American Thought Leaders

Updated: 06 Aug 2025 • 481 episodes
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At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing our nation today.

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Bob Healey was in his 60s battling terminal cancer with only a product prototype when he sought advice from business coach Clay Clark. Now, his company is booming. It’s never too late to succeed, Clark says. After building several multi-million dollar businesses, Clark developed a 14-step system to help budding entrepr

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For years, award-winning investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson has been tracking the rise of censorship, biased “fact-checkers,” and what she describes as narrative-enforcing journalism. How has today’s information landscape transformed? What does she make of the recent releases of new documents surrounding the Rus

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In this episode, I sit down with the 28th governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, to learn about how he’s reducing his state’s vulnerabilities and dependency on communist China. We also dive into Oklahoma’s push toward critical-mineral production and the governor’s mission to promote economic development and reignite the Am

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“China is surpassing American strength, whether it be naval forces or nuclear forces,” says retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills. His four-decade career has spanned key roles from the Cold War era to the War on Terror. At the Department of Defense, he directed cybersecurity policy. “I was brought into cyber in 2007 when t

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Jan Jekielek & Michael Flynn 27 Jul 2025 • EN

Michael Flynn on Declassified Russia Investigation Documents

Former Trump national security adviser retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn found himself at the center of a national firestorm when he was charged with lying to the FBI over a phone call he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States. The DOJ would later drop the case, saying there was no “legitimate investigative

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“A quarter to a half of the exploitation that’s happening to our own nation’s youth ... it’s a caregiver doing it—it’s a familial figure,” Jaco Booyens says. He is the founder of Jaco Booyens Ministries (JBM), an anti-human trafficking organization working to protect American children from predatory exploitation. “We’r

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