Dad Saves America

John Papola
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Proud papa, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and arm-chair philosopher John Papola explores the biggest issues facing our country through the lens of fatherhood, releasing exclusive interviews and deep dives every week. We need to make sure the next generation of Americans is raised to thrive in a free society and be champions of civilization. Dad Saves America has hosted all sorts of experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew, Michael Shellenberger, Bret Weinstein, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Adam Carolla. www.dadsavesamerica.com

  1. 4d ago

    Bond Market Breakdown: Are We Headed for Another Fall Financial Crisis?

    The bond market wobbled this week, and Secretary Bessent is now buying back government debt just to keep long-term interest rates from climbing further. Bond market volatility in the early fall has a bad history of signaling worse to come, from 1929 to 1987 to 2008. The national debt sets a new all time high every day, recently crossing the $40 trillion mark. The U.S. dollar's status as the world's reserve currency has allowed us to kick the can down the road for decades, but interest payments on the national debt are reaching unsustainable levels and now the bond market is starting to push back. Are we at the point of no return or can we still grow our way out of this mess? _____________________________________ See if your SSN is for sale right now. My sponsor Cloaked will tell you for free in 2 seconds here: https://cloaked.com/dadsavesamerica ✅ For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444. to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership *Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. _____________________________________ Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/bond-market-breakdown-are-we-headed?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6DnX00pULd0 Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    Bond Market Breakdown: Are We Headed for Another Fall Financial Crisis?

  2. 6d ago

    The Sexual Revolution “Liberated” Adults. But What About the Kids? - Katy Faust

    I sat down with Katy Faust, founder of Them Before Us and author of “Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City,” to talk about what adults are and aren’t willing to sacrifice for the wellbeing of children. Katy has spent her career defending children’s rights to their own mother and father, touching on adoption, gay marriage, surrogacy, and IVF. We also get into how she raised kids who think for themselves even while attending Seattle public schools and her personal experience with the adoption system. We get into: * Why children are safer with their own married mother and father * What the data actually says about stepparents and abuse * How the sexual revolution reshaped our whole society * Why legalizing gay marriage meant eliminating “mother” and “father” from the law * The truth about IVF and the fertility industry * Why adults’ desires are now put before children’s needs * What Christianity requires of us when defending kids _____________________________________ See if your SSN is for sale right now. My sponsor Cloaked will tell you for free in 2 seconds here: https://cloaked.com/dadsavesamerica ✅ For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 971-571-6444. to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dad - *Paid partnership *Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. _____________________________________ Follow Katy Faust on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Katy_Faust?s=20 Read Katy’s work on Substack: https://katyfaustofficial.substack.com/ Order a copy of “Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City”: https://a.co/d/08FsLwfZ Learn more about Them Before Us: https://thembeforeus.com/ _____________________________________ Outline: [0:00] Raising conservative kids in a woke city [12:06] The needs of children should come first [16:23] Why stepparents are more abusive [27:49] The misplaced empathy for Lindsay Clancy [33:36] The sexual revolution deranged our culture [46:56] Traditional values can work for everyone [51:59] Is gay adoption better than nothing? [1:04:12] Are people born gay? [1:14:01] Legalizing gay marriage had crazy side effects [1:29:07] Does IVF or surrogacy violate the rights of children? [1:44:00] AOC’s egg-freezing stunt and the denial of tradeoffs [1:52:19] Should we just ban it all? [2:04:53] Parenting for future generations _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7ZX38GIbGRA Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    The Sexual Revolution “Liberated” Adults. But What About the Kids? - Katy Faust

  3. Aug 28

    The Lindsay Clancy Trial Has Exposed a Moral Psychosis in America

    The Lindsay Clancy trial has exploded into the latest social media gender war over postpartum mental health, the role of mothers in society, and the nature of moral responsibility. The defense says postpartum psychosis is to blame and that she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible in the deaths of her three children. Now the jury is deciding whether they buy her story. Videos of women excusing Clancy’s actions or promoting conspiracy theories implicating her ex-husband have spread like wildfire on TikTok. Hundreds of women showed up to her trial wearing pink in solidarity and her family has now raised over $1,000,000 on GoFundMe. Meanwhile, Massachusetts lawmakers just legalized abortion up until the moment of birth to great fanfare. Both reflect the same moral drift: a culture that has grown increasingly comfortable letting mothers decide when they are, and aren’t, responsible for the lives of their children. _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4AusNBM64Ls Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    The Lindsay Clancy Trial Has Exposed a Moral Psychosis in America

  4. Aug 27

    How Elite Consensus Botched COVID, Climate, and the Economy - Dr. Steven Koonin

    I sat down with theoretical physicist Dr. Steven Koonin, author of “Unsettled” and former Under Secretary of Energy for Science under President Obama, to discuss what he calls the “consensus trap.” He argues that the 2008 financial crisis, COVID policies, and climate alarmism all followed the same template, and the people who got it wrong faced no accountability while the costs fell on the poor. Institutions built policy on flawed models, manufactured an elite consensus, and punished the scientists who dissented. We get into: * Why Fauci saying “I represent science” was a betrayal of science * How the RCP 8.5 climate scenario was used for propaganda * Working as BP’s chief scientist and inside the Department of Energy * Why the global energy transition hasn’t moved the needle on fossil fuel use * Why wind and solar can’t be the backbone of the electric grid * The real risks of EMP attacks and solar storms * The state of nuclear power and small modular reactors * How AI is reshaping energy reliability, affordability, and emissions _____________________________________ Protect your privacy on the cellular level with Cape at https://cape.co/dadsavesamerica. Use code DADSAVESAMERICA33 at checkout for 33% off your first 6 months. _____________________________________ Order a copy of “Unsettled”: https://a.co/d/0b7F59dt _____________________________________ Outline: [0:00] Can science be “settled”? [12:39] What is a scientific model? [20:25] Human behavior is hard to predict [25:36] Cause and effect in complex systems [28:33] Why are scientists swayed by “consensus”? [33:47] Working in the Obama administration [42:59] Insane climate models were treated as sane [53:41] Fossil fuels and power grids are life-saving [1:03:38] The risk of an EMP attack [1:12:38] AI data centers and energy reliability [1:18:05] “But we need climate action!” [1:26:53] The incentives inside scientific institutions [1:31:56] How the military drives scientific research [1:39:25] Should we worry about the Skynet timeline? [1:51:27] Always check your opinions against real data _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Uq2w-nF9Yrw Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    How Elite Consensus Botched COVID, Climate, and the Economy - Dr. Steven Koonin

  5. Aug 22

    The Jason Arday Scandal Is White Guilt on Steroids

    Last week, Cambridge’s youngest ever black full professor was found dead, days after resigning under investigation for plagiarism and his fabricated life story. Jason Arday claimed to have run 600 miles in six days, couldn't speak until age 11, and still earned a PhD by 30. When the scrutiny finally caught up with him, Amnesty International's response was to call for censorship. Meanwhile, MIT's black enrollment dropped from 13% to just 5% after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action. Racial preferences in admissions have not achieved the supposed goal of closing educational disparities between black and white Americans, but instead have just papered over them. The West has spent decades manufacturing token success stories to manage its own white guilt. Can we finally admit that meritocracy was the right answer all along? _____________________________________ Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/the-jason-arday-scandal-is-white?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zrCls6Mc7L4 Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    The Jason Arday Scandal Is White Guilt on Steroids

  6. Aug 20

    Can the West Survive Its Crisis of Faith? - Os Guinness

    I sat down with Os Guinness, author of “Our Civilizational Moment,” to discuss how the West has become a “cut flower” civilization. Os argues that the slow secularization of the West has left its freedom, virtue, and sense of meaning disconnected from the foundation that sustained them for centuries. We get into: * Growing up in China during WWII and the rise of Mao * Why the West is a “cut flower civilization” * The golden triangle of freedom, virtue, and faith * Why atheism conflicts with free will * Whether Islam can adapt to Western norms * The Hebrew Republic’s overlooked influence on America’s founding * The rise of antisemitism on the left and right * What it will take for the West to come home to its own roots _____________________________________ Order a copy of “Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds”: https://a.co/d/0bdSVQbY Order a copy of “America Agonistes: America’s 250th and the Restoration of a Nation in Conflict with Itself and Its Past”: https://a.co/d/0eL4mAbN _____________________________________ Outline:[0:00] Growing up in China in the 1940s [2:34] Eastern VS Western Civilization [6:53] The roots of the West have been cut [16:14] Freedom, virtue, and faith [27:51] Civility and truth in public discourse [36:59] Can people be equal without faith? [40:19] Christianity is anti-utopian [48:21] Is an Islamic Reformation possible? [59:07] Are there limits to free speech? [1:10:21] The Jewish influence on the Founding Fathers [1:17:35] How can Christians and Jews work together? [1:25:48] Why are Jews so influential in the West? [1:35:53] The elitist-populist divide [1:42:04] The role of entrepreneurship in freedom [1:46:32] Man’s Search for Meaning _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-j-QB93yegU Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    Can the West Survive Its Crisis of Faith? - Os Guinness

  7. Aug 15

    America Feels Like It’s Falling Apart. We Can Still Save It. - 500K Subscriber Special

    Thank you to all 500K+ subscribers to Dad Saves America! This show began in response to the mental health crisis I saw emerging among my son’s peers. Then COVID lockdowns hit and turned my worst-case predictions into reality. Now, socialism is sweeping the Democratic Party and young women are marching in support of Hamas, all while social media continues to poison the minds of our kids. As I like to say, the 1990s were the peak of Western civilization. The Cold War had been won, the economy was relatively stable, and our politics didn’t feel existential. Most importantly, both parties agreed that America was fundamentally good. That consensus is dead. If the next generation no longer believes in the system that built the world they’ll inherit, what comes next? _____________________________________ Ready to give MASA a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to https://www.masachips.com/dad and using code DAD. _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PMpTTQQb3AI Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    America Feels Like It’s Falling Apart. We Can Still Save It. - 500K Subscriber Special

  8. Aug 14

    We Stopped Disciplining Kids. Now They’re Destroying Civilization. - Katharine Birbalsingh

    I sat down with Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress of Michaela Community School and the UK’s most outspoken voice on education, to mark the launch of our new YouTube collaboration, Strictly Education. Katharine runs one of the strictest schools in the UK, for mostly disadvantaged students from immigrant families, and gets some of the best results in the country. Her solution to the failure of modern schooling isn’t about funding, racial politics, or experimenting with radical teaching methods. It’s discipline, structure, and a return to the values our grandparents understood instinctively. We get into: * Why shame, done right, is essential to raising well behaved kids * How gentle parenting and white guilt are burning down Western civilization * Why the left refuses to try proven solutions in education * The consequences of failing to teach our true history * Why AI can never replace the relationship a great teacher builds with a child * Her case for government intervention regarding social media and smartphones * The vision behind Strictly Education and why she wanted to team up with Dad Saves America _____________________________________ Ready to give MASA a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://www.masachips.com/dad and using code DAD. _____________________________________ My first interview with Katharine: https://youtu.be/uLmb3as-MQc?si=Qfd_7vXHLOcW7ym2 Watch “Strictly Education”: https://youtu.be/UpTqPSSOMn0?si=pUkovSuiHgCs2p0n Follow Katharine Birbalsingh on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy _____________________________________ Outline: [0:00] Why launch Strictly Education? [15:39] What’s happening to young women? [20:40] Can free-range parenting work in 2026? [30:56] What does “culture” actually mean? [35:49] Bad behavior thrives on attention [42:46] Why shame is useful in the classroom [52:43] White guilt is destroying civilization [1:00:07] Why the left attacks real solutions [1:08:55] Kids are being lied to about our history [1:18:26] You can’t teach critical thinking [1:27:01] Is technology a net-negative in education? [1:32:06] How do we keep kids off social media? [1:50:55] Gentle parenting, adulthood, and the death of God [1:58:05] How should we teach the Western canon? [2:05:51] We’ve literally dumbed-down education _____________________________________ Purchase a T-shirt, hoodie, and more over on our merch store: https://shop.dadsavesamerica.com/ Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WrCd_oec5VE Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get full access to Dad Saves America at www.dadsavesamerica.com/subscribe

    We Stopped Disciplining Kids. Now They’re Destroying Civilization. - Katharine Birbalsingh
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Proud papa, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and arm-chair philosopher John Papola explores the biggest issues facing our country through the lens of fatherhood, releasing exclusive interviews and deep dives every week. We need to make sure the next generation of Americans is raised to thrive in a free society and be champions of civilization. Dad Saves America has hosted all sorts of experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew, Michael Shellenberger, Bret Weinstein, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Adam Carolla. www.dadsavesamerica.com

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  • Creator
    John Papola
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    232
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © John Papola
  • Show Website
    Dad Saves America

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