Roots, Rights and Reason with Lee Smith
America's Future presents: Roots, Rights and Reason with Lee Smith cuts through the noise to reclaim the truth of America’s foundations. Bestselling author and investigative journalist Lee Smith dives deep every week into the ideas that built the United States—natural rights, liberty, the Constitution, and moral order. With top guests and sharp analysis, Lee exposes the forces threatening America’s future and explores how we can stand firm in truth and reason.
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The Roots Rights & Reason Show - America's Future
Episodes
66 episodes
Machiavelli, Trump, and the Realities of American Power
Why are Machiavelli’s ideas still shaping politics, international relations, and American foreign policy nearly 500 years after his death?In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes back political theorist and forme...
The Fight To Reclaim America's Food Supply
In Episode 65 of Roots, Rights & Reason with Lee Smith, Dr. Robert W. Malone joins Lee to discuss how Americans can take greater control of their food, health, and independence. Drawing from Homesteading for Health, the ne...
The Dangerous New Consensus Against Capitalism
Robert Bork Jr. joins Lee to examine a surprising political development: the growing agreement between the left and right that government should exert greater control over America’s private markets. Bork calls this emerging ideology “conservati...
25 Years After 9/11: How America Lost Its Strategic Focus
Twenty-five years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Roots, Rights & Reason host Lee Smith welcomes national security expert J. Michael Waller for a candid examination of the choices America made in the years that followed...
The Muslim Brotherhood's Long Game In America
For decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has pursued influence in America through a strategy designed to operate gradually and often outside public view. In Episode Sixty-Two of Roots, Rights & Reason, host Lee Smith sits down wit...
Why Left-Wing Political Violence Goes Unpunished
Episode Sixty-One of Roots, Rights & Reason with Lee Smith, titled “Why Left-Wing Political Violence Goes Unpunished,” features Scott Wheeler, an investigative journalist, national security expert, and U.S. Army veteran who has spe...
Why Communism Refuses To Die
More than a century after the Bolshevik Revolution, communism continues to attract followers despite its legacy of tyranny, economic devastation and more than 100 million deaths worldwide. In Episode 60 of Roots, Rights & Reason, h...
How Higher Education Turned Against America
How did America’s colleges and universities move from teaching the foundations of Western civilization to promoting ideologies increasingly hostile toward the nation’s history, principles, and institutions?In this episode of Roots, R...
Restoring Faith and Unity in America with Dr. Ben Carson
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, host Lee Smith welcomes Dr. Ben Carson for a timely conversation about faith, religious liberty, education, and the principles that shaped the United States. Dr. Carson explains why Americ...
The Rise and Fall of the California Dream
The Rise and Fall of the California DreamIn this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes Michael Anton, former Director of the U.S. Department of State's Policy Planning Staff, former Deputy Assistant to...
Inside The U.S.-China Trade Deal with Mitch Silk
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, host Lee Smith sits down with Mitch Silk to explore the remarkable path that led him from a teenage job in a Florida restaurant to representing the United States at the highest level...
The AI Race: Why Semiconductor Chips Will Shape The Future
Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every aspect of modern life, but behind every AI breakthrough lies a technology few people fully understand: semiconductor chips. In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith w...
Manufacturing Movements: Inside Political Protest
Featuring Adam Swart, founder of Crowds on Demand and one of the nation’s leading experts on organized demonstrations and advocacy campaigns, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at the mechanics of modern political protest. Drawing on ...
The Scientific Case for Covid's Lab Origin
Featuring physician-scientist Dr. Steven Quay, author of the newly released book The Code as Witness, this episode explores the growing body of scientific evidence surrounding the origins of COVID-19. In conversation with Lee Smith, Dr...
Is Cuba's Communist Regime Finally Collapsing?
Episode Fifty-Two: Is Cuba’s Communist Regime Finally Collapsing? Lee Smith and returning guest J. Michael Waller, Senior Analyst for Strategy at the Center for Security Policy and author of Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went f...
Mass Migration and the Crisis of the West
In Episode Fifty-One of Roots, Rights & Reason, host Lee Smith welcomes political philosopher and writer Nathan Pinkoski for a timely discussion titled Mass Migration and the Crisis of the West. The conversation examines t...
AI in Education
Lee Smith welcomes career educator and philosopher Jake Tawney for a thought-provoking discussion on one of the most consequential issues facing classrooms today: the rise of artificial intelligence in education. In Episode Fifty of Roots, ...
What Happened To Harvard? with Harvey Mansfield
Lee Smith welcomes renowned political philosopher, Harvard professor, and author Harvey Mansfield for a candid conversation about the decline of one of America’s most influential institutions. Drawing from his latest book, Where Harva...
Killed To Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry
In Episode Forty-Eight of Roots, Rights & Reason, host Lee Smith welcomes award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author Jan Jekielek for a sobering discussion about one of the most disturbing h...
No Liberty to Libel: Rethinking Free Speech In America
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes Carson Holloway, Washington Fellow in the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life and author of No Liberty to Libel: The Constitutional Case Agains...
The Classical Roots of Leadership
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes C. L. Max Nikias for a compelling conversation on leadership, resilience, and the enduring wisdom of the classical world. Drawing from the works of Homer and Xenophon, D...
The Western Way of War
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes historian Victor Davis Hanson for a clear and grounded look at what defines the “Western way of war” and how it is shaping modern conflict. Hanson explains that, at its ...
The Multipolar Shift: Who Controls The World Next?
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes returning guest J. Michael Waller for a timely discussion on the concept of multipolarity and its growing influence in global affairs.Smith and Waller examine com...
The Birthright Citizenship Debate
In this episode of Roots, Rights & Reason, Lee Smith welcomes renowned legal scholar Richard A. Epstein for a timely and thought-provoking examination of birthright citizenship and the original meaning of the 14th Amendment. Drawing on deca...
Taxation and Tyranny
Lee Smith welcomes Constitutional Attorney KrisAnne Hall to examine the original constitutional framework of taxation and how far the United States has departed from the Founders’ design. Drawing on founding-era documents and early American his...