Independent Truths with Dr. Scott Atlas

About Independent Truths with Dr. Scott Atlas

Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Sponsored by the Independent Institute, the show features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.

Publisher

Independent Institute

Category

health & fitness · news · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2023

Latest episode

8 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 69 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Jacques Pitteloud | Why Decentralization Creates Stronger Nations | Ep. 68

   Scott Atlas interviews Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud on how decentralization and direct democracy forge stronger, more stable nations.

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   2 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Mollie Hemingway | How Justice Alito Reshaped the Supreme Court | Ep. 67

   Scott Atlas interviews Mollie Hemingway, author and Senior Editor at The Federalist, about Justice Alito's profound impact on the Supreme Court and constitutional law.

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   27 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Abbas Milani | What Comes Next in Iran? | Ep. 66

   Scott welcomes Iranian-American historian, educator, and author Abbas Milani, who was imprisoned by the Shah of Iran in 1975. He is now a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution and the Hamid and Christina Madam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University. He was born in Iran, came to California when he was 16 years old, and was educated at UC Berkeley and got a PhD from University of Hawaii. He's published many books including The Myth of the Great Satan: A New Look at America's Relations with Iran and The Shah. They have a fascinating discussion on the state of affairs in Iran and the Middle East.

Inside a recent episode

Jacques Pitteloud | Why Decentralization Creates Stronger Nations | Ep. 68

Published 8 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And that's because it responds right to local populations and referenda. Go ahead. No, no, absolutely. So we have to really make a clear difference between federalism and direct democracy. The aspect about federalism is ours is a federalism that reluctantly gave more and more power to the central state, where it was deemed to be absolutely necessary, like foreign policy, defense, of course, financial policy, monetary policy, where you can't, you know, we used to have monetary policy in every single canton, of course, it didn't work. But we retained as many competencies as possible at the canton level and then at the local level because we are, and this is our vision, no one is forced to share it, but our vision is that public business is better dealt with or best dealt with if you're dealing with people that you can see every day and you can interact with and not with politicians somewhere in a very distant capital. […]

Who has been a guest on Independent Truths with Dr. Scott Atlas

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jacques Pitteloud
• Mollie Hemingway
• Robert Robbins
• Michael McConnell

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

60,178,535

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

108 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

94

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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