ICE Director Blames ‘Radical Left’ Politicians for 800% Spike in Attacks on Agency
This article is a preview of Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons on “The Signal Sitdown.” Watch the full episode on YouTube by clicking on the video above. Two months ago, violent riots broke out in America’s second-largest city after immigration enforcement officers served legal warrants, signed…Bradley Devlin -
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Chemical Abortions, Sex Education: March for Life President Addresses Future of Pro-Life Movement
There has been a significant shift in the fight to protect the unborn since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Now, the March for Life is holding state-based marches across the country and continues to work to shift the…Virginia Allen -
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The Man Who Laid the Groundwork for the Rise of Trump and the Death of the Media
It’s Andrew Breitbart’s world, we’re all just living in it. Tragically, Breitbart himself is not. He died suddenly on March 1, 2012, at just 43 years of age. In his life, Breitbart was always a pioneer, pushing media and politics to the edges of the map only to open a completely new frontier. There’s something…Bradley Devlin -
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Virginia GOP Faces Tough Forecast for November: One GOP Leader Weighs In
With August about to begin, longtime Virginia election watchers say that this is when “it gets real.” And with Virginia being only one of two states in the country holding elections for governor and control of its House of Delegates, national attention is beginning to focus on the commonwealth. The Washington Examiner just published election…Joe Thomas -
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ELITES CAUGHT: Obama Intel Questions, Colbert Canceled, and Coldplay Concert-CEO Fallout
We’re witnessing what happens when the mask slips and untouchable elites are exposed. From the bombshell declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard showing that President Barack Obama’s intel community had no evidence of Trump-Russian collusion in the 2016 election, to the kiss-cam seen ‘round the world catching Astronomer CEO and his…Elise McCue -
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Democrats Could Shut Down the Government to Stop Trump
On Tuesday, The Daily Signal was the first to report that the White House would be sending another rescissions package—the same mechanism that President Donald Trump and Republicans just used to defund NPR and PBS—to Capitol Hill that focuses on education. With the Sept. 30 government funding deadline fast approaching, Democrats are threatening a government…Bradley Devlin -
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Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Epstein Case?
After weeks of right-wing infighting, President Donald Trump on Thursday evening ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case in which the deceased mysterious billionaire was accused of sexually abusing scores of underage girls. The president’s post on Truth Social carried a begrudging tone: …Bradley Devlin -
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Threatened at Boston Marathon: New Mom Takes Stand for Women’s Sports, Common Sense
Running in the Boston Marathon was a longtime dream for Natalie Daniels, and doing it six months’ postpartum, she says, felt like a way to celebrate the beauty and power of the female body. That’s why Daniels says she was troubled to learn that the Boston Marathon was now allowing men who identify as women…Virginia Allen -
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Steve Scalise: Inside the Final Push to Pass Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
It was an incredibly hectic and high-stakes 48 hours as House leadership cobbled together the votes to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to President Donald Trump’s desk. Few, if any, are better positioned to discuss what happened in those pivotal moments than House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. He joined “The Signal Sitdown” to…Bradley Devlin -
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Families Are Ditching ‘Digital Fentanyl’ for Smartphone-Free Living
Smartphones are “digital fentanyl,” says Clare Morell, author of “The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones.” Studies show that a child’s phone or tablet usage directly affects his or her brain development and “hinders their ability to self-regulate their own emotions, to develop self-control, and impulse control,” Morell says. …Virginia Allen -
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Will He or Won’t He? Virginia’s Youngkin Eyes 2028 as Speculation Swirls
When the outgoing Republican governor of Virginia carries a 54% approval rating from a blue-ish/purple state and gets speaking invitations from Iowa and South Carolina (two of the first three presidential primary states in 2028), the questions start flying. To be fair, the questions have been flying before, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin has become very…Joe Thomas -
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Will Zohran Mamdani Become the Democrat Party’s Trump?
Americans’ trust in the corporate media has cratered. And with good reason: After decades of deception and distortion—considering its uncritical coverage of the wars in the Middle East, its peddling of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, its inconsistent reporting on COVID-19, its selective ignorance during the 2020 election, and its efforts to conceal President Joe Biden’s cognitive…Bradley Devlin -
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The Conservateur’s Jayme Franklin on Trump’s ‘Hot’ America
Jayme Franklin was a young college student at the University of California at Berkeley in 2016 and chose to support Donald Trump for president. Following Trump’s election, Franklin quickly became aware of a lack of representation among young conservative women. Women’s magazines, such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan, peddled leftist talking points and promoted narratives in opposition…Virginia Allen