Episode 970: Founder’s Fire From 1776 to the Age of Trump
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Newt talks with New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Dr. Arthur Herman, about his new book, “Founders Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump,” and the enduring founder mindset in American history, business, and culture. Herman defines a new generation of founders as Americans who embody a core national trait: the belief that individuals can build new enterprises, institutions, and futures through risk-taking, creativity, and self-reliance. He traces this founder spirit through business titans such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk, arguing that their innovations transformed society and exemplify American exceptionalism in entrepreneurship and innovation. They discuss President Lincoln’s deep engagement with technology and commerce, his advocacy for railroads, his work as a railroad lawyer, his unique status as the only U.S. president with a patent, and his vision for a transcontinental railroad, as evidence of a founder’s technological and economic mindset. Herman identifies the core traits of founders and encourages listeners to see the fire of genius within themselves and to consider whether they might be founders shaping the nation’s next chapter as it marks its 250th anniversary.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Newts World Podcasts on the IHeart Podcast Network. |
| 0:12.9 | You know, the House Republicans have been doing an amazing job, |
| 0:17.2 | despite all the news media, all of the gloom and doom. |
| 0:22.6 | The National Republican Congressional Committee delivered the strongest first quarter in its history, hauling in 47.1 million, |
| 0:30.0 | which beat the best previous March when the committee recorded 28 million. So think about that. |
| 0:36.1 | They've jumped from 2828 to $47 million, |
| 0:39.3 | and I'll tell you, as the Speaker of the House, who once had to go out and raise this money, |
| 0:43.9 | that is an amount I could not have dreamed of. I think that the chairman, Congressman Richard Hudson, |
| 0:50.8 | in a statement said, quote, this historic fundraising quarter proves House Republicans |
| 0:56.7 | have a tremendous amount of enthusiasm behind our agenda to lower cost and keep Americans safe. |
| 1:03.7 | House Republicans are united, battle tested, and building the financial firepower to protect |
| 1:10.4 | our majority and take the fight |
| 1:12.3 | directly to the Democrats' extreme agenda. I think that Congressman Hudson's on to something. |
| 1:18.7 | So I'm more optimistic about keeping the House and increasing the Senate than most of the folks |
| 1:24.5 | you'll see on television. The second thing, though, is really, frankly surprising. |
| 1:29.2 | Air Canada is suspending certain U.S. flights because of fuel prices. People tend to forget that |
| 1:35.7 | aviation fuel is one of the highest costs that an airline has to pay for. When you deal with that, |
| 1:43.7 | the jet fuel prices increased more than |
| 1:46.4 | 50% since February 27th. So the war in Iran has had a huge impact on the cost of aviation or |
| 1:54.3 | commercial airlines. I think Air Canada's decided they were going to take their least profitable |
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