Episode 995: America 250 - The Case for America with Bret Baier
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Newt talks with Bret Baier, Fox News Chief Political Anchor about his new book, “The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation.” Baier makes the case that the United States remains resilient and exceptional despite its flaws. Their conversation moves through American history, tracing the book's structure around six pivotal presidents, from Washington and Jefferson's bitter rivalry-turned-friendship to Lincoln's reframing of the Declaration of Independence. They examine why the nation chooses unity despite constant dissent, the often-overlooked surge of bipartisan legislation in Congress, and the lessons learned from Baier's "Common Ground" segment. They close looking ahead, discussing AI, freedom, and what the next 250 years might hold for America—plus Baier's plans for celebrating the country's 250th birthday on July 4th.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Newt's World Podcast on the IHeart Podcast Network. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Newt Gingrich, the greatest American inventions. |
| 0:16.6 | Today we reach what I consider the single most consequential invention in this entire series. |
| 0:23.4 | Because here's the truth. |
| 0:25.3 | Every other invention we discuss. |
| 0:27.8 | The telephone, the transistor, the internet, GPS, the smartphone. |
| 0:33.9 | None of them work without it. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the foundation on which the modern world is built. |
| 0:40.1 | The electrical power system. |
| 0:42.9 | The story is really three stories tangled together. |
| 0:46.1 | Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, and George Westinghouse. |
| 0:50.2 | And for a while, they were at war with each other. |
| 0:54.4 | Edison opened the Pearl Street Station in Lower Manhattan. |
| 0:59.1 | On September 4, 1882, the world's first commercial electrical power station. |
| 1:06.7 | On opening day, it served 85 customers and powered 400 lamps. |
| 1:13.4 | He had not just invented a light bulb. |
| 1:15.9 | He had invented the electrical utility. |
| 1:19.3 | But Edison's system used direct current, DC. |
| 1:23.0 | And DC loses tremendous energy to resistance as it travels along a wire. His system could only serve |
| 1:30.6 | customers within about a mile of a generating station. To electrify a city, you'd need generating |
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