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4 days ago

How Cartel Mega-Tunnels Move Hundreds of Millions in Narcotics Into America | Sara Carter

🏆Sponsor: FreedomProject Academy enrollment open now! 10% discount on tuition w/code: EPOCH10 Click here: https://ept.ms/ATL—FPE U.S. federal investigators recently discovered a sophisticated tunnel 55 feet underground between Mexico and California—among the largest ever found—with electricity, a rail system, ventilation, reinforced walls, and a complex hydraulic lift system. White House “drug czar” Sara Carter estimated that it was used to transport narcotics worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This is just one of the over 200 tunnels of varying sizes and sophistication that have been discovered in the last four decades, with many more likely still undetected, she said. As Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Carter is fighting to end the narcotic epidemic killing Americans, seize cartel finances, and make a drug-free life the new norm in America. Deaths from illicit narcotics in America have been rising for decades and reached an all-time high in 2022, with 112,000 Americans dying in a single year. Since the Trump administration took office, that number has dropped to about 68,000 for the 12-month period ending in November 2025. But Americans of all ages are still dying. In this episode, Carter breaks down the complex pipelines that are driving this epidemic and how the Trump administration has been going on the offensive to attack both the supply and demand sides of this crisis. How exactly do illicit narcotics and precursor chemicals make their way into the United States? How have America’s enemies weaponized these deadly drugs? And how can we begin to comprehend the truly devastating human cost—the many young lives that were abruptly cut short and the families left behind? Carter revealed that she always thinks to herself, “This could be my child.” On the evening of our interview, she told us she would be heading to meet an Angel family who recently lost their son, a recent law graduate, to a line of fentanyl-laced cocaine. “His parents had all the hopes in the world for him. … He went to a party after law school in Miami and made a huge mistake. He did a line of cocaine that had fentanyl in it, seized, had a heart attack, and died in an instant in the party,” she says. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

4 days ago

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49 min
6 days ago

Why Women Can’t Find Good Husbands | Timothy Goeglein

“We are definitively, with no debate, in a demographic winter in the history of the United States of America. We have never had a lower marriage rate, and we’ve never had a lower fertility rate,” says Timothy Goeglein, vice president of External and Government Relations at Focus on the Family. Goeglein is the author of multiple books, including most recently “What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family.” In our interview, we explore how America ended up where it is today. Why are millions of prime-age men neither working nor seeking a job? Why do women find it so hard to find a good partner? What is the antidote to America’s high rates of suicide, drug overdose, pornography addiction, and family dysfunction? “The biggest single challenge facing America in its 250th year … is a spiritual crisis of a pretty substantial order,” Goeglein said. He believes we are witnessing in America “the practical ramifications of destroying an objective moral code … of saying you can’t really define good and evil.” Luckily, this is not the whole story. In this interview, Goeglein explains the signs of hope he sees and what he calls “a quiet Renaissance.” Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

6 days ago

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43 min
1 day ago

First Step on Peace; $300 Billion Iran Plan

The first stage of a peace deal with Iran has now been signed. The memorandum of understanding will see the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately, while the full deal is set for signing on Friday. As things stand, there are still many points of debate, including Israel’s position in the deal, and an alleged plan for Gulf states to spend $300 billion on reconstruction in Iran. We’ll discuss these topics and others in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

1 day ago

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1 hr
6 June

How Constitutional Liberties Moved Into Hidden Algorithms | Jacob Siegel

🏆Sponsor: FreedomProject Academy enrollment open now! 10% discount on tuition w/code: EPOCH10 Click here: https://ept.ms/ATL—FPE There are few people who understand the machinery behind modern disinformation and censorship better than Jacob Siegel. He’s a special features editor at Tablet Magazine and author of the new book “The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control.” In this episode, we trace the origins of modern information control, from President Woodrow Wilson’s propaganda office during World War I and President Barack Obama’s “whole-of-society” framework, to the policing of information during the COVID-19 pandemic. He breaks down how government agencies, major tech platforms, and large nonprofits can work together behind the scenes to control who gets to speak and who does not, and what ideas are expressed and which are obscured. “If you can control the information, you can control the society,” Siegel said. And the digital age makes this possible to a degree never reached before, he added. So, how has this transformed our society and our liberties? “The principles of the constitutional order, the principles of the liberal nation state have begun to be profoundly eroded by this new kind of information-based political regime,” Siegel said. “Those rights are relocated into the digital code, so the question of who can speak, who can express their ideas, is no longer clearly defined and delimited by these print-era documents. Now it becomes a question of who controls the digital code.” According to Siegel, the transition to the digital era has resulted in a vast “sweeping away of previously existing local organizations [and] civic organizations.” And more recently, we have been witnessing, whether we are aware of it or not, what he calls the “vast acceleration of the erasure of core remnants of civil society.” So how do we navigate this new digital arena, especially with the rise of artificial intelligence? Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

6 June

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1hr 25min
11 June

Irish Riots Spread Against Mass Migration

Riots are spreading across Northern Ireland after a Sudanese migrant was videotaped allegedly stabbing and trying to behead a local resident. Large groups of men dressed in black responded with a wave of arson. We’ll discuss this topic and others in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

11 June

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1hr 5min
5 days ago

Scientists Discover 3rd Circulation System in Humans That Could Bridge Eastern, Western Medicines

Scientists have made a new scientific breakthrough in the study of the human body. Researchers in the United States have discovered something amazing: a third circulatory system within the human body. Alongside the previously known cardiovascular and lymphatic systems, this interstitium system (as it’s being called) appears to allow the different organs of the human body to pass things along to one another. Which in-and-of-itself is an amazing discovery, but it’s made even more exciting by the fact that this newly discovered system maps very well onto the model of the human body that’s been used in traditional Eastern medicine for thousands of years (in practices like acupuncture, for instance). Meaning, this discovery might very well be the missing link between Western and Eastern medicine. Let's go through the details together.

5 days ago

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12 min
5 June

What the End of the Orban Era Means for Hungary and Its Constitution | Marton Sulyok

Hungary is undergoing a major transformation with the election of a new prime minister. After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party was swept from office in a historic landslide election in April and with an equally historic turnout of almost 80 percent. The new Tisza party, led by Peter Magyar, won the largest super-majority in Hungary’s post-communist history with a platform focused on anti-corruption and national renewal. They’ve promised major changes to Hungary’s constitution, known as the Fundamental Law. So what does this election mean for Hungary and how might the new leadership reorient its relationship with America, the European Union, Russia, and China? Orban was known for his pro-family and pro-tradition domestic policies, while at the same time cultivating close ties with Russia and communist China and distancing himself from the EU. Joining us today to break all this down is Hungarian constitutional law scholar Marton Sulyok, a visiting researcher at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Sulyok is, notably, also the son of Hungary’s current President, Tamas Sulyok. Magyar has demanded the resignation of Sulyok and other Orban allies. It remains to be seen whether they will be forced out by constitutional amendment or other means. Despite his family ties, the younger Sulyok has remained strikingly detached. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

5 June

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58 min
2 days ago

Women Share About Being Tricked and Bullied Into Taking Abortion Pills

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2 days ago

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22 min
2 days ago

A Strange Email, a Five Eyes Warning, and the New Front Line of Chinese Espionage

It started with a strange email: an unsolicited invitation for host Terri Wu to become a "senior geopolitical analyst" for a shadowy "defense advisory trust"—confidential, decoupled from her reporting, and sent from a personal Gmail. Then came the Five Eyes "Safeguarding Our Secrets" bulletin, warning that foreign intelligence services court exactly the people who get pitches like that: journalists, academics, clearance holders, and military personnel. In this episode, Terri brings the puzzle to two veterans of the China file — former State, Defense, and CIA officer Nicholas Eftimiades and former State Department diplomat Jim Lewis — to map the CCP's "whole-of-society" playbook: the recent agent prosecutions (Thomas Pauken, Eileen Wang, Linda Sun), the overseas police stations, the quiet pivot to state and local politics, and why Beijing is betting it can simply wait Washington out. The message is blunt: whether or not that email traces back to anyone in particular, you're already on the front line—and there's plenty you can do about it. Our last year's episode with Nick is here: “How China Spies in America: The Whole-of-Society Model Operation.” Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. — Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com. Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch

2 days ago

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35 min
30 May

One Key Fact About America’s Founding That Isn’t Taught Anymore | Eric Metaxas

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, New York Times bestselling author and talk show host Eric Metaxas is publishing his latest book, a 600-page volume titled “Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World.” In the book, he argues that the American Revolution is the “only genuine revolution in the history of so-called revolutions.” So what separated the American Revolution from other revolutions? What made it succeed? And what critical aspects of the American Revolution are no longer being taught in schools today? Metaxas argues that America is currently facing its third existential crisis, after the American Revolution and the Civil War, and understanding the core principles behind America’s founding story is critical to preserving the liberties of this nation. In the interview, we confront some key questions: How is the erosion of spiritual faith transforming American society? How does self-government work without the “moral and religious people” that John Adams described as a prerequisite for self-government? What is the proper role of a good citizen? Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

30 May

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50 min

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