This is a special edition daily signal bonus episode for Friday, March 5th.

75 years ago, today, Winston Churchill delivered his iron curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri,

in which he issued a warning to the world of the struggle between communism and democratic freedom.

Joseph Lacante, the director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for American Studies,

and Nile Gardner, the director of Heritage's Margaret Fatcher Center for Freedom,

joined me on today's bonus episode to discuss the significance of Churchill's famous speech

and what words of wisdom they believe Churchill would offer us today. Enjoy the show.

I'm so pleased to be joined by Joseph Lacante, the director of the Heritage Foundation's

Center for American Studies and Nile Gardner, the director of Heritage's Margaret Fatcher Center

for Freedom. Thank you both so much for being here. It's great to be here. Thank you.

Thanks so much. So March 5th marks the anniversary of Winston Churchill's famous iron curtain speech.

You all have just co-authored a wonderful piece on the significance of this speech

and why it really stands in history as a powerful defense of freedom. So Dr. Lacante,

I would love to begin with you. Would you mind just setting the scene of this speech for us?

What was happening at this moment in history and why was Churchill delivering this address

at Fulton College in Missouri? Kind of a random location in some ways.

Yeah, thank you Virginia and let me just say again what a great pleasure it is to be with my

colleague Nile Gardner. I hope this is the first of many podcasts, a symbol of the enduring strength

of the Anglo-American relationships. Let me just put that out there. This is an incredibly

significant speech that Churchill delivers in Missouri 75 years ago this week and the reason

it's so significant is that he's the first world leader to acknowledge what has really already

happened the beginning of the Cold War. Some critics of Winston Churchill, particularly from the

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