In The Tank
Hosted by Jim Lakely and Linnea Lueken and ST Karnick and Chris Talgo and Donald Kendal · The Heartland Institute
4.8from 52 ratings
- 199
- Episodes
- 114
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 13M
- YouTube views
About In The Tank
The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more. This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.
- Publisher
- The Heartland Institute
- Category
- education · government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Jun 2022
- Latest episode
- 24 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
114 of 199 episodes have a transcript.
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Pour One Out For In The Tank - Finale
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The End Times As a Political Weapon? - In The Tank #553
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Bad Is Your State's Medicaid Program? - In The Tank #552
Inside a recent episode
Pour One Out For In The Tank - Finale
Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This show has talked a lot about socialism in the past couple of years because, unfortunately, it is having a bit of a revival. And a few weeks ago, there was a conference in Chicago, which was a meetup of various socialists, although I watched a whole bunch of clips from a whole bunch of panels from this, unfortunately. And most of them actually seem to introduce themselves as communists and not socialists when they sat down at their panel. One they them even said that the Scandinavian model of socialism, the kind that Bernie Sanders often points to, is not their endgame. It never was the endgame for these guys. […]
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- YouTube views
- 12,715,538
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 52 ratings
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- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Jim Lakely and Linnea Lueken and ST Karnick and Chris Talgo and Donald Kendal host the show. Published by The Heartland Institute.
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