The Battle Against Democratic Socialism with Bill Federer
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
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🗓️ 3 July 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
America is celebrating 250 years of freedom—but are we quietly trading that freedom away?
Today I'm joined by historian Bill Federer for a conversation every American needs to hear. We unpack the rise of democratic socialism, why history is repeating itself, and how small groups of committed people can change the course of a nation. If we don't understand where these ideas come from, we'll never recognize them when they arrive at our doorstep.
Freedom isn't guaranteed. It's protected by people willing to defend it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. This is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast on this, the eve of the |
| 0:06.5 | birthday, the 250th birthday of the United States of America. I am joined today by one of my favorite |
| 0:12.4 | people in the entire world. The incredible Bill Federer is here today. I asked him if you'd come on |
| 0:18.5 | to talk about the rise of Democratic socialism in the United |
| 0:22.3 | States because I think it is one of the most important significant political developments that |
| 0:27.4 | have happened inside the Democratic Party probably in the last several decades. There are a lot of |
| 0:33.6 | people who call themselves Democratic Socialists in the party now, they're still kind of |
| 0:38.2 | minority, but this is a huge rising problem. And here on the eve of the birthday of the 250th |
| 0:44.7 | anniversary of our country, I really wanted to talk about what Democratic socialism is and what |
| 0:50.4 | we can do to stop it. Bill and I are going to go all over the place today, just talking about |
| 0:55.1 | the country. He is a masterful historian. You guys are going to love this. We're going to go a little |
| 1:00.8 | bit longer today than we normally do. This is a special episode. Normally today, I am doing |
| 1:05.6 | fan mail Friday, but there is no better way, I think, to celebrate the United States of America on this, the eve of her 250th birthday than by having my friend, the amazing Bill Federer join me to talk about what it means to be an American, what makes America unique, and why she is still worth fighting for. |
| 1:25.9 | I'm glad you're here. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. |
| 1:28.6 | Stick around. |
| 1:29.4 | I think you're going to be encouraged. |
| 1:49.2 | Thank you guys for being here today. |
| 1:53.6 | I am, I'm going to jump right into this interview with Bill Federer. |
| 2:00.9 | I texted him the other day and just said, hey, I want to know, would you be willing to come on the show on the eve of the 250th? And he was gracious enough in the middle of his crazy busy schedule to join me today. |
| 2:05.6 | I hope you'll take a minute. |
| 2:07.5 | Listen to the entire podcast. |
| 2:09.7 | Take notes. |
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