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The Moral Case for Capitalism

September 16, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

Episode Description

Capitalism vs. socialism may define America’s economic and political future. Which system best protects prosperity, individual liberty, and moral justice?

Richard Salsman, author of Where Have All the Capitalists Gone?, joins Professor Nick Giordano on The P.A.S. Report Podcast to present the moral case for capitalism that too many Republicans refuse to make. Beyond standard economic debates, they expose socialism’s emotional appeal, the conservative retreat from limited government, and the economic forces behind the $40 trillion national debt, inflation, and America’s departure from the gold standard.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The Moral Case for Capitalism: Why private property, voluntary exchange, individual rights, and rational self-interest form the foundation of a free and just society
The Socialist Illusion: How socialist advocates use emotional appeals to expand state power despite socialism’s record of economic failure
The Causes of Inflation: How Federal Reserve policy and chronic federal deficits reduce the value of the dollar and raise everyday costs
The Republican Retreat: Why Republicans abandoned fiscal restraint and accepted larger government programs, federal entitlements, and common good capitalism
The Path Forward: What free-market advocates must do to reclaim the moral argument and defeat socialism without apology

Can capitalism survive if its own defenders refuse to make the moral case for it? Listen now and discover why America’s economic future depends on more than facts, figures, and promises of prosperity.

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Do Americans Actually Want Freedom?

September 14, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Flock cameras promise public safety, but their vast data networks can expose far more than a license plate. From federal childcare subsidies to President Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend checks, this episode asks whether Americans now trade liberty for the illusion of security.

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano challenges Republicans and Democrats alike. He explains how the modern nanny state uses surveillance systems and government checks to expand its power, weaken self-reliance, and make temporary benefits permanent. True constitutional freedom requires risk, personal sacrifice, fiscal restraint, and strict limits on government power.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The Mosaic Threat: How Flock Safety cameras combine location records over time and reveal detailed travel patterns without a warrant.
The Post-9/11 Lesson: What Americans surrendered after 9/11 and why emergency powers rarely disappear after each crisis ends.
The Subsidized Living Room: How federal CCDF aid for stay-at-home parents could give bureaucrats greater power over family eligibility and household rules.
The $21 Trillion Illusion: Why Trump’s $5,000 check proposal conflicts with fiscal conservatism, and why true surplus revenue should reduce the national debt rather than fund election-year checks.
The Price of Self-Government: Why freedom demands risk, sacrifice, self-reliance, and firm constitutional limits on state power.

Listen now and decide whether safety and government benefits justify the price Americans pay in freedom.

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Daniel Morgan: The Forgotten General Who Outsmarted the British

September 10, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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How did Daniel Morgan, an uneducated frontier wagoner, survive 499 British lashes, take a bullet through the neck, and outsmart the British at the Battle of Cowpens?

In this episode of America’s Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano uncovers the extraordinary story of Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and the leadership lessons behind one of the American Revolution’s greatest tactical victories. Discover how a rough Virginia frontiersman used his deep understanding of human nature to design the brilliant double-envelopment trap that crushed Banastre Tarleton’s British Legion on January 17, 1781, and helped shift momentum in the Southern Campaign.

As the nation marks the America 250 milestone, Morgan’s journey from French and Indian War teamster to Continental Army hero delivers an urgent lesson for modern America: true leadership means understanding people as they actually are, and true citizenship requires putting duty to the republic above personal grievance.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Old Wagoner’s Crucible: How Daniel Morgan survived 499 lashes from the British army, frontier combat, and captivity at Quebec to forge unmatched battlefield grit.
The Saratoga Turning Point: How Morgan’s elite rifle corps played a critical role in the American victory that forced Burgoyne’s surrender.
Walking Away: Why Morgan resigned from the Continental Army after being passed over for promotion, and why personal resentment gave him every reason to stay home.
The Masterpiece at Cowpens: How Morgan used militia weaknesses, terrain, and Banastre Tarleton’s predictable aggression to execute one of the Revolution’s greatest tactical traps.
Country Over Ego: Why a free republic cannot survive if citizens allow personal grievances to override the common cause.

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Charlie Kirk: The Man Behind the Movement

September 9, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Charlie Kirk in His Own Words reveals what Charlie was really like before the national fame, viral debates, and movement that changed American politics.

In this deeply personal episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano sits down with Christy Edwards, Charlie’s close friend, confidant, and author of the new memorial book Charlie Kirk in His Own Words. Christy knew Charlie before he became a household name. She shares rare stories about the young activist who often forgot clean socks, needed help with his clothes, and devoted every moment to his mission.

As the one-year anniversary of Charlie’s assassination approaches, Christy reflects on their friendship, their reconciliation, and the final messages they exchanged. She also examines the division and opportunism that now threaten the conservative movement, forcefully rejects attacks against Erika Kirk, and explains why Charlie’s faith would have led him toward forgiveness.

The conversation also explores Carry the Torch, Christy’s nonprofit grant fund for young patriotic leaders who have courage and ideas but lack money, connections, or a public platform. Her mission offers a path forward for those who want to preserve Charlie’s legacy and inspire the next generation.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Man Behind the Movement: Discover who Charlie Kirk was when the cameras turned off and the crowds went home.
His Unshakable Principles: Learn what more than a decade of Charlie’s own words reveals about his faith, values, and political convictions.
The Lost Art of Debate: Understand why Charlie chose calm dialogue even when hostile activists confronted him on college campuses.
A Defense of His Family: Hear Christy’s direct response to attacks against Erika Kirk and those who exploit Charlie’s death for personal gain.
The Next Generation: See how Carry the Torch helps young leaders transform patriotic ideas into meaningful action.

89% Say Government Is Corrupt

September 7, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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A record 89% of Americans say our government is corrupt, while congressional approval drops to an abysmal 10%. Yet when crisis strikes, voters demand more federal intervention, more spending, and more executive power.

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano exposes the greatest contradiction in modern American politics: Americans distrust the administrative state yet continually expand its authority. When citizens fail to understand the Constitution, separation of powers, federalism, and limited government, every constitutional restraint starts to look like an obstacle. Is Washington truly failing the American people, or does dysfunctional government simply reflect the public’s unlimited appetite for federal action?

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Corruption Paradox: Why 89% of Americans say government corruption is widespread while voters still demand more federal control.
Partisan Constitutionalism: How outrage over executive overreach changes depending on which party controls the White House.
The Purpose of Gridlock: Why a 10% congressional approval rating does not necessarily mean the system failed and why the Framers designed Congress to move slowly.
The Abdication of Power: How Congress delegates broad authority to unelected agencies while lawmakers avoid difficult votes.
Civic Illiteracy and Self-Government: Why constitutional literacy, federalism, self-restraint, and personal responsibility matter to limited government.

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Ted Cruz on Clarence Thomas, Socialism, & the Midterms

September 3, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Ted Cruz joins The P.A.S. Report to reveal the untold story of Clarence Thomas and confront a provocative constitutional question: Can an elected official swear to support the Constitution while campaigning to dismantle its core institutions?

Professor Nick Giordano sits down with Senator Ted Cruz to discuss his new book, Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas, based on more than nine hours of exclusive interviews with Justice Thomas. Cruz traces Thomas’s extraordinary rise from poverty in segregated Georgia to the Supreme Court and explains why his commitment to originalism, judicial restraint, and constitutional government has reshaped American law.

Cruz also sounds the alarm over Supreme Court expansion, the rise of Democratic Socialism, proposals to dismantle America’s checks and balances, and the meaning of the constitutional oath of office. Plus, Cruz delivers a stark warning about the 2026 midterms, why Republicans could lose both the House and Senate, and why opposing socialism alone will not give voters enough reason to turn out.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Clarence Thomas Story: What Cruz’s extensive private interviews reveal about Thomas’s rise from poverty, political transformation, and constitutional philosophy.
Originalism and the Supreme Court: Why Thomas places the Constitution above flawed precedent and why Cruz argues Supreme Court expansion threatens judicial independence.
The Constitutional Oath Question: Whether candidates who advocate dismantling constitutional institutions can take the oath of office in good faith and whether that oath carries substantive meaning.
The Democratic Socialist Agenda: What proposals to abolish the Senate and subordinate the executive and judiciary could mean for checks and balances, separation of powers, and constitutional government.
The 2026 Midterm Warning: Why Cruz believes Republicans face a serious risk of losing Congress and why the GOP needs an affirmative agenda that gives voters something to vote for.

Back to School: America’s Civic Education Crisis

August 30, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Ninety-five percent of college students failed a basic ten-question U.S. citizenship exam, with most able to answer only one to three questions correctly. America’s civic education crisis is no longer something we can ignore.

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano exposes how civic illiteracy threatens the constitutional republic and the future of self-government. He traces the civic education crisis from No Child Left Behind and credentialism to ideological activism in the classroom, then connects civic ignorance to declining national pride, growing support for socialism, and a generation increasingly willing to discard constitutional safeguards it was never taught to understand.

Most importantly, Professor Giordano lays out a concrete blueprint for a civic revival rooted in stronger K-12 civics requirements, parental accountability, local communities, and civil society.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The 95% Failure Rate: What sixteen years of citizenship-test results reveal about the collapse of civic literacy in America
The Founders’ Vision for Education: Why John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Rush, Noah Webster, and Horace Mann viewed education as essential to liberty, citizenship, and self-government
How Civics Lost Ground: How standardized testing, credentialism, weak civic instruction, and ideological activism displaced American history, government, and constitutional knowledge
Why Civic Ignorance Is Dangerous: How a lack of constitutional literacy makes socialism, centralized power, and the dismantling of checks and balances sound more attractive
A Blueprint for a Civic Revival: Three concrete reforms built around civic graduation requirements, parental oversight, and renewed civic education through churches, local associations, and community organizations

Hugh Mercer: Washington’s General Who Died at Princeton

August 27, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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How did Hugh Mercer, a 20-year-old Scottish fugitive who survived the Battle of Culloden, become one of George Washington’s generals and die at the Battle of Princeton? Discover the forgotten American Revolution story of Hugh Mercer and how his extraordinary second chance reveals something fundamental about America itself.

In this episode of America’s Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano uncovers the remarkable story of General Hugh Mercer. From a hunted Jacobite rebel who escaped the British crackdown after Culloden to a frontier physician, French and Indian War veteran, respected Virginia leader, and Continental Army general, Mercer’s life embodies a timeless American truth: your past does not have to determine your future.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Fugitive Physician: How Hugh Mercer survived the Battle of Culloden in 1746, escaped the British crackdown on Jacobite rebels, and found a second chance in colonial Pennsylvania.
The Crucible of Reinvention: How Mercer rebuilt his life as a physician, earned the respect of his community, served in the French and Indian War, and developed a close relationship with George Washington.
The Ultimate Gamble of 1776: Why a 50-year-old doctor who had already survived one failed rebellion chose to risk his family, fortune, and life on the American Revolution.
The Stand at William Clarke’s Orchard: What happened at the Battle of Princeton when British troops surrounded Mercer, reportedly mistook him for Washington, and left him mortally wounded after he refused to surrender.
The Lesson for Today: Why the American story is not about perfection, but redemption, and why America must preserve the belief that failure, background, and past mistakes do not have to dictate a person’s future.

Hugh Mercer never lived to see American independence. He never saw the Constitution, George Washington become president, or the republic his sacrifice helped create. Yet his life captures something essential about the American experiment: America does not require perfect people. It offers people the opportunity to rise, rebuild, and redeem themselves. But a second chance also carries responsibility, and every generation must decide what it will do with the opportunities America provides.

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Trump’s Golden Age? Todd Starnes Explains

August 26, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Is Trump’s Golden Age already at risk? Todd Starnes confronts the Iran war, the rise of the DSA, and GOP strategy for the 2026 midterm elections.

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano sits down with conservative commentator, radio host, and author Todd Starnes to discuss his book, The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America. They examine why the Republican Congress has failed to codify key Trump reforms, how the Iran war threatens the domestic agenda, why civic literacy has collapsed, and why attacks on socialism alone will not save Republicans at the ballot box. The conversation asks whether America has entered a true Golden Age or merely received one final chance to secure the Republic.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why Congress has failed to codify Trump’s agenda and protect key reforms
How the Iran war threatens domestic priorities and divides the MAGA coalition
Why the DSA platform challenges the Constitution, checks and balances, and the oath of office
How failed schools, student debt, and anti-assimilation ideas push young voters toward socialism
What Republicans must offer voters to win the 2026 midterm elections

Do Conservatives Still Believe in Limited Government?

August 24, 2026 by Nicholas Giordano

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Have conservatives abandoned limited government to build their own administrative state? In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano challenges Matt Walsh’s argument that every conservative wants to expand federal power.

Professor Giordano exposes the federal power trap and shows why control of Washington’s machinery doesn’t defeat the progressive state. It merely preserves that machinery for the next administration. Discover why real conservative power requires Congress to dismantle unnecessary agencies, defund the bureaucracy, repeal open-ended statutory authority, and restore Tenth Amendment federalism.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Power Distinction: Why political power that reduces government control differs from federal power that advances a partisan agenda.
The Constitutional Stress Test: How a national abortion ban, federal education curricula, Big Tech speech boards, and corporate retaliation test limited-government principles.
The Bureaucracy Trap: Why conservative agency heads change little when statutory authority, surveillance power, and federal appropriations remain intact.
The Power-Reversal Test: The essential question every conservative must ask before support for new federal authority: Would you trust Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom, or Elizabeth Warren with this power?
The Blueprint for Restoration: What Congress must do to reclaim Article I power, repeal open-ended statutory authority, reduce the federal bureaucracy, and return power to the states and the people.